Things I made myself.
Background Recently I’ve been learning Rust, which is a programming language that aims to be as fast as C but absolutely memory-safe. It feels like a mix of the best features from many languages, including Python (format! vs. f-strings), Java (iter vs. stream), C (speed), C++ (references), and JavaScript (mutability?). And as I was learning, … Read more
I made a little gadget with two micro:bits for Halloween.
This summer I participated in the MIT App Inventor Summer Appathon, which the official website described as “a marathon-like event to build apps.” As my first year in the event, I built a simple app that generates stories for children with AI power. And to my big surprise, I actually earned an Honorable Mention! In … Read more
Preface At my school, BASIS International School Nanjing (BINJ), there is a house system. It is stolen borrowed straight from Harry Potter, but with the four houses named after the four seasons (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter) and no giant floating automatic magical tubes. Instead, teachers hand out actual physical House Points (colored plastic chips), and … Read more
Hi there! It’s been a long time since I last posted anything – it’s been a busy couple of months since I’m starting high school! I’ve also been working on this AMAZING project, and I now proudly present: The Book Recommendation Website! This is a website that will recommend books to you, from our school … Read more
Yes, it’s weird: People were headed to the moon in 1969, and people are making video players for calculators in 2022… A quick demo to start off with: This program is open-source on GitHub: https://github.com/david-why/vplayer Usage Send bin/VPLAYER.8xp to your calculator using TI Connect CE or your favorite link software. Convert a video file with … Read more
Continuing this article, here are more creations I made for the TI-84+ CE. prgmQRCODE This is a simple QR code generator for your calculator. This program is available here. Hidden feature: if you press [vars] in various text input modes (e.g. 2nd, alpha-upper, alpha-lower), some pre-inserted text will be inserted! prgmREAD This is a program … Read more
I have made some C/C++ programs for the TI-84+ CE and posted them on GitHub, available here. Some of them are still in progress, some of them are simply abandoned, and some are fully functional. Here are some of the fully functional ones and their descriptions. Many of these programs need the CE “Standard C … Read more