Blog

Thoughts on code, UX, and whatever else is on my mind — plus the occasional game review.

Tech

Rebuilding dnicholas.me: React, Markdown, and an AI Pair Programmer

How I rebuilt my personal site from scratch with React, shadcn, and Cloudflare Pages — with Claude as my pair programmer the whole way through.

9/20/2026Read post
Tech

Something New, Something Old: Why I Finally Left Windows for Linux

Why I finally left Windows for Fedora Linux, and how I got everything installed and running.

9/18/2026Read post
Life

Robert Nicholas's Eulogy

The eulogy I wrote for my father, Robert Nicholas.

8/16/2025Read post
Life

Raquel Ortega's Eulogy

The eulogy I wrote for my grandmother, Raquel Ortega.

8/29/2024Read post
UX

How Hicks and Fitts Law Drive User Experiences

How to build and manage user interfaces when building applications for our customers and users.

7/29/2023Read post
Culture

Bad Users Toxic Users

Keys to help us navigate hard users.

5/29/2023Read post
Life

ADHD In the Office

How I manage to stay productive in very different locations with ADHD.

5/21/2023Read post
Gaming

Magic: My Favorite App

An Essay I wrote about my favorite app Magic: Arena.

3/11/2023Read post
Tutorial

How to Build a Twitter Bot

How to build a Twitter bot using Node.js and Netlify.

1/31/2023Read post
Life

Jorge Ortega's Eulogy

The eulogy I wrote for Jorge Ortega.

12/28/2022Read post
Reviews

NieR: Automata Part 3

How can I forget NieR: Automata — Part 3.

10/24/2021Read post
Reviews

NieR: Automata Part 2

How can I forget NieR: Automata — Part 2.

8/7/2021Read post
Reviews

NieR: Automata Part 1

My play through of NieR: Automata.

8/1/2021Read post
Reviews

Outriders Early Impressions

My early impressions of Outriders.

4/2/2021Read post
Life

Meet My Pets

All my pets!

3/31/2021Read post