https://calvinmerry.dev Dev notes from Calvin Merry, a software engineer in Sheffield, UK. en-gb Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:47:04 GMT https://calvinmerry.dev/#tools-i-use https://calvinmerry.dev/#tools-i-use Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT A list of tools, extensions, etc I use regularly and would highly recommend. Editor: VS Code, Neovim, ErrorLens, GitLens, SonarCloud (static code analysis) Terminal: iTerm2, Oh My Zsh Browser: Arc, Zen, Chrome Design: Figma Other: Obsidian, Postman, Vercel, BardBox https://calvinmerry.dev/#guestbook-visitor-counter-db https://calvinmerry.dev/#guestbook-visitor-counter-db Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hooked up both the guest book and the visitor counter to a database. Had a lot of fun configuring an email API to send a notification email to me when the guestbook is signed so I can one click approve/reject. Took a while but nice to actually have this working! https://calvinmerry.dev/#project-screenshots-script https://calvinmerry.dev/#project-screenshots-script Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Created a Project Screenshots script that uses Playwright to find the project's source URL and take an up-to-date screenshot of the repo so I don't have to manually do it. Super cool - though not 100% sure I want to do this with BardBox as the screenshot I currently use has the app in a more "active" state. https://calvinmerry.dev/#redesigned-dev-site https://calvinmerry.dev/#redesigned-dev-site Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT I descided to redesign my site to emulate the kind of UI I used to see when I was first on the internet as I grew up. I originally did this just as an experiment as I was feeling nostaglic - but I'm really digging the simpler UX. Sky is the limit! https://calvinmerry.dev/#bardbox-improvements https://calvinmerry.dev/#bardbox-improvements Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Continuing to develop BardBox. Made some improvements after a couple of D&D sessions playtesting it - fixed a bug where the main track state wasn't being properly handled in scenario with playing/stopping a scene which meant the main track didn't always play when it should.