Devlog
2025
Randomizing the Wing Base
·49 words·1 min
Wherein the protagonist opens up the variety of possible wing shapes but also opens up a can of worms.
Synthesizers and Insect Wing Pairs
·357 words·2 mins
Wherein the protagonist produces pairs of wings with matching primary veins and mismatched cross veins.
RaspberryPi as MIDI Synth
·1023 words·5 mins
Wherein the protagonist uses a RaspberryPi and FluidSynth to trigger sounds with a MIDI controller.
PyGame Surfaces with Transparency
·211 words·1 min
Wherein the protagonist encounters again an issue with blitting translucent images.
A Laundry List for the Insect Wings
·340 words·2 mins
Wherein the protagonist crosses of some small tasks in service of writing up a summary of the project.
Automate Moving Entries from Obsidian to Hugo
·205 words·1 min
Wherein the protagonist sets himself up to publish devlog entries to this very website more regularly.
2024
Rewriting URLs Using CloudFront Functions
·304 words·2 mins
Wherein the protagonist jumps through AWS hoops in order to serve content securely and using technology-agnostic URLs.
Serving a Hugo Site Through S3 and CloudFront
·277 words·2 mins
Wherein the protagonist wrestles with AWS permissions while trying to publish this very website.
More Randomization and Auto-Rejection
·277 words·2 mins
Wherein the protagonist increases the variety of wing shapes and decreases the amount of time spent looking at ugly wings.
TopologyException and Next Steps
·677 words·4 mins
Wherein the protagonist overcomes a geometry error that crashes his program when generating cross veins for a bad wing shape.