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JavaScript / DevOps April 2026

Silent Failures: Upgrading to YouTube API & The BOM JSON Trap

💡 I recently faced two separate “silent failures” where my playlist sync script was running successfully in GitHub Actions, but my tracklists were coming up empty on the website.

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Node.js YouTube API v3 Debugging UTF-8 JSON

DevOps April 2026

GitHub Actions Gotcha: 'Re-run' Runs the Old Workflow, Not the Latest One

💡 Today I spent way too long debugging why my GitHub Action kept failing with the same error — even after I had already fixed the workflow file locally.

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GitHub Actions Node.js 24 CI/CD Debugging

DevOps January 2025

A Quick Guide to GitHub Actions

⚡ GitHub Actions is a powerful CI/CD tool built right into GitHub. Here’s what I’ve learned from setting up my first few workflows.

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GitHub Actions CI/CD YAML Automation

Automation January 2025

Auto-Syncing YouTube Playlists with GitHub Actions

🎵 I maintain several YouTube playlists for my music page, but keeping the track list on the website up-to-date was a manual chore. So I built a small automation to...

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GitHub Actions Node.js yt-dlp JSON