https://roberskine.com/blog Posts on engineering, technology, and life off the clock by Rob Erskine. en-us Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:51:48 GMT https://roberskine.com/blog/welcoming-annie-2026-updates https://roberskine.com/blog/welcoming-annie-2026-updates Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT My wife and I are thrilled to announce the newest ~junior dev~ member of the family, Annie Elodie Erskine. Annie joined us on June 12th, and our lives have been full of hugs, snugs, and diaper changes ever since. I never used to buy it when people said how much my life would… Off the Clock https://roberskine.com/blog/trmnl-esports-hackathon https://roberskine.com/blog/trmnl-esports-hackathon Sun, 23 Nov 2025 05:17:00 GMT I have recently been E Inking All The Things: I'm waiting for my new Pebble E Ink to be shipped, I read in bed every night on Kindle, and I've recently been outfitting my home office with TRMNL screens. TRMNL is a customizable e ink display platform that brings your personal… Technology https://roberskine.com/blog/my-year-with-raycast https://roberskine.com/blog/my-year-with-raycast Fri, 13 Dec 2024 20:57:00 GMT My journey attempting to build a Raycast extension every month in 2024. Field Notes https://roberskine.com/blog/building-a-personal-assistant-with-audiopen-and-zapier https://roberskine.com/blog/building-a-personal-assistant-with-audiopen-and-zapier Sat, 28 Sep 2024 21:57:00 GMT Connecting AudioPen and Zapier to integrate with Todoist, Notion, and Slack to quickly automate everyday life. Technology https://roberskine.com/blog/gmmk-pro-qmk-resolving-stm32-dfu-device-has-no-driver https://roberskine.com/blog/gmmk-pro-qmk-resolving-stm32-dfu-device-has-no-driver Fri, 21 Jun 2024 17:15:00 GMT Setting up my GMMK Pro with QMK + Via super powers. Technology https://roberskine.com/blog/contentful-content-previews-with-nuxt-js https://roberskine.com/blog/contentful-content-previews-with-nuxt-js Thu, 22 Jul 2021 21:29:00 GMT Scratching your head trying to figure out content previews with Contentful and Nuxt? In this short tutorial I'll walk ya through how to do it. Engineering https://roberskine.com/blog/leveraging-netlify-serverless-functions-to-replicate-cors-enabled-endpoints https://roberskine.com/blog/leveraging-netlify-serverless-functions-to-replicate-cors-enabled-endpoints Mon, 01 Mar 2021 03:59:00 GMT In this brief tutorial we'll go over Netlify serverless functions, deploy scripts, and how we can use both to our advantage to get around CORs issues. Engineering https://roberskine.com/blog/rick-rolling-would-be-hackers https://roberskine.com/blog/rick-rolling-would-be-hackers Sat, 11 Jul 2020 16:48:00 GMT Malicious people trying to hack your site by hitting /wp-admin or /wp-login directly? Send them where they should really go! Engineering https://roberskine.com/blog/changing-the-favicon-while-a-tab-is-inactive https://roberskine.com/blog/changing-the-favicon-while-a-tab-is-inactive Wed, 08 Jul 2020 01:39:00 GMT Improve user recognition even when your tab isn't even in focus. Engineering https://roberskine.com/blog/headless-cms-with-graphql-and-dynamic-routes-in-nuxtjs https://roberskine.com/blog/headless-cms-with-graphql-and-dynamic-routes-in-nuxtjs Tue, 21 Jan 2020 17:21:00 GMT Hooking up NuxtJS to dynamic routes with a headless CMS can be difficult. In this tutorial I'll outline how to get up and running with GraphGL dynamic routes. Engineering https://roberskine.com/blog/crafting-a-better-404-experience https://roberskine.com/blog/crafting-a-better-404-experience Thu, 04 Apr 2019 17:34:00 GMT 5 Easy Steps for how to improve the poor 404 experiences on the web Engineering https://roberskine.com/blog/searching-for-a-better-search https://roberskine.com/blog/searching-for-a-better-search Sun, 04 Dec 2016 18:33:00 GMT Online search is at the crux of user experience online, and our users expect the best. In this case study I look at data and how we improved search on HHCC.com. Engineering