This post is a chronological tour of all the types of art assets in ChessCraft (images, sounds, music, voice) and how they were made.
A ton of different methods were used. There's 200+ chess pieces made by me in GIMP, the adventure map was hand drawn on paper then scanned …
This is how I like to get all my news and information in 2026. Writing it all down should help me sort, cut, and review my media diet. Maybe you'll find this useful too - if you like what I like anyway. This mega list is sorted best to merely good …
I've had this on my mind for years. What if you made a graph of sickness versus happiness with respect to paid sick days? Here's my first good attempt. Your graph may be different than mine because:
I'm a senior computer scientist for the government of Canada, there since 2018. Sometimes reality doesn't reflect the official messaging in government. So this page lists some of my own guidelines, truths, and tools that have most helped my career in government and guard my sanity. I hope this page …
I've often liked year-end reviews like from Wendover Productions. So here's another for ChessCraft. See also:
This year ChessCraft passed one million installs. Curiously, the page on Google Play still reports just 500,000 several months later! I guess Google doesn't care about my vanity metrics …
Wow! How about that. Do I get a gold plaque from YouTube now? I still remember celebrating 100,000 in 2021:
And if we really go back, 100 in 2019:
I guess I like round numbers. If you haven't passed it yet, I recommend celebrating your one billion second birthday …
Sometimes a merge request (MR) doesn't merit a code review (CR) because AI was used in a bad way that harms the team or the project. For example:
I often see these questions online:
"I have no work experience. How do I get my first software job?"
"I got laid off with only have 2 years of experience. How do I get a software job?"
"What certs can help me get a software job?"
I'm a team lead …
I've often liked year-end reviews like from quanta magazine. So here's another for ChessCraft like last year and the year before that.
It's been 7 years since I started working on ChessCraft on 2017-12-30. We're now at 920,000 installs with 260,000 this year. I thought I might …
Here's my experience attending the founding convention of the Canadian Future Party (CFP) in November 2024 in Ottawa. Members voted for the first time on policy, leadership, and a constitution. Here I write about procedural problems and I propose modern solutions.
The Canadian Future Party (CFP) officially …
I'm the creator of ChessCraft and a senior computer scientist and educator for cloud and AI.
Any opinions written here are my own as a private citizen and not my employer.
I'm open to IT leadership job opportunities. I'm also available as a consultant or to provide training.
