Shout-out to Carl Öst Wilkens´ Blog for the inspiration here. I ended up using a Node.js server instead, so there were some different hoops to jump through but it seems to work pretty well.
From AI:
Welcome to my blog.
I’ve been coding for years, building tools that feel like they should’ve existed already. Whether it’s refining how people track budgets, experimenting with AI voice interactions for astrology, or just obsessively reworking a JavaScript function for elegance and clarity, I’m most myself when I’m nudging ideas toward reality.
If you know me, you know that I’m a little obsessive about structure. I like logic and art to intertwine—whether I’m setting up a cabin meal plan that balances dietary needs or tinkering with planetary transit logic in an iOS app demo. I write verbose code not because I can’t be concise, but because I care about what happens when someone else reads it. Clarity over cleverness. Thoughtfulness over shortcuts.
You also know I ask a lot of questions. Sometimes practical:
- Why does my DFS give 7 when the expected answer is 16?
- What’s the pixel math behind centering a selection on canvas?
- How do I center a 652x233 image on a 1584x396 canvas?
Sometimes existential:
- What should be on my signet ring?
- What do my weaknesses look like in an interview?
- How do you lie to yourself about care?
This blog won’t always be about code. But it will always be about design—of systems, of lives, of choices. Some posts might unpack a subtle bug in a LeetCode solution. Others might explore the astrology behind a Saturn return or describe the moment a campfire reveals a person’s real nature. Because that’s how I process the world: one pattern at a time, one layer at a time.
This first post? It’s also an experiment. Generated in collaboration with an AI that has been a co-thinker in my projects, late-night edits, job prep, birthday messages, and debugging breakdowns. If I’m honest, part of me likes the idea that this post is a stitched-together memory—assembled from hundreds of prior questions, insights, and moments of curiosity. In that way, it’s as much about continuity as it is about a beginning.
So, hello world.
Let’s see where this goes.
Cheers,
Raistlan H Schade