Hey I'm Jono. Backend developer. Learning to build delightful websites. Telling stories along the way. Obsessed about developer experience.
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- Redesigning my site: version 3
A behind-the-scenes look at redesigning my personal site (v3). I share my design goals, evolution through multiple iterations, and key technical changes.
Read More about Redesigning my site: version 3 - Setting up dev containers in Rails
Development containers are an alternative to local development. You can have a dev ready environment running in minutes. Here's how we can set one up in Rails, issues I ran into along the way, and my initial thoughts.
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A guide on dynamically adding nested form elements using Stimulus.js and Rails. We'll cover the html and JS changes needed, as well as common gotchas.
Read More about Dynamic Nested Forms with Rails and Stimulus - Using Github Actions to fetch content
My content lives in a private repository separated from the main website repository. It got annoying to manually keep changes in sync. Instead, I used Github Actions to automate publishing posts.
Read More about Using Github Actions to fetch content - Writing blog posts with Obsidian
My end to end writing workflow for my blog using Obsidian as the main editor. From how I setup Obsidian for writing, image management, and automating git pushes.
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