Status Update: October 2024

For some time I’ve been working towards building a graphical code editor from scratch. I’m still in the explorative phase of this project which involves creating many small, conceptual pieces to better understand the various problem spaces. The problem space I’m working through at the moment is text rendering, with the current focus being...

G’day! This month I wanted to start off working on something short, sweet and fun; something more akin to a typical weekend project that can be “completed” in a reasonable amount of time. I found inspiration from Devine’s personal wiki, XXIIVV, on a page that contained a grid-based clock with lines scanning across the screen as time progressed....

Earlier this month I was exploring Devine’s public wiki, XXIIVV, and I landed on the entry about time. This page contains a mesmerizing clock displaying time as a grid of lines scanning across the screen. Figure 1. Screenshot of Devine's Arvelie-Neralie grid clock. I was unfamiliar with the format of this clock, shown in figure 1 as “18T03...

Post, Repository Clock representing time as a grid of lines sweeping across the screen. Inspired by Devine’s Arvelie-Neralie clock.

G’day! Last month ended with completing the local-export subsystem in Pinto which was the last piece before I could use Pinto for my personal bookmarks. And that’s exactly what I’ve been doing, using Pinto almost everyday this month. I’ve discovered a few small bugs which have been fixed, and some areas where the UI can be improved. But for the...