Travis Luckenbaugh

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5E Character Creator

May 23, 2025

I hacked together a tool to count up points, rather than counting down from 27. I wrote it for a friend's Obojima campaign with 0th level 12-point characters.

Update 6/8: Added support for stat points beyond 8-15

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Notes On Grok 3

February 25, 2025

Grok-3, xAI's competitor to ChatGPT, Claude and friends hit early preview last week, and the internet has thoughts. Normally, I rely on people like Zvi Mowshowitz to stay up to date on these releases.

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The Black & White Mac

January 7, 2025

The 1984 Macintosh's black and white display stands out as a curious decision. The full history of personal computing is complicated. Here are some notes.

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Clipboard Monitor: Some Assembly Required

December 28, 2024

My wife, my best friend and I are in a group chat where we post daily puzzle scores. Occasionally, I'll put together a graph or logger. Because it's a fairly bounded exercise, I use it to evaluate programming languages, frameworks or approaches. This time, I'm taking the pulse on current LLMs' ability to solve the problem, rather than the solution itself.

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Comcast is Still Terrible

January 8, 2024

I have to admit I did not think I would start off the new year with a Comcast rant, but when a Verizon rep dropped by to inform me that FiOS was being offered in my area and wanted to schedule an install, I wanted to at least check out my options. Part of the cutover involves Verizon covering any early termination fees (ETF) up to $500, so I went to Comcast so see if I had one.

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