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  • Second post on WordPress developer blog

    A couple of weeks ago I had my second post published on the new beta WordPress Developer Blog! The post is about how to split and merge blocks. The useful purpose of this is to do something like inserting another list item when editing a list and hitting enter, or backspacing a list item into… Keep reading →

    Feb 1, 2023
    Tech
    Gutenberg, wordpress

    Dean Sas

  • Xmas projects

    Amidst the festivities, games and socialising that the christmas season brings, I had four projects lined up to take care of during the christmas break. I’ve completed two, with a third nearly done and some progress made on the fourth. The first project was the one I completed last. I’ve set up the vesa mount… Keep reading →

    Jan 3, 2023
    Misc, Tech
    home office, projects, xmas

    Dean Sas

  • Reading 2022

    I’m inspired this year by one of my colleagues to do a little more than just a list of their books and a brief thought. I read 23,154 pages across fifty books from twenty-nine authors. 13 of the books were rereads of books I’ve read in previous years. I really enjoyed reading the Kingkiller Chronicles… Keep reading →

    Dec 31, 2022
    Misc
    reading

    Dean Sas

  • Migrating from Roam to Obsidian

    This is my opinionated guide on migrating note-taking apps from Roam Research to Obsidian.md. I go through this in three parts, the initial export and import, cleansing the data and some tweaks to make Obsidian a little bit more Roam-like. I’d also highly recommend reading Denise Todd spelling out some different options in her thorough… Keep reading →

    Dec 30, 2022
    Tech
    obsidian, roam

    Dean Sas

  • Published on WordPress developer news

    This week I had my first post published on the new beta WordPress Developer Blog! The post is about managing the state of your Gutenberg block/component or other wordpress/data based React application. Its aimed at people who have a little familiarity with React and are reading WordPress Javascript code. The post started from some notes… Keep reading →

    Dec 14, 2022
    Tech
    Gutenberg, wordpress

    Dean Sas

  • Reading 2021

    Shiang: Empire of Salt book II by Conn Iggulden, second part of the trilogy I started reading at the end of last year. The Sword Saint: Empire of Salt book III by Conn Iggulden Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. This felt big. Henry VIII is kind of a big deal in British history, his marriages… Keep reading →

    Jan 2, 2022
    Misc
    reading

    Dean Sas

  • Being hired at Automattic

    I started working for Automattic as a senior back-end software engineer in June. It’s an amazing place to work, the culture and processes are really distinctive – which I’ll explain more about another time. For the uninitiated, Automattic are the people who make WordPress.com, tumblr, Pocket Casts and much more besides. When I was considering… Keep reading →

    Jan 2, 2022
    Misc

    Dean Sas

  • Reading 2020

    Used to spend my commute reading, which obviously didn’t happen after March. I read a bit less fiction this year and hardly any re-reads. First Law: The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie. really well written, classic fantasy. Loved this and the direct sequel. The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin. Interesting sci-fi, loved the human computer. follow… Keep reading →

    Dec 31, 2020
    Misc
    reading

    Dean Sas

  • RIP Strats

    Strats was a quick project I’d built upon the Strava API. I used Strats after nearly every single bike ride as a way of gauging my progress and seeing who else had tried some of the same hills and how they’d got on with them. Strats was essentially a way of displaying the friend leaderboard for all of… Keep reading →

    May 30, 2020
    Tech
    strats, strava

    Dean Sas

  • Weeknotes: 11th May to 17th May

    What would you have liked to do more of? More focus time. It felt like too much of my week was playing work Tetris. To do this I’m going to try the trick of blocking out some time in my calendar and using skypes red light. More time on the enes project, the time I… Keep reading →

    May 17, 2020
    Misc
    weeknotes

    Dean Sas

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