Notion API code blocks
The official Notion API finally supports code blocks with a recent update. I’ve updated NotionToJekyll to add this functionality. This post is just a test to...
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programming
Time to get planning for Hacktoberfest 2021
I’ve done the last 3 or 4 Hacktoberfests and really enjoyed the motivation to plough into a project during October.
Are C# GUIDs v4 UUIDs?
No. No they’re not. There’s too much misinformation floating around about this issue and it’s easy to prove they’re not. Although when using Guid.NewGuid() y...
Added categories and tags to NotionToJekyll
I’ve just added post category and tag support to NotionToJekyll using two multi-select columns. This input type is perfect for these fields as they’re just s...
Publishing blog posts from Notion to Jekyll
I use Notion as my personal knowledgebase and normally write blog posts in temporary pages and then manually publish them to my Jekyll site using SiteLeaf. W...
The best software documentation I’ve ever seen
This blog uses Jekyll and I’ve no plans to change that - Jekyll is a great static site generator with plenty of features and a high level of maturity. Once i...
dotnet
HTMX & Razor
I’d just started drafting a post about combining HTMX with Razor pages to produce dynamic web applications and thought I’d better quickly check the internets...
No more .Net Standard 🎉
Whilst reading about the plan for Entity Framework Core 6.0 I noticed a remark about .Net Standard that I’d not clocked last year.
Mobile
iPhone 13 Pro
FaceID is amazingly good, particularly considering I was such a lover of TouchID on the iPhone 6S and really did not like the idea of FaceID when it first ca...
I’ve pre-ordered an iPhone 13 Pro
I hate iOS. And I also hate Android. For years I developed apps for both platforms (and Windows desktop too) and for this reason I’m an anti-fanboy. I’m all ...
idea
Product idea: verifiable digital document sharing
Some employers, utility companies, banks or government departments still require you to be in possession of physical documents - it’s now 2021 and this is st...
dataset
UK train dataset
I’ve published a dataset on GitHub that comprises of a single CSV file containing every locomotive in the UK. This includes historic and private locomotives,...
thought
Waiting for the official Notion API
Spring 2021 is still outlined as the release timeframe for the Notion API and I can’t wait. I’ve been using Notion since becoming a Lead Developer to try and...
web
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Input select multiple in Blazor
There’s no built-in multiple select in Blazor but it’s pretty easy to get one working without any libraries.
home
Not-so-smarthome
Having recently moved house, we’ve come to the conclusion that we don’t need and won’t be reinstalling our smart lightbulbs and Amazon Echos, or any other sm...