Hi, I'm Jon 🧑🏻💻🐼
helping to build a free and open internet
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hoping to develop the web with actual intelligence
front-ending with javascript + react + next.js
back-ending with sanity.js
deploying with vercel
code snippets
short samples of code
2025-02-25
JavaScript objects (with and without valueOf)
what happens when we "do math" on a JavaScript object?
2025-02-18
Merging multiple JavaScript objects with same property names
using the spread operator with two objects
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born Canadian / native English speaker
code toolshed
workflow processes in web development
2025-01-05
Git command aliasing
shortcuts and combinations for common Git commands
2025-01-04
2025-01-03
Git essentials
summarizing the internet's de facto version control system
2025-01-01
Git and GitHub configuration
getting some version control on your computer
2024-08-04
Deploying React apps to GitHub pages
launching a React app/website onto a github.io subdomain
2023-12-09
Deleting a local git branch
clean up the branch list with this one-liner command-line command
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30+ countries and 4 continents visited
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side writings
writings about code and life
2025-03-28
Social media links on websites
what do the social media links on a website say about its owner?
2024-10-08
On brands
the individualities of products
2024-09-29
On internet etiquette
the folkways of social media
2024-09-25
On media
the conveyance of messages
2024-09-22
On art
the creation of "novelty"
2024-09-13
On cultural references
the analogies of scenarios
from the wiki
Alternatives to X (Twitter)
listing apps similar to the micro-blog (with a twist!)
Alternatives to YouTube
listing apps similar to the vlogging site
Alternatives to Tumblr
listing apps similar to the quasi-blog