Nicolas Ventura
As of 26 October 2026, there have been 107 posts published.
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Pokemon Card War
24 October 2026 At a flea market yesterday, I bought someone's entire (well, the stuff they didn't want) Pokemon card collection for a mere $10! Most of the several hundred cards were legitimate Pokemon, with a handful of trainer cards, energy, and other random playing cards that must have found their way into the collection through the years. Read more
Recent Hobbies
23 October 2026 I haven't been writing as much as I've wanted to, lately. So, what have I been doing with all this extra time? Well, not much really. But let's find out! Read more
Switching to Metric System
23 October 2026 I finally pulled the plug and abandoned the archaic system of weights and measures of the good ol' United States of America. Actually, this was a product of visiting New Zealand over a month ago, and I'm finally just writing about it now. Read more
Sleep Levels
21 October 2026 Are you tired all the time? That means, you might be a sleep level 2, or SL2. Here I'll define the different sleep levels and their definitions, in case you were wondering. The number after the sleep level indicates your consciousness, ranging from 0-3. Read more
Minimal Docker Minecraft Server
20 September 2026 I've been recently trying to learn Docker and also conveniently wanted to get back into an old game, Minecraft. After some trial and error, and back and forth with AI and Google searches, I've come up with the most minimal example possible, with explanations. Read more
New Zealand Trip
20 September 2026 My girlfriend and I recently came back from a 2-week trip to New Zealand. And while I did actually keep a daily journal (much like my past travel journals from Albuquerque and Atlanta) I am going to freestyle it here. Read more
Forcing Good Code Practices
22 August 2026 Lucky you, reader! You get a twofer today. I worked on this mini-project in my NPM monorepo alongside my Bun updates except, Bun was not used here. Actually, I really wanted to switch over to Bun for this repo, but there's just a few features that make the switch really stupid. Read more
Another Bun Story
22 August 2026 You might remember a story I wrote about upgrading from npm to bun for more features and stability. Well, 2 days ago, Bun version 1.4 was released. This was the "Rust rewrite" which got most of the attention in their promotional video, but something caught my ear which made me do a double-take. Don't worry, this story isn't going to be about me rewriting something in Rust. Read more
Forever Sunset
18 August 2026 Here's an interesting question. How fast would you need to drive or fly west to watch the sunset last forever? Would it be possible with modern technology? Read more
Making Orbit Idle
10 August 2026 New game just dropped! I used to love making games in the afternoons after school (or even during school) and publishing them for free to play. I've been wanting to get back into that hobby for some time, but life always gets in the way. Finally, I just sat myself down and grinded one out. Introducing, Orbit Idle! Go ahead and play now, or read the boring backstory first. Read more