General - Ken Muse

Saying Goodbye to 2025 And Welcoming 2026

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Reviewing another year of blogging and celebrating growth, community connections, and the road ahead in 2026.

How I Blog (or How I Learned to Automate Everything)

Fri, 28 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0400

Running a blog is a lot of work! I've found some tools and techniques to make it easier, and I thought I'd share some of the details with you.

My New, Updated Speaking Page

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0500

It was time for another update to my site’s functionality. Introducing an updated speaking calendar!

Catching Up On My Blog Posts

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0400

I'm finally caught up on finishing and releasing all of the posts I was developing before my unexpected surgery. Lots of new articles available now!

Surviving A Dangerous Indigestion

Sat, 02 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0400

It seemed like simple indigestion from a spicy dinner. The situation quickly evolved into a life-threatening heart condition and a race against time.

Wrapping Up 2022 (and Looking Forward to 2023)

Thu, 29 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0500

It’s incredible how fast the time flies! It seems like only yesterday that the year was starting and now it’s coming to a close! During that time, I’ve started a new job, traveled to Puerto Rico with my wife for the first time, said goodbye to friends and family, welcomed new family members, and so much more. Professionally, it’s been a blast becoming part of GitHub and the Microsoft family. I’ve been incredibly lucky to work with a lot of brilliant people over the years, and the team I’m on has been exceptional in that regards. It’s fun to continuously learn from great minds … and even more fun to collaborate with them!

My New and Improved Blog!

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0400

Learn about the changes I've made to my site to make it easier than ever to stay up-to-date with the content you care about.

Creating Visual Studio Code Extension Packs

Thu, 19 May 2022 00:00:00 -0400

Learn to encapsulate your best practices for VS Code by creating your own extension pack.

Adopting a Dark Theme in Hugo

Thu, 12 May 2022 00:00:00 -0400

How I used a simple trick in Hugo to implement a dark theme in SCSS and it easier for me to update the look-and feel.

Joining GitHub (and leaving Wintellect)

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0400

There's nothing like being surrounded by truly brilliant people that inspire you every day. That's why I'm becoming a Hubber.

Unexpected Optimizations (Why More Is Less)

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500

Explore examples of a surprising, counter-intuitive practice that can lead to better performance when you're working on cloud systems.

My Experience Migrating to Hugo

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0400

It’s that time of the season. Just over a year ago, I moved to Piranha for my CMS hosting. At the time, I wanted something quick and easy to setup and didn’t have time to consider Hugo. It’s a year later, and things have changed. Earlier this year, I had to reconsider that decision as I went through the process of upgrading my Piranha install.

Piranha is powerful and easy to use, and I’ve been able to sustain a rather steady amount of traffic with minimal Azure resources (and a little CDN magic). It also uses Markdig, which is definitely my favorite CommonMark compliant Markdown processor. I love the fact that it integrates extensions from GitHub Flavor, PHP Markdown, and Pandoc. This makes it incredibly easy to author content without having to spent my time finding workarounds for missing formatting features. Frankly, it provides me with the best aspects from multiple markdown tools.

Introducing My New Blog Site

Mon, 29 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0400

I'm now blogging using a headless CMS, Piranha, and Markdown Monster. Welcome to the new site!