Erty s Blog
I haven t talked about it a lot but I ve been working as a contractor for the past couple of months working on GenAI-powered college CS course materials. I ended up presenting my work at a summit in December to a group of CS professors from various institutions and wanted to write up some of my [ ]
Content warning: mental health / depression / burnout. It ends well, though! Part 1: Burnout This story starts sometime in the last five years, but let s start in October of 2023, when I realized that I was burnt out at work and fell into a deep depression that lasted through all of 2024. I was [ ]
This is my favorite one so far! A couple of spots where I couldn t make a word, but the theme is really strong and I just had so much fun with it. 4.5/5. Crossword 2024-11-26.pdf Check out all of my crosswords here! From Grand Rapids, Erty
Here s one of my favorite crosswords so far! It has a strong theme and only a handful of stretch clues (clues ending in ? ). I give this one a 4.5/5! Crossword 2024-11-25.pdf Check out all of my crosswords here! From Grand Rapids, Erty
Here’s a new crossword! This one has a theme, and I’m pretty happy with the clues! A few “?” words, I’m still trying to figure out how to avoid those eventually you just end up with one word that doesn’t really fit. Maybe there’s a technique that I don’t know yet for not “crosswording [ ]
Skipped a few days due to illness in the house, but here we go! This one is themeless (and I think is actually the first one I created when I got the software working recently again? I ve lost track) There s a few 1-letter blocks and rough ( ? ) clues, so don t spend too much time on [ ]
I ve been posting the crossword puzzles I ve been making on this blog. A fellow Recurse Center alum asked if I d blogged about the software I wrote to help make these crosswords and I thought that was an interesting idea, so here we go! I ll first do a high-level overview, and then we ll dive into some [ ]
Here s a new crossword I made! This one has a mini theme , which you ll find out as you solve it. This was one of the first ones I made, so there are a few one-letter clues, but zero ? clues! I was chatting with my parents (who are crossword aficionados) and they mentioned that most [ ]
Here s my first attempt at creating a Sunday style crossword! It s 17 17, which is larger than I ve worked on before. Crossword 2024-11-17.pdf I give this one a 4/5! There s no 1-square answers, and only a handful of ? clues. (question mark = a real stretch). I m pretty proud of it. Actually, there won t be one-square [ ]
A while ago, I wrote some crossword puzzle creation software, and I had some time recently to create with it. So, here s my crossword for Saturday, 2024-11-16! Crossword-2024-11-16.pdf I give this one a 3/5. There are a few single-letter clues and three ? clues (Clues ending in ? are a real stretch basically, I [ ]