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How to Validate a Search Query with a Regular Expression

Let’s use a regular expression to keep special characters out of a query.

Mar 18, 2024

How to Validate a Search Query with a Regular Expression

Mar 18, 2024

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Tips on Upgrading to Drupal 10

Here’s how I’ve dealt with the tricky parts.

Mar 2, 2024

Tips on Upgrading to Drupal 10

Mar 2, 2024

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The Anatomy of a Game: Sprites & Objects

Let’s take a look under the hood to see how they relate.

Dec 11, 2022

The Anatomy of a Game: Sprites & Objects

Dec 11, 2022

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About Me — Nevin Katz

My windy road through education, illustration, tech, and coding.

Jul 10, 2021

About Me — Nevin Katz

Jul 10, 2021

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Making Links Keyboard Accessible: Tips for Firefox and Safari

Ensure Your Links Respond to Key Presses on Macs

Mar 16, 2023

Making Links Keyboard Accessible: Tips for Firefox and Safari

Mar 16, 2023

Getting to the Roots of the Problem

Let’s use a trigonometric identity along with substitution to find the roots of a vexing equation.

Dec 10, 2022

Getting to the Roots of the Problem

Dec 10, 2022

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Better Programming

Adding Key Placement to a JavaScript Roguelike

Can we write an algorithm that makes all rooms accessible?

Nov 17, 2022

Adding Key Placement to a JavaScript Roguelike

Nov 17, 2022

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Better Programming

Building a Better Dungeon Level

How I updated an algorithm to better match the graphics.

Oct 13, 2022

Building a Better Dungeon Level

Oct 13, 2022

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Snipette

Midnight Hunt

An Aardvark’s night out — and a look into its ancestry.

Sep 30, 2022

Midnight Hunt

Sep 30, 2022

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Better Programming

Improving Item Collection in a JavaScript Game

Let’s make our collision detection pixel-accurate.

Aug 22, 2022

Improving Item Collection in a JavaScript Game

Aug 22, 2022

Nevin Katz

Nevin Katz

Developer at EDC. I write about web development and biology. Subscribe at https://buttondown.email/nevkatz for article roundups.

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