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hi! i'm hex4.
i think the internet isn't as fun as it should be. there's so much creativity and soul out there. but these days, it's all stuck on a few boring websites, forced to mold to those businesses' growth goals. it wasn't always like this. i'm trying to bring back the old web. a time where useless toys, stylized, quirky personal sites, and random gizmos roamed freely. one where the focus was on people, not algorithms or the next B2B AI SaaS. i'm trying to bring back a place where people didn't care about likes, views, or upvotes. a world where people made things because they could. a world of dreamers.
computers are cool! for me, they're my favourite form of self-expression - i can type in a bunch of words, symbols, and numbers, and get out something that does things. i started coding when i was 8 (ish?) and have been loving it ever since. i also really like design, as is (hopefully) evident with this site! i really think that putting a little more thought into a design and a touch of animation and micro-interactions can really make software a joy to use (full blog post on Why You Should Juice Up Your Website coming soon!) i do gamedev too! my go-to engine is Godot, but i'm a fan of pico-8 as well. i've taken place in the GMTK Game Jam since 2023, and have made a bunch of (abandoned) side projects, like Countless (which made it to a full demo somehow!) right now, I have skills with html/css/js, astro + tailwind, svelte, godot, and python, though I can handle new things pretty easily. hardware is fun too - i've made a macropad and custom keyboard from scratch that I daily drive. when i'm not rotting away in my chair, i can be found gaming (find me on the hack club mc server!), read, write, pat my cats, draw pixel (and regular) art, rock climb, and snowboard. i'm on the newspaper team @ hack club, helping keep 1k+ young hackers informed about what's going on in the community. you can usually find me chatting in the Slack as @hex4 - feel free to reach out! above all though, i'm a dreamer. i dream about a world where people build things because they can, a world that's more joyful than ever, a world where people find solace in creating with friends. a world for the dreamers.
this is the very website you're on right now! it was built with my usual stack: astro and tailwind. you can open and close windows (the launcher just toggles the closed class on windows) and i've used a springy ease everywhere which feels really nice. open source.
a little webapp to put time in perspective. set a time period and interval, and see how much time is left visually. set colors + notes on dots, save them, and theme the interface! made with svelte. open source.
DON'T CLOSE THE LOOP. blast enemies, use pickups, and don't get short circuited in this Godot shmup with a unique damage mechanic, made in 96hr for the GMTK Game Jam 2025. open source.
Hackers at Undercity had a chance to participate in Undernet, a midnight ARG organized by me and Jenin. Hackers worked through 6 stages (4.5 of which were working) to reconstruct Orpheus' memories and save the Undernet. open source.
advanced, optimized firmware for the Hack Club Sprig. build games, toys, and more with a friendly API in CircuitPython. in collaboration with Lucas11! open source.
reverie is a community of people who'd rather create than consume & want to work on their own ideas. we're artists, writers, filmmakers, engineers, and hackers. we make real things for real people. we support each other. we have fun.
we are dreamers. join us.
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