I’m a software engineer, side-project enthusiast, hobbyist game developer, sometimes writer, and full-time wheelchair user.
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.
Whenever I see any social media post that's an image of a quote or a screenshot of tweet or an excerpt from an article, if I'm too lazy to verify it, I just assume it's not real.
I miss being able to handwrite. My muscle weakness has progressed such that I no longer can. But I miss scribbling in notebooks with the timeless Parker Jotter.
You've probably seen this pen before whether you know it or not because it's been in many, many TV shows and movies throughout the decades.
For anyone who read my post about NaNoWriMo, I just wanted to update that the event officially unofficially lives on.
This new version of the event doesn't involve signups and doesn't try to be the sole provider of community and project tracking. You're encouraged to connect with your local and virtual groups wherever you find them and to use whatever apps or services you'd like to track your work.
They will be offering pep talks and blog posts and probably running some virtual sprints which is nice.
I haven't decided if I'm participating (desperately in need of an idea) but if so I will be using https://writingmonth.org/ by @amin and hanging out with a local writing group on Discord.
If you have any plot ideas you aren't using, send them my way. I really miss the Adoption Society forum.