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2026

The Lifecycle of a Code Change AI 14 min readJul 14, 2026
The Commit Checklist AI 2 min readJul 14, 2026
Begin a Brag Doc Software Engineering 7 min readJul 8, 2026
Brag Doc Template Software Engineering 4 min readJul 8, 2026
The Vanishing Keystrokes Bug Code 6 min readJul 2, 2026
Talk To Your TODOs AI 14 min readJun 30, 2026
AI Won't Replace Software Engineering (Yet) AI 5 min readJun 23, 2026
There's No Place Like $HOME AI 7 min readJun 16, 2026
Diff Viewer Application 66 min readJun 15, 2026
Artificially Unintelligent AI 4 min readJun 9, 2026
AI Foundations AI 11 min readJun 2, 2026
The Thunderfury Incident Missouri S&T 3 min readMay 27, 2026
Software Engineering is a Team Sport Software Engineering 3 min readMay 19, 2026
Token Anxiety AI 5 min readMay 12, 2026
You Should Host a Website Technology 4 min readMay 4, 2026
Academia Portfolio Missouri S&T 19 min readApr 27, 2026
Academia Notes Missouri S&T 5 min readApr 20, 2026
How to Code on iPad Technology 5 min readApr 13, 2026
Flap Flap Application 4 min readJan 10, 2026
She Said Yes Self 0 min readJan 1, 2026

2025

Markdown Cheatsheet Technology 24 min readDec 7, 2025
TODO Application 17 min readNov 29, 2025
Sorting Algorithms Computer Science 49 min readNov 22, 2025
Dice Application 17 min readNov 17, 2025
Home Row Technology 34 min readNov 16, 2025
iPhone (17?) Air, One Month Later Technology 4 min readOct 29, 2025
Solo at Tahoe Travel 4 min readOct 2, 2025
Same Old Story Technology 0 min readSep 9, 2025
Peg Solitaire Application 28 min readJul 18, 2025
Meet Zuko Pets 3 min readJul 6, 2025
Tea Brewing Guide Interests 30 min readJun 29, 2025
Background Eraser Application 7 min readJun 21, 2025
Image Format Converter Application 7 min readJun 14, 2025
AI Trivia Game Application 16 min readJun 11, 2025
Unicodex Application 17 min readJun 8, 2025
YourTube History Application 33 min readJun 7, 2025
RSS for the Rest of Us Technology 12 min readJun 1, 2025
Color Clipper Application 5 min readMay 31, 2025
Pomodoro Timer Application 32 min readMay 26, 2025
Missouri // 2025 Travel 4 min readMay 25, 2025
Ukrainian Alphabet Ukraine 4 min readMay 24, 2025
Ukrainian Anthem Ukraine 3 min readMay 24, 2025
Project Starline takes a cosmic leap forward as Google Beam Google 6 min readMay 21, 2025
The Zero-Width Space-Place Technology 2 min readMay 18, 2025
RSS: RSS Starter Set Technology 9 min readMay 17, 2025
Wordleconomics Code 7 min readMay 10, 2025
Maposaurus, Napoleon, and 327,010 Steps Garmin 4 min readMay 4, 2025
Happy Birthday, Bodie Pets 3 min readMay 4, 2025
University of Missouri At Rolla featured in The Simpsons Missouri S&T 1 min readApr 26, 2025

2024

Missouri // 2024 Travel 4 min readApr 2, 2024
Bookmarked Books Self 3 min readMar 1, 2024
Ukrainian Holidays 🇺🇦 Ukraine 1 min readFeb 26, 2024
Ukrainian Movies & Shows 🇺🇦 Ukraine 0 min readFeb 26, 2024
Ukrainian Clothing 🇺🇦 Ukraine 0 min readFeb 26, 2024
Ukrainian Books 🇺🇦 Ukraine 0 min readFeb 26, 2024
Mallory Pets 1 min readFeb 25, 2024
Bodie Pets 1 min readFeb 25, 2024
Two Years of War Ukraine 1 min readFeb 24, 2024
Hello, World Self 0 min readFeb 20, 2024

2023

Google Beam Google 2 min readSep 1, 2023
GDL-60 Garmin 3 min readJul 24, 2023
Pixel Tablet Google 4 min readJul 20, 2023

2022

Pixel Buds Pro (I & II) Google 4 min readJul 28, 2022

2021

Nest Indoor Camera Google 2 min readOct 5, 2021

2019

Garmin Epitaph Garmin 1 min readNov 5, 2019

2018

Evolutionary Algorithms Endgame Dynamics AI 6 min readNov 13, 2018
Evolutionary Algorithms Recombination Operators AI 4 min readNov 11, 2018
Steepest-Ascent Hill-Climbing AI 6 min readNov 2, 2018
The Importance of Parameter Tuning In Evolutionary Algorithms AI 2 min readOct 4, 2018
The Reusability Of Evolutionary Algorithms AI 3 min readOct 1, 2018
On Being Passionate About Tools Software Engineering 3 min readSep 27, 2018
A Curious Shebang Computer Science 0 min readSep 27, 2018
Calculating Euler's Number Mathematics 1 min readSep 24, 2018
An Evolutionary Approach To Problem Solving AI 11 min readSep 13, 2018
My LaTeX Preamble Computer Science 2 min readSep 12, 2018
Computer Science Advice From A Computer Science Graduate Computer Science 3 min readAug 11, 2018
Missouri S&T Satellite Team: Mr & Mrs Satellite Missouri S&T 4 min readJun 4, 2018

2017

Sorting Algorithms Compared Code 2 min readNov 12, 2017
On Understanding, Not Just Memorizing Mathematics 1 min readNov 11, 2017
House of Cards (Kattis Problem) Computer Science 2 min readJun 26, 2017
Avoid The Mac App Store via The Terminal Technology 0 min readJun 17, 2017
C++ Syntactic Peculiarities Computer Science 2 min readJun 17, 2017
Vim Autorun Computer Science 1 min readJun 17, 2017
Trailing Whitespace Code 0 min readMay 24, 2017
Mercedes-Benz NTG5 STAR2 Garmin 2 min readMay 1, 2017
Avoiding eqnarray Computer Science 0 min readMar 29, 2017
latexerr Computer Science 1 min readMar 10, 2017

2016

Painting Gabriel’s Horn Mathematics 1 min readOct 10, 2016
The Monty Hall Problem Code 2 min readSep 16, 2016

2014

Apps of 2014 Technology 5 min readDec 24, 2014
iOS 8 Guide Technology 4 min readSep 17, 2014
Apple Keynote: September 9th, 2014 Technology 6 min readSep 9, 2014
Into The Rabbit Hole of Markdown Editors Technology 11 min readJan 12, 2014
Breakdown of My Homescreen Technology 7 min readJan 11, 2014
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