Moving my Lambda Functions to Rust

My experience changing the AWS Lambda functions for this website from Python to Rust.

• Blake Rain

7 FEB 20226 min read

• AWS
• Rust

Moving Towards JamStack with Netlify

In this post I outline the steps that I took to make this blog a static site, whilst still maintaining some of the advantages of the Ghost CMS.

• Blake Rain

1 AUG 20215 min read

• Ghost
• JavaScript
• React

Overlays with Custom Widgets in GTK

In this post I show how to build a collapsible controls overlay in GTK, rendered over a simple custom widget.

• Blake Rain

14 JAN 202118 min read

• Python
• GTK

Allocating Memory for DMA in Linux

In this post we take a look at allocating memory on Linux using huge pages with the intention of sharing that memory with PCIe devices that use DMA.

• Blake Rain

11 DEC 202023 min read

• PCI
• Linux
• C++

Bitmap Tri-Color Marking

In this post I look at a simple tri-color marking implementation that uses bitmap operations to walk the heap.

• Blake Rain

5 DEC 202022 min read

• GC
• C++

Updated Site Search

In this post we look at an updated implementation of the site search feature.

• Blake Rain

27 NOV 20206 min read

• Ghost
• Python
• JavaScript
• React

Adding Search to Ghost

I wanted to add search functionality to the Ghost CMS. In this post I show the way that I achieved this.

• Blake Rain

2 NOV 201913 min read

• Ghost
• JavaScript
• Python

New Site and Blog

I have a new website and blog using the Ghost platform. Here I touch on the setup and the goals for this site.

• Blake Rain

31 OCT 20195 min read

• Ghost
• Linux
• AWS