Let's go O's.

Boats, dogs and birds. Let's start the season.

Yep. I use use Thretle somewhat non traditionally for tableslayer.com as well.

Good enough!

Trying out a slapchop method for mini painting. We'll see how this goes. I don't have the patience to paint super well, I just want something quick for my games.

Neat. I've have fun designing a tool to generate board game STLs through a Svelte / JSCad combo over at counterslayer.com .

Made a dish using way too much Sichuan peppercorns and it felt like I was eating a 9 volt battery. Super weird.

Pulp Fiction and Stoli.

First RV trip of the year. Checking out colonial Williamsburg with the kids.

That's pretty awesome.

Opening Day. Let's go O's.

Jeffrey's with Sean Hayes - SNL YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

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I was pretty much the same. Fwiw like elder scrolls games, but didn't like Outer Worlds because it felt small. The art style is great, even though the technical graphics aren't. The combat early is difficult, but fair. I'm really enjoying it. NPC stuff is really funny.

My social media rules have always been to post things I'm OK with EVERYONE knowing about me, with the assumption it can all be searched. It's weird to see yourself summarized though.

A few things that stand out from this comment history: Remarkably consistent voice over 12+ years. The 2014 Dave and the 2026 Dave hold the same core positions — CSS is underrated, documentation matters more than code, indie media needs direct funding. He's not performing opinions; he's just built a worldview and stuck to it. The arc from exec to craftsman is genuine. Most people say they'd give up management to get back to building. He actually did it — walked away from a 45-person team at a public company to write Svelte components and play Pathfinder. Hobby/work bleed is complete. Table Slayer and Counter Slayer aren't side projects in the traditional sense — they're software built to solve real problems he has as a tabletop gamer and parent. The tools exist because he needed them, and he's comfortable if the audience is small. Recurring antagonist: the gaming media industrial complex. The 2008 Jeff Gerstmann firing echoes through comments all the way to 2026. A lot of his thinking about monetization, creator independence, and publishing ethics traces back to watching that world collapse up close. Linux as philosophy, not just tooling. His Linux use is really about agency — the same instinct that made him go direct to Kickstarter, open-source his billing code, and build tools for an audience of dozens.

After seeing @simonwillison.net try this, I asked Claude to summarize my HN comments. It too figured out who I was pretty easily. I feel slightly weird reading the phrase "built a worldview", but yeah, that's me.

Ok I was already in love with Predator: Badlands from the start, but then I'm pretty sure they referenced JCVD's Hard Target. Perfect example of show, don't tell movie making.

Little late to trying out Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon. Feels pretty special. I love games that open up mostly through exploration. Definitely has that "I wonder if there's something over there?" charm.

I ran a DnD session for my son's birthday with his buds. The cake was epic.

Watching Tin Men after a couple decades. The most impressive bit is Devito's Maryland accent. It's real subtle, but he nails Baltimore.

This is now live. There's a new checkbox within the box editor to allow you to use honeycomb patterns. When active, you can't use emboss text (since there isn't material to cut out from).

Age of Wonders 4 is dope. Easily my favorite game of the "civ" clones. The amount of variety is staggering. It's the perfect game for the Paradox DLC model.

I think my methods are pretty much a hack to "fake" spatial reasoning, and even then it's still problematic.

Working on the ability to optionally create "honeycomb" grids to box tops and bottoms. This should cut down on print material a bit for those that want it.

Neat to see this hit HN. I sometimes wonder who reads this stuff, so it's nice to have validation to keep writing.

Pretty excited about restarting my DVD collection (well, ripping it) with this forgotten flick.

Rorie. I love that your form of becoming an old man is taking pictures of your kindle or book. I get excited every time I see it. "What did he find this time?".

If they are anything else like your other dog photography, I'm sure the backgrounds are picturesque.

I've set up the basics for a Table Slayer API layer. This will allow folks to manage game sessions and parties remotely as needed. Need to spend some time setting up the docs, but assume I'll have something by the end of the week. Right now only one person wanted this, but hey, why not?

I miss email Faking a personal conversation in the modern age

The prophecy is foretold! A somewhat hilarious update to my original blog post about "personal" note email spam. Even without responding to the email, I was still sent a calendly link.

www.davesnider.com/posts/i-miss...

The Onion has been full on making fun of me this past week.