My Big Fat Greek Restaurant Debacle
I'm tired of being lunch leader at work.
JaredEzz
My tech blog – dive into things I'm learning, making, or just want to talk about.
Latest posts
April Blogging Challenge Wrap-Up
A 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
A 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
A 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
A 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
How 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)
Claude 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.
Spaghetti Sauce
Recipe for Spaghetti Sauce
Mango Sticky Rice & Peanut Satay Chicken
Recipe for Mango Sticky Rice & Peanut Satay Chicken
What it means to me to be a Sr Dev
or, "my thoughts on AI coming for our jobs"
Custom FlDotLineSegmentPainter for Prototyping
This 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
This 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
Favorite Podcasts
Some of what I've enjoyed listening to over the past 5-10 years
AI code reviews are here
Learn how to utilize OpenAI’s GPT API in GitHub Actions pipelines to review your pull requests
Software Estimation
The 11 Laws of Software Estimation for Complex Work: A Personal Perspective