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Cool URIs don't change, unless an AI rewrites your blog
A short post-mortem on letting an AI port my blog from Django to Flask, and the URL design mistake it cheerfully shipped along the way.
Isaac Bythewood
2026-04-29
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Counting table row counts in PostgreSQL
An easy way to count the number of rows in a PostgreSQL table and sort by totals allowing you to find what's taking up space in your database.
Isaac Bythewood
2022-05-28
Adding dark mode with automatic system preference selection
Creating a dark, or light, version of your website may seem like a daunting task if you think you need an entirely new color pallet. It's 2022 though and we have the widely supported invert CSS filter.
Isaac Bythewood
2022-07-02
Make your own new tab browser extension in 50 lines of code
There are plenty of home page and new tab replacement extensions on the Chrome Web Store that you could use, but why not make your own if it's easy?
Isaac Bythewood
2022-07-09