SummonerStats

After working on SummonerStats since as far back as 2020, I can finally say that it is in a state where I am happy with it. I learned so many technologies with this application, as it was my first “big” project, it was my first time using Django, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, SQLite, and many more. Looking back, I’m not sure if it was a good idea to use so many new things at once, as I felt overwhelmed on several occasions and abandoned the project for many months. But I’m glad I stuck with it over the years and I’m happy and proud with the result.

Yamtarr

Although I’ve been working on some small projects while I dropped SummonerStats, like pokimg, I haven’t been working on anything big. I already knew what I wanted to work on next, so after finishing SummonerStats, I started working on Yamtarr, a self-hosted web application that helps you track all your media, such as movies, TV series, manga…

It’s still in early development, but I think it’s looking good. I’m using Django again, which I enjoy working with and I think it’s a useful framework to learn. I’ve also moved to SCSS after seeing how much easier and more enjoyable it is to work with compared to traditional CSS. The base of the application is done, the account system and media management is already there and I’m currently learning about unit testing and implementing it.

Interesting blog posts

Avoiding homework with code (and getting caught) by Alistair Smith.

Building A Virtual Machine inside ChatGPT by Jonas Degrave.

Building software to last forever by Herman Martinus.

F.lux, but for your house by Tyler Cipriani.

How fateful?, by Channon Perry. Privacy concerns aside, it’s quite a sweet story.

How the clipboard works by Hugo Barrera.

I almost failed to search a 37 GB text file in under 1 millisecond by Adrian.

Smart Move, Google by Garrit Franke.

Someone is pretending to be me by Connor Tumbleson. What a crazy and interesting story!

State of CSS 2022 by Adam Argyle. A great overview of the new CSS features.

The ‘Egg’ laptop by Shun Ikejima.

Other links

AstroNvim, an aesthetic and feature-rich neovim config that is extensible and easy to use

Barrier, an open-source KVM software.

Sherlock, hunt down social media accounts by username across social networks.

Image Steganography Tool, a tool to encrypt and hide files insde images.

Quickemu, quickly create and run optimised virtual machines.

Universal Paperclips, just a nice little game. Try it out :)