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Developing a Federated Metadata System: Part 1

January 31, 2026•488 words

Let me preface this blog series by saying a few things: I am not very good at Rust I am certainly not an expert in federation/protobufs/distributed computing/etc Most importantly though, I am tired of having to grab metadata for ebooks, audiobooks, comics, etc. from 18 different sources, all of which structure their data uniquely, have hidden or nonexistent APIs, or impose nearly unusable rate limits, especially for large libraries. Which obviously means it's time to build a 19th source. So...

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My Favorite VSCode Extensions for Python Development

January 27, 2026•480 words

Here's a list of the VSCode extensions I use the most (for Python development). I find it helpful to create profiles in VSCode for different languages, so I might do the same for others, but most of these are just general QoL improvements, not super language specific. 1. indent-rainbow When I install VSCode on a new machine, it's jarring to not have the indentation colors since I've gotten so used to it. It's a simple improvement, but it really helps distinguish lines, and just makes it a lot ...

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Blog Intro

January 25, 2026•30 words

This is my intro! I don't know how often I will post, but I'd like somewhere to document my thoughts, processes, and hopefully things that will help others out. ...

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