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Dave Gauer
Howdy, I’m Dave Gauer. I’ve worked in web technologies since the late 1990s. Some interests: computer programming of all kinds, Linux/BSD/Unix, art, books (genre fiction, computing, history, biographies, art monographs), film, music (metal!), boardgames, and watching small creatures in the back yard.
Latest Posts
RSS Club* Exclusive FOURTH "nosurf" post. Distractions can't compete with these two techniques. The only problem is that they're both pretty indulgent...
I think it's usually a mistake to try to write a "correct" program from a blank slate...
I wonder what it would be like if we all approached software development with a "build it twice" mentality...
Simply asking for help was the best thing I've done in a while. Scroll to the bottom for my t-shirt design. I can't wait for mine to come in the mail...
So I basically lost my mind for two weeks and the result is a new JavaScript VDOM library. This was a side quest I did not need in my life and the world probably did not need in general. But you know what? I'm proud of this little thing...
A saga nearly a year in the making: Then a new Linux kernel and a new video card make the whole thing trivial...
Installing the Hare programming language on Slackware just got easier thanks to yours truly. But this is really a love note to the tireless volunteers at slackbuilds.org...
Just some scripts here. Nothing too exciting, but might give you some ideas for automating the tasks in your life. The *coolest part* is definitely using a fuzzy matcher (zf in this case; FZF is also very popular). There are *so* many...
I've installed Slackware 15.0 a lot in the last couple months. So I decided it was finally time to write up a page about the process (whether I'm qualified or not!) while it's still fresh in my head. This is how I install the only...
I gave this talk at work today. It's full of amusing drawings and should still make a fair amount of sense without hearing my commentary. I've attempted to unlock what makes Forth *really* tick - from the what, to the why, to the how...
It's done at last! I put my whole digital life on hold to finish this game jam entry...
Super happy with this little Vim thingy I've been wanting to make for a long, long time. It turned out to be way easier than I'd expected thanks to Vim's typically weird but flexible folding settings...
I just finished drawing 78 Tarot cards in 52 days. I'm not gonna lie, it feels good...
First follow-up to The Year of the Microcontroller. This "chapter" wraps up the first eventful week of my year-long foray into MCs. I think you (YOU!) will dig what became of that cardboard computer...
I'll be giving a presentation fairly soon and I needed something simple. So I made something simple in about an hour after work today...