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I Removed Disqus and Google Analytics (Finally)

Mar 23, 2019 4 min read Comments about this website Save to Pocket

As of today, my website and blog no longer have any Disqus or Google Analytics tracking code anywhere. That also means I no longer use Disqus or Google Analytics.

The apolitical fallacy

Mar 31, 2016 8 min read Comments Games Save to Pocket

> Politics is pervasive. Everything is political and the choice to be "apolitical" is usually just an endorsement of the status quo and the unexamined life.—Rebecca Solnit I've been hearing the word apolitical

Editing twitter URL share parameters with Ghost' share.hbs handlebars page

Feb 6, 2015 4 min read Comments coding notes Save to Pocket

Previously, when sharing a post, only the post-title and the post-url parameters were being passed. Curious on how to change it, I decided to investigate what was being used by my ghost theme

Thoughts about my path so far as a programmer & some takeaways about diversity and empathy

Nov 27, 2014 8 min read Comments web development Save to Pocket

Gersande Is Going Ghost.org

Sep 13, 2014 3 min read Comments about this website Save to Pocket

I decided to do something wonderfully reckless today. After more than 5 years with a Wordpress website, I jumped ship. My website was becoming really resource-heavy, costing more and more to maintain smoothly.