My name is Andrew Allbright. I work with computers and I really love programming. Welcome to my little spot on the web. Take a look around. Let me know what you think. I do enjoy reading observations or answering questions.
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Programmer Character Sheet
I have many experiences with computers. Here is some my attempt to share some of my programmer experiences with computers 😎.
| Language Runtime | Experience |
|---|---|
| Scala (docs) | Experienced. From command line apps to Scala Play microservice applications I can create, maintain, and operate within this runtime. #restAPIs #CLIs #functional-programming |
| MyriaDB (docs) | Confidently pragmatic. This is my SQL database of choice. #wordpress #golang #python #nodejs |
| Go (docs) | Experienced. Default scripting language when shell scripting isn’t enough. #devops #kubernetes #CLIs |
| AWS (docs) | Experienced. I chose to invest my energy into AWS as my cloud provider of choice. I prefer the aws CLI. #cloud |
| Docker (docs) | Experienced. Ask me what I would do if an image wasn’t building. Ask me how to develop inside a container. |
| Kubernetes (docs) | Experienced. Ask me how to remote debug an application running inside a cluster. #devops #YAML |
| Terraform (docs) | Beginner. |
| Ansible (docs) | Experienced. Fantastic tool. #raspberry-pi #computer-setup #VMs |
| Python (docs) | Experienced. Python is a fantastic scripting language with a lot of punch. #flask #django #pygame #CLIs |
| Unity (manual, scriptable API) | Working on it. Developing an appropriate mental model for creating games has been a fun hobby. #webGL #3Dgames #simulations |
| PHP (docs) | Experienced. PHP is good to know because “shared hosting” platforms like GoDaddy and Dreamhost support PHP. Great for simple projects. Great for WordPress (docs) |
| HTML5 (docs) | Experienced. #accessibility #graceful-degradation |
| CSS (docs) | Experienced. SCSS (docs) LESS (docs) |
| JS (docs) | Experienced. Node (docs) Typescript (docs) Webpack (docs) |
| Bash (docs) | Experienced. #linux #containers #shell-scripting |
| NGINX (docs) | Experienced. My reverse proxy technology of choice. |
| Apache (docs) | Comfortable. Thank you .htaccess files. |
| Arduino (docs) | Experienced. |
| Target Platform Type | Thoughts |
|---|---|
| Command Line Interface | #scripting #utility |
| Static Web | #browser-capabilities #HTML5 #CSS #JS #WASM #seo |
| Dynamic Server | #REST #websockets #RPC #templating |
| DNS | #ssl-certificates #shared-hosting #cloud-hosting #pi-hosting |
| Games | #flash #actionscript #pygame #PhaserJS |
| Data | #relational #document-store #redis #kafka #zookeeper |
| Cloud | #aws #azure #cloud-compute #cloud-native #kubernetes #virtual-machines |
| Robotics | #arduino #raspberry-pi #3D-printing #electronics #VEX |
| Linux | #GNU #kernel #system-calls #OS #fundamental |
| Host configuration | #ansible #terraform #dotfiles #shell-scripts #packer #images #portability |
| Editor | Purpose |
|---|---|
| vim | General use |
| IDEA | Scala, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform |
| Rider | .NET apps, Unity Game Programming |
| DataGrip | Interact with Databases |
| Goland | Go! |
| PyCharm | Python |
| PHPStorm | WordPress theme, plugin, etc development |
| Webstorm | Static site assets |
| CLion | Arduino C |
| VS Code | Light weight GUI editor |
| Base Stats | |
|---|---|
| Strength | 14 |
| Intelligence | 15 |
| Charisma | 11 |
| Wisdom | 15 |
| Dexterity | 13 |
| Constitution | 13 |
| Trait | Description |
|---|---|
| Driven by curiosity | Everything has an explanation. At any time utilize one’s imagination to help find the right question to ask. +2 bonus to insight, investigation, and history checks. |
| Active Imagination | Being open to the real world helps one think up imaginary worlds. +3 bonus to perception and performance checks. |
| Pragmatic Engineer | A tool is only as good as it’s toolmaker. Fortunately studying and practicing is in one’s nature. Discipline is the name of the game. +2 bonus to history checks. |
| Software Spellcaster | One is fully capable of creating the right programming incantation to make it happen. +2 bonus to arcana checks involving computer actions. |