A JavaScript Dice Roller That Shows Its Work
A fair dice roller and a rigged one produce numbers that look exactly the same. After a night of zombies that would not die, I built one that shows its work.
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The Block That Almost Did What I Wanted: WordPress to Astro
After years of accepting near-matches from the WordPress Site Editor, I rebuilt this site in Astro. It took a month and 220 commits.
The Buildings That Never Were
Capcom rebuilt the Raccoon City police station for Resident Evil 9. I hadn’t been inside in twenty-odd years and still knew the way to the records room.
How to Build a GitHub Profile README That Feels Like You
A practical guide to building a GitHub profile README that feels personal, useful, and easy to maintain.
Design vs. Performance: Balance for Your WordPress Site
No animations, no custom fonts, barely any images — and a 100 on desktop PageSpeed. Fast and beautiful aren’t opposites, but every flourish quietly costs speed.
AI Is Not an Oracle: The Limits of Machine Learning
Machine-learning curves look confident until speedrunners change the game underneath them. MediEvil shows why “AI as oracle” fails.
What Is a Web Developer? How I Became One Before AI
How I became a web developer before AI and what today’s devs can still learn from that slower, hands-on way.
Team Building Activities That Upskill Without Forced Fun
Trust falls and cheerful facilitators mostly build discomfort, not trust. Real team building looks less like forced fun and more like useful work done together.