Tim Johns' Blog

Last month, I noticed a bunch of CSP enforcement block actions against https://vacceedpasian.com/conversion.js, and I'm curious if anyone knows what this is.  CSP stands for "Content Security Policy" and is a mechanism by which web sites can help detect and protect themselves against certain kinds of attacks such as cross-site scripting (XSS). We implement it at Epic Road Trip Planner , and use a trusted third-party service called Report URI to monitor detection and enforcement of attempted violations of our CSP policy.  You can think of CSP a bit like my spry overgrown puppy of a grand-dog below. Even though he has no clue what his big beautiful brindled beast of a sister even wants over there, he's definitely going to pounce on her to stop her (enforce the CSP), and bark to let me know (send an enforcement report to Report URI).  (I know that's a bit of a tortured analogy, but I sure do love these dogs, and I wanted you to see them.) In addition to well-known a...

Epic Road Trip Planner  2023 Year in Review Building in Public A few years ago, I set out to plan an extended family cross-country road trip , and was flabbergasted at just how annoying and time-consuming it was to do so. It was a chore. It IS a chore. In early 2023, I founded Epic Road Trip Planner on the not-so-novel idea that both planning AND taking an epic road trip could actually be an enjoyable experience -- NOT a chore.  I firmly believe in building in public, so now that we've got the better part of a year behind us, I'd like to share a bit about how it went and what's next. Bottom Line Up Front In 2023, over 15,000 Epic Road Trip Planner users planned almost 20,000 road trips. I genuinely hope you all took every last one of them, and had an absolutely amazing time! 2023 Timeline The first very basic prototype of Epic Road Trip Planner went live online Monday, March 13. Just a few days later, I took a little trek up to Stemma Brewing Company in Bellingham to at...