Here you will find various writings on subjects which I deem interesting enough to write about. That typically includes web development, miscellaneous programming with python and the Godot game engine, and linux things.
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Today I managed to get Lineage OS 14.1 to install on my old Sony Xperia X Compact. Since I couldn't find an actual step-by-step guide, I figured I'd write one myself.
Installing a new OS on your phone will wipe all data from it. Do not ...
If you didn't read my previous post on LD44, check it out here.
The Ludum Dare results came in, and I didn't do as well as last time. I have a more detailed breakdown this year so you can see how well I ranked in each category.
My ...
read moreFor the unfamiliar, Ludum Dare is a 48 or 72 hour game jam. The organisers announce a theme and begin a countdown, then you have either 48 hours to create a game by yourself and enter it into the "Compo", or 72 hours to work in a team of any ...
read moreIt's probably no secret that python is my favourite programming language. The speed at which you can get a complicated program up and running is amazing. My day job as a web developer is one of the places where python shines the most, and so I get to work ...
read moreWhen developing a Flask application, the auto-reloader is incredibly helpful. Each time I edit a python file the server will restart, so that my changes are immediately implemented. However, there is still room for improvement, which is what I will briefly discuss and fix in this post.
First, for context ...
read moreIf you didn't read my previous post on LD43, check it out here.
The Ludum Dare results came in, and I managed to break top 100 in two categories! There were apparently 506 ranked entries for the Compo.
My results were:
Overall: 144 th (3.645 average from 33 ...
read moreMy first job out of university was entirely LAMP, using Zend framework. However, I had always loved writing python, and when it came time to leave that job I was mainly looking for something which would let me use it.
As you can imagine, recruiters were slightly sceptical of my ...
read moreFor the unfamiliar, Ludum Dare is a 48 or 72 hour game jam. The organisers announce a theme and begin a countdown, then you have either 48 hours to create a game by yourself and enter it into the "Compo", or 72 hours to work in a team of any ...
read moreWhen making a more fully-featured game in Godot, I often find myself needing to create a cutscene which displays an image and some text.
I typically lay this out with the image taking the top 2/3 or 3/4 of the window, and a black box taking up the ...
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