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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.

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ratfactor · 18mo

I've finished a new tool to add to the site - I made this one to "do the counting" for my daily physical therapy exercises...

** RSS Club ** | Rip-Off

ratfactor · 20mo

Hey RSS readers! Time for another RSS-only article. I really need to vent about this because two days later, it's still bothering me...

Wrapping up 2023, plans for 2024

ratfactor · 2y

My first ever year wrap-up. Also, 2024 is happening, but not happening...

Leopard-Free Programming

ratfactor · 2y

A short parable by Franz Kafka describes our crummy code? I think so and it feels good to escape this fate...

Multiple Tools

ratfactor · 2y

All of a sudden, I realized I never fully made the transition from Thunderbird to aerc for email and...I never will and...that's okay! If you're not sure if that's okay or not...

Fake Trees: Using Indents For Simpler UIs

ratfactor · 2y

A UI programming "hack" in which your mileage varies and the dead return to extract vengeance upon the living.

Archive Your Projects!

ratfactor · 2y

Why and how you should preserve your projects for your future self (and possibly other people too) to enjoy!

SVG Minifier in Ruby

ratfactor · 2y

Another thing emerges from the ongoing December Adventure 2023: a super simple Ruby utility for making super tiny SVG line art!

Interpreting if/else logic with a simple flat list of booleans

ratfactor · 2y

Just a quick little "discovery" during the aforementioned and ongoing December Adventure 2023 that I thought should have its own page...

The making of a T-shirt design for Eggnog Games / Maze Dog

ratfactor · 2y

I just finished this epic drawing and I want you to look at it!

December Adventure 2023 (The Hiss Log)

ratfactor · 2y

A low-key adventure! A little bit of progress each day on a project. There won't be an entry each day on this RSS feed. But I'm sure I'll post an update when it's done. So feel...

Meow5: The Conclusion

ratfactor · 2y

Over a year later, it's done! Assembly Nights Season 2 has concluded and I proudly present my "thought experiment taken too far"...

rat-tools

ratfactor · 2y

Tools I use to build and maintain this website...
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