2025-09-14
On re-learning things
reviewing the basics but in greater detail than the first time
Hi, I'm Jon 🧑🏻💻🐼
welcome to my internet refuge from social media
featured
selected articles about assorted topics
2025-09-09
On action-oriented writing
placing more emphasis on verbs over nouns and on the reader
2025-08-31
On using AI
coding (and living) mindfully in the age of artificial intelligence
2025-08-17
URL manipulation with JavaScript
using window.location and decodeURIComponent
2025-05-14
Code as total algebra
having a variable mindset in computer programming
2025-03-22
Coding tutorial video pet peeves
calling tutorial videos to avoid these kinds of things
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balancing automation with humanity
snippets
web bits
2025-08-17
URL manipulation with JavaScript
using window.location and decodeURIComponent
2025-02-20
"Object arithmetic" with JavaScript
what happens when we "do math" on a JavaScript object?
2025-02-18
Merging multiple JavaScript objects with the same property names
using the spread operator with two objects
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a firm believer of web development as more than just coding, but also documenting and planning
textbook
web docs
3 random pages of web development documentation:
Git and GitHub configuration
getting some version control on your computer
Deploying React apps to GitHub pages
launching a React app/website onto a github.io subdomain
Next.js installation
getting ourselves ready quickly with Next.js web development
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a life-long Canadian originally based in Toronto
uncoding
web talk (decoding coding and content)
2025-09-14
On re-learning things
reviewing the basics but in greater detail than the first time
2025-09-13
On content ephemerality
classifying the different kinds of content
2025-09-09
On action-oriented writing
placing more emphasis on verbs over nouns and on the reader
2025-09-03
On re-branding
changing our identities gradually and not suddenly
2025-08-31
On using AI
coding (and living) mindfully in the age of artificial intelligence
2025-06-28
On graduation
graduated a long time ago but what did it mean