I haven't posted in forever! Here is a progress report on a couple of efforts.
Like everybody on earth, I've been... ... Read more
Small Sites
A Tiny Book Club Site
My first book club site was built using MySQL/PHP and the idea of hosting 1,000 clubs. This did not happen. My own club, even after 20 years, has only covered about 250 books ... not really a Big Data problem. I created an alternate "skinny" club site using just flat files for data, and maintain it, when we add a book/meeting, with Python and a shell script.
Search the Unsearchable
I noticed that the Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA) jobs page had only a simple, free text search capability. This is all the functionality it actually needs, but before I had figured that out, I created this add-on site that uses Python and SQLite to provide filters by Town and Position.
The Wordle Assistant
Yes, it's cheating. But a great time-saver. Javascript with help from ChatGPT and Claude.ai
Blog Posts
Working with the Robots Sat, 18 May 2024
Sudoku Solver Wed, 07 Dec 2022
The Sudoku Solver on the site lets you contribute boards to a shared public library, and lets you choose... ... Read more
Mining Words Sun, 20 Nov 2022
A favorite elementary school word puzzle is the 'how many other words can you make from the letters of this... ... Read more
