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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
I think it's usually a mistake to try to write a "correct" program from a blank slate...
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...
Guess what? 2023 is The Year of the Microcontroller! Well, it is in MY house...
Whoooosh! That's the sound of me getting this done in the year 2022 so I have one less thing on my plate for 2023! I review six more book chapters and give my conclusions so far...