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

  • Valley of the Machines

    Valley of the Machines

    I wrote this one-shot D&D adventure to share with my co-workers on a recent work meetup; it was the first in several years! I now…

  • Common TypeScript errors and how to fix them

    Common TypeScript errors and how to fix them

    At work we recently changed the builds for our project to fail when new TypeScript errors are added, so I took some time to clean…

  • The Hunted Queen

    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…

  • grepdef: a quick way to search for definitions in code

    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…