Music and Associations (2 mins read).
Music has a crazy way of reminding you of times gone.
Creating a Global .gitignore
(1 mins read).

How to have Git have a list of files to globally ignore, without configuring anything in your ~/.gitconfig
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Ditching Event Platforms for the IndieWeb (5 mins read).

How we can replace event platforms like Meetup.com with your own IndieWeb-backed platforms.
I will not be attending
Unfortunately I won't be able to make this despite being in London that day - should be a good one!
A great look at the data behind contributions over Hacktoberfest
Reader Mail: What Static Site Generator Would I Recommend? (4 mins read).
What Static Site Generator would I recommend?
A great writeup of a huge event - when I went a few years ago I was bowled over by how much time I'd need to spend to see everything I wanted to (hint: it was more than the few days I was there)
This is a great resource to highlight the difficulty of creating temporary files safely - something I've tried to share before but without these great examples.
Its especially bad if using a shared CI/CD server and putting downloaded files into /tmp as you don't know whether it'll be clobbered / stolen by others on the instance
Getting Started With Vim (3 mins read).

How to dip your toes into Vim to learn some of the basics.
A great look at how folks are looking at taking ownership back from Meetup.com
Gotcha: Netlify Makes All Your Filenames Case-Insensitive (1 mins read).

Beware if you have a requirement for case-sensitive URLs for Netlify.
I will not be attending
Unfortunately I won't be able to make this due to family circumstances, but hope everyone has a great time!
Making Hugo Generate Case Sensitive URLs (2 mins read).

How to make your Hugo URLs case sensitive.
New Push Notification: Suspicious Transactions (2 mins read).
A concerning experience with fraudulent transactions on my Monzo account.
Request for Enhancement for Gousto: Reducing Partial Use of Ingredients (1 mins read).

An opportunity to reduce food waste by suggesting when meals use only some of an ingredient.
I love this concept - partly why I bookmark posts under https://www.jvt.me/kind/bookmarks/ for longevity and to share with others
Chef Attributes and default.rb
- it's in the name (3 mins read).

Why you should only be setting defaults in your Chef attributes, and moving heavy lifting elsewhere.
Take Take Take: Rethinking How I Consume Free and Open Source Software (4 mins read).
Thinking about how I should be contributing back to the projects I rely on so heavily, both financially and with my own contributions.
I will be attending
I will be attending
I will not be attending
Unfortunately I'm going to be unable to make this due to family circumstances - I hope some of you still make it and it's a good one!
Auto-announcing Events in my Feed (2 mins read).
Updating my main site feed to publish a note when I've published a new event.