Ross's Micro Blog

Inspired by this… Thanks (again) Rhys!
https://toot.wales/@rhyswynne/113595624347385344

Yesterday I had never coded in Lua or built anything on the PICO-8 "fantasy console” (a little emulated retro computer).

Today I have a very basic cookie-clicker game!

Yes, the visuals are terrible. (I'm just experimenting with sprites and drawing right now). And there's no music/sound.

How many presents can you make for Santa before Christmas arrives?!

https://santa-factory.pico.games/

I just realised that it’s giving Tuesday.

I’ve had a lot of new customers for Turbo Admin recently. Which I’m really grateful for.

And I think of each sale as “buying my lunch”. Which is such a fortunate place to be.

Today I want sales to buy lunch for someone that needs it way more than me.

So any proceeds from sales today will be donated to my local foodbank: https://www.swindonfoodcollective.org/

Just buy at

https://turbo-admin.com/

before 6am UTC.

I’ll post receipts tomorrow for transparency.

Every topic that I would really like to post about now:

🤯🤐🙊

I now crown myself the world’s preeminent expert on hacking the “classic” WordPress dashboard using vanilla JavaScript only.

It’s a niche. But one I’m occupying well, I feel!

🤣

Turns out, the mechanism I used to get user switching working in Turbo Admin also works for a simple form of plugin install!

This isn't live yet – it needs polish. But it's a good prototype and means it's coming in the not-too-distant future!

Spending a small bit of Friday night accomplishing the “impossible”… 🪄

Oh frick my poor brain!

Two days diagnosing really quite complex stuff with weird self-referencing code loops, odd hosting setups, trying to make code testable/fakable without breaking backwards compatibility, and a real head-scratcher solved (hopefully) with a bit of code spelunking.

Tired. But I LOVE it!!!! 😅

Turbo Admin Bricks Integration!

Here's the initial pass at some integration with the Bricks Builder for the many that requested it.

Hope this is kinda what you were after.

Coming in a release in the next few days.

I get why recent updates to code libraries/packages may be a measure of quality.

But an absence of updates may also be a measure of quality.

A small library that does one thing well and is “finished” may be exactly what you need.

How should we tell the difference?

People have actually wanted to pay me more for Turbo Admin. If that's you:

– You can buy another license and give it to a friend.
– You can buy me coffee: https://ko-fi.com/magicroundabout
– You can leave a review: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/turbo-admin/hfafpihfemmbjhppilebphmcpepglkfp
– You can send me a testimonial.

All good ways to help! Tx! 🙏

This is really fun.
https://mastodon.social/@danielpunkass/113555706673598140

As I've been asked:

No, I don't do a Black Friday discount on Turbo Admin – my
#WordPress Command Palette tool.

It's $35! One time. That's how much it costs. There's no tricks. No scarcity.

It's amazing value. Black Friday. Cyber Monday. Talk Like A Pirate Day. Always!

https://turbo-admin.com/

Yay! I did bike riding!! Nothing big but it’s the first time in a long time so I’m happy.

But also…

Boo!!!

That main arterial cycle route they were improving is still a complete fucking mess. 😡

This is not helped by the fact that, as well as Christmas, our lives contain four birthdays of close family and three birthdays of close friends.

Aaargh!!

(I’m not saying birthdays are bad or shouldn’t be celebrated. It’s just a lot all at once!)

Saying this in case anyone else feels it and thinks it’s just them:

I hate December.

There is SO much expectation put on you either by others or by yourself (!) about what you should do and how you should be happy and excited by it all.

I’m exhausted after the long few months since summer where my northern-hemisphere world gets dark. I need a holiday. But my todo list just explodes.

I don’t use the word hate much. It’s a strong word. But I hate December.

And if you do too, you’re not alone.

“I can choose between being good at life and having a powerful computer. And I pick powerful computer.”

😆

@imdavidpierce on The Vergecast confessing that he upgraded instead of closing some browser tabs.