LATEST POSTS
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5 PRs, 5 Projects, 1 Day: My First Open-Source Contributions
I’ve been meaning to contribute to open source for a while. Not just in a vague “I should do that someday” way — but actually doing it. Finding a bug, fixing it, opening a PR, and shipping something real. Today I finally did it. Five times. Here’s what I worked on, what I fixed, and…
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Life Update – Life Giving Lemons
Most of the time, this blog is a mix of travel itineraries, random updates, and whatever coding project I’m currently tinkering with, like my weather app or my calculator app. But today’s post is a bit heavier. Claire and I are divorced. It’s hard to summarize the end of a marriage in a blog post,…
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Sabbatical Part 2 – Wisconsin to Montana
This post is leg 2 of Claire and my 4 part cross-country road trip. To read about the first leg of our trip, be sure to check out Sabbatical Part 1 – Florida to Wisconsin. Claire and I woke up in Madison, Wisconsin, packed out bags and hit the road. For Claire and I, this…
LATEST PROJECTS
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Weather App
A simple weather tracking app using OpenWeather’s API. Once the user grants location permission, the app will automatically display weather data for that location including:
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Calculator App
Just a calculator application. This was my third JS project. I started with building just the functionality, then I added buttons for parentheses to practice order of operations. Then I started styling the calculator because why not? The design is inspired by retro calculators from manufacturers such as CASIO. I really like how the button…
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Unit Converter App
A simple unit converter application. This was my second JS project. I started with just weight, then added temperature and distance. I focused a bit more on CSS for this app and found a neat background pattern to use.
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