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Building a 3D WebGL & macOS-Style Interactive Developer Portfolio in React

Most developer portfolios look identical: a generic hero section, a grid of project cards, and a contact form. When building my own developer space, I wanted to treat it like a full-scale interactive web application rather than a static resume. I wanted visitors to explore, interact with 3D physics, run desktop OS windows, and chat with an autonomous portfolio AI assistant. Here is a breakdown of…

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How to forecast next December's sales in a spreadsheet

Most sales plans start from last year's number plus a hopeful percentage. That works until the month has a shape of its own: a quiet February, a summer bump, a December that sells a third more than…

  • Use Forecast Sheet tool in osFoundry desktop app for accurate December sales forecast
  • Organize historical sales data in two-column format with evenly spaced dates
  • Forecast end date set to last month for forecasting, e.g., December 2026

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How to Architect Real-Time Replication with Mirrored Azure SQL Databases

Why this matters: Mirrored Azure SQL databases offer a low-latency path to bring transactional data into OneLake without writing custom ETL pipelines.

  • Enable mirroring connection in Fabric portal for Azure SQL databases
  • Select objects for replication and monitor initial load latency
  • Access data via Direct Lake storage in Power BI for real-time analytics

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How to turn a blurry PNG logo into a vector SVG

A print shop, a sign maker or an embroidery service will often ask for "the vector file" of a logo, and what most people have is the PNG that came off a website: 220 pixels across, soft at the edges.

  • PNG logo has soft edges due to pixel grid
  • Vector Editor traces logo outlines into curves
  • SVG file is 11.9 KB, smaller and sharper than original PNG

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I Ran a JSON-LD Audit on 25 Pages of My Own Sites. 21 Say They Were Modified Today.

I run five small launch sites, and each one has a /studio blog. Back in September I made myself an index of every post, and one line in it has bugged me since: "the on-page datePublished schema is a…

  • JSON-LD audit conducted on 25 pages across five websites
  • 21 pages had dateModified attribute set to today
  • Audit script flagged missing or unparseable dates

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