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Welcome to the programming shack!

As someone who grew up with computers, delving into what makes them and their software go was always a very obvious choice of interest. From early video game modding to programming classes in school all the way until academic data analysis and machine learning at university, programming has been a constant but sadly minor part of my life. Some would argue that writing a website itself was at least adjacent to coding, which, well, might or might not be true!

I personally believe in free software and hacker culture, the idea that software is a tool meant to be shared, modified and redistributed freely; with an open view into the source code and the ability to modify and improve freely on what already exists being a basic right of any user. If one is unhappy with a program's behaviour, fix it yourself or convince someone to do so. If you wish a program existed, write it yourself, and share it with others like you to improve the world bit by bit! That's what being a hacker is about.

Right now, I want to get better at programming as a whole and hack together some apps that I personally would have liked using myself if they had existed beforehand. I like delving into more obscure or obsolete technologies with these and can definitely imagine developing for, say, Symbian mobile phones in the future.

Project List

Name: PICOBUN

Language/Environment: Lua/PICO-8

Description: I am developing PICOBUN, a virtual pet game where you'll take care of up to eight bunnies, interacting with and befriending them, and customizing their area using the money they earn working office jobs (yes, they work on little computers!) The happier your buns are, the more cash they make you working the home-office. So make sure they're always well fed, had a good nap, and tons of pets and friends around!

Platforms and License: PICO-8 | not yet licensed; gotta check out PICO-8 terms

Download/Link: Click here to visit the PICOBUN page!

Name: LibreRing

Language/Environment: Javascript

Description: A simple to use webring script that anyone can use to build their own webring! Born out of frustrations with other popular webring software, LibreRing supports XHTML syntax and older Javascript parsers, is licensed under the LGPL, and features a step by step tutorial for how to set it up. It supports a random button, previous/next buttons, and both a graphical and a text-only display. It is fully customizable and free and open source software.

Platforms and License: Web | licensed under LGPLv3-or-later

Download/Link: Click here to visit the LibreRing page!