The Skewer
2026
When platform switching costs approach zero
Switching costs are becoming negligible. I migrated a full-stack bot from Replit to Cloudflare in one day with Claude Code.
Posted on:Adding energy monitoring to the smart home stack
How I set up full energy monitoring in Home Assistant with solar, battery, water, and gas tracking
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2024
Smart home stack
The tech used to power my smart home setup
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2023
MDX, Next.js, and image handling
A short & technical code walkthrough for auto-sizing images with Next.js and MDX
Posted on:Build less for success
Why we should consider building a new product or feature as a last resort.
Posted on:Trying the Bluesky API
Delving into my experience using the Bluesky API to migrate a Twitter/Mastodon bot, and the challenges I encountered.
Posted on:Progress over perfection
Incremental steps can lead to large, innovative changes over time. I share some thoughts on embracing progress.
Posted on:An ode to Agile
Why teams should reconsider any dogmatic adherance to Agile methodolgies, and what to do about it.
Posted on:A focus on focus
Thoughts and tips on removing distractions to focus on what's most important.
Posted on:How kebab-case was built
How I came to finally build this site, and what went into it.
Posted on:Why kebab-case?
A bit about the inspiration for name of the blog and the chosen spelling.
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