I am a stalwart puzzle game nerd. If you are still reading on after that first statement, you and I are destined to be friends forever.

Now that we are best friends, I’d like for you to meet two of my other besties, Solitaire and Sudoku.

Previously for Final Static, I built and tested the NFT marketplace's smart contract.

To support user interactions that work with it, the next important step would be to build out the web-based front end.

As documented in the previous post, I built out the application skeleton which came with an auto-generated sample Solidity smart contract.

In the previous post I went through the steps to configure my local development environment, so now would be a good time to start creating the project skeleton.

One nice thing about building full-stack applications from scratch is the flexibility. You are not limited to any one fixed set of tools, and can therefore go the pragmatic route of selecting:

a. What suits the job best

b. What you are most familiar with

c. A mix of the above

In the previous blog post, I had signed up for a free Gmail account to manage emails for the Final Static project. As a follow-up, I am going to document the steps I took to connect it with the custom domain I had newly purchased.

When we give our pet project a name and identity, we become that much more attached to it and, in turn, may just have a higher likelihood of seeing it through.

The street signs in Hong Kong — as compact as they tend to be in size — subtly pack a lot of useful information.

Most milkweed flowers are poisonous to humans and pets, but at the same time can be a great nectar source for pollinators like butterflies and honeybees — *if* they don't get trapped inside and die.

Getting a rejection is like taking an early exit on the freeway.