daveconway.net https://daveconway.net Blog posts from Dave Conway, the real name of composer-pianist Rowan McTavish. en-us https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Sun, 29 Mar 2026 14:28:40 GMT Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:19:25 GMT I made some software https://daveconway.net/blog/12/i-made-some-software I share my open-source pathfinder for randomized The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past games. Software Dev, Video Games Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:19:25 GMT f00432d9-5b69-4955-950c-9b38159367fd Awesome shit on the Internet #2: Han Lee's "The AI Great Leap Forward" https://daveconway.net/blog/11/awesome-shit-on-the-internet-2 I share Han Lee's essay "The AI Great Leap Forward," which compares the current AI obsession to Mao Zedong's "Great Leap Forward." On the Internet Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:15:55 GMT 9b32f3bc-f52e-4389-b8ae-852f42920241 Silly stuff #1: Autocomplete nails it https://daveconway.net/blog/9/silly-stuff-1 Just a silly AI autocomplete suggestion. Software Dev, Silly Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:33:02 GMT 6911fff1-bbfe-495a-9616-c8f05dfd0954 Software Snippets #2: Is a .NET Identity user logged in? https://daveconway.net/blog/8/software-snippets-2 A brief snippet about determining whether a .NET Identity user is logged in. Software Dev Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:50:52 GMT 46f5f100-a163-4575-beca-4cc2147ef53b Dumb shit on the Internet #3: You are tearing me apart, Claude! https://daveconway.net/blog/7/dumb-shit-on-the-internet-3 I share a very stupid article about vibe-coding getting in the way of functional relationships. On the Internet Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:43:43 GMT 9683e712-2416-4261-b919-a1f67e598c02 Software Snippets #1: client_max_body_size in nginx https://daveconway.net/blog/6/software-snippets-1 A brief snippet about the client_max_body_size property in nginx. Software Dev Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:14:02 GMT b5bfb072-784b-4293-ba91-9c9d29131e4a Awesome shit on the Internet #1: Old Metroid fan sites https://daveconway.net/blog/5/awesome-shit-on-the-internet-1 Screenshots of a couple cool old Metroid fan sites I came across. On the Internet Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:27:41 GMT 3ac137a7-c33c-4c7c-a556-e05753a90fd2 Dumb shit on the Internet #2: [Citation Needed] https://daveconway.net/blog/4/dumb-shit-on-the-internet-2 A stupid article from the WSJ about a company that *totally* automated all aspects of software development with AI, as long as they don't have to provide any details on what the AI did. On the Internet Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:52:25 GMT 7831c397-14ac-4cf8-832c-8d02f48f5dc5 Dumb shit on the Internet #1: Always thank your AI https://daveconway.net/blog/3/dumb-shit-on-the-internet-1 Some stupid comments on a post about Claude Code alerting a user that they've hit their usage limit after they tried to thank it. On the Internet Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:24:06 GMT 0a3aad52-26a4-40d0-99eb-afb6713fd315 From DreamHost to DigitalOcean https://daveconway.net/blog/1/from-dreamhost-to-digitalocean A brief bit about my newly deployed site. Software Dev Sun, 29 Mar 2026 14:28:40 GMT 9a9f95fa-a127-4cb1-bbfc-2d2fd5b33a12