I’m a software engineer, side-project enthusiast, hobbyist game developer, sometimes writer, and full-time wheelchair user.
Why I told a room full of people to delete Vite and Webpack.
Reflections on the yearly writing challenge that inspired me to write my first novel—and the nonprofit’s tragic end.
LLMs don't actually understand us. But, maybe a facsimile of understanding is good enough to make computers easier for everyone.
This is the story of how the dreaded flash of unstyled text drove me to purchase some new fonts.
I bought this domain as a college student using a friend’s credit card. Twenty years later, it’s one of the best decisions I've ever made.
Six years after launching it, I introduce Minimal Character Sheet and its features.
Damn.
In Vue 2, what's the best pattern for letting a child component know that some action in the parent component has occurred? Methods I've used are: 1) a child prop that gets changed by the parent, 2) the consumer gets a ref on the child component and manually calls a function, 3) an event bus for pub/sub.
I need to brush up on my CSS skills. Does anyone have a recommendation for a book, tutorial series, or video course?
Better late than never! I put a few notes on my blog about my tech talk from October. https://blakewatson.com/journal/i-ranted-about-frontend-build-steps-at-magnoliaconf-2025/