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A creator, coder, and writer taking a smart-alec swing at getting a job as a tech writer.
What'll the recruiters say when they see my site?
What'll the recruiters say when they see my site?
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· Sep 24
Hi,
I'm Sam, a writer, creator, and developer with over a decade of freelance experience. I've worked with a bit of everything. C++, C#, Python, Blender, the Adobe Suite, Fedora, Redhat, Ubuntu, Maya, Houdini, C4D, and a whole lot more.
I'm a techy guy that loves helping people and building things
I'm Sam, a writer, creator, and developer with over a decade of freelance experience. I've worked with a bit of everything. C++, C#, Python, Blender, the Adobe Suite, Fedora, Redhat, Ubuntu, Maya, Houdini, C4D, and a whole lot more.
I'm a techy guy that loves helping people and building things
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How do you stop being so pissed off? We’ve all been there. Take a breather … ❤️
November 9, 2025 at 7:40 AM
How do you stop being so pissed off? We’ve all been there. Take a breather … ❤️
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
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Back when Aotearoa New Zealand was voting via referendum on whether or not to ditch First Past the Post for Mixed Member Proportional for our voting system, the cartoonist Murray Ball put out the below comic.
I see those telling New Yorkers not to vote for Zohran Mamdani and think on this comic.
I see those telling New Yorkers not to vote for Zohran Mamdani and think on this comic.
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Back when Aotearoa New Zealand was voting via referendum on whether or not to ditch First Past the Post for Mixed Member Proportional for our voting system, the cartoonist Murray Ball put out the below comic.
I see those telling New Yorkers not to vote for Zohran Mamdani and think on this comic.
I see those telling New Yorkers not to vote for Zohran Mamdani and think on this comic.
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'Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!' officially launched 26 years ago today, November 2, 1999.
Whats your favorite Spyro game?
Whats your favorite Spyro game?
November 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
'Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!' officially launched 26 years ago today, November 2, 1999.
Whats your favorite Spyro game?
Whats your favorite Spyro game?
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Bravo to space.com for this deeply reported, lengthy piece.
Depressing, but a shocking thing is Goddard is using the shutdown to order moves out of lab and engineering spaces on 2-3 days notice, requiring major equipment to just be left behind and demolished
www.space.com/space-explor...
Depressing, but a shocking thing is Goddard is using the shutdown to order moves out of lab and engineering spaces on 2-3 days notice, requiring major equipment to just be left behind and demolished
www.space.com/space-explor...
November 1, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Bravo to space.com for this deeply reported, lengthy piece.
Depressing, but a shocking thing is Goddard is using the shutdown to order moves out of lab and engineering spaces on 2-3 days notice, requiring major equipment to just be left behind and demolished
www.space.com/space-explor...
Depressing, but a shocking thing is Goddard is using the shutdown to order moves out of lab and engineering spaces on 2-3 days notice, requiring major equipment to just be left behind and demolished
www.space.com/space-explor...
Adobe's gonna be having a very, very bad day.
Your first look at the all-new Affinity
youtu.be/UP_TBaKODlw?...
youtu.be/UP_TBaKODlw?...
Your first look at the all-new Affinity
YouTube video by Affinity
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Adobe's gonna be having a very, very bad day.
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Did you know you can subtract left to right? 😱
October 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Did you know you can subtract left to right? 😱
I've had an idea for where my site/writing might go next. My course/tutorial series has covered how to deploy a specific Astro template and some of the basics about modifying it.
What if I did another course/series, but modifying a different template?
#webdev #development
What if I did another course/series, but modifying a different template?
#webdev #development
October 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I've had an idea for where my site/writing might go next. My course/tutorial series has covered how to deploy a specific Astro template and some of the basics about modifying it.
What if I did another course/series, but modifying a different template?
#webdev #development
What if I did another course/series, but modifying a different template?
#webdev #development
So, how long does it take to teach the basics of going live with Astro?
8 Posts!
I've covered everything you need to put a basic site live as of today!
hirethis.one/guides/going...
I've been at it just over a month and I achieved my MVP/minimum goal!
8 Posts!
I've covered everything you need to put a basic site live as of today!
hirethis.one/guides/going...
I've been at it just over a month and I achieved my MVP/minimum goal!
Going Live With Cloudflare
Get your site online and visible to the whole world, using one of the world's biggest CDN providers.
hirethis.one
October 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
So, how long does it take to teach the basics of going live with Astro?
8 Posts!
I've covered everything you need to put a basic site live as of today!
hirethis.one/guides/going...
I've been at it just over a month and I achieved my MVP/minimum goal!
8 Posts!
I've covered everything you need to put a basic site live as of today!
hirethis.one/guides/going...
I've been at it just over a month and I achieved my MVP/minimum goal!
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What is the best day to release Babbling Brook, a sunny relaxing indie game about messing around with water and sand? You guessed it… a dreary Monday in November 😁
#indiegame #cozygame #madewithunity #indiegaming
youtu.be/wwLJ8D8jtgw
#indiegame #cozygame #madewithunity #indiegaming
youtu.be/wwLJ8D8jtgw
Babbling Brook - Coming November 3 - Release Trailer
YouTube video by Babbling Brook Game
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
What is the best day to release Babbling Brook, a sunny relaxing indie game about messing around with water and sand? You guessed it… a dreary Monday in November 😁
#indiegame #cozygame #madewithunity #indiegaming
youtu.be/wwLJ8D8jtgw
#indiegame #cozygame #madewithunity #indiegaming
youtu.be/wwLJ8D8jtgw
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New update in my Guide to Astro series for Total Beginners!
‣‣‣ hirethis.one/guides/intro...
This week covers using Obsidian for Content in Astro.
‣‣‣ hirethis.one/guides/intro...
This week covers using Obsidian for Content in Astro.
A Look at Obsidian - an easy tool for making markdown pages on your site.
We're using Markdown to create the blog pages and other content on your site. Wouldn't it be easier to have a tool just built to do that?
hirethis.one
October 21, 2025 at 2:43 AM
New update in my Guide to Astro series for Total Beginners!
‣‣‣ hirethis.one/guides/intro...
This week covers using Obsidian for Content in Astro.
‣‣‣ hirethis.one/guides/intro...
This week covers using Obsidian for Content in Astro.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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When you treat your employees like crap you'll still ship your org chart
www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...
www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...
Today is when Amazon brain drain finally caught up with AWS
column: When your best engineers log off for good, don’t be surprised when the cloud forgets how DNS works
www.theregister.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
When you treat your employees like crap you'll still ship your org chart
www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...
www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...
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In 1995 Brendan Eich created JavaScript at Netscape, a language written in days that turned static pages into interactive apps and eventually powered vast developer ecosystems on browsers and servers alike #ITHistory
October 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
In 1995 Brendan Eich created JavaScript at Netscape, a language written in days that turned static pages into interactive apps and eventually powered vast developer ecosystems on browsers and servers alike #ITHistory
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This is what the website of a legend looks like:
advsys.net/ken/
advsys.net/ken/
Ken Silverman's Official Home Page
advsys.net
October 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
This is what the website of a legend looks like:
advsys.net/ken/
advsys.net/ken/
I have a problem to solve, and I'm curious what solutions exist.
I have a client who uses spreadsheets to upload pricing to an ecommerce platform.
I want to make a central database that will process new raw pricing and generate importable spreadsheets.
I have a client who uses spreadsheets to upload pricing to an ecommerce platform.
I want to make a central database that will process new raw pricing and generate importable spreadsheets.
October 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I have a problem to solve, and I'm curious what solutions exist.
I have a client who uses spreadsheets to upload pricing to an ecommerce platform.
I want to make a central database that will process new raw pricing and generate importable spreadsheets.
I have a client who uses spreadsheets to upload pricing to an ecommerce platform.
I want to make a central database that will process new raw pricing and generate importable spreadsheets.
Thanks to @laughinggiraffe.bsky.social, my lil' script for adding UTM variables to Resume URLs has a UI!
This is actually super handy, I can now just click edit, make a change, save. It's much faster ad more convenient than before.
gist.github.com/NXSam/acf701...
This is actually super handy, I can now just click edit, make a change, save. It's much faster ad more convenient than before.
gist.github.com/NXSam/acf701...
A simple python script to quickly edit/add tracking URLs to a resume's links.
A simple python script to quickly edit/add tracking URLs to a resume's links. - ResumeTracker.py
gist.github.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Thanks to @laughinggiraffe.bsky.social, my lil' script for adding UTM variables to Resume URLs has a UI!
This is actually super handy, I can now just click edit, make a change, save. It's much faster ad more convenient than before.
gist.github.com/NXSam/acf701...
This is actually super handy, I can now just click edit, make a change, save. It's much faster ad more convenient than before.
gist.github.com/NXSam/acf701...
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“Netflix continued to support Silverlight playback for browsers that did not support HTML 5 until September 13, 2023.”
fucking WHAT
fucking WHAT
October 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
“Netflix continued to support Silverlight playback for browsers that did not support HTML 5 until September 13, 2023.”
fucking WHAT
fucking WHAT
Latest blog is up!
I may've made some errors on a job application and now I hope the HR/Hiring team sees my blog!
They did ask for the link in the application and I KNOW I didn't typo that!
hirethis.one/blog/the-job...
I may've made some errors on a job application and now I hope the HR/Hiring team sees my blog!
They did ask for the link in the application and I KNOW I didn't typo that!
hirethis.one/blog/the-job...
Revising a Job Application
Some regrets about rushing to answer a question, and posting some revised answers - just in case.
hirethis.one
October 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Latest blog is up!
I may've made some errors on a job application and now I hope the HR/Hiring team sees my blog!
They did ask for the link in the application and I KNOW I didn't typo that!
hirethis.one/blog/the-job...
I may've made some errors on a job application and now I hope the HR/Hiring team sees my blog!
They did ask for the link in the application and I KNOW I didn't typo that!
hirethis.one/blog/the-job...
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Have you seen the Marble Run Simulator? It's insane! So cool! By forum user SvenFrankson!
tiaratum.com/viewer/#mach...
#BuiltWithBabylon #3D #WebDev #gamedev #indiedev #WebDevelopment #webgl #gamedevelopment #IndieDevs
tiaratum.com/viewer/#mach...
#BuiltWithBabylon #3D #WebDev #gamedev #indiedev #WebDevelopment #webgl #gamedevelopment #IndieDevs
October 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Have you seen the Marble Run Simulator? It's insane! So cool! By forum user SvenFrankson!
tiaratum.com/viewer/#mach...
#BuiltWithBabylon #3D #WebDev #gamedev #indiedev #WebDevelopment #webgl #gamedevelopment #IndieDevs
tiaratum.com/viewer/#mach...
#BuiltWithBabylon #3D #WebDev #gamedev #indiedev #WebDevelopment #webgl #gamedevelopment #IndieDevs
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1h40m of @flightradar24.com NYC-bound traffic sped up by 20,000% down to 30 seconds.
It’s not too often we see all three major airports using the same runway 4 approaches. It’s beautiful.
It’s not too often we see all three major airports using the same runway 4 approaches. It’s beautiful.
October 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
1h40m of @flightradar24.com NYC-bound traffic sped up by 20,000% down to 30 seconds.
It’s not too often we see all three major airports using the same runway 4 approaches. It’s beautiful.
It’s not too often we see all three major airports using the same runway 4 approaches. It’s beautiful.
Today: Sunday
My Inbox: Notifications about job apps.
Well, I think I know what places to write off as using a timer on when to send a notification. "If this job has not been viewed by X days, auto-deny."
It doesn't hurt that the updates came at the same time of day as I applied.
My Inbox: Notifications about job apps.
Well, I think I know what places to write off as using a timer on when to send a notification. "If this job has not been viewed by X days, auto-deny."
It doesn't hurt that the updates came at the same time of day as I applied.
October 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Today: Sunday
My Inbox: Notifications about job apps.
Well, I think I know what places to write off as using a timer on when to send a notification. "If this job has not been viewed by X days, auto-deny."
It doesn't hurt that the updates came at the same time of day as I applied.
My Inbox: Notifications about job apps.
Well, I think I know what places to write off as using a timer on when to send a notification. "If this job has not been viewed by X days, auto-deny."
It doesn't hurt that the updates came at the same time of day as I applied.