Nag a ram: teaching my crossword page to solve anagrams

In which the author, defeated by a fifteen-letter anagram, builds a solver that is fast, plain and deliberately unhelpful, and then discovers that zip is cleverer than he is.

19 September 2026 · 8 min · whitebeard

There's a STAR man, waiting in the sky

In which the author, between jobs and stalling magnificently, builds an AI coach to drill the STAR interview method instead of actually applying for any.

27 May 2026 · 5 min · whitebeard

Building a better crossword page for my daily cryptic hit

In which the daily cryptic crossword becomes a source of frustration, and a solution is fashioned from an old Elm project dusted off.

27 March 2026 · 3 min · whitebeard