Hey
I'm quaternary. I'm an undergrad at the Ohio State University.
I primarily write Minecraft mods, contribute to a third-party launcher, work on tooling for decade-old Forge versions, and wrangle terrible Gradle megaprojects.
Also try some Portal 2 tests and look at my photos while you're here.
Contact
- To ask a question about Minecraft mods, join my Discord or shoot a CurseForge message.
- Email: quat@highlysuspect.agency
- Mastodon: @quat@woof.group
Blog posts
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How to at least *start* updating your mod to 1.21
Sep 21, 2024
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A brief, incomplete, and mostly wrong history of modloaders
(DRAFT)
Aug 13, 2024
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RSS feed is back; misc updates
Aug 9, 2024
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On writing
Jul 24, 2024
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How to download Java
Every player who visits Oracle's website is a failing on behalf of the community.
Jun 4, 2024
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Reflectively constructing enums at runtime
Extending Java enums at runtime. What could go wrong?
Apr 23, 2024
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Registry deep dive
Ok how does the registry system work *actually* in 1.20.1
Nov 30, 2023
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The Treadmill
When that thing you like slowly turns into a live-service game
May 11, 2023
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Let's look at Stepmania's code
A look at the oldest dance game codebase.
Apr 02, 2023
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How the hell do you use the command line
And other things you learned ten years ago and forgot how to teach.
Oct 25, 2022
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Where has all the memory gone?
(DRAFT)
Let's browse a Forge 1.18 modpack heap dump.
Oct 03, 2022
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Updating to Fabric 1.18 notes
Nov 30, 2021
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What the hell is a good build system
(DRAFT)
cause it sure as hell isn't Gradle
Sep 09, 2021
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Updating to Fabric 1.17 notes
Jun 08, 2021
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"Unable to get Windows mutable environment variable map"
Old gradle, Java 16, $JAVA_HOME, and you
May 26, 2021
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Fabric 1.16 Datagens
(DRAFT)
May 16, 2021
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How to play Portal 2 without losing your mind
May 06, 2021
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Good title for my puzzle game
Mar 20, 2021
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Obligatory Haha New Website Post
(DRAFT)
Mar 16, 2021
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how 2 angry lex.md
Unfinished, short guide to setting up 1.12 coremods
Feb 6, 2020
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Fix stuff being broke in IntelliJ
On fixing old ForgeGradles with new IntelliJs.
Jan 19, 2020
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Overview of Resource Reloading in 1.14.4/Fabric
On the new resource reloading system introduced in 1.14
Jan 19, 2020