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TW: Language I’m tired of seeing everything adopt AI. I’m tired of reading an article on a topic I’m interested in only to realize halfway through that the piece was largely written by AI. I’m tired fighting for control of my creativeness with a hunk of metal taught to use an advanced statistical analytics model. I’m solving real problems using AI. It’s doing…
I am very excited to start a new project that charts extremely unfamiliar territory for me. Specifically, I bought a cheap-ish LED mask from Amazon and I’m really interested in uploading custom images to it for fun (and clout on social media.) Now I haven’t actually received the mask yet, but I did some research on the app it uses which uses Bluetooth to connect to the mask and…
I’m a big fan of Sly Flourish . Largely because I have a real passion for running TTRPGs for my friends, but I’m also incredibly lazy when it comes to doing so. A recent article titled Use Agnostic Tools briefly makes a point that I think really solidifies the idea behind Overseer Studio and why I am so passionate about building it. To quote: Tools, particularly online tools, can fail…
Overseer Studio is a digital game master screen. The architecture of Overseer Studio closely follows my personal development philosophies and design best practices. It’s some of the best code I’ve ever written and more importantly it solves a real problem that I’ve never seen addressed before. I don’t really have an agenda for this post but I wanted to ramble about some of…
Overseer is a modular, offline-first Game Master workspace designed to unify core session tools - notes, audio, NPCs, dice, and trackers - into a single screen. Unlike VTTs, it focuses purely on the Game Master experience and avoids combat maps or player-side features. Overseer allows a Game Master to combine tools together (such as VTTs, soundboards, dice rollers, etc) into a single workspace…
Play Refractor Update January 14, 2025: Writing puzzles takes a lot of thought and time. Despite efforts to try and write an automatic way to create levels, nothing has worked well. The truth is, creating levels takes time and effort and is becoming a chore for me to do daily. I plan to write more about the process but for now, there will be no more daily puzzles. I do wish to pick up the project…
Any new project I start, I always start the with same tech stack. Tech Laravel Filament (Admin) Alpine / htmx (Frontend) That’s it. Most of anything a new project needs (authentication, customization, interactivity) can be achieved with these three tools. Why PHP/Laravel? PHP has been around a lot longer than any other web language today and it has come a long, long way since the early days.…
Learning Machines is my online music pseudonym. It's a play on "machine learning". Some of my favorite compositions are listed below. You can browse all my recorded patches on YouTube.
I use a series of Reolink PoE cameras that I really love. I have a couple of 4K, doorbell, and wide lens cameras that cover the perimeter of my entire property. I have my entire network closet (including the PoE switch) hooked up to a backup battery so that if I lose power, the cameras stay online. Additionally, I have an old laptop I’m using as a home server to upload all the footage these…
After 12 days, I harvested just over 1lb of food! I used kitchen shears to cut as close to the base as possible and weighed each tray’s clippings on a scale that measured to ounces the thousandth. Overall, this was fun and I plan to do another set of trays this weekend. The feedback cycle is quick and rewarding and the cost-to-entry was extremely low. See spreadsheet below for details on the…
Currently growing Broccoli - Waitham 29 Radish - Daikon Minowase Turnip - Purple Top White Globe Spicy Salad Mix Future Plans I would love to begin tracking the humidity and temperature of the growing room. I don’t think tweaking these will affect growing too much but it would be a neat data point to have. Additionally, I’m interested in creating a small application (see Bootstrapping)…
We have two small 8x4’ garden beds on our property that I built with cheap lumber from Home Depot. They both explore the possibilities of Hügelkultur .
In 2023, my wife and I purchased our forever home in central New Jersey. We live on 1.1-acres of land with enough space to do all the things we always wanted to do such as learning to grow sustainable food, raising chickens, and other hobbies that root us to nature. We are not true homesteaders. We acknowledge that we are very fortunate to live where we do and get to pursue our hobbies as just…
I’m a dad, developer, and a student pilot located in New Jersey. This site serves as a knowledge base (both complete and incomplete) for all things interesting to me. Sometimes I share what I write; often times I do not. Feel free to browse. Accomplishments 2018 Founded Astral TableTop, funded by one of the largest TTRPG companies in the world 2022 Got married ❤️ Started and co-founded…