Last Call BBS

The last Zachtronics game is out. There has yet to be any other game studio whose games scratched the engineering and design itch as well as Zachtronics's. I even ordered the deluxe physical edition. I'll miss Zachtronics. Good luck to Zach though. Despite how niche programming games are, they've been…

I take back the Keepass retirement post

...mostly. I brought my Librem laptop over to my apartment while I was running some errands. Gleefully uninstalled Mono and Keepass2, and installed KeepassXC. I download my updated .kdbx and .keyx files. I get an error I don't expect. The KeepassXC repo shows a number of issues relating to this…

My Kickstarter SBCs are finally shipping

Last year I pledged for a batch of Zimaboards on Kickstarter. Very cool boards. I ordered 3 because I had big plans for them, 1 for use at my parents' place to improve general internet QoL, 2 for development and my own apartment's home networking. Expectation: Reality: Something something supply…

Scratching the Necrodancer itch

I haven't played Crypt of the Necrodancer in years. The Amplified DLC came out in 2017, and I definintely stopped playing before that. Necrodancer holds a special place in my heart. When I was interviewing for my first job, I stayed at a nearby hotel, with nothing but a laptop…

Keepass retirement post

It's been 13 years, but I'm finally moving on from Keepass and switching to KeepassXC. Thank you for all your years of service.It was long overdue, especially after I deliberately downgraded to an older Keepass version that didn't have a "feature" that couldn't be turned off and devs clearly…

The worst timing of Ghost maintenance in the world

The real mistake started with wanting to finish adding email subscription support on Thursday. I felt so productive the past week studying, so adding another finished task to the list of small victories while I was on a roll felt like the obvious play. While the internal testing for the…

Self reflection on learning new programming languages

I'm currently in the middle of a schedule to get a new job before official return to office in June. Might as well strike the iron while I am still living with nary a care for dealing with cooking or cleaning by myself. This is the best conditions I could…

Setting up an IME on Linux

The last time I set up a Chinese IME on Linux was on Ubuntu back in college days. I distinctly remember using the IBus framework. After installing that and one of the pinyin inputs, it just worked TM. Now, on Endeavor OS, I thought I'd be adventurous and try another…