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Ben Eater's 8-bit Breadboard CPU Simulator
programming

Ben Eater's 8-bit Breadboard CPU Simulator

A number of years ago, I stumbled upon Ben Eater making an 8-bit CPU on a breadboard [https://eater.net/8bit]. I even started to replicate it myself, but only made a couple of the modules (project to come back to one day). I've had in the back of my
Sep 7, 2021 — 1 min read
Next.js + Strapi + Github Actions = Bliss
programming

Next.js + Strapi + Github Actions = Bliss

I recently made a links site for my social media, essentially it's my own version of Link tree, something I wanted to do for fun and learning. A simple static page would have sufficed, but where's the fun in that? Since I already use Strapi [https://strapi.io] as a
Jun 6, 2021 — 2 min read
NGINX config for Single Page Applications
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NGINX config for Single Page Applications

Whether you're using create-react-app, Next.js or even something non React based (like Angular), you'll come across the case where you write a Single Page Application (SPA) and need to support linking into a particular page. Default webserver config doesn't really support this very well.  eg. If you have a
Mar 23, 2021 — 2 min read
Rebuilding my photography site
photography

Rebuilding my photography site

So to go along with my 10 year anniversary, I launched the latest version of my website [https://sdphoto.com.au]. To the casual observer, not much has changed. Very similar layout, but underneath, it's totally brand new. So why did I change it then? I used to be a
Mar 21, 2021 — 5 min read
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