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

  • 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…

  • Unusual Things

    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”…

  • What I learned writing a game engine

    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…