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    Embracing the Boring Solution

    It's time to say good-bye to trying to build everything from scratch and hello to the beginning of a new era for my site.

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    • obsidian-dataview

    How to Check Whether an Inline Fields Contains a Value with Obsidian Dataview

    Recently, I came across a problem where I struggled to query notes with inline fields properly. And after searching high and low in the forums and docs, I figured out a solution and wanted to share it here.

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    My Favorite Underrated Vue 3 Feature

    When it comes to JavaScript frameworks, it's common to focus on well... the JavaScript stuff. But of all the features in Vue 3 that I love, mine is actually on a CSS feature (with some JavaScript 😜).

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  • Meeting Your Standards

    You don't achieve your goals. You meet your standards. — Source unknown

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  • Becoming a Meaningful Specific Again

    When I first heard this phrase, "meaningful specific," I was a little perplexed by its wording. In my life, I've always heard of the word "specific" used in the context of an adjective and never as a noun.

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  • Getting Back in the Arena

    These last few months have been tough content creation wise for me, but this post is my first step to finding a way back.

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  • The Battle of Personas

    When creating something on your own, one of the most challenging aspects I've found is the number of personas competing for your attention.

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  • Build with Ben (#25) - Trello Clone with Nuxt 3 (Beta) (Part 2) Overview

    It's time to continue our journey of building a Trello clone with Nuxt 3 beta!

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  • YAGNI For Now

    One of the common acronyms taught to developers early in their career is YAGNI (i.e., you ain't gonna need it). And while it's a nice tongue and cheek to try and combat scope creep, when it comes to putting it into practice, it's a little more complex then that.

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  • Productivity Power Hour #1 Overview

    For the first "Productivity Power Hour" session, I'll be talking about my workflow for creating notes in Obsidian!

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