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Weekend project update 2: simple URL shortening

Yesterday’s work was mostly focused on routing, getting the app set up, and making sure my environment is working.

Today’s goal was to get the URL shortening working and that was pretty easy. I used basic crypto hashing to generate the short URL and then chopped it off. You can see the code here →

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New pedals for the e-bike

Over the last few months, I’ve been enjoying riding my Tenways bike a lot. In the past few years, I’ve biked less and less. In Oakland, this was due to working from home and not having anywhere interesting to go to nearby. But since moving to Portland and

Bike fitting on the e-bike

Yesterday, I went to get a bike fitting for my e-bike. I have been having knee pain on and off and I was thinking it’s due to the posture/positions on the bike. Long story short, cycling is not causing my knee pain. My seat came out to be

I got a sourdough starter today

My neighbor dropped it off for me. I fed it for the first time, after googling for way too long. Finally realized, it’s not too strict about how much to feed it. I am hoping to use it tomorrow to make some dough. I should ask my neighbor how

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