A Developer Learns to Hunt: What Self-Teaching Code Taught Me About Self-Teaching Everything
A software engineer starts learning to hunt from scratch and realizes the process looks exactly like the one that taught him to code fifteen years ago.
Software designer, founder, and all-around nice dude.
I’m Cary, a software designer and entrepreneur based in Milwaukee. I’m the founder and CTO of SparkForge, where you can ignite your ideas to forge the future. I also maintain SAVAGED.US, a character management platform serving 30,000+ Savage Worlds RPG players.
Inheriting a 30K-User RPG Platform: When Your Dice Roll Snake Eyes on Legacy Code
What happens when you inherit a Savage Worlds character management platform serving 30,000 users and everything that could go wrong does go wrong. A tale of SQL timeouts, escape character corruption, and why defensive programming isn't just a suggestion when users' weekly gaming sessions depend on you.
Building Terminal Games in Rust: Why TUIs Are Making a Comeback
Exploring the renaissance of terminal user interfaces in game development, featuring lessons learned from building Warlords—a complex RPG entirely in the terminal using Rust.
Creating the Gmork Neovim Theme: A Journey into Mystical Dark Aesthetics
The story behind creating a custom Neovim colorscheme inspired by the black wolf from The NeverEnding Story, complete with comprehensive syntax highlighting and modern plugin support.
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