Bailey's Retrospective

Writings about anything. Sometimes hardware, sometimes web development, sometimes personal. Usually, everything is a retrospective on something. The week, a project, or something I learned.

The Shot

A public journal on my experience taking a GLP-1

Bailey Townsend 🦀
July 08, 2026
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How to set up backups on AT Toolbox

A quick guide to help users set up account backups on their iOS devices

Bailey Townsend 🦀
June 29, 2026

The LLM post

Personal thoughts when the job changes

Bailey Townsend 🦀
May 26, 2026
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Badger Badger Badger

A short write up about what Bailey had around his neck at #AtmosphereConf 2026

Badger Badger Badger
Bailey Townsend 🦀
April 02, 2026

PDS MOOver: The mobile app?

Questionnaire to help shape the direction of PDS MOOver's mobile app

Bailey Townsend 🦀
March 31, 2026
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Selfhosted Postmortem, Jan 13th, 2026

A trip through relay hell

Bailey Townsend 🦀
January 13, 2026

Oct 26th 🎃 - Nov 2nd 🦃

What if PDS MOOver was in SvelteKit?

Bailey Townsend 🦀
November 02, 2025
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PDS MOOver: The Next Generation

PDS MOOver now supports automated backups and account recovery

Bailey Townsend 🦀
October 20, 2025
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Sept 21st - Sept 27th 2025

Easy goes it

Bailey Townsend 🦀
September 26, 2025
2

Sept 14th - Sept 20th 2025

Stitches and missing blobs

Bailey Townsend 🦀
September 20, 2025
2

Sept 7th - Sept 13th 2025

The rest week that wasn't

Bailey Townsend 🦀
September 14, 2025

May 2025's Recap

It has been a pretty busy month! Well, closer to 2 months truly since my last set of blog posts were at the start of April. I usually focus on one topic in a blog post, but I've been a bit all over the place this month, so I thought a recap of what open source work I've been doing would be fun.

May 2025's Recap
Bailey Townsend 🦀
June 02, 2025

Rusty Statusphere: ATProtocol powered Rust website

Want to get in on the fun with ATProtocol, but don't know where to start as a Rust developer?

Rusty Statusphere: ATProtocol powered Rust website
Bailey Townsend 🦀
April 05, 2025

Rust 🦀 on the 3DS

Learn how to start building 3DS applications with Rust

Rust 🦀 on the 3DS
Bailey Townsend 🦀
March 30, 2025

Getting started with Poststation on the RP2350

Use Rust 🦀 to build a small little display to show your computer resource usage

Getting started with Poststation on the RP2350
Bailey Townsend 🦀
February 14, 2025

Getting started with Rust 🦀 on the 10¢ microcontroller

Learn how to get started with writing Rust on the ch32v003

Getting started with Rust 🦀 on the 10¢ microcontroller
Bailey Townsend 🦀
January 21, 2025

Missed Fundamentals In Web Development

I talk about some of the basics I think are missed from learning web development with a full framework

Missed Fundamentals In Web Development
Bailey Townsend 🦀
January 03, 2025

Running a HTTP server on the Pico W with Rust 🦀

Learn how to control your Pico W rust projects with HTTP requests and host simple web apps

Running a HTTP server on the Pico W with Rust 🦀
Bailey Townsend 🦀
December 03, 2024

Rust 🦀 on the RP2040

Get stated with writing rust on the Raspberry Pico

Rust 🦀 on the RP2040
Bailey Townsend 🦀
November 28, 2024

PicoSapien: Part 1 - Proof of Concept and Getting Started

Controlling an early 2000s robot toy with a Raspberry Pi Pico and Rust

PicoSapien: Part 1 - Proof of Concept and Getting Started
Bailey Townsend 🦀
September 17, 2024