Nathan Friend

I recently migrated the website you are on now from AWS to GitLab Pages.
While part of my motivation was to simplify my bespoke Docker build, the primary reason was because Amazon ended their Alexa Developer Rewards Program which had been funding my website hosting for over half a decade. (I don’t blame them, only a tiny...

I built a light that glows when I’m on a Zoom call.
I recently had a blast building my own keyboard. As part of that project, I connected individually-addressable LED strips to the two microcontrollers inside each half. It was way easier than I expected and the end result was fantastic!...

I spent most of my free time over the last 10 months building this bizarre keyboard from scratch. It’s a Dactyl Manuform - a split keyboard with a highly sculpted design that is somehow simulataneously the ugliest and most eye-catching object I’ve ever...

Like everyone else, I’ve been obsessed with Wordle lately.
I was really bad at it when I began. My original strategy was to use the first 3 or 4 guesses to uncover as many letters as possible, and then use the last few guesses to unscramble the solution. This turned out to be a terrible approach, and I failed...