Chrome Extensions Turn Shady
One of the best things about Chrome extensions is also one of the worst things about them: they sit directly inside your browser. That makes them incredibly useful, but it also means the extension can watch pages,...
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QR Code Extension
Every day, thousands of people are searching for a simple way to turn a URL into a QR code. They do not need a complex solution, just a quick and easy tool. That is the idea behind QR Code Generator for Chrome . If...
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Marketing Is the Hard Part
It has never been easier to build software. With AI, a solo founder can design a landing page, scaffold a SaaS app, wire up billing, add analytics, and ship a usable product in days instead of months. That is a huge...
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How to Research Any Topic
When I want to learn a new topic quickly, I usually do not start with books or long courses. I start with YouTube. YouTube is one of the fastest ways to get up to speed on almost anything. The problem is that videos...
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How I Migrated This Blog from WordPress to Astro
For over 10 years, this blog has run on WordPress . It worked well for years, but recently I needed to migrate it to a new server, and it felt like too much for what is mostly a static site. This site does not need a...
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How to Get Free Email for Your Custom Domain
If you run a small business, side project, or SaaS, you probably want a professional email address like: support @ yourdomain.com hello @ yourdomain.com But most email hosting services charge $5 to $12 per user per...
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I Built a Tool to Help You Find Short Domains
If you’ve ever tried to find a short domain for your brand, you already know how this goes. You come up with a good, catchy domain name. You head to a registrar. It’s taken or crazy expensive. So you try another...
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Growing SEO with Free Tools
One thing I’ve learned running T.LY is that SEO growth doesn’t always come from blog posts or chasing backlinks. Over the past year, I’ve been experimenting with a different approach: building small, free tools that...
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RTSP Camera Stream Dashboard
After years of reliable camera streaming, I recently upgraded my RTSP Camera Dashboard from a Raspberry Pi to a Dell Mini OptiPlex with Ubuntu. I am still using the Wyze Cameras flashed with the RTSP firmware, which...
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Laravel Creator Spotlight
I recently joined Eric Barnes on the Laravel News Creator Series podcast , where I discussed my journey as a developer, the origins of T.LY URL Shortener , and the lessons I’ve learned along the way. It was great to...
