Spotify playlists start with a default cover image of the first four albums in the list. I like this feature, but it's a shame you can't customise which albums are used, unless you prioritise that over what you want to listen first. Being a developer, I thought it would be pretty easy to render four albums to a HTML canvas, export as jpeg, and upload that to Spotify. MORE
Last summer I became aware of Astro, a static site generator that promised a great developer experience and performance. I gave it a go and thought it was very promising, but it was missing a critical feature of my existing blog generator, Jekyll. This year, they released v2.0 with the feature, and I've been so impressed with the framework I had to migrate my whole blog! MORE
I've been using Sublime Text for web development since I left university, and I'm the only person I know who still does. I've gotten very comfortable with it, and the performance is excellent. Everything happens instantly, and it feels like there is absolutely no friction between me and the code - which is really what you want from a code editor. MORE
It all started when my mouse broke, which I've had for about five years. The new model was fairly inexpensive so I went ahead and bought it, and was pretty happy. MORE
During this year's Steam summer sale I picked up Parkitect, a theme park builder and spiritual successor to Rollercoaster Tycoon 2. And it turned into one of my most played games this year. MORE
