People are slowly making their way back to Nanjing. I’m still continuing the grind of waking up at 4pm, eating, going to a coffee shop until it closes at midnight, eating, back to the computer, and sleeping. But soon I’ll be spending more time with the friends I made in Nanjing.

Coding

I set up a quick site for other purposes on a spare server using Hugo and Caddy, took less than an hour and a half from idea to finishing it, including tweaking the theme and adding some example content. Really happy with this workflow and it really goes to show how convenient this “LCGH” stack is. After only that much work it’s ready for people to contribute with git!

Site

I want to start branching out into more informational technical posts. Topics will include making a modern ssh setup, this “LCGH” stack, and maybe circumventing the Great Firewall. I’ve already started on a hugo one.

Also still working on the China Retrospective series, which you’ll be seeing on the front page. Pretty much finished with the summer travel retrospective.

Things I’m Liking

• Coding Intentionally in Bash Grains: A good small article about intentional programming, where your try to make the intent of your code obvious to someone reading it. It included a great quote from Russ Cox: “Software engineering is what happens to programming when you add time and other programmers.”
• Thoughts and Links about Programming by Russ Cox: The link above led me to this page which is a treasure trove of information about programming by a veteran of the Go programming language and researcher/professor at MIT.
• KeyForge, a Unique Deck Card Game: In high school I played a bit of Magic the Gathering, which is one of those games where you create decks by swapping in and out cards. This deck game is designed by one of the original designers of MtG and focuses on unique, algorithmically designed decks where each deck should be unique and one-of-a-kind. The decks all have unique backings so you can’t swap in and out cards. Each deck is $10. This is a unique way to do card games that solves a lot of problems new players have with MtG using modern technology like QR code and algorithmic design, and I’m curious if this will pan out! Rules are here as a pdf or here as a video if you’re interested.
• University of Western Australia Computer Club: A great way to run a university computer club. There’s a lot to draw inspo from, particularly their fresher’s guide

Misc

Looking forward to going home. Thing I miss right now: Cooking with tools and spices I know I’ll have in the indefinite future.