James' Audiolog: Indie.am

James' Audiolog: Indie.am

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James' Audiolog: Indie.am episodes

  • Embedded Analytics using Plausible
    Integrating Plausible.io Analytics into a Change Log

    I recently completed the integration of Plausible.io analytics into a change log. The idea behind this is to simplify the process by using Plausible's analytics instead of building a custom solution for my customers within their dashboard.

    Why Plausible.io?

    Initially, I was linking to a public Plausible.io page. This worked well, but Plausible has since improved their offering. They now allow you to convert a share link into an embeddable iframe. This enhancement has made it possible to embed the analytics directly into the app programmatically.

    How It Works

    With this new feature, users can view all the charts and data they would typically see on Plausible.io, but now it's conveniently located within their dashboard. Users can navigate to their list of change logs and simply click on the Analytics button for the change log they are interested in. This action will display all the relevant charts, graphs, and top pages directly in their dashboard.

    This integration provides a seamless experience for users, allowing them to access detailed analytics without leaving their dashboard environment.

    2 min
  • Indie Maker Update
    Indie Maker Update

    Here's my Indie maker update! I've been working on changelog.life pretty much nonstop for the past week. I've been playing around with it on and off for the week before that, making a bunch of updates.

    Domain Drama

    You might know about my changelogging.com drama. It's still unresolved. I've paid for and registered the domain, but Verizon is not explaining why they automatically banned the domain at the registrar level. This is really confusing and a bit frustrating.

    Moving Forward

    I'm glad I'm not 100% dependent on that name. When I registered it, I thought it would be a really good .com that you could use for your subdomain website. For example, if you were going to have yourname.changelogging.com, that seems kind of neat.

    Stay tuned for more updates as I continue to work through these challenges!

    0 min
  • What do you call your junk file in Figma?
    What Do You Call Your Untitled Draft in Figma?

    Hey designers, let's talk about that one Figma file we all have. You know the one—your untitled draft. It's like a digital junk drawer. It's where you go when you just need to resize a JPEG or crop a little bit out. Maybe you want to quickly change a background or compress a scanned document that's too large.

    Does this sound familiar? This file has been with you since you first downloaded Figma, and by now, it's probably filled with hundreds of individual pieces. So, what do you call that file?

    1 min
  • Checks and SaaS B2B Billing
    Starting seeing some traffic to an interesting thread on Twitter I participated in, so I thought I would share a few stories about SaaS billing, specifically for B2B companies. The big thing I learned about that surprised me the most: checks. You might say, but we don't accept checks. Yes you do. You will have customers google your address, google your name, and mail random checks to any address they find. Is it a PO Box that you don't check more than once a year, because it's only for your corporate filing or the address of your registered agent? If they can find on Google somebody at some point- a nonzero number of people- a surprisingly large number of people, will find that address and just throw money at it, and then they'll contact you via your support email and yell at you, because..
    2 min
  • Changelog but Twitter
    I'M prototyping something new today. Basically, I want my product to change log to live on Twitter. It might be a necessity to have a page link to your site where or an in bedded with it, where you can display recent updates to the application you can do. Pop-Up windows - I don't know that doesn't matter as an indie maker, I don't want to have to go somewhere special to post out updates to my change log in my own app I don't wan na pour get meds because those are poorly formatted they're, not great. I just want to make it really effortless to keep my Changelog up-to-date inside my product, so I'm prototyping pulling tweets filtering them by specific usernames and hashtags, and using those tweets to auto generate a change log that you never have to update.
    3 min
  • Have you Tried Tailwind?
    So I'm a frontend developer in 2021, over 10 years of experience building websites - since I don't know 2005, 2006, 2007, and I still use bootstrap and people ask me sometimes, you know, why I still use bootstrap. Why don't I use something more like Tailwind or have I heard of Tailwind or have I heard of Bulma, and I get a laugh out of that every time I hear it. I don't use it, but I like it, but I have a really interesting reason for why I think I don't use Tailwind. Let me tell you a story: I basically came up with tailwind in 2014, the exact same syntax, exact same kind of completion process. I called it declarative CSS. You can find it on my GitHub. I used it for a dozen or so projects.
    7 min
  • Spacehey Plays Pokémon
    So I took a break this week and built a thing called space. He plays Pokémon, it's a playable, Pokémon red instants. You can play from my space her profile. This is inspired by Twitter plays Pokémon because it's self inspired by twitch plays Pokémon for years ago. What it is, is it's a game boy, emulator, playing Pokémon red running on Wassom boy, which is a emulator written and go compile the web assembly running under no Jay as a little server. And basically, what happens is somebody presses a button from my profile page? It links to a page and if multiple people are playing at tallies them up and the highest, though every second hour is counted as the end. But then it
    3 min
  • Twitter Spaces: UX Teardown
    So I got an invite to host rooms on Twitter spaces are completed on boarding. Yesterday I tried things out. I want to share my initial impressions of the app. I think I've been in for five large rooms that I host a room yesterday for a few hours and just let people drop in serendipitously to try things out and I feel like. I have a pretty good idea of the current state of the user. Experience of the app I've made my comparisons with Clubhouse, and I just wanted to crystallize those things and capture that so to set the stage Twitter spaces they've made a pretty good copy of the clubhouse room. Experience there's one big difference and that's that they've limited their design just to the room experience and it feels like. Can I get on a group call with people you already known
    2 min
  • Apple Sounds
    Apple sounds: Loading, Funk, basso, sosumi, logged in, submarine, mail sent, new mail, put trash, empty trash, invitation, FaceTime ringer, FaceTime accepted, FaceTime hang up, AirPods connected, AirPods disconnected, AirPods low battery.
    1 min
  • American Airlines confirms UFO contact near New Mexico
    American Airlines Confirms UFO Contact Over New Mexico

    American Airlines has confirmed an encounter with an unidentified flying object (UFO) over New Mexico. The incident occurred on Sunday as the aircraft was en route from Cincinnati to Phoenix.

    Details of the Encounter
    • Date and Time: The sighting took place at 1:19 PM Central Time.
    • Location: The aircraft was flying over the northeast corner of New Mexico.
    • Altitude: The plane was at approximately 37,000 feet.
      • Communication with Air Traffic Control

      The pilots radioed Albuquerque Aircraft Control to report the sighting. In the communication, they described the object as "long and cylindrical," noting that it moved very quickly and passed directly over their aircraft.

      Official Response

      While the sighting has been confirmed by American Airlines, the company has emphasized that this does not necessarily imply extraterrestrial involvement. The term "UFO" simply indicates that the object remains unidentified. A debriefing has been conducted, but the nature of the object remains unknown.

      Conclusion

      This incident highlights the ongoing mystery surrounding UFO sightings. While intriguing, the lack of concrete evidence means that the true nature of the object remains speculative.

      2 min

    About James' Audiolog: Indie.am

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    Hey, I'm James, and welcome to my personal Audiolog. I mostly use this to share personal updates, via Indie.am. DM me for an invite!