Deep Dives

Long-form posts where I actually go somewhere.

I wired up GitLab CI to Breadcrmb.
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I wired up GitLab CI to Breadcrmb.

Apr 29, 2026 · Development · 4 min read

I wanted real GitLab CI/CD experience — not the kind you get from reading docs, the kind you get from breaking a production app. So I wired up a GitLab pipeline to Breadcrmb, a personal journaling app I’ve been running in production, with the goal of zero disruption. Keep Vercel as the host. Just add […]

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CI Tells the Truth
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CI Tells the Truth

Apr 28, 2026 · Development · 4 min read

I decided to move away from having my lftcrwd application version-controlled locally to version-controlled on GitHub. This meant an opporunity to explore CI and GitHub Actions, as well as a security layer. (Semgrep) I spent an afternoon setting up CI/CD for lftcrwd and broke everything. Which is the point, it turns out. The setup was […]

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