Hello, I'm James!
A development engineer from Canada, building internet things with JavaScript and Python.
I have a keen interest in developer experience, tooling, and process automation, with a healthy obsession with documentation. I am currently working with the team at Points.com.
Recent posts
Designing APIs with the OpenAPI spec (v3.0)
My team has been talking about revamping our testing strategy for a core service for some time. We heavily
rely on E2E tests against a pleothra of other microservices which makes all of our pipelines unbelievably slow.
We're looking to implement…
Ditching Tailwind.css and embracing MDX
What started as a minor tweak to this site turned into quite a large refactor! I've added a little theme improvement
and some changes to the tooling around the site build. Along with the headliner changes detailed below: Added MDX support The…
Automate git activities with Node
Turns out you can automate Git commands and processes with node, and interact with any other
scripts with a copious use of child_process.exec . A recent silly exercise in wasteful automation
of mine was to speed up some git housekeeping we need to…
Building a README badge image API with Python
README badges are great convenient way to display important information and links about a project.
Showcasing things like your builds passing, or the number of downloads a project has. Here is an
example of some README badges from my Flagpole…
Using the Xcode iOS simulator CLI
The Apple development application Xcode comes with a nifty iOS simulator bundled with it. Most of the time you probably use this for app development activities, but you can also test web things in a native Safari environment without using things…
Current projects
Flagpole
Easily register and work with feature flags in your theme with Flagpole. This WordPress plugin allows developers to easily configure feature flags in your WordPress themes.
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image-api-service
A Python/Flask API that generates dynamic images for use in README files and web pages.
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batch-commit
An experiment in writing Git automation tools as a NodeJS CLI with Oclif. This automates creation of empty commits and tags to trigger CI activities in bulk.
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