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As a big fan of The Witness I'm always on the lookout for games that scratch a similar itch.

Today I released an open source Emacs package: git-share.

Keeping a code journal has been a gratifying way to measure my professional growth and keep track of esoteric information.

I think I've experimented with just about every method imaginable for organizing my writing.

Here are some notes I took during An Introduction to Screenwriting.

Although it was a bit before my time I still have nostalgia for the early web.

Update: I created Start Emacs as an easier way to get up and running with Emacs.

Lately I've been playing a ton of Knotwords, an intensely clever puzzle game that is conceptually distinct from crossword puzzles but rides some of the same highs and lows.

One observation I've had working through Advent of Code with Common Lisp is that the LOOP macro is an absolute powerhouse.

The thing I credit most for sticking with Emacs after several failed attempts is building my own configuration [from scratch]({{ '/words/2022-05-02-learning-emacs' | url }}).

Eglot, an Emacs package that integrates the language server protocol (LSP) into Emacs, was just merged into Emacs main.

Talking about The Puzzler by A.J.

This is a guide for building Emacs from source for Mac OSX (tested on 12.4, M1) with native compilation enabled.

Talking about The Dispossessed by Ursula K.

Update: I created Start Emacs as an easier way to get up and running with Emacs.

Well-organized commits are a treat.

A few weeks ago I revisited ReScript and experimented with the ecosystem during Advent of Code.

Talking about Intro to Haiku by Harold Henderson.

Inspired by Fogus's post of the same name, this is a list of my favorite things of 2021.

After finishing Piranesi, my thoughts and attention have been captured by the influences of its setting.

When I first started looking at ReScript two years ago it was a project under another name: Reason.

Proper tail calls (PTC) is a programming language feature that enables memory-efficient recursive algorithms.

Reading Elements of Game Design planted a splinter in my brain that I cannot stop fiddling with.

Since discovering a discussion on Hacker News about the perils of consumptive entertainment, I doubt my self-worth every time I sit down to play a video game.