I don't like some of these silly Rube Goldberg additions to Next.js either but I do think this one at least works as described.
It's coming up on the tenth anniversary of the release of my infamous global thermonuclear war game. It's been offline for longer than it was ever online now. I want to get the story of this thing and its general context in my life & career written down and posted in time for the ten year milestone, so here it is.
So apparently 666a is still capable of surprising me. A few months ago I wrote about the work I'd done to address an issue I've been calling “document lag”. Since then, I've continued to keep a constant eye on the system's reliability. This week, something new cropped up.
My work environment email alerts service – 666a – is a Rails app using SQLite for its production database. I'm super happy with this stack, but it wasn't an obvious choice from the start, and I know a lot of folks still haven't heard the growing hype about using SQLite in production in the Rails community. Here's how I ended up shipping a production app with a SQLite database, and how it helped me rediscover some joy in full-stack work.
2022 was the year my dream of getting more into accessibility finally came true. While I was studying for the IAAP certifications I was surprised by how valuable I found other people’s accounts of how they studied for them. I promised myself I’d contribute back to that if I passed the exams. And I passed, so here’s what I did!
The passport system in Sweden collapsed earlier this year when pandemic travel restrictions lifted and half the country tried to renew their passports at once. In March I tried to book an appointment to get passports for the kids so they could visit their extended family for the first time. The date I got was in October.