It's been 330 versions since we last spoke (since I posted a blog). I would argue that I was letting my work speak for itself–and it does so eloquently–but it was actually just a matter of executive dysfunction.
So, let's touch on some highlights from the past few months...
This post is just for Patreon!
Recall this old post. I recently spent some time fleshing out Braytech's Subscriptions view (seen ab...
2025-06-22 10:48:42 +0000 UTC View PostAll good things start somewhere. So much of what I know, I owe to Destiny's API. It allowed me to escape when I needed it, to create and learn new things, and it rewarded my persistence. Look, the API isn't dead–I'm just saying it's great and that we're lucky to have it and that it has afforded...
2025-05-20 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostBraytech is known for its attention to detail through its interface and expression of function. This month, I was able to get the "Mac Catalyst" version of the app running, enabling the iOS app to act as a desktop app for Mac users.
Websites have come a long way. The...
2025-05-19 11:29:27 +0000 UTC View PostI forgot how to write blog posts. Actually, I was just going through a whole thing. I'm still going through a whole thing, but I've found the power to write, and that's good because I have a lot to show off.
Let's get started.
First and foremost, this is a developer f...
2025-03-02 17:47:32 +0000 UTC View PostI have a real clunker of a thought that I often struggle to express with finesse. Braytech used to be 3 pages–checklists and some triumph titles. It was easy for me to envision, in my mind, its value and the effort I had so far invested into it. I'm a "do everything in my head" kind of guy (as ...
2024-11-25 02:20:25 +0000 UTC View Post
With the arrival of The Final Shape, lost sector rewards changed. No longer do lost sector award engrams which decrypt to specific armour pieces. Instead, they award exotic engrams which can be focus by Master Rahool to acquire specific items.
As such, the various d...
Hi friends!
Long time no chat... Let's get into it. So, I've realised retroactively that I've had some bad burnout (and a healthy dose of depression) from my insistence of delivering at least 2 major Braytech features a month.
I've been informed that's unsustainable and that I should ...
2024-09-11 08:47:15 +0000 UTC View PostIt's ya boy, Dare, aka Tommy Chappo heeeeree, back-at-it-again-with-another-post-about-a-Braytech-featurreeeeeeee
For your convenience, you may now view your fireteam's equipment. This includes each player's unique rolls, highlighting breaker types (anti-champion ...
2024-07-18 00:13:40 +0000 UTC View PostHello. I'm Tom Chapman, and you may remember me from previous blog posts, or that time I was repeatedly referred to by my full name on Twitter over some debacle with icons from and based on Bungie's Destiny video game.
You may have read previously that I had been waiting for so...
2024-07-10 08:05:13 +0000 UTC View PostI want to remind everyone that I've been focusing my efforts on minimising waste. One of the methods I've been employing is by offering an integrated alternative to Patreon. You can 2024-06-20 05:21:05 +0000 UTC View Post
It was time to pay the Quests view some attention. I wanted to update and add new features for bounty collectors. Naturally, I ended up rewriting, restructuring the entire Quests view first. Makes sense, I guess. It felt good to clean that mess up. Once I'd finished with that, I sought feedback t...
2024-05-20 06:57:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Custom usernames! I've wanted to add custom usernames for a time but there's a lot of moving parts that I needed to have full into place first.
Braytech is made up of many parts:
An NGINX server answers requests for static files like HTML, CSS, and JavaScripts
Th...
2024-05-02 05:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThis week in Braytech, we'll touch on what's been happening with Braytech and its developer for the past few weeks:
report on AdSense test
bills and money
depression and executive dysfunction
new features
AdSense test
<... 2024-04-04 04:46:17 +0000 UTC View PostThis month, I’m trying something I said I never would.
Braytech is lucky to have millions of users but less than 0.01% support its development through subscriptions or donations.
It’s been more than 5 years without a page ads but with the cyclical decl...
2024-03-05 01:36:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Reminder that polls moved away from Patreon to Discord and it's turned out to be very effective and productive! If you haven't seen them, consider checking out the Discord server!
2024-02-24 15:35:19 +0000 UTC View Post
This new feature allows you to quickly see all of the items you can obtain from specific activities in one convenient place. Each activity is divided up by encounter for your viewing pleasure and includes references to rel...
2024-02-23 17:20:26 +0000 UTC View PostSITREP I fractured at least one of my ribs cleaning a car bonnet. This incident, occurring late last week, has delayed my rise to greatness ever so slightly. Out of naivety and over confidence, I threw my body to try to reach, and on the third attempt I heard some interesting sounds, and then I b...
2024-02-14 04:25:11 +0000 UTC View Post
These past days, I've been making a lot of improvements to Voluspa, Braytech's server side counterpart.
With subscribers in mind, I've been working on improving specific features to maintain accountability and trust.
I've been spending a lot of time improving how 2024-02-07 22:03:55 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, I worked on adding loadouts to Braytech. At long last!
I wanted to make sure I got it right, so it took me a minute/a few months.
Working with items and the Destiny API is like trying to massage playdough into something beautiful (but still inedible).
This is th...
2024-01-22 08:27:09 +0000 UTC View PostJust a note of admiration for myself. 😎
I took the plunge and gave Microsoft 5 bucks so I could see my Git commit history for Braytech.
I've drawn the following conclusions:
The Inspect view. It's been with us for years now, through various incarnations. Rest in ham and pineapple pizza.
2023-12-29 03:54:48 +0000 UTC
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Have you ever stopped to think about Hive anatomy? Their experience of the world must differ greatly from our own... Is their flesh and bone anything like ours... Are they carbon-based... So many questions...
With that thought shared, I write to inform you of a great success: I have persona...
2023-12-27 05:44:59 +0000 UTC View PostIf you're a Discord user and you're missing the role for your tier, you can use the new command /register_discord_with_voluspa 👀
I've just mirrored the blog posts to the Braytech homepage and I want to ge...
2023-12-17 23:48:56 +0000 UTC View PostSah dude
I've been a busy bumble bee 🐝
The new Subscriptions page is now fully operational. You can read more about it 2023-12-17 15:27:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Just eradicated my bug backlog. That's all. Just wanted to brag about it. 🦗🫡
2023-12-14 01:54:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi!
Somewhat important post for all of my patrons today... Patreon take 8% of my earnings, of your money, and they can't keep getting away with this!
As I'm a budding web developer with a can-do attitude, I've decided to invest some time into integrating a payment handler, Stripe, dir...
2023-12-12 18:54:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello
