Blog Post Listing
Blog post: How to Make an Anime Quote Maker More Awesome
Posted on August 20, 2021My quote maker remains my favorite code side project. So I can't help but keep adding more controls and features.
Blog post: What Makes Zagreus a Good Man?
Posted on April 7, 2021Zagreus' character from Hades has been well-received by gamers. But what makes him a powerful warrior but also a good man?
Blog post: Hades and my Two Types of Failure
Posted on March 1, 2021Hades is a great game, and as a bonus, put my fears of failure in a new light.
Blog post: How I Debugged a Ruby Program by Stripping
Posted on April 17, 2020A Ruby program I wrote hit a tough snag when trying to download info online. But thanks to the program's dubious nature, I can't reveal the full context so easily.
Blog post: How to Laser-Cut an Anime Drawing
Posted on November 25, 2019One of my (oddly specific) hobbies is laser-cutting anime images. A few MakeHaven members have been curious how, so I wrote a tutorial on making your own.
Blog post: Explaining (and Celebrating) my First Twitter Bot
Posted on July 8, 2019After weeks of looking for a workable approach, I finally build a Node Twitter bot to automatically share anime quote artwork.
Blog post: Eevees, Quizzes, and Singletons, Oh My!
Posted on April 5, 2019I celebrate a long-overdue side project by examining its most important pieces - services, singletons, and which Eeveelution matches my personality.
Blog post: How to Refactor an Anime Newsletter
Posted on January 28, 2018I revisit my first real Node program to refactor it with more ES6 syntax, asynchronous functions, and anime wallpaper feeds.
Blog post: How to Make an Anime Newsletter
Posted on July 30, 2017For my first web project that wasn't a website, I broke down a goal that involved Node, scheduled functions, the Twitter API, and a feed of anime wallpapers.