Projects

A guide Introduction In the oft-quoted punchline, “Specialization is for insects,” we nod our heads in agreement. Heinlein is right, of course, and so is his protagonist, Lazarus Long. But, how do we develop the necessary skills to prevent ourselves from falling into the trap of specialization? We get out there, ask around, and try things, of course. Table of contents Change a diaper Plan an invasion Butcher a hog Conn a ship Design a building Write a sonnet Balance accounts Build a wall Set a bone Comfort the dying Take orders Give orders Cooperate Act alone Solve equations Analyze a new problem Pitch manure Program a computer Cook a tasty meal Fight efficiently Die gallantly

A stack-based virtual machine, written in Python, for WebAssembly Purely a learning tool, as I’ve found the best way to learn something is to crack it open, look around inside, and then build a smaller version of the same thing, from its component pieces. Download it from GitHub, here.

Learning in public A weekly-ish livestream session where I read a CS paper, annotate it, and take notes — join me on Twitch! Completed sessions Session 0b101, “Ironies of Automation” by Lisanne Bainbridge (part A) on 8 May ‘22 Session 0b100, “The Design and Implementation of a Log-Structured File System” (part B) on 24 Apr ‘22 Session 0b11 (part A), “The Design and Implementation of a Log-Structured File System” (part A) on 10 Apr ‘22 ...

Or, Everything That Had to Happen, Is Happening, and Will Happen When You Submit a Form A year-long course from the fine folks who run https://teachyourselfcs.com, but more in-depth, more accountable, and more over Zoom. Eight modules leading up to a capstone project, where we are expected to build something we would not have been able to create previously, whether because of a series of missing pieces of knowledge or because our foundation knowledge was shaky due to leaky abstractions. ...

⚠️ This project has been superceded by my participation in the Bradfield Computer Science Intensive ⚠️ Following the curriculum suggested at Teach Yourself CS, I’ve started the necessary work of filling in the gaps of my knowledge. This project page serves as a table of contents and repository of my work completed and subjects studied. Programming Text: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs Lectures: Brian Harvey at UC Berkeley, course CS 61A Resources: ...

An Inscrutable Representation of Yourself tumblr | source code, v1 | source code, Electron client and server developer, artistic collaborator Designed and developed as a final project for dadageek’s course on creating generative art using Processing. Presented at the Fall 2016 Dadageek Student Showcase, which was part of EAST. Tech Stack Go and Go OpenCV binding for image capture and cropping Processing for image manipulation [i.e. making the art] Gifsicle for generating and compressing gifs Ruby for posting to Tumblr and local file cleanup Reincarnated as an experience using p5.js for 2018 EAST. Read more about it on the blog.

Hide the cruft on Stack Overflow install it | source code developer Blocks the distracting cruft from the otherwise-excellent Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange network. The idea for the extension came about as I started my first job as a web developer and, subsequently, came to spend more and more of my day scanning Stack Overflow, Server Fault, Ask Ubuntu, and so on. I became increasingly distracted by the sidebar links, which may have had to do with all of the coffee I drink. ...

Philosopher for the 21st Century on twitter | was once on heroku | source code developer, designer Uses Marcus Aurelius’s “Meditations” and a Markov Chain to generate philosophical quotes that are posted to Twitter daily. Tech Stack Ruby on a GitHub Action Twitter & marky_markov Ruby gems Daily post through another GitHub Action

Book a Flight to Mars! (Not Really) project | source code developer, designer A speculative fiction flight reservation app set in the near future, facilitating relocation to a newly colonized Mars. Built over 2+ weeks as part of a team of three. Tech Stack Angular.js frontend Ruby on Rails backend ForecastIO & MAAS Mars Weather APIs Foundation & Simple_Form Ruby gems Haml & Sass templating PostgreSQL database Deployed to Heroku