Brendan Forster
@shiftkey.online
Software engineer & troublemaker. Open Source Cat Herder. Bumblebee but with GIFs. Australian in Canada.
I learned about this from a John Oliver segment a while ago youtu.be/P6grAoS-muM?...
Lee Greenwood: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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October 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I learned about this from a John Oliver segment a while ago youtu.be/P6grAoS-muM?...
Can't beat client-side data in a well-organized schema github.com/MargauxThw/T...
GitHub - MargauxThw/TS-lyrics: Lyrics scraped from genius API in json format
Lyrics scraped from genius API in json format. Contribute to MargauxThw/TS-lyrics development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Can't beat client-side data in a well-organized schema github.com/MargauxThw/T...
I’d rather not use GitHub as a CDN
April 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I’d rather not use GitHub as a CDN
If you don’t want to go back to the bad place: bsky.app/profile/junl...
April 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
If you don’t want to go back to the bad place: bsky.app/profile/junl...
It’s a “I’ve run out of Azure credits” thing, I’ll turn it back on when it gets re-enabled in a few days github.com/shiftkey/des...
invalid SSL cert for `*.packages.shiftkey.dev` · Issue #1062 · shiftkey/desktop
Hey @shiftkey, it seems that your ssl cert for https://apt.packages.shiftkey.dev/ is the default azure one and causes an error for apt Error: https://apt.packages.shiftkey.dev/ubuntu any InRelease ...
github.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:47 AM
It’s a “I’ve run out of Azure credits” thing, I’ll turn it back on when it gets re-enabled in a few days github.com/shiftkey/des...
Small unimportant detail - Carl Williams is that guy you’re thinking of re: exercise bike
March 29, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Small unimportant detail - Carl Williams is that guy you’re thinking of re: exercise bike
I haven’t. But I did try to see if I could downgrade my plan from Starter to Free that was mentioned on the billing site and that part of my admin site seems to be “read-only”. I can poke again later when I have some energy to try again.
January 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I haven’t. But I did try to see if I could downgrade my plan from Starter to Free that was mentioned on the billing site and that part of my admin site seems to be “read-only”. I can poke again later when I have some energy to try again.
Ultimately this is just a quality of life feature for myself (staging branches to be able to review external contributions easier) but as a long time @netlify.com OSS fan I think I'm just going to stop if I can't control the billing side of things for this side project
January 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Ultimately this is just a quality of life feature for myself (staging branches to be able to review external contributions easier) but as a long time @netlify.com OSS fan I think I'm just going to stop if I can't control the billing side of things for this side project
Looks like this isn't a new thing, and ultimately didn't change this behaviour back in 2020 answers.netlify.com/t/billed-bef...
Billed Before Providing a Credit Card
Hey Josh, thanks for your comprehensive and thoughtful feedback. We consider it to be high praise that our customers are willing to take the time to formulate their thoughts about our services, both...
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January 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Looks like this isn't a new thing, and ultimately didn't change this behaviour back in 2020 answers.netlify.com/t/billed-bef...