Hey there!
I’m Adalie.
I’m a 22-year-old college student from Los Angeles, studying Computer Science and Math at The Pennsylvania State University. When I’m not writing code or doing homework, you’ll probably find me watching k-dramas, reading romance novels, or playing video games.
In high school I was the programming lead for my First Robotics Competition team where I built award-winning robots, including one that secured us a division win at Worlds. I continue to do work on robots though my school’s Robot In 3 Days team, where, in three days we build a 120-pound competition ready robot.
Now? Life’s a mix of hobbies, projects, and curiosity.
- 🌟 Tinkering with code led me to create this site and a bunch of other projects.
- 📸 Photography to scratch my creative itch.
- 📚 And Reading! My full reading list is here.
When I’m not geeking out over tech or reading, I’m probably:
- 📺 Watching a TV show, movie, or a lecture on how to render a million blades of grass in real time. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed watching Severance, and when watching movies tend to either watch rom-coms or action/thriller movies.
- 🕹️ Gaming! I finished Alan Wake 2 a while ago and am now climbing through the C-Sides of Celeste. When I eventually get tired of dying over and over and over again, I’ll switch to Balatro. Also, Minecraft and Valorant remain my go-to’s when I want to play with friends.
- 🎶 Vibing to some music!
- ✏️ Writing! Occasionally I’ll get the itch to write, and you’ll find the fruits of that below.
I love exploring my curiosities and diving deep into new interests. Learning and experimenting with different things keeps life interesting for me.
Anyways, if you’re reading this, why not follow me on Bluesky? Take a peek around here, if you’re curious about me. 🌐
Blog Posts
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I don’t talk about being trans
Read postI’ve grown comfortable with my identity, so why don’t I talk about who I am more?
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Making Little Handwritten Notes on My Website!
Read postI wanted try adding some handwritten-like margin notes to my website. Creating a few of these probably wouldn’t have been that hard. A little bit of html and css with some svg images I created beforehand would do. But since I like programming and don’t really want to write a bunch of css and html I created a system that turns the following markdown ish syntax into a note on my website.
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Using Cloudflare Tunnels to Proxy Minecraft Server Traffic (For Free!)
Read postFor a while now I’ve been hosting my own Minecraft server at home. Compared to using another free service (for instance, Hypixel or Aternos) my server (even running on one of my old laptops) has much better performance.
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Your iPhone Can Do Astrophotography
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The Automation Timesink
Read postWhen I first saw this comic, I don’t think there was anything that related to me more as a programmer. My reality is almost exactly like the reality portion of the XKCD. I start writing code; it doesn’t work. I debug; I realize could do this in a better way AND fix this bug if I rewrote this. Put all that in a
while (true)loop and you’ve got me.