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Simple Web App in GCP by Dan Rogers

Describes a simple web app built using GCP that stores data in Firestore and images in GCS (Google Cloud Storage). Detailed code samples for these processes are provided for easy reference/copying. We also show how to dockerize the app and deploy it using GCP Cloud Run to run it at a fraction of the cost of GCP App Engine.

Favicon Generator by Dan Rogers

A cool site to generate "favicon.ico" files for your website.

Gatsby Blogs: Building futurestats.com by Dan Rogers

This article describes the process of building the futurestats.com website using the gatsby-starter-blog as a way to replace my previous site built on WordPress.

MDWiki: A simple wiki-like website from Markdown files by Dan Rogers

My first attempt to build a simple wiki-like website made use of MDWiki. This is a brilliant way to drop one HTML file into a project containing markdown files and instantly be able to view all of those files as HTML with a site that is ready to be deployed to the web.

Guitar Tab Website Using Metalsmith by Dan Rogers

Ever since I began playing guitar, I've been collecting guitar tabs (simple, pre-formatted text files that show how to play songs). I've always wanted a simple way to build a website from these tabs and make them available online. I found a tool called Metalsmith that made that fairly easy. This page documents how that site was created.