A Return to "Hard" Science Fiction

Thoughts on Cixin Liu’s "The Three Body Problem"

Lazy Load Data in PICO-8 with Metatables

Expanding Catreeboard’s dictionary without increasing PICO-8 tokens.

Intercepting Sprites

Make a sprite intercept another sprite with math!

Ship of Fools

Explore the ocean in this whimsical, cooperative game.

Walnut Tray

A Walnut tray to accent our new Maple kitchen island.

Live in the Future; Delegate the Present

Managing new projects with ongoing work and not going crazy.

You Should Keep a Journal

Extend your memory and free up mind space.

Piano Table

Walnut piano table to house an electric keyboard.

Framed Gift

Custom oak frame and matting for a gift.

Interop in PHP Should Not Be Exceptional

Swapping out interchangeable pieces could be easier.

Cabinet Saw

Built a cabinet around my portable table saw.

Make Any Printer AirPrint Compatible

Make older printers work with Android, iOS, and iPadOS.

Managing Polylingual Side Projects

Using docker to simplify deploying side projects.

Ruminate More

Sometimes taking a break can do wonders.

Book Nook Shelves

Simple pine book shelves for Sam’s book nook.

Deploying CSRF Protection to an Active Site

The phrase "operating on an engine while its running" comes to mind.

Feel the Heat in Overcooked 2

A fun, challenging, and chaotic game that is fun to play with kids.

Coasters

Walnut and maple coasters with a cedar storage container.

Choosing Controllers for Younger Players

What to look for when evaluating controllers that are appropriate for young players.

The Swords of Ditto: Mormo's Curse

Rogue-lite Zelda-inspired action adventure game with toys.

Mallet

Maple and walnut wedge jointers mallet.

Sewing Table Extension

A quilter’s dream.

The Tree House

The project that kindled the hobby.

Learning to Be a Tech Lead

Chronicle of my journey from an individual contributor to a manager.

Meta: How this blog is built and deployed

Gaining control of my content in the most complicated way.

Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony

A shoot em’ up (shmup) with a unique setting and storyline.

Snakebird: Primer

A tough but fair puzzle game that involve snakes…that are also birds.

Blossom Tales: the Sleeping King Review

Inspired by Zelda, this top-down action adventure game is sure to please.

Chickadee on a Fir Branch

Cardinal Study

Submitting Chessbot to the Slack App Directory

What does it really take to get an app listed on Slack’s app directory and what is the experience like?

Building a Chess bot for Slack

Designing and building a bot that enables PvP chess within slack.

Design for Success

Presentation on improving your design workflow with StorybookJS.

"Blue Whale"

"Storm Tree" (in a Canolla Field)

Parental Commissions

Why Use Generators in PHP?

Keep iterators from leaking their implementation details by using Generators.

Elasticsearch Series: Let It Work for You

Solving searching nearby a geo location with Elasticsearch.

Elasticsearch Series: Rebuilding Indices with No Downtime

My take on using Elasticsearch on top of MySQL and how to construct indices without interruption.

Enforce code standards with composer, git hooks, and phpcs

Remove all the arguments of spacing and formatting from your mind-space with enforceable coding standards.

Forever Is a Long Time to Wait

Preventing ajax requests to your servers from other domains.

Debugging PHP with Xdebug and MacGDBp

Step through your PHP code with Xdebug.

Google Visualizations Api Cakephp

Implement server/client data graph rendering with Google’s Visualization tool chain in CakePHP.

Time Warner Defeated by Munin

Solving internet service disruption by external Munin server tracking.

Scrolltab: Dynamic Page Navigation Tool

JQuery library to enable section navigation tabs that are visually pinned to the scroll bar.