Category: Side Project - Page 3
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Bitly Showing Ads on Page Redirects
A few weeks ago, Bitly announced they would start showing ads and interstitial pages on free redirects in February. In my opinion, this will cause a lot of frustration for the billions of Bitly short links. This...
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The Rise and Fall of Goo.gl
What will happen when billions of links vanish overnight? That’s exactly what is going to occur when Google’s URL shortener, Goo.gl, shut down after dominating the link-shortening market for nearly a decade. Google...
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Build Your SaaS Podcast
I got a chance to be on the Build Your SaaS podcast with Justin Jackson and share my journey building side projects over the past 10+ years. I’ve been following Justin for years; it was awesome chatting with him! We...
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Embracing Failure: The Journey of a Builder and Maker
Have you ever looked at a successful founder and thought, “Wow, they must have just gotten lucky”? It’s easy to assume that someone had overnight success, but the truth is often much different. It’s also easy to use...
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Who Twitter Blue?
Update 12/18/2022: With Twitter’s recent changes, the extension broke. I made this as a joke and did not plan to maintain it. If you are looking for an alternative, check out this extension. Maybe you have heard...
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Block Fake Disposable Email Addresses
If you run a website that allows account signups, you’ve probably faced abuse from fake users, abusive users, fraudsters, and other malicious actors. If you look at their email addresses, you may have noticed a...
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Weather Extension Updated
I am excited to announce Weather Extension has been updated to the latest browser extension manifest v3. Manifest V3 is part of a shift in the philosophy behind how extensions approach end-user security and privacy....
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Are URL Shorteners Useful Today?
Short URLs are everywhere, and I do not see them going away anytime soon. Services like T.LY , TinyURL, and Bitly have billions of short links spread out all across the web. If these services shut down, billions of...
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Dynamic Social Media Share Images
To improve the experience when sharing an AtomicQuote URL on Twitter or Facebook, I needed to dynamically generate share images that include the quote and author with multiple background images. To do this, I could...
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Introducing AtomicQuote
I’ve always been a fan of quotes . Quotes can motivate, inspire, teach, and more. When things get tough, many people turn to a motivational quote for a bit of inspiration. We are most open to change when we feel...
