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April Blogging Challenge Wrap-Up
Posted on:May 21, 2026 at 10:30 PMA recap of the April 2026 blogging challenge — at a personal completion rate of 75%, which I'm rounding up to a solid B-.
Fantastic Computers & Where to Find Them
Posted on:April 21, 2026 at 11:22 PMA tour through some of the computers I've owned — phones, laptops, the homelab, the tablets, and the janky formative-years devices I used to text my friends before I was allowed to have one.
My Preferred Corners of the Internet, and Why I Spend My Time There
Posted on:April 14, 2026 at 10:14 PMA tour through the slices of the internet I keep coming back to — and why hyperconnectivity I control beats social media that demands more than I want to give.
The Nature of Prototyping in Professional Development
Posted on:April 7, 2026 at 06:08 AMHow four years of building "no more, no less" pushed our team toward clean architecture — and why we're now rediscovering the value of fast prototypes.
Claude Code Channels: the right way to run it headlessly via Discord (best OpenClaw alternative)
Posted on:March 20, 2026 at 01:00 PMClaude Code just shipped Discord and Telegram channels. Here's how I set it up as a persistent homelab agent — and why it replaces the OpenClaw pattern entirely.
Custom FlDotLineSegmentPainter for Prototyping
Posted on:January 9, 2024 at 12:49 PMThis post explores the process of creating a custom FlDotPainter in Flutter to match a specific design requirement, demonstrating the flexibility of Flutter's widget system.
Backup Cloud Firestore to Google Storage with v2 Cloud Functions
Posted on:September 1, 2023 at 03:46 PMThis tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to back up your Cloud Firestore data to a Google Storage bucket utilizing the latest Google Cloud Functions
Recent Posts
My Big Fat Greek Restaurant Debacle
Posted on:May 23, 2026 at 09:13 PMI'm tired of being lunch leader at work.
April Blogging Challenge Wrap-Up
Posted on:May 21, 2026 at 10:30 PMA recap of the April 2026 blogging challenge — at a personal completion rate of 75%, which I'm rounding up to a solid B-.
Nintendo Switch Game Inventory
Posted on:May 17, 2026 at 03:00 PMA ranked play-order I'd recommend to a Switch newcomer, drawn from my own library — plus the full catalog with HowLongToBeat estimates, Metacritic scores, and player-mode breakdowns.
Fantastic Computers & Where to Find Them
Posted on:April 21, 2026 at 11:22 PMA tour through some of the computers I've owned — phones, laptops, the homelab, the tablets, and the janky formative-years devices I used to text my friends before I was allowed to have one.