I'm David Teather 👋

Learn how to add live, constantly updating stats from GitHub, YouTube, LinkedIn, and more to your website using APIs, web scraping, and Cloudflare Functions.

A brain dump of lessons, advice, and realizations from my first year as a new grad software engineer. Take what’s useful, ignore the rest.

Learn the 3 critical rules that separate successful GitHub projects from the 99% that fail. Discover proven strategies that took my TikTokAPI from 0 to 5000+ stars and 2M+ downloads, including search validation, friction elimination, and discoverability tactics.

Discover how to integrate Giscus discussions into your Astro blog. Learn to boost engagement with interactive comments, effortless moderation, and theme customization.

Learn how to add interactive data visualizations to your Astro site using Apex Charts. This guide includes setup steps, customization tips, and code examples to help you bring your data to life with interactive, theme-adaptive charts.

Learn how to add and style UML diagrams in your Astro project using Rehype and Mermaid.js. This step-by-step guide covers setup, customization for dark mode, and image support, making it perfect for system design enthusiasts and developers working with markdown-based content.

Web scraping: a tool for innovation or a threat to privacy? Dive into the ethical gray areas of data extraction and explore the real-world impacts on research, competition, and personal privacy.

Enhance your Astro-built website with a powerful, locally-powered search bar! Join David Teather as he guides you through adding a custom search feature using astro-pagefind. This blog includes easy-to-follow steps, code snippets, and tips for integrating and customizing your search bar to improve user experience and site functionality.

Learn how to optimize images using Astro with Markdown in this detailed guide by David Teather. Discover step-by-step instructions on moving images for better web performance and reducing load times, with code snippets and a practical example. Perfect for developers looking to enhance their websites.