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A reward for thinking

the thrill that comes from actually sitting down, thinking about something, a solution to a problem, and then actualize it.

Caleb Olojo's Blog · EN

Content-deterministic CIDs?

How do you tell if a CID points to a file or a directory? And can you get the original name back?

Caleb Olojo's Blog · EN

An up-close look at UCANs in the wild

Space DIDs, account DIDs, proof chains. What I learned building a delegation tool for myself and indirectly for people building upon Storacha's Hot Storage Network

Caleb Olojo's Blog · EN

Remotes

My mental model around git remotes, and how to push to multiple at once.

Caleb Olojo's Blog · EN

Bits, bytes and pieces

understanding bits and bytes from first principles — binary, storage, ASCII, and why computers speak in powers of two.

Caleb Olojo's Blog · EN

On strings and characters in Haskell

String is a type alias for [Char] in Haskell. GHCi will tell you that, but only once you look closely enough.

Caleb Olojo's Blog · EN

tuples can be unambiguous

code should be as clear as possible. that's why i'm in love with the concept of named tuples

Caleb Olojo's Blog · EN

an interface can actually extend multiple interfaces

today i learned that an interface can extend a shit ton of interfaces if you want it to

Caleb Olojo's Blog · EN

Three grey pubes and an ankle sprain

I’ve started writing a post to sum up hitting 40 and a recap on my progress on all the things I wanted to achieve before I hit 40 about 6 times since the start of January and each time I get about one paragraph in and the inspiration just fizzles out. I think it’s partly... read full entry »

Jem's field notes · EN

Up, up and away!

I completed another of my 40 before forty list last week and fulfilled a childhood dream in the process: I went up in a hot air balloon. Shane bought the balloon vouchers for me for Christmas last year, and after redeeming the vouchers with Wickers World we had repeatedly tried to book evening flights, but... read full entry »

Jem's field notes · EN

Everything hinges on strength

I had a quick flick through the 50+ drafts dating back to 2013 sat in the back-end this morning and spotted one near the top entitled ‘West Midlands Autumn Cup Powerlifting Competition’. That comp happened nearly three years ago (September 2023) which really cements how bad I’ve been at blogging over the last few years.... read full entry »

Jem's field notes · EN

Bubbles, and the old web

I spotted Bubbles in my basic referrers this morning, and my heart lit up. A little directory, surfacing blog posts from actual bloggers, what in the old web is going on?! This isn’t the first time I’ve spotted a resurgence in indie / ‘old’ web stuff lately. Personal sites are making a comeback, bloggers are... read full entry »

Jem's field notes · EN

Re: Re: An infuriating goodbye to Photoshop

I spotted Online Goddess’ blog post, Re: An Infuriating Goodbye to Photoshop, which itself is a reply to Gavin Anderegg’s An infuriating goodbye to Photoshop on Bubbles and had to add my tuppence worth. Like Gavin and OG, I’ve been using Photoshop a long time. I switched to Photoshop 5 after Corel bought Paint Shop... read full entry »

Jem's field notes · EN

Watering someone else’s garden

I’ve spent the past couple of weeks watering someone else’s garden. (This isn’t some ~deep~ metaphor, I’ve literally been watering someone else’s garden.) My daughter agreed to water her boyfriend’s parent’s garden while they’ve been away on holiday, and as they live two villages over and she doesn’t drive, it inevitably fell on to me... read full entry »

Jem's field notes · EN

My daughter’s going to college

My daughter collected her GCSEs yesterday and, having successfully achieved the requisite grades for her choice of course, is going to college* in September. This isn’t really my news to share, so I don’t want to get into the nitty gritty about grades and courses and choices (funny how I used to blog everything and... read full entry »

Jem's field notes · EN

Cloudways’ Cloudflare Enterprise integration is a crock of shit

We have a few clients with larger e-commerce (WordPress + WooCommerce) stores hosted on UK servers via Cloudways. Generally speaking, the service is fine and the cost is decent for what we get. Support isn’t always quick or knowledgeable but we rarely need it, so it’s not a massive issue. However, I’ve had two different... read full entry »

Jem's field notes · EN

Building React Microfrontends using Piral

Microfrontends allow independent teams to scale complex web apps, mirroring backend microservices. Using an app shell for routing and shared design, the article highlights the React framework Piral, which streamlines microfrontend development into modular plugins (pilets) with a serverless-first workflow.