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Deryck Hodge

A decade of Apple Music

Wow, has it really been 10 years of Apple Music? In some ways, it feels like Apple Music has been here for longer than that. I was a Beats Music user before it became Apple Music. A decade is still a decade. To celebrate, Apple has released a 10 Years

Finally watched Daredevil: Born Again

I've been behind on streaming superhero shows. It has taken me a bit to catch up. I had yesterday off, and now today, for the 4th of July holiday. The nice thing has been catching up on series I've been behind on. One of those is

Demos and building software for yourself

I found Mitchell Hashimoto's My Approach to Building Large Technical Projects via Simon Willison's link post. Man, everything in this post is golden. I think I agree with every word. This is definitely how I approach building software. I especially love the focus on getting to

Happy New Year!

And so, the new year is upon us. Wow, what a year has it been. This past year saw my family settling into our second year in Atlanta. My younger daughter started her senior year of high school. It's hard to believe, but my wife and I are

Grad School Didn't Work Out... This Quarter

Best laid plans and all. The intent was to go to grad school at SCAD here in Atlanta. I was thinking I would write, grow myself as a writer, and with MFA in hand, go teach when I'm done working as a software developer. Ha! Joke's

Too Focused Updates for the First Week of September

It's been a little quiet here lately on my site. I want to say "I've been busy," but that's the lazy too-common excuse. I've been focused. There, that's it. I just finished up with a nice 5 day

The Weight of Writing on the Web

Part of what I'm interested in exploring as I go to grad school at SCAD is writing on the web. Not just writing on the web – though I am interested in how creative writing on the web can itself be an object of art – but also, I'

Going to Grad School at SCAD

I'm excited to share that I will be starting graduate school at SCAD this fall. I will be attending SCAD in Atlanta and pursuing an M.F.A. in Writing. I am very excited to be going back to grad school! I say "going back" because

Where did the name Anderycks come from?

“Anderycks” is an online username or handle that I’ve been using for a few years now. It’s my social media username and my gamer tag. You can find me as @Anderycks on just about any platform. It seemed a natural thing to use the same name as my

How I Used Generative AI to Create My Comic, Hartwell

As I mentioned in the intro post about my comic and the family writing contest, I spent a lot of time last year using generative AI tools to help me create a comic book. That comic is Hartwell. Please check it out. Without the help of generative AI tools, I