The Blog

Uncover the magic of a simple JavaScript bookmarklet that effortlessly transforms your localhost URL into a production URL.

26 Notion Cover images of astronauts in nebulas

20 space diorama inspired Notion cover images generated by Midjourney

My ultimate, ongoing guide to what I'm learning about AI and GPT.

Discover three simple ways to find and edit database templates in Notion, enhancing your productivity and organization. Learn how to use global search, the "New" button, and the page body to access templates.

Culture has four key elements: power, performance, politics and play.

The model I'm using for writing my newsletter.

Every meeting can benefit from a check-in and check-out round. Here is what they are and why they'll supercharge your meetings.

100 ice breaker questions to ask in the check-in round of your next remote team meeting.

How to determine if a remote design sprint is right for your team.

Discover how remote design sprints clarify work for teams. Learn how they work and what's involved.

The right collaboration apps can give focus and direction to a remote meeting. Here are the best 3 collaboration apps for facilitating highly effective remote meetings.

My simple heuristic for deciding if something is a note or a tag.

A robust guide to creating great code reviews for you and the person you're reviewing for.

I use Swipies, a reusable dry erase board that's as thin as paper, for all kinds of tasks I'd use paper for. This is an overview of how I use them.

Snipd is an AI driven podcast that allows me to snip my highlights and send them to Readwise.

LaunchList is a nocode solution for collecting waitlist emails.

I use Apple Screentime to help me be conscious of how much time I spend on certain sites and apps on my devices. Here is how I have mine setup.

When you're building an MVP to find product market fit, it's important to know what you want to learn, what category of tool to use and which tool to build with.

Daily free writing is a practice where every morning, right after waking up and writing in my dream journal, I write whatever comes to mind.

I use Apple Downtime to help me be conscious of how I spend the end and beginning of my day. Here is how I have mine setup.

People talk about autonomy at work, but don't often talk about what it actually is or how to have it.

What I've learned about setting up a work from home office.

A util for a border for Stitches styling

A collection of my Weekly Reviews.

The 6 types of power.

How to style the MUI Linear Progress Bar.

A constantly growing collection of what I'm learning as I work at Startups.

The entity types to always start with when building a Software as a Service.

A summary of the LEGO Treehouse build I did in 2023.

Updates on my newsletter, my personal experiences and my contribution to my work.

Learn the basics of the PostHog toolbar, how to enable it and how to access it.

A list of destructive and non-destructive JavaScript array methods for those of us who can't always remember.

Canceling all your meetings sounds great but what fills the communication void it creates?

Notes on how I use the Slack API

Vercel is a hosting platform for web applications. Here's how I use it.

PostHog is a suite of product and data tools built for the modern stack. Here's how I use it.

How I use Karabiner Elements for a more effective keyboard.

How to disable the built-in Mac keyboard so you can set your external keyboard on top of it.

What is Colemak and why do I prefer it?

Interesting tidbits to know about my typing productivity.

GitHub Actions is a tool for doing event based workflows in GitHub.

I've been working from home since 2015. I believe it's the best way for me to be effective and keep my home life flourishing.

An ever growing list of tools that I find useful.

Why (and how) I use Bash, a computer shell.

The KeyboardIO Atreus is my sole keyboard for work and typing.

How I use this bracket to mount my Anker Docking Station to my desk.

How I use an Anker 577 Thunderbolt Docking Station for my using my laptop at my desk.

I believe this is the future of tooling for the personal Operating System

What GitHub is and how I use it.

How to restore a file to a specific state with git.

How to restore a MongoDB Database from Compass (the MongoDB database UI tool).

An overview of React (a JavaScript framework for building user interfaces) from my perspective and experience.

How I use interstitial journaling in Obsidian

An overview of Emacs (the editor) from my perspective and experience.

An overview of date-fns (a date utility for JavaScript) from my perspective and experience.

A list of the strengths I have based on the StrengthsFinder exercise.

An overview of MomentJS (the JavaScript library) from my perspective and experience.

In which I answer what super powers I would want if I could choose some (and how some super powers are attainable).

How to check if two dates are the same with the JavaScript libray MomentJS

What to do when you see a database deleted by request of the user in your errors.

how to install pip with Homebrew on MacOS.

My growing collection of stuff that's interesting to know about the internet.

How to tangle markdown in literate programming with a Python executable.

Understanding the 'speed, quality and cost' paradox. Why you can only pick two and the value of having to pick.

The file that I use to generate configuration files from Markdown files (literate programming).

A literate programming version of the stylesheet I use for my Obsidian setup.

NextJS is a React framework that handles server-side routing. Here's how I use it.

A brief overview of literate programming: the combination of a programming language where the code is embedded in the documentation.

How I copy Obsidian notes into git so that I can author my notes in Obsidians and publish them to the web.

An overview of Homebrew (the MacOS package manager) from my perspective and experience.

An overview of HTTP Status Codes

Learn what dotfiles are (and how mine work).

An overview of SlateJS (a JavaScript library for building text editors) from my perspective and experience.

An overview of PlateJS (A JavaScript editor plugin ecosystem for SlateJS) from my perspective and experience.

Learn what a segmented control is and when to use it.

An overview of coffee (the nectar of life) from my perspective and experience.

A quick overview of the 6 simple machines

An overview of UTM (user tracking in the web) from my perspective and experience.

An overview of how footnotes are written and rendered in Markdown.

How to get a list of items containing a specific tag with Obsidian and Dataview.

An overview of the Obsidian plugin Dataview from my perspective and experience.

An overview of Obsidian Publish (Obsidian's platform for publishing to the web) from my perspective and experience.

How to hide the "Powered by Obsidian Publish" label from you Obsidian Published site.

How to use Organize Imports in VS Code to cleanup unused imports.

How to add an iFrame to an Obsidian Note.

All of the ways I've published my Obsidian notes to the web in the past (and how I do it now).

Why and how I use Slack the communications tool.

An overview of Raycast (the operating system launcher) from my perspective and experience.

An overview of MacOS (the operating system) from my perspective and experience.

Why (and how) I use Loom, the async video recording platform.

An overview of Husky (the JavaScript tool) from my perspective and experience.

How I publish content to curiouslychase.com

An overview of Grunt (the JavaScript tool) from my perspective and experience.

An overview of Cron (the calendar application) from my perspective and experience.

An overview of Markdown (an authoring language) from my perspective and experience.

Why (and how) I use Chrome as my primary web browser on Desktop.

An overview of TypeScript (the language superset of the language JavaScript) from my perspective and experience.

The software and programming languages I've used over the years.

My history as an employee at Rock,Paper Scissors Marketing.

An overview of Go (the programming language) from my perspective and experience.

An overview of Docker (the operating system containerization platform) from my perspective and experience.

My history as an employee at Cofer/Adams Building Center.

An overview of iTerm2 (the shell terminal) from my perspective and experience.

An overview of git (the version control system) from my perspective and experience.

Bus factor is a tech industry term describing a system's resilience when a person is no longer available to work on it.

Beach factor is a more human-centric alternative to the term bus factor.

How I use Slack messages with reactions for my todo list

My running notes on how I use Figma, as well as my favorite plugins and conventions.

How my personal website is architected and built.

An overview of Regular Expressions (a way to search for patterns in text in a programming language) from my perspective and experience.

How I've setup my home office (and maybe you should too).

My work from home desk setup.

An overview of JavaScript from my perspective and experience.

A list of the apps and tools I that make up my tool stack and improve the way I work.

You're only young once. Enjoy it.

How to hide the Obsidian Publish sidebar with JavaScript.

How to update or add a property to subdocuments in MongoDB.

An overview of the Obsidian Plugin Templater from my perspective and experience.

Fonts that I think are rad.

An overview of Namecheap (the domain name provider) from my perspective and experience.

My internal struggle with if violence is essential for existence.

Stuff I find on the internet that is interesting to me.

An overview of Configuration As Code from my perspective and experience.

The representation of how I structure my Obsidian notes.

An overview of Quick Add (Obsidian plugin) from my perspective and experience.

An overview of VS Code (the editor) from my perspective and experience.

How to use Fly.io and NGINX to proxy your Obsidian Publish site.

The starting point for navigating the notes that I share online.

A guide to what it's like working with me. Things I need, things I love, where I find energy, what I struggle with.

The philosophies I live my life by.

How to change your perspective about what you're making or building.

What I think fear is.

A note about how I think about fear and wonder.

The plan for how I exercise.

How I use the Revbalance board for balance training.

How I use calisthentics as my daily exercise ritual.

My history as an employee at Zappos.

My history as an employee at Webflow.

My history as an employee at Walmast Labs.

My history as an employee at The Iron Yard.

My history as an employee at Murmur.

Why (and how) I use ImprovMX for email.

Why I chose a plant-based lifestyle and what that actually looks like for me.

The grounding technique that starts with '5 things you can see'.

What I've learned on my journey as a climber.

An overview of Ukulele from my perspective and experience.

A round up of all the plugins, hotkey overrides, tips, tricks and settings I use for Obsidian.

How to get all links to the current file with Obsidian and Dataview.

An overview of MongoDB from my perspective and experience.

Two quick ways to find a conversation in Slack based on a known date or date range.

How I use Obsidian, Dropbox and Vercel to write and publish my website

A retrospective of the StrengthsFinder exercise as it applies to me.

A list of words that describe me and my personality.

A guide to how I use Emoji and GIFs (and the 'why?' behind them)

Learn how to interpolate a JavaScript variable for an object key for dynamic keys in a JavaScript object.

Other philosophies I live my life by.

How to define CSS variables in style attributes in react and Typescript

A collection of Lorem Ipsum generators.

I'm embarking on a new chapter of life: joining Murmur, a platform that will change the future of work.

A quick tip on how to enable word wrap in Emacs.

Learn how to autofix backticks in JavasScript with ESLint and Prettier in VS Code.

My grandma passed away today. She always reminded me: Remember WHO you are and WHOSE you are. This is a tribute to her life through my eyes.

Tips that I've found to help me be successful in my transition into remote work, working from home.

How to install dig on Ubuntu, ArchLinux, OpenSuse and Alpine.

Follow along as I explore 3d Printing.

Many companies are incorporating peer feedback into performance reviews. Here's how I prepare to give awesome peer feedback.

Learn how to create an ad hoc interactive Docker container.

How to disable the Slack app keyboard flyup.

Learn how to use the lsof and ps utilities to find running services when debugging EADDRINUSE in NodeJS logs.

An experiment where I write articles in Coda.

How we used SRE escape rooms to reinforce learning in the engineering organization at Webflow.

How to set up an NPM dependency from a GitHub URL in a package.json for SSH and HTTPS.

Learn how to setup iTerm2 to allow infinite (unlimited) scrollback

Learn how to setup a control key for more natural Emacs movements in iTerm2

The reason I've decided to write content in Dropbox instead of keeping it in version control.

How adults can learn to be curious from Curious George.

How to replace multiple instances of a pattern in JavaScript with a regular expression.

How I think about friction as a property of my habits.

I believe tools should be built to be flexible to empower their users.

How to fix a failed Docker port allocation error.

How to fix a Docker error for a Github Actions entrypoint executable error.

A cheatsheet for GitHub CODEOWNERS pattern for matching a directory and all of its contents

How to fix the Docker error for exec user process caused "no such file or directory"

Learn the trick I use to share a Markdown file with GitHub

Learn how to setup Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Spark email and Cron Calendar (on a Mac) so that the week starts on Monday.

How I choose the format for a book when I've decided to read it.

Learn how to use Netlify's Deploy Context to only include Google Analytics in production in your GatsbyJS site.

Learn how to disable ESLint rules with the comment syntax

Learn how to use disjoint unions in Flow for more powerful type refinement.

Learn how to setup syntax highlighting and other language modes with file associations

Learn an alternative solution for writing drafts with GatsbyJS

Settings that I have found are best for optimizing VS Code for sharing code through screencasts and demos

Learn how to setup conditional highlighting for Emacs by writing emacs-lisp to highlight $FlowFixMe

I'm joining Webflow to democratize creation of the web.

A list of common case types, along with some language specific protips

Learn how to take full page screenshots of a webpage using Chrome DevTools

Learn how to use current date and time in VS Code Snippets.

A quick guide to enabling tab completion for Markdown Snippets in VS Code.

Learn why and how to use git mv instead of mv on MacOS when changes case on filenames.

Coming to Golang from a language like Javascript comes with a lot of baggage. In this article, I'll demystify truth in Golang.

How creating resilient systems help us prepare for when things don't go our way.

I joined GoTime to talk about working on distributed systems with distributed teams, giving people opportunities to learn and grow, and interesting Go projects and news.

Curious about Emacs? Read about my journey with it.

The 3 themes I chose for 2017: My Pack, Kaizen, Miracle Grow.

Learn how to show your User's Home Folder in the Finder Sidebar.

Learn how to show your Mac's Hard Drive on it's Desktop.

The term 'distributed' naturally lends itself to thinking about what needs to be done and how we go about doing it together. I am not a remote worker, I am a part of a distributed team.

This is a systematic approach at applying 'Managing Oneself' to my life. Many of the high-level concepts in this document are heavily borrowed from Peter F. Drucker's Managing Oneself.

The canonical writings that I revisit multiple times a year because they have (and continue to) impacted my life deeply.

My 3 Words for 2016: Discovery, Rigour, Systematic

Frontend Engineers should have five technologies under their belt

The good times are the ones you're in.

A .gitignore file is an important part of any project that is being version controlled. Adding things like node_modules to your git ignored files is essential.

Celebrating your employees can easily one of the best morale boosters for your organization. Here are 5 of the ways Zappos has done that for me.

A minimalist task desk for under $300 and built in under 30 minutes.

If you haven't burnt out already but you're working non-stop, I imagine burn out is close. These are the steps I took to get my life back.

Every craftsman or tradesman has a collection of tools that help to make them better at executing their work. This is a list of my toolset.

As of July 29, I'll be a Senior Software Engineer at Walmart Labs

As of tomorrow (June 30, 2015), I officially join The Iron Yard as a part-time frontend engineering instructor.

Whenever I start a new project, I try to make sure I decide on a good font stack for web safe fonts. This is my process.

Learn why and how to remap the Caps Lock key to a more useful modifier key.

Learn how to inspect an array or object of objects with console.table in the browser.

How to silently adjust the volume on your Mac.

Notes on the process I used to build an rustic industrial standing desk

A eulogy for my Papa Roy.

Don't copy/paste code examples. One of the mistakes I see burn developers, both new and veteran, is that they copy/paste code examples, strings, basically anything copy/pastable.

My exploration into what culture actually means.

A call to others to join me in becoming a better writer.

I pursued learning programming and software development with every fiber of my being, trying to learn anything I could about programming, solving problems and shipping products.

Why I say no.

Learn how to deploy code to a server by using git with post-receive hooks.

A theme that I made for the Alfred Launcher.

Learn how to show your Mac's Hard Drive in the Finder Sidebar.

Learn how to create an anchor link on an image in Markdown.

Learn about 5 Grunt build tool plugins to optimize your workflow.

Learn how to use grunt and bower for a frontend workflow

Learn how to use Grunt for a better workflow.

How I try to approach answering people's questions in technical conversations (and generally).

An outdated post on how I planned and researched my blog.

How to highlight a navigation element using JavaScript

3 online resources for sharing code snippets (Codepen, JSFiddle, JSBin).

Why (and how) you can emulate the people you admire to draw those parts out of you.