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For a while I’ve sat on this idea of using the name Colbyashi Maru for some kind of fun content series. What the Colbyashi Maru? If you…

This year has been hard on pretty much everyone in the world, some more than others. It's led to a boom in content creation as people are…

Working at ThinkGeek was fun, challenging, and rewarding. Those experiences taught me how to be a better person and how to apply those…

The process of writing an ebook provided a lot of value in helping me grow as both a developer and content creator. It’s helped me…

If you’ve been following along with my work, I tend to talk about maps every so often. This includes tutorials like how to create a…

I’m proud to officially launch my first ebook 50 Projects for React & the Static Web. This free ebook includes 50 project ideas complete…

A common thread in web development thought pieces is why you shouldn’t use a certain framework on your blog or why simply, you shouldn’t…

AWS has taken the tech community by storm. It’s easily sold as one of the most reliable providers with an exhaustive list of services from…

The global pandemic has had widespread effects, not just in how we go to work or go out to eat, but how we socialize and network in our…

Websites and applications are complex! Buttons and images are just the tip of the iceberg. With this kind of complexity, you need people to…

Building quality content can be a really rewarding task, but for those just starting out or those who don't yet have a large audience, that…

Design is a part of the product process that often gets pushed off. This can come at a cost that your customers or other developers have to…

Learning something new is hard. It's even more challenging if you have a hard time trying to find motivation. How can we find things in our…

Writing is an important way for all of us to share our thoughts and experiences. While the content itself is important, what else can we can…

Becoming a Senior Developer is something many of us strive for as we continue our code journey and build our career. But what does it…

Writing about our work is one of those things that most of us have on our to-do list. But whether it's due to procrastination or fear, we…

Getting in the habit of being conscious of your coding decisions can make a difference not only as you build out your project, but also when…

Building maps can be pretty powerful, but often you're stuck with open source options for the map imagery that might not help the…

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has swiftly changed how all of us interact day to day. How can we use available APIs to build a mapping…

Get ready for the summer by building your own road trip mapping app with this step-by-step guide! Author's Note: Even though we're going…

Chef Gusteau was a visionary who created food experiences for the world to enjoy. How can we take his lessons and apply them to the world of…

JAMstack sites are all the rage right now in the web dev world. And rightfully so! But what exactly is it and how can we all take advantage…

Full stack web developers are the Swiss Army knife of the code world. Having that designation means you can produce end to end solutions…

The Christmas season is a magical time of year. We have Santa flying around spreading cheer and Elf roaming around New York during our…

Managing code snippets and pixels on your website or app to measure traffic can be a little bit stressful, especially if you have a…

Linting makes everyone’s lives easier by telling us what’s wrong with our code, but how can we avoid doing the actual work that goes into…

One of the biggest challenges in software development is time. It’s something we can’t easily get more of, but linting can help us make the…

Frameworks come and go, and while Gatsby may eventually drift as tech does, the performance and productivity boosts are strong arguments for…

Google Analytics is a powerful web service that gives you insights into your website or application. What exactly is it and how can it help…

A growing trend in front end development is the idea that you can dive right in to Javascript and succeed. Honestly, for better or worse you…

CSS-in-JS is all the rage. But is it really the best option? Solving problems you don't need to solve Don't get me wrong, CSS-in-JS is a…

Hooks have become a pretty powerful new feature of React, but they can be intimidating if you’re not really sure what’s going on behind the…

One of the messier bits of a new app setup is trying to figure out where to stash your Google Analytics initialization scripts. There are…

Google "webpack react" and you'll notice the top result guides all have one thing in common: they create custom HTML templates for their…

Webpack, even with the HTML Webpack Plugin, doesn’t necessarily give a graceful way of managing simple HTML snippets without putting…

I'm pretty active on Slack (most active, ahem...). I like to chat, because I believe strong communication is super helpful for teams, but it…

Easily set up a blacklist for those marketing lists that somehow get around Akismet. Throw the below in your functions.php file and…

Easily create a script to batch optimize PNG files in Photoshop using TinyPng's Photoshop Plugin and Adobe's ExtendScript Toolkit. Jump over…

dpkg-scanpackages isn't designed to take in some of the user defined fields Cydia repos use. Saurik points out in his How to Host a Cydia…

minimal.iOS updated for iOS 8, minimal.iOS.8 is a Winterboard theme for jailbroken iPhones. Now available on Cydia via the ModMyi.com repo…

With the recent release of Pangu, I was inspired to get back to work on more icon theming. Behold, the iOS7 version of Winterboard theme…

Check out the details at packagecontrol.io

Finally launched, frostydeals.com is a pet project created by Broc Klein and myself that functions as an aggregator for one-day deals across…

Colby Fayock Resume

Created this script with the need to swap high resolution images in when high ppi, non-mobile displays are detected. hippify on GitHub

Recently, I released a Winterboard theme for jailbroken iPhones called minimal.iOS. It's only the lockscreen at this point, but the plan is…

Finally got around to updating my lockscreen. Wanted to go with something nice and simple Original lockscreen template with LS Nimbus iPhone…

These posts are going to be short until I reformat all of the previous ones. With that in mind, saved a couple seconds loading time on a…

Updated resume. Colby Fayock Resume

Potentially gearing up for a larger event, I was contacted to do a concept design for a flyer that would serve as a marketing effort for a…

To promote her company and get a foot in the door, I was asked by my mom to make a website for Hair by Diane. I wanted to create a modern…

Getting in the spirit for St. Patrick's Day and more specifically, State Patty's Day, I decided to create a background for my phone. 320x48…

Mannings is a TV, furniture, and appliances store owned and managed by my grandfather. He has had this store for over 50 years and has never…

Hair By Diane is a recent start-up salon created by my mother. Prior to this salon and between other career fields, she has had over 2…

Studio and outdoor photography session with model Bill Taylor. Bill Taylor Image 1 Bill Taylor Image 2 Bill Taylor Image 3 Bill Taylor Image…

Design Official is a mock design team/company created by two colleagues and myself to emulate the structure and teamwork needed in a typical…

Studio photography session with model Anthony Santiago. Anthony Santiago Image 1 Anthony Santiago Image 2 Anthony Santiago Image 3 Anthony…

Filmore wanted an album art design, front and back, for their upcoming single release of "City Lights." The member in contact was pretty…

Filmore, a band out of Maryland, contacted me to create a MySpace web template for them. They requested a space theme, but did not have much…

Mock product shots for Sennheiser/AX. Sennheiser/AX Image 1 Sennheiser/AX Image 2 Sennheiser/AX Image 3 Sennheiser/AX Image 4

Wowee Zowee was a student project that I created mocking the current fast food era. Many fast food chains will promote ridiculous food…

The Pennsylvania State University branch of Tau Epsilon Phi requested me to create a website for their brotherhood. For this project, I…

Studio photography session with Marine, John Long. John Long Image 1 John Long Image 2 John Long Image 3 John Long Image 4

Paper Heart is a film that was created to look like a documentary of a girl who does not believe in love. As the film progresses, she finds…