Alex Hedley (Page 2)

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VBA Object Browser

A number of years ago I found a UI lib called 98.css with the tag line "A design system for building faithful recreations of old UIs." I've been wanting a reason to use this in some app and thought this might be a good use case.

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GitHub Copilot

I signed up for the free one month trial of GitHub Copilot today, and got to work looking through all those hobby projects I've said I'll work on and never get round to it.

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Statiq - Plugins

Building Statiq plugins with Copilot

It's been a little while since I've looked at my Statiq Plugins like Reading Time so I put GitHub Copilot to work.

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Archery Targets

When building the Archery App I had it in mind to keep track of my shots in an interactive target.

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Cistercian Numerals

As you know I have a fascination with numbers and a few years ago (Jul 25, 2023 / Jul 1, 2024) I found Cistercian Numerals so I built a site to document them. Luckily there were some CodePens with interactive tools to work with.

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Devhub North - February 2026

📅 Thursday, Feb 5 from 5:30 pm to 8 pm GMT

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.NET Meetup Newcastle - Jan 2026

Take a Note of UI with .NET 10 + Keeping it Simple with Falco and HTMX

.NET Meetup

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twinBASIC Docs

Contributing to the twinBASIC Docs

I've been following the twinBASIC journey for a number of years and as it's nearing v1 so I thought I'd give it another go. I think the last time I used it, it was a VSCode Ext, but now it is an EXE. One push for this was the twinBASIC Monthly Challenge #1 Self-Contained Diagnostic Tool. I downloaded the latest Release from GitHub and started trying it out.

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2025 In Review

Last year I wrote my 2024 In Review, it's time for 2025!

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GitHub Contributions Chart Generator

All your contributions in one image!

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