Recursing: a Sabbatical Story
Reflections on my time at the Recurse Center as part of the Winter 2025 batch that started in January.
Interweb Alchemy
Transmuting the Web
Latest posts
Encode the Matrix: Browser Text Effects for Fun and No Profit
An open-source React library for animating string transformations.
Computer Chess: The Byte Pair Encoding Variation
Can we teach a language model how to understand chess Portable Game Notation (PGN) through Byte Pair Encoding (BPE)?
Axiomatic Engineering
Defining core axioms that guide your work can help identify the right opportunities and avoid burnout.
Your URL is an Interface, Too
Can you use your application's URL as an interface? Spoiler Alert: Yes. Will users interact with it? Maybe.
Chess Tutoring in the Age of ChatGPT
Overview of an Large Language Model powered, real-time chess tutoring app that combines features from post-game analysis tools with the real-time play of a game of chess against an agent.
Drift Compatibility for Developer Tools
Giant Robots fighting giant monsters might seem like an unlikely place for insights into developer tooling, but the world of Pacific Rim provides an interesting way to consider the effectiveness of tools.
Advent of Rust: Part II
This post chronicles days 6-10 of my journey through learning Rust via Advent of Code.
Advent of Rust: Part I
This post chronicles the first 5 days of my journey through learning Rust via Advent of Code.
Advent of Rust
The beginning of a series of posts detailing my journey through learning Rust via Advent of Code.
How I Interview Developers
Insights gained from interviewing 1,000 developers and heavily researching interview techniques, regulations, and best practices.
Introducing @RSSBot
A Slackbot that generates an RSS feed of links shared in channels it is invited to.
On Senior Developers
What it actually means to be a Senior+ Developer.
Hack the Cause Wargame Walkthrough
A walkthrough of the Hack the Cause CTF with helpful hints and explanations without revealing the flag for each level.
WordPress Plug-in Boilerplate
A simple, documented boilerplate for scaffolding WordPress plug-ins.
When All You Have is a Nail, Everything Looks Like a Hammer
Misadventures in WordPress plug-in development.
Building a Cacheable Updateable Bookmarklet
A strategy for keeping bookmarklet code up to date while taking advantage of browser caching.