Brian Gershon

Tales of Tailwind CSS

After some doubts, I gave Tailwind CSS a try and discovered a new love for styling my web applications. I'll discuss some reasons you'll like it, and also introduce component frameworks built on Tailwind.

Getting Started Building NFT Contracts

Develop, test and deploy an upgradeable NFT contract based on OpenZeppelin ERC721 Solidity framework and Hardhat tooling. Plus two real-world open-source NFT projects to learn from.

NFT (on Twitch)

An overview of NFTs, a Q&A session, and helpful engineering resources for getting started with NFT development on Ethereum, Polygon and other EVM blockchains.

The Unios Project by Electric Coffin

Explore the new Unios online community and their NFT project, which explores the intersection of art and technology. Minting is soon on Feb 16th.

Seattle's Museum of Museums is a Delight

Visit this contemporary art museum, currently featuring Electric Coffin's Future Machine exhibit, CAT TOWER!, and many others.

"Future Machine Vol 4" Exhibit Opens in Seattle

Explore the intersection of art and industry at Electric Coffin's Future Machine exhibit.

Exploring Smart Contracts

Build a new generation of apps based on the blockchain and Smart Contracts. These tools can help you fund your projects, support your favorite creators, build games with real economies, and find new models for distributed ownership and governance.

Developing Real-time Games with Cloudflare Durable Objects and Websockets

What would a scalable game server look like on serverless? I kicked the Cloudflare tires and built an open source Planning Poker app to find out.

Blackfoot Language Project @ Vancouver DataJam

Here is a walk-through of our application for exploring the Blackfoot language. Created at Vancouver DataJam 2021.

Favorite Onewheel Rides in Renton, Tukwila, Seattle

My favorite Onewheel rides in the Renton area, including some in Tukwila and Seattle.

Caddy your Serverless Functions

Use Caddy to bring your serverless functions under one roof, with a custom domain and automatic HTTPS.

Regional Air Quality with Arduino Explore IoT Kit

Build an appliance that receives air quality and sunrise/sunset information from the cloud. The Arduino Explore IoT Kit includes a wifi-enabled Arduino with a carrier board full of sensors and actuators.

The Importance of Community

CascadiaJS has been part of my JavaScript journey since 2012. The upcoming 2020 conference in September is a bit different than years past. Beyond it being in cyberspace, there are pre-events!

Code Katas

Stay sharp learning new languages and algorithms. Give Codewars and the Code Katas Meetup a try!

JavaScript Starter Templates

Start new VanillaJS, React, Node.js, Glitch, Eleventy or Svelte projects with minimal dependencies.

Choose Your Own Adventure with Eleventy

Here's my presentation from the January 2020 BellevueJS meetup.

Event calendar for Renton and the Northwest

The Renton Guide explores interesting activities in the Pacific Northwest, with a chewy Renton epicenter.

Digital Marbles

A digital billboard sign made from falling marbles.

Taking a Creative Splash

Unsplash is a license-free resource for exploring photography for fun and for your creative projects.

Kubernetes Go module for Deploy Bots

An open source Go module for deploying images to Kubernetes and checking their status.

Unity Hackweek 2018 Game Jam

Unity Hackweek 2018 creates an opportunity to play with Unity for Small Things and our new Entity Component System.

Miniature Sense of Place

If you've ever built a train set, decorated a doll house, created a fairy garden or sketched a map of your town, you'll want to visit Gulliver's Gate in New York City.

Go and JavaScript: Love at First Byte

What has attracted me to JavaScript and now Go are the vibrant communities and the wide variety of software they enable one to create.