Introducing 🐦 Pattern Pigeon: A conversational assistant built with @googlecloud #DialogflowCX to teach software architecture design patterns! This was a lot of fun to create, and for a (probably) limited time you can even call it!

🔗 https://www.jameskerrane.com/projects/pattern-pigeon/
📞 (361) 360-5763

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I’ve been researching Google Cloud's #DialogflowCX to build a conversational agent, and while looking into community-favored licenses, I was surprised to see so many repositories using the Apache License 2.0 over my go-to MIT—so I’m switching it up! Excited to share more soon 🐦💬

On top of that, this marks repo #97/100 on @github. Might be time to consolidate and clean up some old repos, but it's a huge milestone for me! 🚀

That's it for now, take care!

It looks pretty ugly right now, but I've got React Bootstrap, React Icons, and #FontAwesome icons (for the elusive #bsky app icon) working!

Plus, setting up automatic builds on GitHub Pages was not bad at all.

#react #reacticons #bootstrap #reactbootstrap

Just dove headfirst into #nextjs and honestly? It's incredible. Probably the smoothest SSG generator I've ever used, and less quirky than some others!

Right now, I'm building the foundation for a team website for my project-based CS class: https://thatrobotdev.github.io/cs-2340-team-website 😄

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I don't want to chirp on for too long, so I'll catch you later. Happy hacking! 💻✨

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Finally, I've started learning #Django and #Python through their tutorial series (https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/intro/tutorial01/) for my objects and design course. Probably the easiest database, internationalization, and admin panel I've ever configured. I'm so excited to use it with future projects!

Probably the easiest database, internationalization, and admin panel I've ever configured. I'm so excited to use it with future projects!

#django #i18n #webdev @ThePSF @django

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To change the to-peck, I've also been brushing up on #Java in my data structures course to implement an #ArrayList! My favorite part was building a test suite with #JUnits5, and it felt awesome to see a bunch of rigorously designed tests pass 😄

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All a-bird! I have some development updates to share and a new, exciting project! 🐦

This week, I joined the team at VGDev (https://www.gtvgdev.com/) as a programmer for Murder Most Fowl–an upcoming avian murder mystery puzzler set on a train! 🚂

I’m having egret time diving deeper into #unity, learning #CSharp, #yarnspinner for branching dialogue, and #FMODStudio for dynamic audio. 𓅥

Please stay tuned for updates as the project develops!

@yarnspinner #gamedev

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I'll be posting my progress on the progress log (https://www.jameskerrane.com/projects/oneshot-refuge-factory-puzzle-solver/#progress-log), and adding new projects to my website as I continue building it 😄.

Take care, and I hope you have a great start to 2025!

#OneShotGame #11ty

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Hello, and Happy New Year! I added "Projects" section to www.jameskerrane.com/projects, where I will compile all of my previous software development projects and track new ones that I am working on.

This year, I want to learn how to write an efficient algorithm for how to solve the #OneShot Factory Light Puzzle, using the fundamentals of #informationtheory. Since I am unfamiliar with information theory and these types of problems, it's time to learn!

Spent tonight learning #11ty and working on https://www.jameskerrane.com

- Updated to @eleventy v3.0.0! 🥳
- Refactored project files to switch from #CommonJS syntax to the newly supported and standardized #ESM modules
- Streamlined how the site handles images
- Started work on moving away from #nunjucks for templates to liquid or something else
- Renamed the repository

The nature of all of these changes is that the site doesn't look different, but the developer experience is cooler! 🚀

Hello world! 👋