michaelbrooks

I'm usually very scared of "breaking" something and if there's nothing there to break in the first place, why would I create something that will potentially break at some point.

I'm getting better at knowing that this is my issue though and just think to myself "If I break it, I can go back a few steps or just fix the problem as it comes".

The brain is very good at self-sabotaging when it can't figure out what or how to deal with certain situations though. The best thing to do is figure out why you're procrastinating before trying to fix it.

I did this with my Pixel 2 for a while, but the microphone had a lot of noise. To tackle the issue, I plugged a USB-C hub into it and used my Blue Yeti mic which gave me crystal clear audio.

Of course, a simple lapel would be a much better investment if you don't have any of that equipment.

I have two, one that started off as a development blog where I would post my learnings for myself and others who may have the same issues. This eventually moved to a more personal blog about personal issues also written in the hopes it can help me and others with similar problems. - https://michaelbrooks.co.uk

And my second blog is more focused on Web Development tutorials (mainly PHP/Laravel and JS/VueJS). I'm hoping to write a course on Laravel that starts at developing an app using traditional methods and then converting it to an API consumed via a frontend language (starting with Vue and then possibly moving over to React). All with TDD in mind so you can see how that works and how it'll change as the app changes. - https://michaelbrooks.dev

Have you taken a look at [0]WhereBy? It's been recommended as a great alternative to Zoom.

[0]https://whereby.com/

There are plugins to help you fight against Medium's paywall. However, if you didn't want to use a plugin, then you can easily use a private session which circumvents Medium's premium content.

This is the tool they're using and it can be used for any website.

https://www.statuspage.io/

Burpees are one of the best movements for all-around muscle development and the best thing is you don't need any weights.

If you can perform a full burpee (from standing to the floor) then the benefits are huge. You can also scale and go from standing to plank position or use a swimming pool (stand in the pool near the edge, jump onto the ledge and then back into the pool and go into squat position underwater).

I only pointed it out because I wanted to understand the reasons, especially when world records are being set. However, I accept your apology and reasoning for downvoting me, and I would never point it out during someone's speedrun since I would just want to enjoy their achievements.

If you want to see a working model of Elon's tunnel then take a look at this video[0]. He actually invited lots a bunch of people to test it out and give them an idea of how it'll all work.

[0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3WR2VIUKqY

Thanks to Breath of the Wild, I've recently enjoyed watching a few speedruns and it's amazing to see the number of glitches in BoTW. Check this out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEtHpCfi_DE

I also don't understand how anyone can accept speedrunning through glitches as a world record, but I guess if everyone does the same run with similar or the same glitches then it's fair? Seems like it just becomes a race to know every glitch in the game.

EDIT: I just want to say thank you to the replies that explains the mechanics and categories of speedrunning.

I wish someone could create a viable YouTube competitor, seems like there's no one that has succeeded just yet.

It seems like they're avoiding any and every Chromium-based browser. I wonder what their reason behind this would be since it's open-source so any browser using Chromium can take Google out of the code.

It's a subscribe popover so it doesn't count as an ad. I'm running uBlock and it didn't catch it.

I haven't charged my Garmin for a good 2 weeks, it's the forerunner 735XT. I honestly think it's the best fitness watch I've had.

That's exactly how it's done. :)

And this doesn't just affect America, but I think it affects every country.

I never see my friends any more and very rarely see my family. It's a really sad state of affairs, but I'm just working to make a living so I can hopefully one day own a house and go travelling with my wife.

I believe Nuxt is the VueJS serverside framework version of Next. I've never heard of Nest before, that looks fairly new compared to Next/Nuxt.

I too am in a similar situation. Got made redundant after working for a company for 2 and a half years. Decided to start my own business and go forward as a contractor.

It's no more or less secure than being full-time nowadays since I've been made redundant 3 times now and all because of money issues.

I failed to start an IG video channel talking about starting your own contracting business. Released two or three videos and then just stopped, and probably won't go back.

However, I have now started a Youtube channel for vlogging which is one of my old loves. I had a vlogging channel in 2006 and stopped because of bullies and life getting in the way. Feel like I'm getting my creative side back which has been a revelation for me.

I bet with a bit of engineering it could be pretty flexible. You could have a folder containing modules and then folders in there for submodules. You could then get JS to pick out specific modules and submodules on specific pages.

There would be a lot involved and probably wouldn't be worth the effort when more dynamic solutions are already out there, but I think it would be doable.

I became mostly vegan (also known as flexitarian) because I want to reduce my meat consumption due to climate change. I now cook vegan food as much as I can while eating meat every once in a while.

That is really disappointing and I wonder what's taking them so long, I hope they fix it soon.

Just a heads up, it's great to have an RSS feed, but readers won't automatically detect that you have one. I see you already have a link to your RSS feed so if you put this

  <a rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="/rss.xml">RSS</a>

That then tells all RSS readers that the link is a feed, and the reader will then detect this. Then say if I use Feedly and want to subscribe to your site, I can link to your homepage and it will automatically detect your feed.

You can also use a meta tag instead if you'd prefer not to display a link. More information can be found over MDN[0] and I also created a blog post on the 5 most important things all blogs should do.[1]

[0]https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Archive/RSS/Getting...

[1]https://michaelbrooks.co.uk/5-important-things-i-learnt-when...

That's helpful, thank you.

"Works in Chrome" is definitely becoming the new "Works in IE" unfortunately. If you check the /r/firefox subreddit, there's usually a post crying about how a site only works in Chrome which is frustrating. [0]

[0]https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/c3tq22/whats_with_...

It's using the Symfony framework which is considered very secure as it's one of the top open-source PHP frameworks on the web.

I can't edit, but I was hoping the backticks would create a code block, so please ignore those backticks. Also, more details can be found on their documentation [0].

[0] https://symfony.com/doc/current/doctrine.html#configuring-th...

It's using Doctrine so the configuration should be easy to change in the .env file. Update the "DATABASE_URL" line to...

`DATABASE_URL="sqlite:///%kernel.project_dir%/var/app.db"`

And point it to the correct directory where your file is located.

Not sure if you've heard of NGrok, but this tunnels your server and can be accessed outside of your network with or without https.

https://ngrok.com/