Developer
Strong opinions about readable code, pragmatic performance work, and mentoring engineers who are finding their footing. Co-author of US patent US20260087445A1.
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armahillo.dev
- Technical writing on Rails, Ruby, and software craft
- completionist.guide
- Game completion tracker providing persistence via localStorage; no backend. Nearly all UI is CSS-oriented
- Blog / Discussion about its development
- Word Snare
- Reverse-wordle game built in Stimulus. A game I designed and coded. iOS app coming soon.
- Word Snare
- WhichMeme Research Project
- Explores the question "Do internet memes carry implicit meaning and is there a correct way to use them?"
- WhichMeme — Internet Meme Classification
- Meme research slides (presented at PSU Elements 2015)
- HigherEd Live interview (post-conference)
- PixelMappr
- Converts images into Perler Bead grids using a color-matching algorithm.
- pixelmappr
- Emojisub
- Ruby gem for substituting emoji shortcodes with HTML entities. I wanted slack-style emoji-use in Jekyll.
- emoji_sub
- DM Assistant
- Ruby scripts for randomly generating TTRPG content. Precursor to Stillfleet STRINGS 1.0
- dm_assistant
- Playtestr
- Ruby CLI script to generate card-game PDF assets from YAML files for rapid prototyping
- playtestr
- Twitterbot
- Ruby-based Twitter retweet bot script (long defunct). Powered @twithaca retweet service for several years.
- twitterbot
- Contributor to Primitive CSS
- Automatic dark-mode support and dependency modernization
- Primitive CSS
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 campaign / setting; Published by Stillfleet Studio as part of the STILLFLEET Kickstarter in 2022
- The Rain Thieves (Official store link)
- The Rain Thieves on RGG
- Robot Hospital
- Card game; published by Stillfleet Studio in 2024.
- Robot Hospital (Official store link)
- Robot Hospital on BGG
- Egg
- The barebones repo template I use when designing games.
- egg
AaronH Games- Game design blog (coming soon)
- aaronh.games
Writing
Writing about music, life, and whatever I feel like, GAWSH.
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Essay Blog
- Personal blog: music, life, hot takes
- aaronh.blog
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Project blog
- Chronicle of ongoing creative projects and ambitious things.
- 12things.me
- The DrunkenUX Podcast
- Podcast on UX, design and technology; co-hosted with Michael Fienen; ran 5 years
- DrunkenUX
- Primary site (Intermittently available)
Visual Art
Watercolor, alcohol-based markers, and digital media. Gallery coming soon.
Music
Vinyl DJ 1999 through Spring 2027. Hobbyist composer.
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Highstone - Vinyl DJing
- Promo site
- Production
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