Published in Level Up Coding·May 25, 2020Email development sucks, let’s make it better with MJMLBetween having to write in-line styles, worrying about Outlook’s issues (there’s a lot), and writing tables like I’m stuck in the ’90s. Developing HTML emails blows. Some great services make the need for developing HTML emails non-existent. Which is great, woohoo. Article over. But, we need something more custom and…Email5 min read
Published in Firebase Developers·Oct 23, 2019How an automated email saved me from getting parking ticketsTL;DR, I wrote an automated email using Firebase and a few other tools to remind me to never park in a restricted parking area. — My office is within walking distance of the Cubs stadium, Wrigley Field. During night games, most of the street parking is permitted after 5 pm. Which leave me in a predicament: I have to move my car before 5 pm on night games so I don’t get a ticket. …Firebase3 min read
Published in The Startup·Aug 17, 2019How to batch export hundreds of Illustrator files to SVGA few months ago I was tasked with cleaning up some icons and then preparing them for development. The icons were built in illustrator, one icon per illustrator file with multiple layers for different color options. There were somewhere around 200 icons, that needed to get exported to SVG and…Design3 min read
