Blog

Thoughts my own, whatever that means.

• How to accept Lightning payments with LNBits and Cloudflare tunnels

  Posted on: June 17, 2025

  In this guide I explore how to accept Lightning payments with a static QR code. It's free, low maintenance, privacy-centric, and requires no trusted third parties.

• Build & run a full Bitcoin node with a Raspberry Pi 5

  Posted on: June 2, 2025

  Today I'll show you how to build a Bitcoin node using a Raspberry Pi 5, no external USB drive or monitor required. It's low maintenance and configurable via web browser.

• Lessons from an AI-assisted migration to Astro

  Posted on: February 24, 2025

  An honest look at using AI to migrate a website from Hugo to Astro. What worked, what didn't, and the surprising lessons learned along the way.

• Hello world (again)!

  Posted on: August 5, 2023

  Time to say hello after a bit of a hiatus. Lots has happened: a new job, a new baby, and a rebuilt Bennet.org.

• Site search on the JAMstack with Hugo & Algolia

  Posted on: January 11, 2020

  Today I'm going to explore how you can implement full-text site search functionality using Algolia on a static website powered by Hugo.

• Writing from around the web in 2019

  Posted on: December 2, 2019

  It's been a bit quiet around here lately - so here's a post I put together for Moz on progressive web apps.