{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "title": "Blog on chrispederick.com", "language": "en", "home_page_url": "https://chrispederick.com/", "feed_url": "https://chrispederick.com/feeds/json/index.json", "description": "The blog of Chris Pederick, author of the Web Developer browser extension.", "authors": [ { "name": "Chris Pederick" } ], "items": [ { "id": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2026/the-movies-i-watched-in-2025/", "url": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2026/the-movies-i-watched-in-2025/", "title": "The Movies I Watched in 2025 🍿", "content_html": "

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I watched 82 movies in 2025 (excluding rewatches), down from 119 in 2024. I’m setting myself a goal of getting that back over 100 for 2026.

Here are my highlights (and the lowlight):

The full list:

If you want to see what movies I’m watching throughout the year then you can follow me on Letterboxd.

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My home screen has changed a lot since I last posted it. I’m now back to using stock icons in their large size with automatic dark modeβ€”although I wish Apple would allow for a 7th row above the dock. I use Ivory for both Mastodon and Blueskyβ€”the only social media sites I remain active on. And I’ve switched to Apple Podcasts from Pocket Casts as I move away from Automattic’s products.

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Having migrated my site to Eleventy and used AI to automate the process, I can now create these end-of-year movie round-up posts much more easily. Here are the 119 movies that I watched in 2024β€”excluding any movies that I rewatched:

These were my highlights:

If you want to see what movies I’m watching throughout the year then you can follow me on Letterboxd.

", "date_published": "2025-01-02T16:28:32Z" } , { "id": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2024/12-16/", "url": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2024/12-16/", "title": "", "content_html": "

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According to Pocket Casts, my top five podcasts of 2024 were dominated by David Chen and The McElroys, who sandwiched my favorite, The Flop House

", "date_published": "2024-12-16T17:14:51Z" } , { "id": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2024/12-06/", "url": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2024/12-06/", "title": "", "content_html": "

I generally consider myself an β€œAI skeptic”, but I tried Windsurf last week and was blown away. I used it to help me write a script to automate my end-of-year movie round-up posts since Letterboxd does not provide a public API. The results (and experience) were both impressive and somewhat scary

", "date_published": "2024-12-06T18:35:14Z" } , { "id": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2024/12-03/", "url": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2024/12-03/", "title": "", "content_html": "

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I changed my avatar background color to purple for Mastodon and blue for Bluesky so that I can more easily tell which account I’m looking at in Ivory

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It’s that time of year again when I look back on the movies I watched in 2023 and pick my favorite and least favorite. Wait…did I say 2023? Shouldn’t that be 2024? Well, I never got around to doing my 2023 post, and then I couldn’t write any blog posts while I migrated from WordPress to Eleventy (more on that in a future post).

So here is my 2023 list! I excluded any movies that I rewatched, so these are the 57 movies that I watched for the first time in 2023:

These were my highlights:

If you want to see what movies I’m watching throughout the year then you can follow me on Letterboxd.

", "date_published": "2024-11-27T19:08:34Z" } , { "id": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2024/11-26/", "url": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2024/11-26/", "title": "", "content_html": "

Last week I launched an update to my site that migrated it from WordPress and custom PHP to Eleventy (and a tiny amount of custom PHP). I think I have all the kinks worked out now and plan to write a few posts about the process and how it’s all working

", "date_published": "2024-11-26T19:11:37Z" } , { "id": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2024/4215/", "url": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2024/4215/", "title": "", "content_html": "

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I’m actively working on a new version of Web Developer, and it’s a huge update. Initially it will be primarily under-the-hood changes combined with UI improvements and bug fixes, but it should set things up for new features and more frequent updates going forward.

", "date_published": "2024-04-17T18:01:46Z" } , { "id": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2023/4111/", "url": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2023/4111/", "title": "", "content_html": "

I met Molly Holzschlag in person a few times when I was first starting out as a web developer. The only thing that matched how passionately she fought for the open web was her kindness and generosity to myself and others. RIP Molly, you will be sorely missed.

", "date_published": "2023-09-06T22:48:06Z" } , { "id": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2023/4103/", "url": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2023/4103/", "title": "", "content_html": "

Google approved the new version of Web Developer, and it is once again available in the Chrome Web Store πŸ™Œ

", "date_published": "2023-08-26T15:24:04Z" } , { "id": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2023/4101/", "url": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2023/4101/", "title": "", "content_html": "

You may have noticed that Web Developer is no longer available in the Chrome Web Store. Google removed the extension because it was requesting a permission that it did not use. I have submitted a new version of the extension that does not request this unnecessary permission, but it is waiting for approval from Google. Hopefully that will be soon!

", "date_published": "2023-08-26T00:15:51Z" } , { "id": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2023/4031/", "url": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2023/4031/", "title": "", "content_html": "

Ahead of a long flight this weekend, I just tried to borrow a book using the Libby app, only to find that my library card had expired a month ago. A librarian renewed my card via a 30-second online chat, and I could immediately borrow and download the book. Libraries are wonderful! πŸ“š

", "date_published": "2023-03-10T23:25:09Z" } , { "id": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2023/4019/", "url": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2023/4019/", "title": "", "content_html": "

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I need to write a post about everything I’m running on my Mac mini home server, but the latest addition is Uptime Kuma as a self-hosted uptime monitoring solution: https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma

", "date_published": "2023-02-22T18:55:34Z" } , { "id": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2023/3998/", "url": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2023/3998/", "title": "", "content_html": "

When I migrated to Readwise Reader, I imported over 1,500 items from Pocket that I had saved over a decade. A month later, and I have half that many items thanks to the improved reading interface and features that enable quick triaging, like keyboard shortcuts and custom filters

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I started using Letterboxd again this year to track the movies I watch. I signed up for a pro membership, primarily for the feature that filters your watchlist to show only the movies available on services that you subscribe to.

Unfortunately, Letterboxd doesn’t have a public API. However, you can get an export of your data, and I wrote a hacky PHP script that processed my diary CSV and created this end-of-year round-up.

I excluded any movies that I rewatched, so these are the 77 movies that I watched for the first time in 2022:

These were my highlights:

If you want to see what movies I’m watching throughout the year then you can follow me on Letterboxd.

", "date_published": "2023-01-30T18:08:44Z" } , { "id": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2023/3999/", "url": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2023/3999/", "title": "", "content_html": "

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Starting 2023 with a new home screen using custom icons for everything

", "date_published": "2023-01-11T19:31:06Z" } , { "id": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2023/what-i-read-in-2021-2022/", "url": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2023/what-i-read-in-2021-2022/", "title": "What I Read in 2021 & 2022 πŸ“š", "content_html": "

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My reading has dramatically slowed since I started working from home in 2020. Now that I no longer have a commute, I’m still trying to work out a good time in my day when I read. Therefore, unfortunately, I only read seven books across 2021 & 2022 combined:

From this brief list, these were my highlights:

If you want to see what (little) I’m reading throughout the year then you can follow me on Goodreads.

Disclosure: I am an affiliate of Bookshop.org and I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.

", "date_published": "2023-01-10T17:43:59Z" } , { "id": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2023/3990/", "url": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2023/3990/", "title": "", "content_html": "

I added a notice to Read Ruler that it is no longer maintained or supported and will not be accessible after May 1st, 2023. Reading time was previously added directly in Pocket anyway, and I’ve now fully moved to Readwise Reader.

", "date_published": "2023-01-09T23:41:49Z" } , { "id": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2022/3976/", "url": "https://chrispederick.com/blog/2022/3976/", "title": "", "content_html": "

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You know the weather is about to get nasty when there are four severe weather alerts stacked on top of each other

", "date_published": "2022-12-27T02:29:23Z" } ] }