Blog

The not-so-humble writings of Duale Siad. The blog posts here usually pertain to programming, photography, or both.

All posts here are licensed under Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA, unless otherwise stated.

RSS Feed

Mastodon

TailwindCSS with Gradle & Java

May 30, 2026 12:30 AM GMT+10

A simple tutorial on how to use Tailwind with a Gradle project.

Systemic Thinking in Programmers

Mar 16, 2026 2:41 PM GMT+11

My theory of understanding the root of software engineer traps and our conceptions of such pitfalls.

Photographing Melbourne Suburbia

Jun 5, 2025 7:55 PM GMT+10

Announcing a project that seeks out to showcase the lesser-known side of Melbourne.

Adding Webmentions to Astro

Dec 24, 2024 12:21 AM GMT+11

A new 'indie' way to add comments to a website.

The Fresh Logo of Bellair

Dec 21, 2024 12:00 AM GMT+11

Rebranding after four years, and its associated write-up.

Found a new 'forge'

Mar 29, 2024 5:10 PM GMT+11

Moving to a new hosted repository hosting solution, away from Github.

New site, same me

Dec 8, 2023 9:23 PM GMT+11

Discussing my site rewrite and re-design.

Let's face it: WearOS will never compete with Apple.

Jun 9, 2023 3:45 PM GMT+10

The Android-based wearable operating system has failed to achieve its potential.

Mirror: [Almost] a year on

Dec 6, 2022 1:37 PM GMT+11

The backstory behind this project, and some news.

iViewed Your API Keys

Apr 13, 2022 2:20 PM GMT+10

Diving into a security issue with the streaming service of Australia's premier broadcasting company.