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James Perkins

@jamesperkins.dev
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CEO of www.unkey.com

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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 16/07/2026
ap-southeast-1 is live! Unkey now runs in Singapore, bringing lower latency to every request across APAC. Deploy in one click.
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new region
ap-southeast-1
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 10/07/2026
if you are using automatic builds without dockerfiles you can tell us how to build. great for monorepos where you have shared packages.
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 10/07/2026
you can attach roles and permissions when you create a key, instead of creating it and editing it after issue it with the right access from the start
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 10/07/2026
you can now share an api key with a one-time link it reveals the secret once, then it's dead. a secure way to hand a key to a teammate or customer without dropping it in slack.
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 28/05/2025
when a developer has to market anything they’ve made.
image showing a PR saying I dunno what I am doing here (marketing)
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 26/05/2025
Vim rebrand is crazy
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 30/04/2025
Our new API Settings screen is designed for intuitive control over your API configurations. Adjust default bytes, prefixes, and manage security settings seamlessly. Less friction, more innovation
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 29/04/2025
The team at @unkey.com are really cooking with the dashboard refresh. - Key creation with immediate feedback - Multiple ratelimits on a single key - Metadata with JSON formatter - Warning when you dismiss that we only show it once Live in production now.
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 27/04/2025
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 10/04/2025
Built a bot using Vision to help me unlock a trophy i’ve been after in a game for 5 years. totally worth the days of figuring out how it all worked
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 01/03/2025
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 01/03/2025
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 01/03/2025
Panoramic shot of multiple ships made of objects
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 14/12/2024
Sometimes a simple shirt can make an entire day, month or holiday season.
An image that states

Hey James,
I received the shirt in the mail today. I would like to thank you again for everything. It really means alot that you were able to send me this shirt.
Thanks again,An image that states

Hey James,
I received the shirt in the mail today. I would like to thank you again for everything. It really means alot that you were able to send me this shirt.
Thanks again,
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 12/12/2024
The BBC has the worst cache and layout shift in the planet. 10x engineering + 1x User experience
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 29/11/2024
Off in the mountains! Seee ya in 4 days
Image of a studio apartment with wood floors, a dining table, a large patio door.Image off a deck of trees and blue sky’s, and mountainsDeck with 2 chairs and view of the mountains
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 23/11/2024
Is pep… ten hag in disguise?
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 08/11/2024
I fixed a production issue in a movie theater and here's what it taught me about B2B sales.
Movie theater showing a man on his laptop working
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 07/11/2024
The only things keeping me stable
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 06/11/2024
Here are 4 cute animals
A Spanish water dog with a ball in their mouthA cavastie with long hair A dog under a chairA black cat
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 04/11/2024
Oh it doesn’t actually track that directly. There is a journal that you just have booleans for… so it’s manual and then that drives information surround how that makes a difference to your recovery For example
Example of whoop Journal Recovery insights
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 04/11/2024
Fun fact… if you travel and can’t sleep you can hit your strain goal before 6:30
Image of Whoop

Showing 20% recover
8.5 strain
77 Resting heart rate
23 HRV

Very elevated skin temp and high stress
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 27/10/2024
Who would have thought some random English guy. Would start a company and then have his own booth. Not me. See ya tomorrow all things open!
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 27/10/2024
Someone just slapped a bag of: Cooked chicken Carrots Sweet potatoes Beans Peas Corn with “Dawg” in the name people will pay $70 for 14 servings.
Picture of a bag with “Dawg Food” written across it.

The label reads:
Chicken flavor
50g of protein
307 calories
10g carbs
8oz serving
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 24/10/2024
What if you could deploy your API with a single command? With features like: - Branching with diff and approvals - Global distribution - Caching, analytics, anomaly detection - With all the other Unkey features you love
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 22/10/2024
Me when I’m called a yapper
Sea animal smiling
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 21/10/2024
Me after 4 hours of writing.
Image of a Racoon with a plank of wood on his head and a hammer in his hand. 

With the caption "I'm just built different (Poorly)"
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 21/10/2024
How I look ready for the week.
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 19/10/2024
Me after a long week
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 18/10/2024
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 17/10/2024
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 29/06/2024
Plans for the weekend…
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 05/07/2023
Rate limiting made easy with Unkey - Issue the key, tell us the rate limit, how quickly to refill, how many to refill. - We return if the key is valid (let them in to your resources), the limit, remaining and reset time. Get started today: unkey.dev
Image shows an example of cURL request that returns json with valid true, ratelimit, limit 100, remaining 99, reset time of 1688567864059
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 04/06/2023
City live is cool… but gimme this everyday
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 12/05/2023
The Vercel 🤝KidSuper collab is absolutely the best KidSuper clothing i own.
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James Perkins @jamesperkins.dev · 29/04/2023
The project car died… 😅
image of inside the car looking out
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