The light at the end of the tunnel
September 01, 2025A child, a mysterious guide, and a dark tunnel with a faint light at its end. Together, we will learn the circumstances of her life and the conclusion of a short walk.
Written by Curtis Lowder
A coder, gamer, and person of the internet.
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The Pastry Gauntlet: An American Rite of Passage
August 17, 2025I decided to make breakfast, and danishes, in order to properly impress my family. Over multiple days and many hours, I baked home-made puff pastry, custard, jam, etc. All in all, this experience challenged not only my skills, but the expectations that my family has for me as well.
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Sufficient Serialization
August 10, 2025Often, developers need to serialize their data structs. There are many popular standards, such as JSON, Protobuf, Messagepack, and dozens of other serialization standards. However, the best choice often depends on the circumstances and your requirements. Curious, I decided to compare them!
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An analysis of my spending on food
August 03, 2025After a discussion on whether groceries were as expensive as eating out, I decide to use my past spending to determine the truth.
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A Framework of a Retrospective
July 28, 2025I retrospect on the last year with my Framework 13 laptop. I value its repairability and upgradability. However, I worry what the laymen will prioritize.
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On my Developer Focused Web Tool
July 20, 2025Discover how I rebuilt prettyprint.dev, a powerful formatter for JSON, CSV, and more. Learn about its new heuristic-based format detection, multiple output options, and modern architecture using Next.js. If you've ever struggled with messy data blobs, this post shows how I solved that once and for all!
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From Earth to Pandora
July 07, 2025What does the Journey look like from Earth to Pandora? I ran a simulation to find out.
![Simulating Spaceships at Light Speed]()
Simulating Spaceships at Light Speed
June 29, 2025I wrote some code to simulate Einstein's equations. Here's what I learned.
![On 17 Pages Among Many More]()
On 17 Pages Among Many More
June 22, 2025My analysis and review of 17 Pages, a unique and fascinating documentary streaming on Nebula.
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On My Novice AI Image Generator
June 15, 2025Relying on GANs, I decided to play around with simple AI image generation. Here's what worked and what didn't.
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I took an AI Quiz on Geopolitics
May 18, 2025An internet challenge pushed me to put my knowledge to the test. Will I be able to match the rigor of an AI chatbot's expectations for geopolitical expertise?
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Fixing a Grill Igniter
May 04, 2025Learn how I fixed the igniter on an old Genesis Weber grill with a $60 kit—and why small repairs like this matter
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My SSH Server Became a Target in a Global Cybersecurity Scuffle
March 23, 2025I created a time lapse of an old project
![Hello Again]()
![Flocking]()
![Enabling GPU Passthrough on HexOS]()
![TrueNAS, not HexOS]()
![Deterrence - part 3]()
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Planetary Annihilation: A Retrospection
January 27, 2025A Look back at how hype pushed me to a game, and why it didn't keep me
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![Trying HexOS]()
![Deterrence - part 2]()
![Deterrence - part 1]()
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Reinforced Elevators
December 08, 2024Using reinforcement learning to train an elevator control system
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![I Made Tetris in Bluesky]()
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![What Redstone Computers Taught Me]()
What Redstone Computers Taught Me
November 17, 2024How a YouTube video changed the way I look at the world
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Project Hail Mary is a Mystery
November 10, 2024How Andy Weir used elements of a Mystery novel to write Sci-Fi
![To Being]()
![Das Math]()
![Sea People]()
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Constraint Satisfaction for Christmas
October 27, 2024Using Constraint Programming to decide when my coworkers will have to wake up at 2 am
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Monty Hall The Time Traveler
October 21, 2024The Monty Hall problem is a well known brain teaser. However, it becomes easy once you realize that Monty is a time traveler.
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Aliens are Big
October 06, 2024Looking back at a youtube video, and the scientific paper that inspired it.
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Fear and Remembrance
September 28, 2024What we can learn by comparing two science fiction Trilogies: Liu Cixin's "Remembrance of Earth's Past" and Stephen Moss's "The Fear Saga"
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The Entire World is Attacking me
June 10, 2018By examing my ssh access logs, I can determine who out there is trying to hack my SSH server.
Hello!
June 07, 2018Hello World
