Payton.Codes

Musings on life, games, and code

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

  • Avoiding Tightly-Coupled REST APIs

    Avoiding Tightly-Coupled REST APIs

    As you might have read, WordPress is getting a powerful REST API. For a few years now I’ve been writing endpoints for the WordPress.com version…

  • get_deep_value in PHP

    get_deep_value in PHP

    Ever have an array in PHP that looks like this? It can be annoying to pull deep values from such an array because if you…

  • The “why” of writing tests

    The “why” of writing tests

    Unit testing is part of my normal development flow now. For the most part, I try to write my code in a “TDD” or “BDD”…

  • Using React stateless components for quick prototyping

    Using React stateless components for quick prototyping

    When you’re building a new app using React it’s nice to start laying out all the components you’ll want to use inside the components that…