Welcome, Player One

Building the Ultimate CSS Grid

A deep dive into constructing robust, responsive layouts using native CSS grid, without relying on external frameworks.

History of the Floppy Disk

Exploring the rise and fall of the iconic storage medium that shaped a generation of computing and gaming.

Deploying with Retro Tools

How we maintain a modern CI/CD pipeline while pretending it's 1995. A look into our unconventional devops setup.

Mastering Terminal Workflows

Boost your productivity with custom shell scripts, terminal multiplexers, helpful aliases, and tmux configurations.

The Art of Pixel Graphics

From early arcade sprites to modern indie games, a deep dive into retro pixel art techniques, palettes, and hardware limits.

WebSocket Deep Dive

Real-time communication patterns, scaling node architectures, Redis pub/sub backends, and critical production gotchas.

Building a Real-Time Chat App

Implemented WebSockets, Redis pub/sub, and automated testing for a production retro chat platform.

• React
• Node.js
• WebSockets
• Redis

Migrated a Monolith to AWS

Designed service boundaries, API gateways, and automated CI/CD pipelines for a distributed legacy system.

• AWS
• Docker
• CI/CD
• Node.js

Open Source CLI Dev Tool

A Node.js CLI that automates dev workflows and ships with zero-config support for TypeScript and Docker.

• TypeScript
• Node.js
• CLI
• Docker