James HarrisThe next ten yearsIn times like these it seems like the world’s gone crazy, but today’s tumultuous environment is not without precedent.Apr 25, 2018Apr 25, 2018
James HarrisMastodon: Finding the Goldilocks Zone for a social networkSize has a big impact on what an online community is like. Small communities have trouble sustaining themselves, since a community can’t…Apr 16, 2017Apr 16, 2017
James HarrisThe Joy of Interfaces“Interface” is usually used as a technical term describing the way things look on a screen, but really you have an interface any time you…Jan 23, 2017Jan 23, 2017
James HarrisCreating a Simple Documentation Site in MarkdownWhen my last employer gave me permission to spend some time documenting our code, I spent a bit of time casting around for the most…Dec 4, 20162Dec 4, 20162
James HarrisMy favorite outlining toolMemory is fickle. If you really want to hang onto some information, write it down. But where? It’s important that the storage format be a…Nov 28, 2016Nov 28, 2016
James HarrisMaking a Champion Select Assistant for League of LegendsYesterday I participated in my first hackathon! Viking Code School gave us a day to build whatever we want. The only qualifiers were that:Nov 20, 2016Nov 20, 2016
James HarrisCyborg ChessClive Thompson has a book called Smarter Than You Think called about how human intelligence can productively interact with machine…Nov 20, 2016Nov 20, 2016
James HarrisMy favorite Atom packagesIf I had to pick a text editor to use out-of-the-box, there’s no question Sublime Text would win. It’s an amazing editor with very high…Nov 7, 20162Nov 7, 20162
James HarrisHow And Why I Joined a Code SchoolA few months ago I decided it was time for something new. My job as a front-end developer for a small rural company wasn’t allowing me to…Oct 3, 2016Oct 3, 2016
James HarrisUndertale’s Secret SauceGather ‘round, friends and neighbors, ’cause it’s time to talk about Undertale! In my judgment, Undertale is the single biggest milestone…Aug 15, 2016Aug 15, 2016