Hi, I’m Payton!
I’m a passionate coder by day and an enthusiastic tabletop dungeon master by night.
This blog is a place for me to tell stories and share fun things I’ve made. I write about insights from my coding projects, philosophical thoughts, and tales from epic D&D campaigns. Whether you’re a fellow developer, someone looking for a one-shot game, or a good friend, I’m excited to share my knowledge and adventures with you.
Here’s some of my latest posts
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Declarative vs. Imperative: asking for soup vs. making soup
A little while ago I wrote a post about my concepts of declarative vs. imperative programming. I ended that article by saying, “I can’t wait…
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Lightweight rendering of React to strings
For a recent project I needed to be able to render React components (or really, just React-like components) into plain HTML strings. Of course, React…
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PHP Unit Testing and Pad Thai
As a follow-up to my last post about PHP unit testing, I recently gave a talk at WordCamp Boston about how to write testable WordPress…
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Temple of the Ruby Sands
A year ago I published a Dungeons & Dragons adventure titled The Stonecutter Samurai which was written to share with my friends and co-workers at…
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