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What should my system be doing for me? How can I better expose my thinking and produce meaningful
results? I've thought before about making paths through the ((digital-garden)) but what would that
look like?

This notes-system is currently my [home-cooked meal][sloan] and not meant for public consumption,
yet.

How does it relate to ((projects/wisps))?

* ~~Mark `draft` notes as such.~~ Table the draft concept for now. Everything here is a draft.
* Look into formatting `code` blocks differently. Syntax highlighting?
* Organize "chains" of notes like [Tom Critchlow does][blogchains]. Do I want the note-system
  running locally to write out these paths for me or show them to me somehow?
* Surface things that have been updated recently to the front.

[blogchains]: https://tomcritchlow.com/2019/07/17/blogchains/
[sloan]: https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/home-cooked-app/


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* Trying to put more of my current thinking into my notes and organize them, even a little bit.
* ((projects/wisps))!!

### Webby stuff

* ((notes-system))
  * Working on a [NextJS]-driven static site that allows for exploring my notes.
  * [The notes site itself][note-site].
* ((projects/wisps))
  * Microbloggy, tumbleloggy thing that is mostly linkspam, written in NextJS and hosted on Vercel.
    Super-addictive combo, them.
  * [The wisps site itself][wisps].
* ((projects/linky))
  * Link shortener using ((cloudflare-workers)).
  * Short and sweet, put together in about an hour.
* ((projects/derp))
  * The PA chatbot.

### Video games

* ((projects/hyperblaster))
  * A video game written in Love.
* [Gemini Rising][gr]
  * On ~~brief~~ hiatus while I work on games that won't take me four more years to complete.
  * Need to write about that hiatus.
* [Beehive.lua][beehive]
  * Released at <https://github.com/drhayes/beehive.lua>
* ~~Surrender~~
  * A short game that is entirely a boss fight from an earlier game.
  * On hold.
* [Squeak.lua][squeak]
  * A lua framework for making games.
* [Generic Platformer][platformer]
  * Example LÖVE codebase using proto-Squeak and proto-Squick.
* Squick.lua
  * Don't like that name.
  * Keyboard-accessible UI framework.



[gr]: https://drhayes.io/games/gemini-rising
[platformer]: https://github.com/drhayes/generic-platformer/
[squeak]: https://github.com/drhayes/squeak.lua/
[beehive]: https://github.com/drhayes/beehive.lua
[nextjs]: https://nextjs.org/
[wisps]: https://wisps.drhayes.io
[note-site]: https://notes.drhayes.io


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