Developer
Strong opinions about readable code, pragmatic performance work, and mentoring engineers who are finding their footing. Co-author of US patent US20260087445A1. Contributor to Primitive CSS.
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armahillo.dev
- Technical writing on Rails, Ruby, and software craft
- completionist.guide
- Game completion tracker, built and shipped
- WhichMeme — Internet Meme Classification
- Research project presented at PSU Elements 2015; featured on HigherEd Live
- pixelmappr
- Converts images into Perler Bead grids using color-matching
- emoji_sub
- Ruby gem for substituting emoji shortcodes with HTML entities
- dm_assistant
- Ruby scripts for randomly generating TTRPG content
Game Designer
Tabletop RPG and board game designer. Interested in player agency, emergent narrative, and the balance between mechanics and story.
- The Rain Thieves
- RPG venture; Published as part of the STILLFLEET Kickstarter in 2022 (666 backers, $43k raised)
- The Rain Thieves on RGG
- Robot Hospital
- Card game; commercially published 2024, available for sale
- Robot Hospital on BGG
- egg
- Barebones game design repo template
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aaronh.games
- Game design blog (coming soon)
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Stillfleet Studio
- Tabletop RPG Publisher
Writing
Writing about music, life, and whatever I feel like, GAWSH.
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aaronh.blog
- Personal blog: music, life, hot takes
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12things.me
- Blog about creative projects and ambitious things
- DrunkenUX
- Co-hosted podcast on UX and design; ran 5 years
Visual Art
Watercolor, alcohol-based markers, and digital media. Gallery coming soon.
Music
Vinyl DJ since 1999. Hanging up the headphones in Spring 2027.
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Highstone
- Vinyl DJ alter-ego
- How We Do (Highstone Tweaker mix)
- Production work, 2025