My programming journey bloghttps://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/https://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/april-2026-wrap-up/https://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/april-2026-wrap-up/Catching up after four months — pausing Boot.dev, leaving ComplyHealth, and going all in on ABX! and Chalk & Coffee Studio.Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTMark Williams Jrhttps://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/archbtw_2025/https://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/archbtw_2025/Getting a refurbished ThinkPad, installing Arch Linux, and setting up i3, Alacritty, and Neovim from scratch.Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTMark Williams Jrhttps://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/august_2026_wrap_up/https://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/august_2026_wrap_up/More learning than coding, I have a working game engine, studio logo is almost done, and getting excited to finish!Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTMark Williams Jrhttps://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/august2025/https://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/august2025/Finishing the first half of Boot.dev, building SilentMemoir, picking up Rust, and deciding to just build my own website.Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTMark Williams Jrhttps://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/july_2026_wrap_up/https://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/july_2026_wrap_up/Joining the church of Emacs, starting a new learning challenge, ABX! progressSat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTMark Williams Jrhttps://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/july2025/https://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/july2025/Clair Obscur hijacked my brain, data structures clicked, and I pivoted my personal project to a terminal journaling app called SilentMemoir.Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTMark Williams Jrhttps://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/june-2026-wrap-up/https://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/june-2026-wrap-up/Deep diving into Odin, building a DNS resolver, and betraying my Vim roots for Emacs.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTMark Williams Jrhttps://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/june2025/https://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/june2025/Falling in love with C, barely surviving the Static Site Generator project, finishing memory management, and getting curious about the business side of software.Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTMark Williams Jrhttps://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/may-2026-wrap-up/https://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/may-2026-wrap-up/Writing a Chip-8 Emulator in Odin, now rewriting ABX in Odin, and I might be getting a job as a developor!?!?!?Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTMark Williams Jrhttps://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/may2025/https://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/may2025/Switching to Linux Mint, setting up Neovim and Alacritty, wrestling with the Static Site Generator project, and falling in love with C.Sat, 31 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTMark Williams Jrhttps://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/nov-dec-2025-wrap-up/https://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/nov-dec-2025-wrap-up/SQL, Go, shipping ComplyHealth to beta, learning DevOps on Linux, and starting a Galaga clone in C.Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTMark Williams Jrhttps://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/october_2026_wrap_up/https://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/october_2026_wrap_up/October 2026 Wrap UpMon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTMark Williams Jrhttps://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/october2025/https://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/october2025/Reaching Arch Sage on Boot.dev, starting Go, learning Dart, and teaming up to build a medication tracking app.Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTMark Williams Jrhttps://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/september2025/https://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/september2025/Finishing SilentMemoir MVP, installing Arch, beating Ori and Hyper Light Drifter, and hitting 100 subscribers on my climbing YouTube channel.Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTMark Williams Jrhttps://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/vibecodingbrokemyvibes/https://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/vibecodingbrokemyvibes/Switching from daily updates to real blog posts, wrestling with Jekyll themes, and learning what I do and don't know about frontend.Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTMark Williams Jrhttps://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/when_life_gives_you_lemons/https://chalkncoffeestudios.netlify.app/personal/when_life_gives_you_lemons/September 2026 Wrap UpSun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTMark Williams Jr