https://www.chris-saylor.com/author/chris-saylor/Recent content in Chris Saylor on SaylornotesHugo -- gohugo.ioenSun, 10 May 2026 11:20:00 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/link/space-cadet-pinpall/Sun, 10 May 2026 11:20:00 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/link/space-cadet-pinpall/A throwback to simpler times.https://www.chris-saylor.com/link/pico-8-image-pixel-mapping-color-palette/Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:10:13 +0000https://www.chris-saylor.com/link/pico-8-image-pixel-mapping-color-palette/A novel approach utilizing multiple algorithms for converting imagery to utilize the PICO-8 color palette.https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/automate-team-hiring-communication-slack/Sat, 09 Aug 2025 20:49:12 +0000https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/automate-team-hiring-communication-slack/Make communication between all parties simpler with Slack lists and workflows.https://www.chris-saylor.com/books/three-body-problem/Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:26:57 +0000https://www.chris-saylor.com/books/three-body-problem/Thoughts on Cixin Liu’s "The Three Body Problem"https://www.chris-saylor.com/link/lua-metatable-lazy-load/Thu, 29 Aug 2024 15:38:22 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/link/lua-metatable-lazy-load/Expanding Catreeboard’s dictionary without increasing PICO-8 tokens.https://www.chris-saylor.com/games/make-code-arcade-intercept-sprites/Fri, 15 Dec 2023 07:00:00 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/games/make-code-arcade-intercept-sprites/Make a sprite intercept another sprite with math!https://www.chris-saylor.com/games/ship-of-fools/Tue, 17 Jan 2023 09:54:17 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/games/ship-of-fools/Explore the ocean in this whimsical, cooperative game.https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/walnut-tray/Wed, 10 Nov 2021 11:32:38 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/walnut-tray/A Walnut tray to accent our new Maple kitchen island.https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/live-in-the-future-delegate-the-present/Thu, 13 May 2021 20:24:05 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/live-in-the-future-delegate-the-present/Managing new projects with ongoing work and not going crazy.https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/you-should-keep-a-journal/Sat, 06 Mar 2021 20:45:56 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/you-should-keep-a-journal/Extend your memory and free up mind space.https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/piano-table/Mon, 25 Jan 2021 22:06:22 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/piano-table/Walnut piano table to house an electric keyboard.https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/framed-gift/Wed, 30 Dec 2020 22:02:26 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/framed-gift/Custom oak frame and matting for a gift.https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/interop-in-php-should-not-be-exceptional/Tue, 22 Dec 2020 08:00:00 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/interop-in-php-should-not-be-exceptional/Swapping out interchangeable pieces could be easier.https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/cabinet-saw/Thu, 05 Nov 2020 21:52:38 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/cabinet-saw/Built a cabinet around my portable table saw.https://www.chris-saylor.com/link/make-any-printer-airprint-compatible/Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:38:22 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/link/make-any-printer-airprint-compatible/Make older printers work with Android, iOS, and iPadOS.https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/managing-polylingual-side-projects/Sun, 19 Jul 2020 11:06:37 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/managing-polylingual-side-projects/Using docker to simplify deploying side projects.https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/ruminate-more/Tue, 30 Jun 2020 09:00:00 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/ruminate-more/Sometimes taking a break can do wonders.https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/book-nook-shelves/Wed, 15 Apr 2020 21:46:45 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/book-nook-shelves/Simple pine book shelves for Sam’s book nook.https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/deploying-csrf-to-an-active-site/Wed, 18 Dec 2019 07:10:37 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/deploying-csrf-to-an-active-site/The phrase "operating on an engine while its running" comes to mind.https://www.chris-saylor.com/games/feel-the-heat-in-overcooked-2/Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:49:59 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/games/feel-the-heat-in-overcooked-2/A fun, challenging, and chaotic game that is fun to play with kids.https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/coasters/Mon, 02 Dec 2019 21:39:56 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/coasters/Walnut and maple coasters with a cedar storage container.https://www.chris-saylor.com/games/choosing-controllers-for-younger-players/Thu, 21 Nov 2019 09:44:37 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/games/choosing-controllers-for-younger-players/What to look for when evaluating controllers that are appropriate for young players.https://www.chris-saylor.com/games/swords-of-ditto/Wed, 13 Nov 2019 14:34:10 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/games/swords-of-ditto/Rogue-lite Zelda-inspired action adventure game with toys.https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/mallet/Mon, 04 Nov 2019 21:34:07 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/mallet/Maple and walnut wedge jointers mallet.https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/sewing-table-extension/Sun, 06 Oct 2019 21:24:44 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/sewing-table-extension/A quilter’s dream.https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/treehouse/Mon, 10 Jun 2019 20:46:04 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/treehouse/The project that kindled the hobby.https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/learning-to-be-a-tech-lead/Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:40:21 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/learning-to-be-a-tech-lead/Chronicle of my journey from an individual contributor to a manager.https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/meta-blog-deploy-pipeline/Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:37:55 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/meta-blog-deploy-pipeline/Gaining control of my content in the most complicated way.https://www.chris-saylor.com/games/jamestown/Wed, 10 Apr 2019 21:00:06 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/games/jamestown/A shoot em’ up (shmup) with a unique setting and storyline.https://www.chris-saylor.com/games/snakebird-primer/Tue, 02 Apr 2019 08:28:48 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/games/snakebird-primer/A tough but fair puzzle game that involve snakes…that are also birds.https://www.chris-saylor.com/games/blossom-tales-the-sleeping-king/Tue, 26 Feb 2019 20:42:16 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/games/blossom-tales-the-sleeping-king/Inspired by Zelda, this top-down action adventure game is sure to please.https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/chickadee/Sun, 10 Feb 2019 16:11:45 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/chickadee/https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/cardinal/Sun, 10 Feb 2019 16:07:37 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/cardinal/https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/submitting-chessbot-to-slack-app-directory/Fri, 19 Oct 2018 14:15:52 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/submitting-chessbot-to-slack-app-directory/What does it really take to get an app listed on Slack’s app directory and what is the experience like?https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/building-a-chessbot-for-slack/Thu, 23 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/building-a-chessbot-for-slack/Designing and building a bot that enables PvP chess within slack.https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/2018-storybook-presentation/Thu, 07 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/2018-storybook-presentation/Presentation on improving your design workflow with StorybookJS.https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/bluewhale/Thu, 31 May 2018 18:01:26 +0100https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/bluewhale/https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/storm-tree-in-canolla-field/Sat, 26 May 2018 18:01:26 +0100https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/storm-tree-in-canolla-field/https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/parental-commissions/Wed, 23 May 2018 18:01:26 +0100https://www.chris-saylor.com/gallery/parental-commissions/https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/why-use-generators-in-php/Mon, 02 Jan 2017 23:40:41 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/why-use-generators-in-php/Keep iterators from leaking their implementation details by using Generators.https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/elasticsearch-series-let-it-work-for-you/Thu, 19 May 2016 08:25:22 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/elasticsearch-series-let-it-work-for-you/Solving searching nearby a geo location with Elasticsearch.https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/elasticsearch-series-rebuilding-indices-with-no-downtime/Wed, 02 Mar 2016 08:25:22 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/elasticsearch-series-rebuilding-indices-with-no-downtime/My take on using Elasticsearch on top of MySQL and how to construct indices without interruption.https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/enforcing-code-standards/Mon, 14 Apr 2014 08:25:22 -0400https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/enforcing-code-standards/Remove all the arguments of spacing and formatting from your mind-space with enforceable coding standards.https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/forever-is-a-long-time-to-wait/Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:24:46 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/forever-is-a-long-time-to-wait/Preventing ajax requests to your servers from other domains.https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/debugging-php-with-xdebug-and-macgdbp/Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:10:06 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/debugging-php-with-xdebug-and-macgdbp/Step through your PHP code with Xdebug.https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/google-visualizations-api-cakephp/Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:42:52 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/google-visualizations-api-cakephp/Implement server/client data graph rendering with Google’s Visualization tool chain in CakePHP.https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/time-warner-defeated-by-munin/Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:31:37 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/time-warner-defeated-by-munin/Solving internet service disruption by external Munin server tracking.https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/scrolltab-dynamic-page-navigation-tool/Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:18:20 -0500https://www.chris-saylor.com/posts/scrolltab-dynamic-page-navigation-tool/JQuery library to enable section navigation tabs that are visually pinned to the scroll bar.