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Working with text in IntelliJ

Some useful tips for working with text in IntelliJ. Bulk-editing, alphabetizing, text-substitution, text expansion, etc.

State of my smart home, 2023

Several friends have visited my place and asked about my setup, so I thought it would be easiest to consolidate that explanation in a blog post. And hopeful...

Best of 2022

A few favorite travels, books, movies, podcasts, and games from 2022, in no particular order 🙂

Advent of Code 2022 in Kotlin

It’s been a great year to do Advent of Code in Kotlin. The JetBrains team released a series of YouTube streams for the first 12 days. Every day, a different ...

Costa Rica 2022

Highlights from a December 2022 trip to Costa Rica with my girlfriend. We stayed in Ojochal, Quepos, and La Fortuna.