DSri Seah (they/them)

Three containers of food from a Mr Bento vacuum lunch jar. One contains yellow pickled daikon. One contains Japanese curry with rice. One contains blanched brocolli.

Comments Systems and Covid-19
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2026/0123/
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Sri flops on Recurse Center, gets COVID the day after, and tries to make up with lots of good curry. Finally added COMMENTS to my Eleventy site too!

Groundhog Day Resolutions Postmortem Day!
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2026/0113/
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I'm starting my yearly planning on January 13 in preparation for Groundhog Day Resolutions! Maybe others are interested in joining in?

Question 1 of 4: Beyond our core chat rooms, are you interested in Sharing Geeky Interests, Coworking by Profession, Following Member Projects, Discussion in Depth?

Updates to DS|CAFE Onboarding!
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2026/0109/
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The DS|CAFE Discord Server now uses the native "Community Server" onboarding system, which required a massive conversion effort of all documentation. I'm pleased with how it came out.

2026 Blogging Schedule: First Post!
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2026/0106/
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For 2026, Sri will be posting new blog posts on Tuesday and Fridays! This is the first simple post to just get the conversation rolling.

Hooray!!! I’m so glad you’ve made it part of your yearly ritual!

A bookshelf stocked with cookbooks, animation art, entrepreneurial, design, and scientific reference books. A title reads "Groundhog Day Resolution 2025 Dec 12 Report"

Last Groundhog Day Resolutions Report of 2025! A strong finish!
dsriseah.com/ghdr/2025/12...

The 2026 calendar package is up on the old site! davidseah.com/node/compact...

looks like I didn’t make a package last year! Will definitely update soon!

Yup! The 2025 package (did I do one?) should already include 2026 calendar pdfs already!

Screenshot of Affinity Designer, showing the text DSRI SEAH and their four freelance service offerings

BUILD 30/30: Freelance Services First Draft
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1205/
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The final MONTH OF BUILDING CHALLENGE post is a first draft of a freelance services page. I'll post a summary of all 30 days on December 12.

DAY 29 of 30 Day Challenge ETP 465 Day Journal Updates, showing Visual Studio Code IDE with debug preview of the PDF output

BUILD 29/30: ETP 365 Day Journal Updated for 2026
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1204/
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I updated my PDF tool to generate the 365-page ETP Journal. Free for supporters on Patreon, $10 otherwise.

A listing from amazon.com showing the Emergent Task Planner 3-Month Mini Notebook is available for sale.

BUILD 28/30: Mini ETP Notebooks available on Amazon
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1203/
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The Mini Emergent Task Planner notebooks (5.8 x 8.5 inch) have appeared on my Amazon listing, whew. That kicks off other e-commerce related activities!

Trees with fall folliage reached up toward a clear blue sky

Skip Week! Thanksgiving Staycation
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1126/
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The holiday season is here! Taking a week-long break to let my relax by not having to make something every day.

A Pantone Color Bridge guide fanned open, showing dozens of blue-to-fuschia hues in swatches with their color mixing information.

BUILD 27/30: Short Productive Sprint Day
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1125/
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I used athering-style productivity today, as deep work wasn't possible while waiting for a phone call from my mechanic.

A puzzled cat on a book cover called 'Changing Stuff and Seeing What Happens' from O RLY, next to a sketch of labeled 'The Public Square'

BUILD 26/30: Experimental Collaboration
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1124/
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We are doing a "Freelancer Coworking" experiment in the DS|CAFE Discord server for a week. Will it give isolated freelancers a sense of support?

Layout of DSRISEAH card saying 'is a cheerful designer and chatty programmer' on one side, and with skills and contact information on the other

BUILD 25/30: Personal Cards Revisited
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1120/
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A quickie "personal card" design will give me something to hand out to people I meet. It emphasizes personal warmth on the front, and data on the back.

A 5.8x8.5 inch Emergent Task Planner notebook, shrinkwrapped, held in a hand by the edge to show it off

BUILD 24/30: Mini ETP Production Update!
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1119/
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Screenshot of Visual Studio Code showing source code fragments and the rendered December 2025 Word Counting Calendar

BUILD 23/30: Alpha Word Counting Calendar!
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1118/
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Today's sharepiece is the minimum viable prototype for the Word Counting Calendar. Grab the November and December 2025 prototypes.

The woodworking shop of The Brickyard Collaborative in Lynn, MA

Skip Day 03! A Restorative Visit to the North Shore
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1117/
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Skip Day! I tagged along with my buddy Sid to visit The Brickyard Collaborative, a makerspace in Lynn. Roast beefs were also had!

Title image is a screenshot of Visual Studio Code, showing javascript code fragements alongside a preview of the generated PDF output

BUILD 22/30: Calendar Labeling and Space Filling
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1114/
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Added new layout elements to the Word Counting Calendar code generator. It's coming along! Still need to implement variable data and conditional layout.

I tried Arc Raider’s solo queue for the first time today, and it was super chill. PVPers didn’t shoot me on sight. In fact, players were generally helpful; reminded me a lot of chill times helping each other with fetch quests in 2004 WoW.

A screenshot of Adobe Acrobat Reader, showing individual pages of the test calendar month output for the Word Counting Calendar

BUILD 21/30: Correct Calendar Layout Progress
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1113/
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Today's sharepiece is progress rendering calendar cells for each month in the right places. Still missing the Word Counting Calendar data! That's next!

Screenshot of the Affinity App, depicting a landscape aspect page with the words THE MYSTERIOUS MAGICAL ADVENTURE CAT and a column of text to the right.

BUILD 20/30: A Mythical Magical Adventure Cat Primer
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1112/
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I used the new Affinity App to make a one-page primer about "magical adventure cats"; they are a narrative device I use for personal development.

A title image that says DAY 19, showing 6 rows of 8 calendar days numbered from 01 to 48, each a different color.

BUILD 19/30: Calendar Day Drawing Progress
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1110/
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Progress on drawing the Word Counting Calendar programmatically from parameter data. Getting closer!

A pot of porridge for sick day consumption.

Skip Day 02! Minimum Progress Despite Nausea
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1107/
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Another skip day, but I managed to add janky word count labels to the PDF renderer then passed out. Bonus thoughts on momentum and loving the journey.

Screenshot of Visual Studio Code depicting source code that draws a pyramid of 10 blocks, stacked four rows high with debugging guidelines to verify alignment.

BUILD 18/30: Programatic Drawing of Word Counting Calendar Blocks
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1106/
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Today's progress on the 30 Day Build Challenge is using code to draw a "Pyramid Block" for the Word Counting Calendar! Getting closer!

A sketch of a stroked box with dimension information in points beside it.

BUILD 17/30: A PDF-LIB Reference
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1105/
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Today's sharepiece is the start of a PDF-LIB API cheatsheet. Info is reorganized into functional groups instead of a useless alphabetical listing.

Several kinds of gourmet donuts on individual cake trays, a delicious variety of filled donuts, crullers, and cronuts.

Skip Day Blog Post! Doctor Visits and Voting
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1104/
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A daytrip to Concord, followed by voting in the midterms and a reward meal. No energy left, so I'm declaring today a SKIP DAY of blogging instead of building.

A scene from K-Pop Demon Hunters with the three main characters Mira, Rumi, and Zoey about to face down the final boss of the demon world, united in friendship and accepting of their imperfections.

BUILD 16/30: Articulating Friendship
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1103/
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I wrote a working definition of friendship, as I understand it, after being inspired by K-Pop Demon Hunters this weekend.

Adobe Acrobat interface displaying a very simple PDF with text 'FORM.WCC-01' and copyright information drawn inside light blue page margin

BUILD 15/30: Super Simple PDF Progress
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1031/
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I'm not feeling well today, so I just ported the minimum PDF page generation code to refamiliarize myself with pdf-lib. Notes follow.