Clawshier OpenClaw Skill
I’ve been meaning to take a stab at this idea of automating a process to take a picture of any receipt and log it to an expenses spreadsheet. Clawshier is the OpenClaw skill tha...
Captain’s log
I'm Fernando and this is my captain's log, my little corner of the internet.
Selfhost Timetagger on a Raspberry Pi
A few weeks ago I started looking into options for time tracking software. The goal is to be more aware of how I spend my time throughout the day.
CrystalConf 2023
Exciting news for me: I gave a talk at CrystalConf 2023!
Keeping up with my cat's 💩 using a Raspberry Pi
As a former dog owner and first time cat dad I was amazed at how cats are “potty trained” practically from birth. I was prepared to deal with the smell when having to clean the ...
Background jobs for Kemal server in Crystal lang
Yet another post about the Battlesnake project I’ve been working on while diving in Crystal lang.
Database for Kemal server in Crystal lang
This is another post about the Battlesnake project I’ve been working on while diving in Crystal lang.
Algorithms and standard library modules in my Battlesnake
The first post in the series walked through the code of my current strategy. This one will share a few of the learnings from writing the utility algorithms in the project (as ex...
Documenting a Crystal open source project
This post is a quick overview of how Crystal lang built-in documentation features work and an easy setup to host them for free for Open Source projects. A compilation of things ...
Deploy a Crystal app with Docker and Opentelemetry
This is the continuation of the previous post about a Battlesnake server. This one will talk about what the deploy process looks like and some Opentelemetry data collected from it.
Learning Crystal with Battlesnake
Recently I’ve been interested in Crystal lang so I worked on a Battlesnake implementation to get more practice under my belt. I’m sharing an overview of it in this post and the ...
Contributed to the Crystal programming language
When I was starting out with coding in college I never thought I’d contribute to a programming language codebase. A small documentation fix of mine was included in 1.7.0 and I’m...
Using Chart.js plugins with webpack
This post shares the steps I took to include Chart.js with candlestick charts (using a plugin) on my weekend/pet project. I’m using webpack to bundle its JavaScript code & d...
Everybody hates CSRF
The title of this post is a reference to the Everybody hates Chris TV show, which felt punny and suitable as I ran into some interesting problems in the last few weeks having to...
libusb backend for adb on macOS
For the past week I was stuck on what felt like a dead end. Although a bit more comfortable now than where I stood a few weeks ago I’m still learning the ropes of Android develo...
The year is 2020
The year is 2020 and the world is upside down. It started off as a very promising year and I’d prefer to keep that positive mentality regardless of difficult times brought in by...