Timlah's Tech Blog
Blog Posts found: 31
You Talk Too Much
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 15 Jun 2025 | Estimated reading time: 5 minutesThink you know your audience? Maybe not as well as you think.
I've been writing blog posts for a long time now, not just on this website, but also for my old projects. I've always been told my style is conversational and entertaining. I like ... Read more...
HTML and CSS Pride Flags
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 9 Jun 2025 | Estimated reading time: less than a minuteI've spent a few hours on and off over the past week to try to add a bit more colour to my corner of the internet. Last week, I added the little Progress Pride flag to the header of my website. I also wrote an article about [why Pride still matters ... Read more...
Happy Pride Month 2025
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 4 Jun 2025 | Estimated reading time: 3 minutesNot a technical post today, but one that has an impact on me and who I am.
Please note, this is a personal blog, meaning nothing I publish here will relate to my employer.
Why Does Pride Month Matter To Me?
I'll cut to the chase, I'm a ... Read more...
Zalgo go home you're drunk
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 9 May 2025 | Estimated reading time: less than a minuteThis isn't really a full article, but more trying to see what would happen to my markdown reader when I try to get it to parse Zalgo. If you're unfamiliar with it, Zalgo is an old meme format where a ... Read more...
How to conduct your own a11y audits
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 28 Apr 2025 | Estimated reading time: 3 minutesRecently, I wrote an article on the importance of accessibility. I stand by this and think that there are some easy to implement tools, turning you from unaware about ... Read more...
Tic-Tac-Toe Now Live
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 22 Apr 2024 | Estimated reading time: less than a minuteFor some reason I really enjoy making tiny little games for this site. Yesterday, I introduced a new game of Tic-Tac-Toe for anyone who's looking to play a very quick and simple game whilst here. There's not ... Read more...
Word-Up Visual Improvements
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 14 Apr 2025 | Estimated reading time: 2 minutesFor a while, my Word-Up game, a clone of a certain famous word game, has been a visual disaster. From the visual keyboard not fitting within the content, submitted words ... Read more...
tldraw - My go-to whiteboarding webapp
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 7 Apr 2025 | Estimated reading time: 2 minutesSometimes you just need a quick and easy webapp for throwing something together. For me, when I work on projects, I like to doodle up a wireframe of sorts. I could use more advanced software for this, I'm sure I'll eventually find something that can ... Read more...
Current Programming Naming Conventions Suck
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 1 Apr 2025 | Estimated reading time: 4 minutesBeing a full-stack developer, I find myself constantly running into issues with naming conventions. I thought I'd run through some variable conventions I see in my day-to-day coding tasks, break them down as to why they're not so good and introduce ... Read more...
We need to talk about A11y
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 24 Mar 2025 | Estimated reading time: 4 minutesDid you know when you make a website using the relevant semantic markup, you get a lot of helping hands for accessibility from browsers? Do you know about what types of Assistive Technologies (AT) are out there? Do you think you'll never need to use ... Read more...
Work On Skell's Quest Has Resumed
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 7 May 2024 | Estimated reading time: 3 minutesAfter a long period of absence from my main project, I've decided to pick Skell's Quest back up. For those of you unaware, I'm currently in the middle of a huge update, which has instanced zones, some basic cutscenes, bug fixes, combat improvements ... Read more...
NetBitPets Coming Soon
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 30 Apr 2024 | Estimated reading time: 1 minuteThis website started life purely as a professional portfolio. Well, even before that, it started as a way to learn more about the main language I use at work - Scala. As time went on, I built up a projects page, in which each of my main projects get ... Read more...
In Response To Skills of a Successful Software Developer
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 20 Apr 2024 | Estimated reading time: 9 minutesRecently, a no longer available bundle on Humble Bundle caught my attention; a bundle of Manning's books. Manning is a computing specialist publisher, ... Read more...
Obsidian is underrated
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 15 Apr 2024 | Estimated reading time: 4 minutesA strange topic but one I'm somewhat passionate about, after I've seen the benefits of it. I think solo development, whether it's on a passion project like a web app or a game, or as part of a day job as a developer, note taking is really vital. ... Read more...
Hugo Static Site Generator
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 8 Apr 2024 | Estimated reading time: 10 minutesHugo is a command line (CLI) tool which allows you to generate your own static website in a matter of minutes. Today I'm going to talk to you about what a static website is, why you might want one for yourself and how to use Hugo to generate your ... Read more...
Devlog 004 - Planning For More Tooling
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 9 Feb 2024 | Estimated reading time: 3 minutesWhen developing a game in Unity, one of the most useful things you can do is develop your own custom tooling. Think about it, when you make your game, you've got your own ideas, methodologies and plans. I've already made a couple of simple tools, ... Read more...
Devlog 003 - Adding Boss Enemy Static Special Skills
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 25 Jan 2024 | Estimated reading time: 5 minutesEnemies, especially bosses, occasionally need special mechanics to make them stand out. I decided my first boss, even though it will change in the long run, needed to have at least one special mechanic. I wasn't sure of the best way to implement ... Read more...
Devlog 002 - Changes In The Next Version
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 17 Jan 2024 | Estimated reading time: 8 minutesMy RPG has been in development for a bit over a year now. I could have taken an easy route with the game: Buy an asset pack to cover all the fundamentals for an RPG, come up with a story and just piece it together. Get more asset packs to cover the ... Read more...
Devlog 001 - Status Effects
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 10 Jan 2024 | Estimated reading time: 6 minutesI haven't really shared much about the progress of the latest patch of Skell's Quest, apart from saying "I've done some things". My goal for the year is to get the game to a fully playable state, before working on assets for a long time. It's mostly ... Read more...
Skell's Quest Roadmap 2024
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 24 Dec 2023 | Estimated reading time: 4 minutesLet's start the new year off by discussing my largest ongoing project and what the next year looks like for it, as well as what happened in 2023.
There's also a quick bit of git shenanigans in the middle, so if you're interested in knowing ... Read more...
Plans For The Future
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 19 Dec 2023 | Estimated reading time: 2 minutesUnable to render content at this time ... Read more...
When Unity Disappointed Us
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 28 Sep 2023 | Estimated reading time: 3 minutesIt's been a while since I last wrote on this blog, so thought I'd come by with a short post, talking about how I feel about the Unity fiasco. I'll also briefly talk about my understanding of it and what my future plans are.
Unity Install ...
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Skell's Quest v0.0.4 - UI, Performance, Saving, Achievements & more
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 25 Sep 2023 | Estimated reading time: 2 minutesUnable to render content at this time ... Read more...
Rich Text in TextMesh Pro - Unity 3D
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 18 Jun 2023 | Estimated reading time: 3 minutesDoing UI in Unity isn't too bad.
No really, there's lots of room for customisation to make a UI in a way that works for you and your game.
New Notification System
Since the last update of Skell's Quest, I've been working on improving the ... Read more...
Skell's Quest v0.0.3 Released
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 9 May 2023 | Estimated reading time: 1 minuteThis past weekend, I had some extra time and so I decided to do two things I haven't done for a very long time.
Skell's Quest v0.0.3 Available
First, I put ... Read more...
Classes vs Structs in Unity C# Development
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 29 Apr 2023 | Estimated reading time: 3 minutesRecently I've found myself playing around with a few ideas for Skell's Quest. I'm currently in the middle of the third big update for it, where I introduce a bunch of new features, such as:
- New NPC Types
- New ...
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Comments now added to Timlah.com
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 18 Feb 2023 | Estimated reading time: less than a minuteComments. Having your say. It's an important part of any blog system.
Until recently, this website allowed you to read my thoughts, but not respond in kind. Now, I open the floodgates and let people comment. Please note, I will be moderating these ... Read more...
Happy New Year 2023
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 8 Jan 2023 | Estimated reading time: 1 minuteHappy New Year!
I've got a few projects to focus on this year, some ... Read more...
New Blog System and Future Plans
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 4 Oct 2022 | Estimated reading time: 4 minutesRecently I decided this website needed a more dynamic blog system. This would prove to be an interesting and useful challenge, one that I'm glad to have undertaken.
Blog posts are now stored in a database, meaning I can save them properly and thus ... Read more...
New 3D RPG Prototype available in Projects
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 13 Aug 2022 | Estimated reading time: less than a minuteJust like that, we now have a 3D RPG Prototype live online. It's not an incredible piece of art or anything out of the norm, but it's a working prototype, so I'm pretty happy about that.
You can find a link to the prototype on the Projects page. ... Read more...
The first blog post on Timlah's Techs.
Written by: Timlah | Written on: 21 Feb 2022 | Estimated reading time: 1 minuteWelcome to the first blog post on Timlah's Techs.
A bit of background
This website is written in Scala, using the Play Framework. I decided to make a website for myself as I wanted something to work on in my spare ... Read more...