The Universe of Joshua Blais
The Universe of Joshua Blais
Joshua Blais
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Although I don’t use social media, there are still many distractions to be had on the internet (oh the understatement!) So, during days of work, I choose to block them all with a custom script and the good ol’ /etc/hosts file. Between...
Update: I am back to using emacs, you can read why here At the beginning of this year, I aimed to simplify many of my processes so that I could focus on the things that I actually wanted to do with a computer - namely build things...
It is no secret that I detest the smartphone culture in which we live, and I look forward to the day that I can ditch mine in the river. However, that might be throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I think that if we keep ourselves...
I Have been seeing various posts about the ‘GOTH’ stack for development - Go Tailwind & Templ and HTMX (with Postgres in many cases as the database). Hilariously, for about the last year, this is precisely the stack that I’ve been using...
The only skill that is really needed in life is the ability to learn. Having the confidence that no matter what it is, you can put the time in and learn how to do whatever it is, know about any subject, work any job, or create anything....
Taking my workstation along with me has never been easier and I am blessed to have the ability to use a perfectly ergonomic setup wherever I may be on Earth. This has taken much trial and error, but I feel as if I have come to an...
Laziness takes a back seat when you start to see the work that you are called to do as your vocation, your calling, and your way of praising The Almighty. For much of my adult life, I took no solace in the work that I was doing, no pride...
My system of getting things done has slowly evolved over the years to end up on the way that I now do things. I last wrote about this over three years ago, and while some of the principles are fairly the same, there have been updates in...
If you do something once, you should be able to very easily do it again. The single thing that has greatly increased my ability to problem solve and move forward in projects is documentation. When I am working, I bounce between the code...
After four years of running NextJS as my primary blog and development framework, I am making the hop to Hugo. For some time it has been on my mind to minimize my personal site, and while Next has served me very well, I have spent a lot...
In July of this year, we gave up our rental of three years and became vagabonds. For some time, it has felt stifling to be in one place, and the lack of (physical) momentum creates a stagnancy that I don’t find comfortable. On the...
When you look around, all you will likely “see” is material. Matter. The stuff of atoms and particles. Of quarks and bosons and neutrinos. But, this is not so. Our material “reality” breaks down quicker than most would be comfortable...
The theory of everything has been solved since the arrival of Jesus Christ on Earth 2024 years ago. While modern science is focused on trying to find The Ultimate Truth (that is transcendent) we Christians have known for the last two...
The richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.― Arab proverb The older I get, the more I see that internal peace is found in wanting less. What I used to think “making it was”# I used to think that...
It has been a few years since I looked at my GPG keys, and the security defaults have since shifted greatly! So, I decided it was time to update my password-store database with a new key that was more secure, while also affording me the...