Personal website of Blake Watson Online since 2005

Minimal color illustration of a white man with brown hair, headphones, and wearing a red shirt emblazoned with a ringed planet silhouette.

I’m a software engineer, side-project enthusiast, hobbyist game developer, sometimes writer, and full-time wheelchair user.

Journal

Things I got from specific people

You ever stop to think who inspired your favorite activity? Or who introduced you to your favorite songs? Who taught you things you still use years later?

2024: my year in review

Looking back on another year, fighting against the steady march of time.

Alpine.js for home-cooked apps

Alpine is my secret weapon for building interactive UIs with haste and abandon. Perfect for home-cooked apps that need to get done fast.

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Microblog

BREAKING: Eggs considered harmful says latest executive order

A White House spokesperson credited the Trump administration with the high price of eggs as a strategy to protect Americans.

"No one likes eggs, eggs are lame. People are saying it. I'm not saying it, but people are saying it. Eggs are bad. They're very bad,” the president added.

It’s a naming things and invalidating cache kind of day.

BREAKING: Alaska and Hawaii must relocate to the contiguous United States after executive order outlines broad return to office policy

A spokesperson admitted the plan was ambitious, but cited plate tectonics as precedent for moving chunks of earth around.

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