Isaac Tait's Blog

Thoughts on my WFH setup

May 31, 20212 min read

Last week I read this article about building a minimalist desk setup. It got me thinking about my desk, which is currently slotted between the sliding window to our back porch (read: great views and excellent lighting {during the day}) and the enter...

Enabling site-wide search functionality for my Gatsby site deployed with Netlify using Algolia

Mar 11, 20215 min read

I found this tutorial on YouTube that got me pointed in the right direction, but there were still a few unanswered questions not addressed by the tutorial. Namely how to get Algolia up and running on a Gatsby site deployed with Netlify. I ended up n...

Dual Monitor Setup with a CalDigit TS3Plus

Jan 7, 20214 min read

CalDigit's TS3 Plus offers a whole lot of functionality in a Svelte package. I had been dreaming of hooking my home workstation up with one ever since I discovered it while taking JavaScript 30 (a course I highly recommend btw). Well after dreamin...

Debugging my upgrade to TailwindCSS's V2

Dec 21, 20204 min read

So, I finally pulled the plug and updated TailwindCSS to V2 on my GatsbyJS blog. Below I outline the steps I took and the problems I encountered along the way (along with the solutions). The first step was to install the latest TailwindCSS along wit...

The art of the process

Dec 19, 20204 min read

A good friend of mine turned me onto Stoicism recently by gifting me with two of Ryan Holiday's books. I easily finished the first one Ego Is The Enemy but the second one The Obstacle is the Way I have been taking my time with. Digesting each sho...

Setting up a Hashnode blog with AWS Route 53

Dec 16, 20204 min read

After a bit of trial and error I was able to setup my Hashnode blog using AWS's Route 53. Below I have outlined the steps I followed to successfully deploy my Hashnode blog . Step 1 - Enter your personal domain name After creating your Hashnode ac...