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Moving Swiftly, to Dart

Software Development

When you’ve spent years immersed in building sleek and responsive apps on iOS using Swift and Objective-C, the opportunity to delve into new territories like Dart and Flutter presents itself as an exciting adventure. I recently embarked on a journey to learn to build apps with Flutter, and this is my initial experience. I will […]

Using X11 with WSL2

Software Development

Recently I was building a project on a windows machine that required Cypress e2e testing. I use Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) for most of my development work. I needed to be able to run X11 so that linux could run the browser on Windows OS. To accomplish this, I set up XLaunch, however there […]

Building Mobile Apps with Jenkins and macOS

Game Development, Software Development

If you’re a mobile app developer, you’ve likely heard of Jenkins—a powerful automation tool that helps streamline your build process. It’s widely used for continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) in all sorts of development environments. But if you’re building iOS apps, Jenkins alone won’t be enough. Since Apple requires macOS to compile iOS […]

Getting Started with Local Kubernetes: Developing Microservices with MicroK8s

Software Development kubernetes, microservices, terraform

Overview In the world of modern software development, microservices architecture has become increasingly popular for its scalability and maintainability. As developers, we often need to run and test these microservices locally before deploying them to a cloud-based Kubernetes cluster. Let’s get started setting up a local Kubernetes environment using MicroK8s, a lightweight, single-package Kubernetes distribution, […]

Local Chatting with Ollama

Ollama is an open-source AI model that provides a sophisticated AI chatbot. Running it locally means you don’t need to pay any additional API fees and it’s great if you want to do local development. Following these simple instructions enables you to set it up a local free-to-use AI to chat with. This is based […]

An AI Classification Proposal

This is a proposal for a classification of AIs that would apply well to any AI application or device designed to offer a service to users. There are several examples after the proposed classification. Classification The Classification includes six levels: Each classification Level is described below. Examples Doorbell Let’s apply this to a doorbell. Thermostat […]

Simple Image Generation Script

Game Development

When developing games, you often need to create tools that go with the games to speed development. This can be complicated tools such as level editors or simple tools such as image generation scripts. I was recently working on a project where I needed many game tiles for each letter of the alphabet, and although […]

Gamification of This Site!

Fun-N-Games gamification

Gamification of an application or website is the process of adding one or more game-like devices to the activity. In this case, the activity is using this website! This website is run on WordPress, and if you have ever worked with WordPress before, you may know that they offer every kind of plug-in that is […]

The Power of Choice

Education and Technology, Gamified Learning

James Paul Gee is a prominent scholar in the field of education and learning, particularly known for his work in the areas of literacy, linguistics, and digital media. His contributions to the understanding of how people learn and the role of technology in education have been influential in shaping the discourse surrounding EdTech and freedom […]

Mathematics of Juggling

Fun-N-Games

Many years ago I received a t-shirt as a gift with the formula for juggling printed on it. The formula was from Claude Shannon, the builder of the first juggling robot, who developed a juggling theorem. There is a movie about Claud, The Bit Player that is worth watching. Having juggled for many years prior to learning […]