Hi everyone,

Uwyn is my outlet for projects that I'm passionate about. Thank you for being interested in what I do.

I've been a software programmer, musician, martial artist, designer and creator since my teens and been going for more than four decades since. When I was a young child, I imagined and role-played that I'd be a weird inventor like in the comic books. It's only recently I realized that in many ways, that's what I've become :-)

Wherever possible, I try to embrace open source and free information. Open source changed my life, it got me to meet the most amazing people, travel the world, experience so many different viewpoints and perspectives, learned that not everything you do should be tied to money, and experienced that karma does exist.

While working on docs and looking at the pretty exception output, I felt that the colors and the logo needed a little refresh. I obviously added '2' but also picked new blue and orange colors that look good both on white and dark backgrounds.

The pretty exception engine colors have been adapted to be the same.

@ethauvin and I have been wondering how to better spread the word about bld. Please share any thoughts and ideas you have that could motivate people to at least give bld a try.

There seems to be a lot of skepticism and preconceptions, causing immediately dismissal of the possibility of an alternative Java build tool.

In the meantime we've started writing up a number of bld advantages as a starting point:

Some of bld's advantages:

• use the many powerful and mature Java IDEs and tools
• projects open nearly instantly in IDEs
• tracing a build problem can be done with a Java debugger
• build logic can be reasoned about like any Java project
• multi-projects, shared deps, reused tasks can all be encapsulated with Java ideoms
• bld can use any Java library directly
• dependency resolution is optional, bld uses the project's classpath
• all paths, including classpaths can be changed
• default set of commands provide a predictible default lifecycle
• bld's API is documented with Javadoc, appearing right in the IDE

Welcome Josh, glad you're here!

Prusa Printables has created a great alternative to Patreon for supporting 3D printable model designers. I've migrated Dynamod and realized that in the last year I've created 700 Dynamod files for over 8GB of content!

If you're interested in supporting my dynamic and modular dungeon tile work, or my other 3D models, please consider joining my Club on Printables.

I recorded a demo and tutorial video for ShowMIDI:

Hot on the heels of version 1.7.1 comes 1.7.2 as a minor regression crept in.

• Regression fix for RunOperation possibly entering an endless loop.

I've been experimenting with a freely reararrangeable 3D printed Eurorack case solution and I'm far enough along that I decided to build a complete case for my AJH MiniMod system.

I've received a lot of questions for the last week, so here are a few photos that show some of the assemble and features.

Modules are added without the need for screws, they slot into a back slot and then a cover snaps in place to keep the front tightly pressed down.

Each module can have its own case box and can sturdily slide together with other boxes in any arrangement.

The back side of the boxes can be removed for easy access to connectors. Modules are connected to power through a flying bus cable and a 4ms Row Power module. Edges on the sides finish the complete case off nicely.

Holes on the front back sides can hold 3.5mm cables that you're not using for patching.

Once assembled, each case box can still be rearranged, new modules can be added.

This is a prototype of a sturdy can holder that prevents any accidental split from happening.

I'm considering open sourcing it so that the community can use the connection mechanisms to build out more case boxes that could be useful.

I'm curious to hear any thoughts and comments about this system.

more details about the design stages of this effort can be found in this thread

So happy you're here Alex! ❤️

• Added support for sysex message display with up to 20 bytes of data preview
• Improved layout of MIDI notes so that the note on message continues to be visible together with note off
• Updated to JUCE 7.0.9

We have a new version of bld available:

• Updated RIFE2 blueprint dependency version to 1.7.0.
• Wrapper fix to the default bld properties repositories.
• Fix to java agent options API.
• Added more methods to the JavaOptions API.
• Updated base project template to include repositories and sources download.
• Added support for -args="" arguments to the RunOperation.
• Added PomBuilder.generatInto(File) static helper method for convenient local pom.xml generation.

Decided on a name: RackBlox it is!

@ethauvin thanks for all your help and ideas! ❤️

@ethauvin maybe a short video as an animated gif that can play directly on the website?

Latest prototypes look like they might be the final ones, now with an individual lid that sturdily snaps in place and can be used when joined together in a rack. Also, lots of tiny internal tweaks for tolerances and ease of use.

The RIFE2 bootstrap project is now available as a GitHub template here:

It's ready to run, package and deploy ... and for you to have fun developing in a very iterative, intuitive and rewarding way.

I also recorded a tutorial video with a primer on the template engine and some deployment strategies:

@ethauvin said in bld advocacy ideas:

@gbevin said in bld advocacy ideas:

@ethauvin maybe a short video as an animated gif that can play directly on the website?

That's an idea. Will be catchy too.

I'll try to work on something in the next few weeks.

Some people have asked me if the RackBlox have to be either black or white. That's the beauty of 3D printing, almost any color is possible! How about translucent fluorescent blacklight reactive green?! 🫶

I've released an IDEA plugin for RIFE2 that provides some cool features to make you even more productive:

• Provides file templates for Element, Router and Site class creation.
• Provides Java live templates for common routing idioms.
• Provides template engine live templates for tag creation and surrounding.
• Supports HTML, JSON, SVG, TXT and XML template language highlighting with fallback to original languages.
• Filtered value tags auto-completion to all template types.
• Syntax highlighting color settings configuration panel.
• Auto-tag closing characters addition when typing { or <!.

The source code is here:

Or use IDEA's built-in plugin system:
Settings/Preferences > Plugins > Marketplace > Search for "RIFE2" > Install Plugin

@ethauvin that was one of my takeaways from that Reddit thread a while ago. Many people seem to just look at the code verbatim and do a direct comparison, not taking into account what the implications are and how it actually can be used. It's a really tough nut to crack when trying to show of what's possible with bld imho.