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Posts tagged "personal stack"

Exploring a game hoard

I've always kept records of video games I buy (or redeem for free). Given how many various services there are, I found it useful to jot down what I bought where, and where I can get the game when I want to play it. (E.g., I might buy a game on Humble Bundle, but get it in the form of a redeem code on Steam.) This post outlines how I managed it to make it as useful as possible, and make exploring the depths of it fun. When game bundles became a thing, all this became even more important;...

Audiobookshelf revisited

I'm revisiting Audiobookshelf five months later. It's a great app, but sadly the features I need the most are broken. 😟...

Trying out Audiobookshelf

I've tried Audiobookshelf more or less by accident, but I like it. Once a few issues have been fixed, I will gladly give it another go....

The joy of leisurely projects

I've spent many an evening on personal projects of varying complexity - from one-off data scraping jaunts, through creating various apps, to incrementally building up and upgrading what I call my "personal stack". None of them have any kind of deadline; they're my leisure activities. My as-the-time-allows projects. There were times when I was frustrated by my slow progress or stumped by technical issues but that virtually doesn't happen anymore. There are two factors in this: one is simply the...

The Ghost update that made me switch DB engines

How Ghost forced me to change from MariaDB to MySQL, and how I did it....