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VPS
Serverless and Surprise Bills
Author
Cooper Gidge
Date
May 31, 2025
I love serverless. Less time managing a server, more time coding my project. But the problem is there is a bad trend within the industry when it comes to setting budgets.
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Eleventy
Guide
Static
Web Dev
Super Easy Comments for Static Sites
Author
Cooper Gidge
Date
May 29, 2025
Let's add comments to a static site, in a super easy way. No paid comment services or anything like that. I'm using Eleventy but this works with any static site generator. Like your blog posts, you can store your comments in your repo with this comment system.
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Editorial
Introducing...Comments!
Author
Cooper Gidge
Date
May 29, 2025
Introducing what I will retroactively call Version 3 of Kybercode! This version adds comments, fixes our graph component, and minor site tweaks that needed to get done.
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Eleventy
Guide
Static
Web Dev
How to Make a Reusable Bar Chart Component for your Static Site
Author
Cooper Gidge
Date
May 29, 2025
Instead of using an open source solution (like Chart.js) and adding yet another dependency to this site, I created my own reusable bar chart component for this static site!
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Serverless
VPS
Why I'm Close to Abandoning Cloud Computing
Author
Cooper Gidge
Date
May 28, 2025
The one thing I hate more than spending money is spending an unknown amount of money. I want my monthly bills to be consistent. But cloud computing bills are inconsistent and depend entirely on usage.
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Browsers
CSS
Web Dev
Safari is a Difficult Browser to Work With
Author
Cooper Gidge
Date
Mar 31, 2025
Using margin on a CSS Grid child doesn't work well with aspect-ratio on iOS 18.3.2. My latest of many discoveries that contribute to my complicated relationship with Safari and mobile web development.
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AI
Efficiency
The AI Bubble Burst, Just Not In The Way I Was Expecting
Author
Cooper Gidge
Date
Jan 28, 2025
I thought AI requiring millions of Nvidia GPUs was never going to be sustainable long-term. I might've been wrong. DeepSeek might be the future and OpenAI might've just gotten a run for its money.
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Dependencies
Frameworks
JavaScript
Why I Don't Use JavaScript Frameworks
Author
Cooper Gidge
Date
Jan 19, 2025
I don't use JavaScript frameworks like React, Vue, Svelte, or whatever else is trending these days. I've always stuck with vanilla JavaScript. The same applies to CSS frameworks and dependencies in general.
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Editorial
Obligatory End Of Year Post
Author
Cooper Gidge
Date
Jan 1, 2025
For my own sanity, I figured it is worth documenting the history of this site every year. So...let's do that!
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Eleventy
Embeds
Guide
Static
Web Dev
How To Automate Open Graph Images With Eleventy
Author
Cooper Gidge
Date
Dec 5, 2024
I recently set up automatic Open Graph images on this site. Now, instead of making a custom OG image for every page on this site, I automatically generate them at build time.
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