Notes on code, systems & the craft of building software. A developer blog by Mackenly Jones.https://crtv.dev/https://crtv.dev/moving-crtv-dev-from-ghost-to-astro/https://crtv.dev/moving-crtv-dev-from-ghost-to-astro/The old crtv.dev was taken down and its posts were lost. Here's how I rebuilt every post from the Wayback Machine, why the blog now runs as a static Astro site on Cloudflare, and what I learned about backups.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTDevOpsCloudflareGhostWayback MachineMackenly Joneshttps://crtv.dev/getting-good-at-devops/https://crtv.dev/getting-good-at-devops/Thu, 19 Mar 2026 02:35:58 GMTDevOpsMackenly Joneshttps://crtv.dev/github-actions-tips-and-tricks/https://crtv.dev/github-actions-tips-and-tricks/This is a companion post to a talk I recently gave. You'll find a recap of the content, plus code examples, helpful links, and tips the slides couldn't fit in the slides. Before you go further, I'd love to connect on social media. 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