April 2024 – Scopique's

Style-sheets Versus Styled Components

Scopique April 23, 2024

I had a panic attack about styled components versus plain CSS, but after writing about it, I'm not sure it was warranted.

WS + API: Actions Speak Louder Than Code

Scopique April 9, 2024

Here's an example of using the web socket server to handle messages and store the results in Redis. Since I wrote this, modifications have been considered, but that's a post for another day.

The Secret World TTRPG Blues

Scopique April 8, 2024

All of my digital pledge items for The Secret World TTRPG have arrived, and it's good to have content from a company who cares about the IP...But now what do I do with all of this content?

Once Human – A Loss of Control

Scopique April 5, 2024

A stealth survivalbox beta approaches! This "modern supernatural" sandbox could be a contender someday, but it cleaves too close to superior games in similar genres to not illicit disappointment at this stage.

Interlude: Redis & Redis-OM

Scopique April 4, 2024

Before we move to the next part of the WS + API Server series, I wanted to talk a bit about Redis and Redis-OM.

WS + API: Getting the Message

Scopique April 3, 2024

Now we're getting somewhere: dynamically handling messages from the client.

WS + API: Web Socket Handler

Scopique April 2, 2024

Our main entry point sets up our combined HTTP(S) and WS server, but attempting to communicate with the server using either protocol will result in no response. In this post, we’re going to look at the middleware that allows the server to…

Web Rings Revisited

Scopique April 1, 2024

Thinking about web rings, and what we'd need to do in order to bring back a smaller, more intimate World Wide Web.