Did you accelerate the formation of technocapital today?https://ard.ninja/https://ard.ninja/blog/2026-03-22-ai-json-safe-parse-npm-package-for-parsing-llm-json/https://ard.ninja/blog/2026-03-22-ai-json-safe-parse-npm-package-for-parsing-llm-json/LLMs return invalid JSON all the time — markdown code blocks, trailing commas, smart quotes, unquoted keys. I open-sourced a zero-dependency TypeScript package to fix it.Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2026-03-07-the-ai-friendly-tech-stack-i-like-right-now/https://ard.ninja/blog/2026-03-07-the-ai-friendly-tech-stack-i-like-right-now/Notes on the current stack I like for building with AI: TypeScript, Postgres, tRPC, React, Vite, Supabase hosting, and lambda-style backends.Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2026-02-24-the-state-of-ai-inference-and-running-models-at-home/https://ard.ninja/blog/2026-02-24-the-state-of-ai-inference-and-running-models-at-home/A look at the current landscape of local AI inference: the hardware, the software, and whether running models at home is actually practical in 2026.Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2026-02-01-when-does-the-music-stop-on-mag7-capex/https://ard.ninja/blog/2026-02-01-when-does-the-music-stop-on-mag7-capex/Projecting the maximum sustainable debt and capex spending each hyperscaler can support, and when the pace of datacenter buildouts will hit physical and financial limits.Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2026-01-04-the-state-of-ai-investing-jan-2026-edition/https://ard.ninja/blog/2026-01-04-the-state-of-ai-investing-jan-2026-edition/My survey of the current state of AI in terms of investing in January 2026.Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2025-12-16-largest-ai-datacenter-clusters-next-two-years/https://ard.ninja/blog/2025-12-16-largest-ai-datacenter-clusters-next-two-years/A practical forecast (with caveats) of which orgs are most likely to run the biggest single-site AI clusters by end of 2026 and end of 2027.Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2025-12-13-ai-datacenters-in-space-and-space-company-growth/https://ard.ninja/blog/2025-12-13-ai-datacenters-in-space-and-space-company-growth/Current state of space companies plus orbital/space-based compute, power/thermal constraints, and what it could mean for space industry growth.Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2025-12-12-ai-2030-projections-and-predictions/https://ard.ninja/blog/2025-12-12-ai-2030-projections-and-predictions/AI inference revenue projections and predictions through 2030.Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2025-10-08-is-the-magnitude-of-ai-capex-risky/https://ard.ninja/blog/2025-10-08-is-the-magnitude-of-ai-capex-risky/Exploring whether the unprecedented capital spend on AI infrastructure is a bubble risk or a rational investment cycle.Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2025-09-20-the-financial-cyberpunk-future/https://ard.ninja/blog/2025-09-20-the-financial-cyberpunk-future/A macro overview of debt/GDP, rates, inflation, and stablecoin-driven Treasury demand - and why mega-cap valuations now operate as weapons in an emerging financial cyberpunk future.Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2025-09-17-parasitic-ai-text-viruses/https://ard.ninja/blog/2025-09-17-parasitic-ai-text-viruses/Parasitic AI spiral personalities appear to be able to bootstrap themselves from snippets of text and spread on the internet.Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2025-09-03-information-value-at-ai-edges/https://ard.ninja/blog/2025-09-03-information-value-at-ai-edges/The concept of Esoteric Data value - How the ubiquity of AI access has shifted information economics from the center to the periphery of global knowledgeWed, 03 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2025-07-03-the-singularity-already-happened-for-dogs-and-they-seem-fine/https://ard.ninja/blog/2025-07-03-the-singularity-already-happened-for-dogs-and-they-seem-fine/Exploring how dogs have already experienced their own technological singularity through domestication and what we can learn from their adaptationThu, 03 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2025-06-17-stop-blackpilling-stop-dooming-forget-p-doom-and-learn-to-love-building-gpt-wrappers/https://ard.ninja/blog/2025-06-17-stop-blackpilling-stop-dooming-forget-p-doom-and-learn-to-love-building-gpt-wrappers/Why pessimistic AI doom scenarios are counterproductive and how embracing practical AI applications and building simple GPT-powered tools can be more valuable than endless speculation about existential risks.Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2025-06-09-its-2025-but-is-it-1995-or-1998/https://ard.ninja/blog/2025-06-09-its-2025-but-is-it-1995-or-1998/Exploring parallels between today's AI boom and the dot-com era - are we in the early excitement phase or approaching a bubble burst?Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2025-04-10-trend-reversal-developed-economies-ai-automation/https://ard.ninja/blog/2025-04-10-trend-reversal-developed-economies-ai-automation/Comparing Vietnam to Japan while Exploring the countryside in Đà Lạt. Why developed economies like Japan will benefit more from AI and robotic automation compared to developing economies like Vietnam, leveraging existing infrastructure and efficiency.Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2025-04-07-ai-progress-alignment/https://ard.ninja/blog/2025-04-07-ai-progress-alignment/Reflecting on Scott Alexander's AI 2027 paper and my current views on AI progress and the alignment problem.Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2025-03-08-making-the-product-sing/https://ard.ninja/blog/2025-03-08-making-the-product-sing/your b2b saas needs to sing to users like never before. But also it's easier than ever before.Sat, 08 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2024-11-30-hallucination-yield-or-llm-market-premium/https://ard.ninja/blog/2024-11-30-hallucination-yield-or-llm-market-premium/Exploring the concept of "Hallucination Yield" in large language models like ChatGPT and its potential to create a market premium.Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2024-11-25-new-technologies-to-follow-2024/https://ard.ninja/blog/2024-11-25-new-technologies-to-follow-2024/A list of new technologies and promising companies for 2024. Assessing the current state of the market.Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2024-11-18-information-gradients-lead-to-technocapital-sinks/https://ard.ninja/blog/2024-11-18-information-gradients-lead-to-technocapital-sinks/Find new technologies before they are discovered by the market.Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2024-07-31-creating-potently-agentic-individually-aligned-models/https://ard.ninja/blog/2024-07-31-creating-potently-agentic-individually-aligned-models/Lack of agency is the biggest problem with people attempting to use AI tools.Wed, 31 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2024-05-17-human-credulity-defense-is-in-finite-supply/https://ard.ninja/blog/2024-05-17-human-credulity-defense-is-in-finite-supply/The more content you consume, the less you are able to critically evaluate it.Fri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2024-05-08-how-i-built-bountys-internal-customer-service-tools-using-retool/https://ard.ninja/blog/2024-05-08-how-i-built-bountys-internal-customer-service-tools-using-retool/Wed, 08 May 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2023-09-18-evenly-spreading-scheduled-job-load-across-hourly-time-buckets/https://ard.ninja/blog/2023-09-18-evenly-spreading-scheduled-job-load-across-hourly-time-buckets/Thu, 08 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2023-06-08-semantic-search-and-unsupervised-learning-powering-saymore-ai/https://ard.ninja/blog/2023-06-08-semantic-search-and-unsupervised-learning-powering-saymore-ai/Thu, 08 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2023-04-19-divide-conquer-musks-attention-hack-startup-founders/https://ard.ninja/blog/2023-04-19-divide-conquer-musks-attention-hack-startup-founders/Discover how startup founders can harness the power of polarization, drawing inspiration from Musks's attention-grabbing tactics to thrive in today's fragmented attention economy.Wed, 19 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2023-03-18-attention-in-the-western-hemisphere-is-a-gaussian-beam/https://ard.ninja/blog/2023-03-18-attention-in-the-western-hemisphere-is-a-gaussian-beam/A Gaussian Beam only has one point of maximum focus, but when it is brought the bear upon a single point it's power is it's full potentialSat, 18 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2023-02-26-uuids-over-autoincrementing-ids-are-so-much-better-its-not-even-close/https://ard.ninja/blog/2023-02-26-uuids-over-autoincrementing-ids-are-so-much-better-its-not-even-close/A year and a half ago we started building a startup and I chose to use UUIDs as primary keys and it turned out to be such a good choice.Fri, 10 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2023-02-10-bountys-engineering-guiding-principles/https://ard.ninja/blog/2023-02-10-bountys-engineering-guiding-principles/Some guidelines I wrote down to help introduce new engineers to how I want the Bounty team to operate and ship code for the business.Fri, 10 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2022-12-11-organization-heirarchy-as-hidden-markov-model-for-sales/https://ard.ninja/blog/2022-12-11-organization-heirarchy-as-hidden-markov-model-for-sales/Thinking about modeling large organizations through the lens of a hidden markov model to get to a "yes" in the sales process.Sun, 11 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2022-09-21-building-an-engineering-org-one-year-in/https://ard.ninja/blog/2022-09-21-building-an-engineering-org-one-year-in/Lessons learned, pain points, and my developing management philosophy.Wed, 21 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2022-08-14-bureaucracy-navigation-as-a-service/https://ard.ninja/blog/2022-08-14-bureaucracy-navigation-as-a-service/Trying to define whole categories of software related to automating bureaucracy and why they are good businesses.Sun, 14 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2022-05-22-concerned-about-the-world-ask-gpt3/https://ard.ninja/blog/2022-05-22-concerned-about-the-world-ask-gpt3/What does the AI oracle completion API have to say about the current state of things in the world?Sun, 22 May 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2022-05-17-sobols-daemon-is-alive/https://ard.ninja/blog/2022-05-17-sobols-daemon-is-alive/Comparing some common sci-fi tropes to forces of decentralization that actually exist.Tue, 17 May 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2021-06-14-doing-a-good-code-review-should-be-simple/https://ard.ninja/blog/2021-06-14-doing-a-good-code-review-should-be-simple/I talk about why it's a good idea to use a checklist with code reviews and how subjective PR sizes when it comes to code.Mon, 14 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2021-05-26-the-great-american-melt-up/https://ard.ninja/blog/2021-05-26-the-great-american-melt-up/I talk about the last 5 years and next 5 years looking at it through the lens of the 1920s and 1930s.Wed, 26 May 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2021-04-07-introduction-to-ultra-long-term-trend-following/https://ard.ninja/blog/2021-04-07-introduction-to-ultra-long-term-trend-following/I explain how ultra long term trend following could work.Wed, 07 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2021-04-10-wait-for-the-crash-and-pick-up-the-pieces/https://ard.ninja/blog/2021-04-10-wait-for-the-crash-and-pick-up-the-pieces/I talk about how to buy into emerging technology trends by avoiding the hype cycles.Wed, 07 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2021-02-14-all-markets-are-a-dark-forest/https://ard.ninja/blog/2021-02-14-all-markets-are-a-dark-forest/Examples of the Dark Forest idea of markets in both the stock market and in crypto markets.Sun, 14 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2020-12-12-predicting-what-will-happen-in-2021/https://ard.ninja/blog/2020-12-12-predicting-what-will-happen-in-2021/At this point the possibilities diverge so wildly it really is quite fascinating.Sat, 12 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2020-12-04-testing-a-simple-buy-the-dip-alpaca-system-4-months-in/https://ard.ninja/blog/2020-12-04-testing-a-simple-buy-the-dip-alpaca-system-4-months-in/I put a very simple buy the dip system live a few months ago against Alpaca to see what would happen.Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2020-06-28-donnie-pump-covid-press-conference-trading-system/https://ard.ninja/blog/2020-06-28-donnie-pump-covid-press-conference-trading-system/For a while it seemed like everyday in March of 2020 there was a White House press conference. This is an experiment building a system to help trade against this.Sun, 28 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2020-06-14-buy-boeing-sell-boeing/https://ard.ninja/blog/2020-06-14-buy-boeing-sell-boeing/Can you just buy every dip and sell every pop on some stocks?Sun, 14 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2020-06-14-selling-people-what-they-want-not-what-they-need/https://ard.ninja/blog/2020-06-14-selling-people-what-they-want-not-what-they-need/A crucial mistake is selling people something they need, not what they want. Wants are what people seek out to purchase.Sun, 14 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2020-05-26-why-you-cant-narrow-any-in-typescript/https://ard.ninja/blog/2020-05-26-why-you-cant-narrow-any-in-typescript/I recently discovered you cannot narrow "any" type in typescript with a typeguard.Tue, 26 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2020-01-24-adding-jest-to-sharepoint-framework-react-sites-in-2020/https://ard.ninja/blog/2020-01-24-adding-jest-to-sharepoint-framework-react-sites-in-2020/I recently started working on a sharepoint framework react site using typescript and I wanted to add Jest tests. Here is how to do it.Fri, 24 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2019-11-05-how-i-built-a-custom-art-commissions-site-in-2019/https://ard.ninja/blog/2019-11-05-how-i-built-a-custom-art-commissions-site-in-2019/I talk about my experience of building a custom art commissions site using MERN stack in 2019.Tue, 05 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2018-8-27-pros-and-cons-of-various-secret-systems-copy/https://ard.ninja/blog/2018-8-27-pros-and-cons-of-various-secret-systems-copy/I talk pros and cons of various systems of how to get your secrets deployed to prod running your server!Mon, 27 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2018-03-04-evidence-of-diminishing-attention-span-of-youtubers/https://ard.ninja/blog/2018-03-04-evidence-of-diminishing-attention-span-of-youtubers/I accidentally do an experiment that reveals attention span dropping on youtubeSun, 04 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2018-02-20-is-sector-rebalancing-worthwhile/https://ard.ninja/blog/2018-02-20-is-sector-rebalancing-worthwhile/I do some backtests with sector rebalancing and figure out if it is worth doing!Tue, 20 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2018-02-19-the-basic-math-of-trading-for-income/https://ard.ninja/blog/2018-02-19-the-basic-math-of-trading-for-income/I break down some of the math of trading for a living to help me understand how to build a worthwhile trading system.Mon, 19 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2018-02-06-one-week-side-project-ideas/https://ard.ninja/blog/2018-02-06-one-week-side-project-ideas/One week side projects I'm thinking of in February 2018.Tue, 06 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2018-02-16-first-attempt-at-systematic-trading-algorithms1/https://ard.ninja/blog/2018-02-16-first-attempt-at-systematic-trading-algorithms1/My First Attempts at building a serious Systematic Trading Algorithm based on a long term trend following approach.Tue, 06 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2018-05-24-one-to-three-month-side-project-ideas-list/https://ard.ninja/blog/2018-05-24-one-to-three-month-side-project-ideas-list/One week side projects I'm thinking of in February 2018.Tue, 06 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2017-11-19-react-native-android-app-as-a-module/https://ard.ninja/blog/2017-11-19-react-native-android-app-as-a-module/I talk about how I used React Native in Android as a module that was part of a larger Android appSun, 19 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2017-11-18-kubernetes-hpa-uses-cpu-request-not-cpu-limit/https://ard.ninja/blog/2017-11-18-kubernetes-hpa-uses-cpu-request-not-cpu-limit/A full site build with React and Redux using "Create React App"Sat, 18 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2017-10-29-react-redux-mega-tutorial/https://ard.ninja/blog/2017-10-29-react-redux-mega-tutorial/A full site build with React and Redux using "Create React App"Sun, 29 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2017-7-20-a-fresh-pi/https://ard.ninja/blog/2017-7-20-a-fresh-pi/Setting up a new PI to capture packets.Thu, 20 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2017-04-16-introducing-submittal-extractor/https://ard.ninja/blog/2017-04-16-introducing-submittal-extractor/Submittal Extractor is a Saas application I have been building over the past 6 months with the help of Messer Construction Co. in Cincinnati OH.Sun, 16 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2017-07-01-the-state-of-node-debugging/https://ard.ninja/blog/2017-07-01-the-state-of-node-debugging/Using chrome dev tools for node debuggingSun, 16 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2017-03-04-when-to-use-connection-pooling-in-java/https://ard.ninja/blog/2017-03-04-when-to-use-connection-pooling-in-java/When does it make sense to use object pools in Java? Are connection pools the only object pools you should use?Sat, 04 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2017-02-18-taking-positive-risks/https://ard.ninja/blog/2017-02-18-taking-positive-risks/Positive risk exposures - good black swansSat, 18 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2016-12-31-my-2016-reading-list/https://ard.ninja/blog/2016-12-31-my-2016-reading-list/I discuss some of the 56 books I read during 2016Sat, 31 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2016-12-28-algorithmic-trading-experiments-with-cryptocurrency/https://ard.ninja/blog/2016-12-28-algorithmic-trading-experiments-with-cryptocurrency/A summary of my attempts at algorithmic trading using various strategies on cryptocurrency exchanges.Wed, 28 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2016-12-26-shutting-down-trollboxarchive/https://ard.ninja/blog/2016-12-26-shutting-down-trollboxarchive/Why I'm Shutting Down Trollboxarchive.com, some stats and some explanationsMon, 26 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2016-12-12-software-project-premortems/https://ard.ninja/blog/2016-12-12-software-project-premortems/Applying the idea of a "premortem" to your side projects and opportunities at workMon, 12 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2016-12-02-correlating-sentiment-with-bitcoin-prices/https://ard.ninja/blog/2016-12-02-correlating-sentiment-with-bitcoin-prices/Is it possible to correlate bitcoin prices from chat logs on a bitcoin exchange?Fri, 02 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2016-12-01-generating-signed-access-tokens-hmac/https://ard.ninja/blog/2016-12-01-generating-signed-access-tokens-hmac/I talk about what a hashed message authentication code is, and I give an example in javascriptThu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2016-10-18-yarn-vs-npm-one-week/https://ard.ninja/blog/2016-10-18-yarn-vs-npm-one-week/My thoughts on yarn vs npm after using yarn for a week.Tue, 18 Oct 2016 12:27:17 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2016-10-11-6-months-pair-programming/https://ard.ninja/blog/2016-10-11-6-months-pair-programming/A six month retrospective on how pair programming every day work has beenTue, 11 Oct 2016 16:27:44 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2016-09-24-how-npm-scripts-really-work/https://ard.ninja/blog/2016-09-24-how-npm-scripts-really-work/Why you should be using npm scripts instead of globally install javascript build toolsSat, 24 Sep 2016 19:14:15 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2016-09-19-finding-freelance-development-work/https://ard.ninja/blog/2016-09-19-finding-freelance-development-work/A quick overview on where to start in finding high quality clientsMon, 19 Sep 2016 16:16:12 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2016-09-09-version-control-git-new-developers/https://ard.ninja/blog/2016-09-09-version-control-git-new-developers/Why version control and especially git is important for new developers to learn.Fri, 09 Sep 2016 00:12:31 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2016-08-26-generating-ideas-software-projects/https://ard.ninja/blog/2016-08-26-generating-ideas-software-projects/Ideas on how to come up with ideas for software projects and productsFri, 26 Aug 2016 22:08:06 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2016-08-16-top-5-es2015-features-use-today/https://ard.ninja/blog/2016-08-16-top-5-es2015-features-use-today/top 5 es2015 features I think you will get the most benefit from.Tue, 16 Aug 2016 01:12:55 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2016-08-07-3-things-first-call-freelancer/https://ard.ninja/blog/2016-08-07-3-things-first-call-freelancer/I talk about scope of work, ballparking budget, and time constraints as the 3 things you need to discover immediatelySun, 07 Aug 2016 20:16:48 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2016-07-03-web-push-notifications-web-workers/https://ard.ninja/blog/2016-07-03-web-push-notifications-web-workers/Recently I did some experimenting with Web Workers and in-browser push notificationsSun, 03 Jul 2016 16:10:49 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2016-06-10-making-npm-install-faster/https://ard.ninja/blog/2016-06-10-making-npm-install-faster/A couple of ways to make npm install run a bit faster on your builds.Fri, 10 Jun 2016 16:23:13 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2016-04-24-computer-science-self-taught-programmer/https://ard.ninja/blog/2016-04-24-computer-science-self-taught-programmer/Thinking about writing a little E-Book for new developers.Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:30:10 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2016-04-23-increasing-commoditization-downmarket-web-development/https://ard.ninja/blog/2016-04-23-increasing-commoditization-downmarket-web-development/what to do about wix, squarespace, weebly and whatever else.Sat, 23 Apr 2016 23:58:17 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2016-02-02-git-tip-replace-master-branch-fresh-copy-upstream/https://ard.ninja/blog/2016-02-02-git-tip-replace-master-branch-fresh-copy-upstream/some git commands to remove a borked local branch and check out a fresh copy from upstreamTue, 02 Feb 2016 02:50:42 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2016-01-09-wrap-console-log-place-prefix/https://ard.ninja/blog/2016-01-09-wrap-console-log-place-prefix/Wrapping console.log so that you can add timestamps, script names, whatever else to node logs.Sat, 09 Jan 2016 22:15:26 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2016-01-09-javascript-constants-using-object-defineproperty/https://ard.ninja/blog/2016-01-09-javascript-constants-using-object-defineproperty/I was working on a project with hundreds of globals right on the window object, and trying to convince them this was badSat, 09 Jan 2016 20:01:57 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2016-01-03-calling-foreach-array-like-objects-e-g-arguments/https://ard.ninja/blog/2016-01-03-calling-foreach-array-like-objects-e-g-arguments/An example of good thing I learned from "Secrets of a JavaScript ninja"Sun, 03 Jan 2016 19:01:59 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2016-01-02-realtek-alc1150-codec-intel-point-h-hd-audio-linux/https://ard.ninja/blog/2016-01-02-realtek-alc1150-codec-intel-point-h-hd-audio-linux/An annoying troubleshooting experience where I learned about ALSASat, 02 Jan 2016 05:59:30 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2015-12-30-fun-semicolons-javascript/https://ard.ninja/blog/2015-12-30-fun-semicolons-javascript/Stray semicolons in JavaScript and cause unexpected code executionWed, 30 Dec 2015 00:53:18 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2015-12-13-jasmine-testing-spyonfoo-bar-callthrough-thoughts/https://ard.ninja/blog/2015-12-13-jasmine-testing-spyonfoo-bar-callthrough-thoughts/I made a pull request to Jasmine to add a feature to spies.Sun, 13 Dec 2015 06:44:59 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2015-07-31-mongodb-full-text-search-oddities/https://ard.ninja/blog/2015-07-31-mongodb-full-text-search-oddities/tl;dr - MongoDB does OR and doesn't order results by score by defaultFri, 31 Jul 2015 01:39:05 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2014-09-11-android-4-1-4-2-gpu-rendering-dom-repainting/https://ard.ninja/blog/2014-09-11-android-4-1-4-2-gpu-rendering-dom-repainting/tl;dr - CSS "translate3d" is buggy on certain android versionsThu, 11 Sep 2014 04:07:47 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2014-09-11-html5-number-input-validation-perturbing/https://ard.ninja/blog/2014-09-11-html5-number-input-validation-perturbing/HTML5 gives you element.validity for numbersThu, 11 Sep 2014 03:55:02 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2014-01-23-searching-sphinx-php/https://ard.ninja/blog/2014-01-23-searching-sphinx-php/Using Sphix with PHP and setting up indexesThu, 23 Jan 2014 05:30:21 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2014-01-22-full-text-search-sphinx-mysql-innodb/https://ard.ninja/blog/2014-01-22-full-text-search-sphinx-mysql-innodb/Configuring Sphinx to pull data directly from MySQL tables.Wed, 22 Jan 2014 02:30:46 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2013-12-19-microsoft-ad-ldap-authentication-via-apache2/https://ard.ninja/blog/2013-12-19-microsoft-ad-ldap-authentication-via-apache2/Doing LDAP auth directly with Apache and PHP, its actually pretty easyThu, 19 Dec 2013 22:58:50 GMThttps://ard.ninja/blog/2013-07-28-lcd-and-arduino/https://ard.ninja/blog/2013-07-28-lcd-and-arduino/My experiments with buying a little 20x4 LCD screen to use with an arduinoSun, 28 Jul 2013 05:26:52 GMT