cybrkyd

cybrkyd's blog

De-Americanising: Git

Github to Codeberg.

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 10:55 UTC

Mucho updates

No change-freeze in my house, we test in Prod.

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 18:23 UTC

Something I never thought I would do

Sometimes we surprise ourselves.

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 08:48 UTC

Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho: book review

Love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer. So says Maria, a young Brazilian girl convinced from an early age that she will never find true love.

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 09:54 UTC

Brida by Paulo Coelho: book review

This is the story of Brida, a beautiful young Irish girl, and her quest for knowledge.

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 09:03 UTC

Tick Tock by James Patterson: book review

NYC's number one detective, Michael Bennett, has a huge problem - someone is recreating the crimes of infamous killers from New York's history. The city has never been more terrified.

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:02 UTC

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho: book review

This is the story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who dreams of travelling the world in search of a treasure as extravagant as any ever found. From his home in Spain he journeys to the exotic markets of Tangiers and then into the Egyptian desert, where a fateful encounter with the alchemist awaits him.

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 12:15 UTC

A PHP like button

Hot on the heels of my PHP hit counter, I now have a like button based on the same codebase.

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 11:27 UTC

PHP hit counter

A privacy-respecting PHP hit counter (unique visitor counter) with anti-bot and anti-spam measures.

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:28 UTC

Counting unique webpage visitors

Thinking about how to capture unique visitors to a website.

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 09:37 UTC

When UK broke the Internet

The UK's Online Safety Act is now in effect. The socials are going crazy, with many — some not even from the UK — shouting loudly into the void about how this is the end of the Internet.

Sun, 03 Aug 2025 11:35 UTC

gedit status bar word count plugin

I'll write gushing, love poetry about having dreams of gedit another time; not right now.

Sat, 02 Aug 2025 12:15 UTC

Find unused CSS with Python

A Python script to find unused CSS.

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 10:49 UTC

Moving the furniture around

I am a restless soul.

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 21:03 UTC

What is all the fuss about Obsidian?

Half-asleep, I decide to finally figure this one out. Is it going to be another Vim versus Emacs perpetual debate?

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 09:10 UTC