Writing

Notes on system design, architecture, and building in the open.

BDO Life Skill Companion: A Desktop Overlay for Black Desert Online

A walkthrough of the BDO Life Skill Companion — a portable desktop overlay for crafting, grinding, boss timers, and inventory tracking in Black Desert Online, plus a look at what’s coming next.

RustTauriSvelteDesktop

MAR 8, 2026 · 3 MIN

BDO Life Skill Companion v2.7.0: Themes, Languages, and a Notes Panel

v2.7.0 brings full Spanish localization, theme color customization, a dockable side panel for in-game notes and reminders, and custom audio for boss alerts — plus a handful of quality-of-life fixes across every tab.

RustTauriSvelteDesktop

MAY 11, 2026 · 4 MIN

Building a Multi-Tenant Portfolio Platform with Payload CMS and Next.js

How I built a multi-tenant CMS platform using Payload CMS 3 embedded in Next.js 15 — tenant isolation, custom domains, theme presets, and a cyberpunk design system, all running on a single ARM box.

Next.jsPayload CMSMulti-TenantReact

MAR 8, 2026 · 2 MIN