The Taylor Monthly for May is out! I had a lot more energy this month and things have moved along quite nicely.
- v0.4.2 and v0.4.3 released for some nice bug fixes
- mruby is upgraded to 4.0.0
- raylib is upgraded to 6.0 (just about)
- A proof of concept for the new `squash` exists
https://taylormadetech.dev/2026/06/01/taylor-monthly-may.html
New #WeeklyBrainDump is up!
- FZap is becoming usable
- Taylor gets a small release
- I try (and fail) to upgrade mruby for Taylor
https://sean.taylormadetech.dev/2026/05/28/weekly-brain-dump-24.html
My #WeeklyBrainDump is out, I was busier than I thought this week! I feel like I'm getting some of my creative energy back.
- I read more of the `tmux` man page and discovered `display-menu`
- The Squasher project makes big strides
- I look into #opal_ruby
https://sean.taylormadetech.dev/2026/05/06/weekly-brain-dump-21.html
The Taylor Monthly for April is now out!
It's a quieter one this month on the code front but still some interesting things happening.
- Taylor's five year anniversary
- Refactored config handling
- Issues with the export
- Squasher thinking
- The launch of our community!
https://taylormadetech.dev/2026/05/01/taylor-monthly-april.html
Taylor's Five Year Anniversary: It's been five whole years since I started Taylor Refactored Taylor's Config handling: Noticed this area was really bad and cleaned it up Taylor Export Woes: Found an issue with my exports Taylor Squasher: Brainstorming around implemntation Taylor Has a Community Site: It finally happened!
Another Thursday, another #WeeklyBrainDump
- I start in earnest on my Squasher improvements
- Taylor gets an official community site!
https://sean.taylormadetech.dev/2026/04/16/weekly-brain-dump-18.html
Big news for #TaylorEngine as we've teamed up with the Ruby Users Forum and they'll be the official community for Taylor!
I'm so extremely happy with this as it helps solve a lot of my anxieties about running a community.
My announcement: https://taylormadetech.dev/2026/04/15/taylor-has-a-community-site.html
The community: https://www.rubyforum.org/tag/taylor/63/l/latest
It's #WeeklyBrainDump time again! That's right, I'm doing two blog posts today!
https://sean.taylormadetech.dev/2026/04/09/weekly-brain-dump-17.html
Today is the 5 year anniversary of #TaylorEngine so I wrote 3000~ words about it!
I'm genuinely so proud of how far my little game engine has come and so surprised at the amount of positive impact it has had on my life 🧡
https://taylormadetech.dev/2026/04/09/taylor-five-year-anniversary.html
Five Years ago Today: Where it all started Major Refactor Mistakes: What I did wrong with the refactor Taylor Squash: Changes to how Taylor concatenates your project into one file Exporting: Options to overhaul exporting Dependency Management: Thoughts on how to use gems with Taylor Future Plans: What's to come Outro: Cheers 🍻
My Weekly Brain Dump is once again up. I actually have some content this time!
- My Mental Health
- I got a #Tetris Tattoo
- Taylor Community site styling
https://sean.taylormadetech.dev/2026/04/02/weekly-brain-dump-16.html
It's the first of the month, that means the Taylor Monthly is out!
- Jumpy Alien is finished
- Community site design gets revealed
https://taylormadetech.dev/2026/04/01/taylor-monthly-march.html
Sean Earle
