Kah Goes Coding

Kah

Kah

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Thanks to some friends, I started learning to program in high school. Now I am a software engineer. I can sometimes be found running, tending to my garden or playing with my six backyard chooks.

Updating nested data with Kernel.update_in

Feb 20, 20232 min read

Kernel.update_in makes it easy to update nested structures. For example, let's say we want to change Jack's last name to "Nimble" in the following...

Updating nested data with Kernel.update_in

Customising the RGB Matrix Effect transitions

Jan 27, 20233 min read

After setting up my layer indicators, I wanted an easy way to turn on/off and cycle through two RGB matrix effects. The idea was to use plain solid...

Customising the RGB Matrix Effect transitions

Finding the LED indexes on the Iris

Sep 28, 20226 min read

The plan I planned on having Colemak and numpad layers when I got my first mechanical keyboard - the Keebio Iris (rev 6). The Iris came with built in...

Finding the LED indexes on the Iris

Finding a better keyboard

Aug 5, 20222 min read

Thoughts on going from MS Natural 7000 to a Keebio Iris · As a software developer, I spend a lot of time typing on the keyboard. I have been using the...

Finding a better keyboard

Searching in Git

Apr 14, 20216 min read

The history tracked by Git is a rich source of information on how a project evolved. Every commit captures what changed, when it changed and by whom....

Searching in Git

Never trust an upload's filename

Apr 7, 20213 min read

It's generally accepted that we should never simply trust a user's input. Otherwise, we're vulnerable to malicious input (CE-5). For a file upload...

Never trust an upload's filename