
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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The Hunted Queen
As in the before times, this year I wrote a D&D one-shot adventure to share with my co-workers at Automattic. Sadly, I was only able…
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grepdef: a quick way to search for definitions in code
I live inside my code editor all day and something that I need to do pretty often is to search for the definition of a…
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Unusual Things
Every year I write a D&D one-shot game for my friends and co-workers at the Automattic Grand Meetup. This year’s adventure was titled “Unusual Things”…
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What I learned writing a game engine
One of the things I did on my recent sabbatical was to start coding a video game in JavaScript. I learned a lot in the…



