I’m excited to share that Dragon Alchenomicon is now officially available for Android! Dragon Alchenomicon is a companion app designed for Dragon Quest VIII, IX, X, and XI, making it easy to look up alchemy and forge recipes quickly and efficiently. No more jumping between guides or digging through websites,
I recently put together a new Android project called Game Collection, built using Cursor and its agentic AI workflow capabilities. This started as a simple idea: build a lightweight app to browse video games using the IGDB (Internet Game Database). But more importantly, it became an experiment—how far can
Recently, I’ve been revisiting one of my Android starter repositories, Android Booster, and modernizing it with two major goals in mind: Adopting a modular project structure Adding Claude Skills to support AI-assisted development workflows The result is a cleaner, more scalable project that can serve as a production-ready starting point
Over the past weekend, I updated Go There Now with the goal of bringing this outdated 2015-era Android app up to basic 2026 Android development standards. Originally written and maintained by me as a personal Android project, Go There Now had not received any updates since October 2015. The app
It has been over 10 years since the last release of Go There Now, which was previously updated in October 2015. After a long hiatus, a new version is finally here — Go There Now 3.00 is now available! Since the app is no longer distributed through Google Play, all
I recently put together a new proof-of-concept Android project on GitHub called RPG Character Directory. The project was created to further explore using Moshi to deserialize JSON strings into data objects, along with StateFlow for handling reactive updates from the data repository layer and surfacing them to the view layer.
Today marks the 30th anniversary of Pokémon! The original Pokémon games, known as Pocket Monsters in Japan, were released for the Game Boy in Japan on February 27, 1996. I can’t believe Pokémon is now 30 years old! As a kid, I remember picking up and playing Pokémon Blue for
Last night, I discovered that the Y-Corner Minecraft Server had been compromised. When logging in, a persistent scoreboard message displayed “TERMINATED BY SKYNET,” and large areas around the starting zones in Source City and Oak Grove City had been covered with huge mountains of lava. This appears to have been
While busy coding away at the Envoy San Francisco office, I noticed a strong electrical burning smell. I immediately stood up from my desk and looked over at my coworker sitting across from me, trying to determine where it was coming from. Was something burning near our desk pod? Shortly
The Y-Corner Minecraft Server world has grown and evolved over more than 15 years. Below is a visual tour of some unique locations and builds created throughout the server’s long history. From early creative experiments to large-scale infrastructure projects, this world reflects years of imagination, creativity, and collaboration. A huge
The Y-Corner Minecraft Server has been updated to Minecraft: Java Edition 1.21.11! This server is now well over 15 years old and is still online and running strong. Server Details: Minecraft: Java Edition Vanilla (no client mods required) Creative Mode (default) Server Address: huhx0015.serveminecraft.net Due to recent attacks by malicious
Several weeks ago, I became the victim of a cyber attack. Someone obtained my credit card number and used it to attempt a $2,000 purchase of an iPhone Pro Max. At the same time, they tried to distract me with a coordinated email subscription bombing attack. Within minutes, my inbox
From the r/kotlin Reddit, user Nek_12 shared their experience with migrating to Android Gradle Plugin 9.0 in their 150,000 line project and it seems like it was a bit of a nightmare: Yesterday I finally finished migrating a big 150,000-line project from AGP 8 to AGP 9. This was painful. This
After 8 years without updates—since May 2018—Map of the Nocturne has finally received a brand-new release: Map of the Nocturne 1.05! 🎉 Since Map of the Nocturne is no longer available for download on Google Play, all future updates will be distributed exclusively here on Y-Corner. What’s new in version 1.05: *
They keep on coming! After 8 years without updates—since June 2018—Robot Master Database has finally received a brand-new release: Robot Master Database 1.17! 🎉 Since Robot Master Database is no longer available for download on Google Play, all future updates will be distributed exclusively here on Y-Corner. What’s new in version
The Y-Corner app updates keep on coming! After 8 years without updates—since May 2018—Chrono Maps has finally received a brand-new release: Chrono Maps 1.22! 🎉 Since Chrono Maps is no longer available for download on Google Play, all future updates will be distributed exclusively here on Y-Corner. What’s new in
Another Y-Corner app update out of the oven! After 8 years without updates—since May 2018—Cid’s Aerial Views has finally received a brand-new release: Cid’s Aerial Views 1.32! 🎉 Since Cid’s Aerial Views is no longer available for download on Google Play, all future updates will be distributed exclusively here on
After 8 years without updates—since May 2018—Dragon Geo has finally received a brand-new release: Dragon Geo 1.34! 🎉 Since Dragon Geo is no longer available for download on Google Play, all future updates will be distributed exclusively here on Y-Corner. What’s new in version 1.34: * 1.34: – Added the
At Envoy, our team has been working on Emergency Notifications, a feature that enables companies to quickly and reliably communicate critical information during emergencies across both web and mobile platforms. We’ve focused on strengthening this experience by adding tools that help organizations understand whether people in the workplace are safe
I recently put together a new proof-of-concept Android project called Coffee Nearby, built to explore modern Android development using an MVI-style architecture and a contemporary tech stack. The project leverages Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Kotlin Coroutines, StateFlow, Hilt, and other modern Android libraries to demonstrate a clean, reactive UI and unidirectional