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· 10 min read
John Reilly

I've wanted to take a look at some of the alternative JavaScript runtimes for a while. The thing that has held me back is npm compatibility. I want to be able to run my code in a runtime that isn't Node.js and still be able to use npm packages. I've been using ts-node for a long time now; it's what I reach for when I'm building any kind of console app. In this post I want to port a console app from ts-node to Bun and see how easy it is.

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· 3 min read
John Reilly

Node.js 18 doesn't allow legacy TLS renegotion by default. But some APIs still need it. Also, corporate network traffic network is often subject to SSL inspection and that can manifest as a downgrade in TLS negotiation. Palo Alto Networks SSL Inbound Inspection is an example of an SSL inspector that can downgrade TLS.

This post shows how to support work around this issue with Axios.

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· 6 min read
John Reilly

A new API landed in Docusaurus 2.3.0 - it's called createFeedItems. It's a great API that allows you to tweak the Atom / RSS / JSON feeds for your blog. This post shows how to use it with the git commit date.

This post builds upon a technique we've previously used to drive the lastmod properties of our sitemap. You can read about driving lastmod from git commit here.

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· 10 min read
John Reilly

In October 2022 traffic to my blog dropped like a stone. What happened? Somehow I ruined my SEO. Don't be me. I'll tell you what I got up to and hopefully you can avoid doing the same.

Updated 20/11/2023: SEO fixed!

There's a follow up to this named "How we fixed my SEO" that you may enjoy.

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· 5 min read
John Reilly

This post demonstrates enriching an XML sitemap with lastmod timestamps based on git commits. The sitemap being enriched in this post was generated automatically by Docusaurus. The techniques used are predicated on the way Docusaurus works; in that it is file based. You could easily use this technique for another file based website solution; but you would need tweaks to target the relevant files you would use to drive your lastmod.

If you're interested in applying the same technique to your RSS / Atom / JSON feeds in Docusaurus, you may find this post interesting.

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