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41554 blogs · [ { "id": "01a0d9c3-d0fb-70a1-9f09-c2922dc13606", "title": "Adventures in Zig: String Construction", "url": "https://manchicken.com/2026/09/21/adventures-in-zig-string-construction/", "published_at": "2026-09-22T03:47:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c4ba-3629-72d4-b559-93ffd1a4ae28", "title": "Adventures in Zig: Reversing a String", "url": "https://manchicken.com/2026/09/20/adventures-in-zig-reversing-a-string/", "published_at": "2026-09-20T04:53:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c4ba-3629-72d4-b559-93ffd2a3cb4d", "title": "Adventures in Zig: Finding a substring", "url": "https://manchicken.com/2026/09/19/adventures-in-zig-finding-a-substring/", "published_at": "2026-09-19T05:23:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879e-f49d-73d9-98c4-f07375ef0add", "title": "Runbook: Upgrading Home Network", "url": "https://manchicken.com/2026/05/08/runbook-upgrading-home-network/", "published_at": "2026-05-08T13:37:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879e-f49d-73d9-98c4-f07376d42c68", "title": "Open Letter to Fellow Parents", "url": "https://manchicken.com/2026/04/15/open-letter-to-fellow-parents/", "published_at": "2026-04-15T11:03:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879e-f49d-73d9-98c4-f0737717420c", "title": "Spectra: My new favorite thing", "url": "https://manchicken.com/2026/03/23/spectra-my-new-favorite-thing/", "published_at": "2026-03-24T00:47:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879e-f49d-73d9-98c4-f0737807b983", "title": "A Rant About Enshittification", "url": "https://manchicken.com/2026/03/19/a-rant-about-enshittification/", "published_at": "2026-03-19T14:55:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879e-f49d-73d9-98c4-f0737885da65", "title": "Experimentation in Art", "url": "https://manchicken.com/2026/03/16/experimentation-in-art/", "published_at": "2026-03-16T21:08:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879e-f49d-73d9-98c4-f07378b2a69c", "title": "<3 OpenSCAD – manchicken here…", "url": "https://manchicken.com/2026/03/10/3-openscad/", "published_at": "2026-03-11T01:19:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879e-f49d-73d9-98c4-f073797a6764", "title": "Learning CAD with OpenSCAD", "url": "https://manchicken.com/2026/03/06/learning-cad-with-openscad/", "published_at": "2026-03-06T14:40:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0879e-f49d-73d9-98c4-f073797d5a84", "title": "Can You Hear Me Now? 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"2020-10-05T17:29:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb67-e07d-713d-ab09-34fc41973600", "title": "Fellow maintainers, tell me about your project!", "url": "https://manchicken.com/2020/10/02/fellow-maintainers-tell-me-about-your-project/", "published_at": "2020-10-02T17:31:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb67-e07d-713d-ab09-34fc41c22f7a", "title": "I love carton, and you should to.", "url": "https://manchicken.com/2020/10/01/i-love-carton-and-you-should-to/", "published_at": "2020-10-01T17:37:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb67-e07d-713d-ab09-34fc41d5a6eb", "title": "Simple Code Tasks Should Be Simple", "url": "https://manchicken.com/2020/09/29/simple-code-tasks-should-be-simple/", "published_at": "2020-09-29T17:38:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb67-e07d-713d-ab09-34fc42bd4f15", "title": "That awkward moment when you need to generate test data…", "url": "https://manchicken.com/2020/09/28/that-awkward-moment-when-you-need-to-generate-test-data/", "published_at": "2020-09-28T17:40:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb67-e07d-713d-ab09-34fc43358a68", "title": "Shell command of the day", "url": "https://manchicken.com/2016/06/01/shell-command-of-the-day/", "published_at": "2016-06-01T20:27:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb67-e07d-713d-ab09-34fc44230d1c", "title": "Net::AMQP::RabbitMQ Releases", "url": "https://manchicken.com/2014/11/09/netamqprabbitmq-releases/", "published_at": "2014-11-10T04:04:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb67-e07d-713d-ab09-34fc44ef3142", "title": "Re-factoring Your Old Projects", "url": "https://manchicken.com/2014/01/28/re-factoring-your-old-projects/", "published_at": "2014-01-28T08:36:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6c-0dbc-7119-ac88-659db7ada17d", "title": "Gist of the Day: Named Capture in Perl Regular Expressions (Briefly)", "url": "https://manchicken.com/2014/01/17/gist-of-the-day-named-capture-in-perl-regular-expressions-briefly/", "published_at": "2014-01-18T03:48:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6c-0dbc-7119-ac88-659db7aebbe6", "title": "Gist of the Day: Playing with Forks", "url": "https://manchicken.com/2014/01/16/gist-of-the-day-playing-with-forks/", "published_at": "2014-01-16T06:10:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6c-0dbc-7119-ac88-659db818ab35", "title": "Gist of the Day: Test::MockModule for Repeatable Tests!", "url": "https://manchicken.com/2013/10/27/gist-of-the-day-testmockmodule-for-repeatable-tests/", "published_at": "2013-10-28T02:28:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6c-0dbc-7119-ac88-659db87dc4f8", "title": "Gist of the Day: How to Test a File You Wrote!", "url": "https://manchicken.com/2013/09/25/gist-of-the-day-how-to-test-a-file-you-wrote/", "published_at": "2013-09-25T15:33:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6c-0dbc-7119-ac88-659db94fd3c7", "title": "Gist of the Day: There's More Than One Way to Switch Your Class!", "url": "https://manchicken.com/2013/09/22/gist-of-the-day-theres-more-than-one-way-to-switch-your-class/", "published_at": "2013-09-22T17:29:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6c-0dbc-7119-ac88-659dba47878b", "title": "Gist of the Day: Mojo Merging 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"title": "Gist of the Day: Counting Bits", "url": "https://manchicken.com/2013/09/16/gist-of-the-day-counting-bits/", "published_at": "2013-09-16T14:50:29+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Adventures in Zig: String Constructionoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2026
Adventures in Zig: Reversing a Stringoriginal ↗
20 Sept 2026
Adventures in Zig: Finding a substringoriginal ↗
19 Sept 2026
Runbook: Upgrading Home Networkoriginal ↗
8 May 2026
Open Letter to Fellow Parentsoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2026
Spectra: My new favorite thingoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2026
A Rant About Enshittificationoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2026
Experimentation in Artoriginal ↗
16 Mar 2026
<3 OpenSCAD – manchicken here…original ↗
11 Mar 2026
Learning CAD with OpenSCADoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2026
Can You Hear Me Now? Bok.original ↗
5 Mar 2026
My React2Shell Storyoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2026
Refinishing Tumblersoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2026
A Lesson Spilling Wood Stainoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2026
Be careful with that VS Code Extension!original ↗
25 Feb 2026
1Password CLI Adds Riskoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2026
Welding Rubber Chickens: Lessons Learnedoriginal ↗
16 Feb 2026
Introducing the Poison-Pillminderoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2026

2025

Fun with NFCoriginal ↗
8 Nov 2025
8-bit computer: I made a clock moduleoriginal ↗
27 Apr 2025
The Learninating Continuesoriginal ↗
20 Apr 2025
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back on a Sega Game Gearoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2025
Pip-Boy 2040 Finished!original ↗
9 Mar 2025
Tales of a Novice Hardware Hacker: The Lifecycle of a Kitoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2025
My Framework Laptop Experienceoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2025

2024

Hacktoberfest 2024, Entry 3original ↗
19 Oct 2024
Hacktoberfest 2024, Entry 2original ↗
15 Oct 2024
Hacktoberfest 2024, Entry 1original ↗
6 Oct 2024
It’s Preptember!original ↗
7 Sept 2024
Secrets in Lambda Env Varsoriginal ↗
25 Apr 2024
Update: Tackling a large volume of simple problems in an Open Source projectoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2024
Tackling a large volume of simple problems in an Open Source projectoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2024

2023

It’s that time of year again, and Hacktoberfest is right around the corner! I thought I’d give you a quick run-down on how I prepare for what I’m going to do for Hacktoberfest.original ↗
13 Sept 2023
Stop naming functions `fetch()`.original ↗
26 Jul 2023
Lessons Learned in Chasing Unicornsoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2023
How to Cheat in JS Object Manipulationoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2023

2022

Ninja Rules of Self-Identificationoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2022
Definition of Dependenciesoriginal ↗
11 Oct 2022
Observations on Tech Workoriginal ↗
20 May 2022

2021

String Manipulation of URLs is an Anti-Pattern.original ↗
31 Aug 2021
Warning: Elaborate Scams Abound!original ↗
13 Apr 2021

2020

I wish AWS had more useful error messages.original ↗
23 Oct 2020
I love function signatures in Perl, and you should too.original ↗
12 Oct 2020
Reviving old code.original ↗
11 Oct 2020
iPad as a Workstationoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2020
Fellow maintainers, tell me about your project!original ↗
2 Oct 2020
I love carton, and you should to.original ↗
1 Oct 2020
Simple Code Tasks Should Be Simpleoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2020
That awkward moment when you need to generate test data…original ↗
28 Sept 2020

2016

Shell command of the dayoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2016

2014

Net::AMQP::RabbitMQ Releasesoriginal ↗
10 Nov 2014
Re-factoring Your Old Projectsoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2014
Gist of the Day: Named Capture in Perl Regular Expressions (Briefly)original ↗
18 Jan 2014
Gist of the Day: Playing with Forksoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2014

2013

Gist of the Day: Test::MockModule for Repeatable Tests!original ↗
28 Oct 2013
Gist of the Day: How to Test a File You Wrote!original ↗
25 Sept 2013
Gist of the Day: There's More Than One Way to Switch Your Class!original ↗
22 Sept 2013
Gist of the Day: Mojo Merging Hashesoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2013
Gist of the Day: Using Mojo, Mongo, and SL4A to send SMS Messages (2 of 2)original ↗
21 Sept 2013
Gist of the Day: Using Mojo, Mongo, and SL4A to send SMS Messages (1 of 2)original ↗
19 Sept 2013
Gist of the Day: Old SL4A Example!original ↗
17 Sept 2013
Gist of the Day: Counting Bitsoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2013