Keb's blog

11 years of amateur sysadmin

Back in 2013, I started renting my first server. It was from Kimsufi, a service from OVH, which was super cheap compared to most other options around (and still is). I wanted to emancipate myself from big tech companies, and like most people, I had a GMail account. The first

Project Japanese

Having succeeded in my latest Japanese language test, I detail in this article how I studied grammar. Being a software engineer, there's obviously programming involved.

Blog migration

In this article, I explain why I switched my blog CMS from WordPress to Ghost, the implications and my thoughts about it.

Windows tools I use regularly

I think that there is value in sharing tools that I’ve searched, discovered or been recommended over the years. So here is a list of those I regularly use on my Windows machine.

Interrupts (2) and event handling

This article talks about an update on the interrupts used to hide sprites. I also detail the way I handle events to make levels in the game.

RTK for JLPT exams

I’ve been seriously studying the Japanese language for around two years now, with different techniques. For this purpose, I made a small tool called remember-the-JLPT.

Enemy handling and interrupts

This time, I made a system to handle enemies and their bullets. I discovered some things about sprites that will change the way I’m making enemies. I also implemented some visual “tricks” with interrupts, and did a bit of optimization.

Background enemy shooting a bullet

Starting with this post, I’ll try to keep a history of the development process of my Game Boy game. This week, as an enemy appear on-screen on the background layer, he’ll shoot a bullet.