Obfuscated Rhythm Games
Dan Lew Codesby Dan Lew23 Jun 2026
I’ve been a rhythm game fiend since my introduction to Dance Dance Revolution in the early 2000s.
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top 37%How to use Jest mocks
Dan Lew Codesby Dan Lew28 May 2026
For better or worse, my life has become infested by Jest mocks. I come from the land of dependency injection (I even gave a talk once!), but whenever I talk about dependency injection to JavaScript...
What the fuck are passkeys and why are they everywhere now?
Dan Lew Codesby Dan Lew21 May 2026
This is a writeup of a talk I gave at Minnebar 20. Originally, I threw in some Matrix references to make the talk more fun & engaging.
Hacking Displate (For Fun!)
Dan Lew Codesby Dan Lew18 Nov 2025
During the pandemic my weird vice/obsession became Displates (metal wall art hung up by magnets): For me, part of the hobby was poking holes in their website.
Balatro’s Least Erratic Decks
Dan Lew Codesby Dan Lew3 Nov 2025
My most recent “just for fun” project was to find the least erratic of the Erratic decks in Balatro (a poker-ish roguelike deckbuilder game).
Fix Your Microphone
Dan Lew Codesby Dan Lew16 Oct 2025
It’s likely that, at some point, you've had shitty audio during video meetings. Why? Because you don’t get immediate feedback for audio issues.
When Your Source of Truth is Reality
Dan Lew Codesby Dan Lew1 Jul 2025
Let me tell you a story about why one should be cautious with databases that track the real world. I play trombone in a local community orchestra.
Coding by Magic
Dan Lew Codesby Dan Lew13 May 2025
Most of my programming ventures begin with a single line of code I’m curious about. Who is calling the code, and how does this code fit into the larger jigsaw puzzle?
Programming Priorities
Dan Lew Codesby Dan Lew11 Mar 2025
Software development (or, you know, life in general) is all about juggling priorities. For this post, I’m thinking specifically about code design priorities.
Edina City Council (2024)
Dan Lew Codesby Dan Lew30 Sept 2024
Another post about local Edina politics, this time the city council race. There are three candidates for two open positions; you get to vote for two: - Ryan Daye - Carolyn Jackson (incumbent) -...
Edina Mayor Election (2024)
Dan Lew Codesby Dan Lew30 Sept 2024
Continuing blogging about Edina local politics… today’s race: mayor! There are two candidates for this race: - Ron Anderson - Jim Hovland (incumbent) Both candidates have tenures in Edina’s...
Hennepin County Commissioner, District 6 Election (2024)
Dan Lew Codesby Dan Lew30 Sept 2024
I’m gonna do some more write-ups on local (Edina) elections this year. (Those of you here for software development thoughts: I'll go back to that soon.)