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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
July 09, 2022
Set up automated server backups with Borg
The Borg deduplicating backup program can automate daily, weekly, and monthly backups with a single script saving space and keeping data safe from mistakes.
Isaac Bythewood
June 25, 2022
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
May 28, 2022
Finding broken external links on websites using Scrapy
Broken links are a problem for any content driven website as it ages, find them quickly and easily with Scrapy.
Isaac Bythewood
July 23, 2022
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
July 02, 2022
Capturing screenshots with Chromium using Python
Sometimes you need to take screenshots of the web and Chromium provides an easy way to do that.
Isaac Bythewood
August 06, 2022