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Derek McBurney

@dmcb.dev

Web geek since forever • He/him • Head of Technology at Evans Hunt • dmcb.dev Sharing what I know about building the web for humans.

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Derek McBurney @dmcb.dev · 12/09/2026

I think it might be time to shut the internet off.

A screenshot of a post on r/threejs, "I made a fruit fly that doomscrolls Instagram on iPhone Duo, with its brain regions lighting up in real time", clearly vibe coded

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Derek McBurney @dmcb.dev · 16/05/2026

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Derek McBurney @dmcb.dev · 27/04/2026

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Derek McBurney @dmcb.dev · 31/03/2026

I thought I'd see what spells users are adding to their spellbooks to find the most popular spells in 5e! Data is rolling in and it looks great, but the high level spells are so rarely used by players that reliable data will take a loooong time to gather.

Screenshot from an in-development feature on https://5e-spellbook.app showing the popularity of the spell Fireball.

Screenshot of terminal output showing how many spells have been selected by users across spell levels.

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Derek McBurney @dmcb.dev · 23/02/2026

Did a fun thing with my 5e Spellbook Builder — categorized all 410 spells in the game with what kind of spell they actually are (5e-spellbook.app/blog/categor...) and you can see your spellbooks' composition.

A radar graph of a spellbook showing its composition of Damage, Control, Support and Utility spells.

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Derek McBurney @dmcb.dev · 19/09/2025

As a metaphor, I'm fortunate enough to have dexterity to use the door knob shown, but I still prefer using that more accessible handle that I can use with slippery hands, hands full or even an elbow. MacOS 26 / #liquidglass is a door knob.

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Derek McBurney @dmcb.dev · 02/09/2025

I added PDF generation for printing D&D spellbooks you build in 5e-spellbook.app, entirely in the browser with ekoopmans.github.io/html2pdf.js/ and was surprised at how little I had to fight it and how good the result appears to be. #5e #webapps

A screenshot of a PDF generated by 5e-spellbook.app that shows 9 spell cards per page for printing.

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Derek McBurney @dmcb.dev · 04/07/2025

This analogy doesn’t quite work, but there is some merit to it. I am enjoying the replies.

A post from Colm Atkins: :youth pastor voice: I know one carpenter who did leave the field, but he had a higher purpose.

A reply from dame: sabrina carpenter

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Derek McBurney @dmcb.dev · 14/02/2025

Big Impossible Mission vibes sneaking around these zap bots to shut off Exile in Chants of Sennaar.

Screenshot of Chants of Sennaar and the player avoiding zapping robots.

Screenshot of the old C64 video game Impossible Mission and the player avoiding zapping robots.

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Derek McBurney @dmcb.dev · 10/02/2025

It's done. Now to uninstall the game forever and get my life back. Until the DLC.

Screenshot of the Steam achievement for Completionist++.

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Derek McBurney @dmcb.dev · 09/02/2025

I'm now just one single joker away from obtaining Completionist++ on @playbalatro.com: Séance.

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Derek McBurney @dmcb.dev · 27/01/2025

Playing with Rive. I've learned that the state machine is its killer feature, and that I'm not much of an illustrator and animator.

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Derek McBurney @dmcb.dev · 24/01/2025

I need to figure out the next time I can get the kids to bed and Arcs to the table.

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Derek McBurney @dmcb.dev · 03/12/2024

Having some serious fun with Mapbox now (and a little Threlte/Three for good measure).

A globe of the world, focused over Canada and centered on Alberta, with the Northern Lights cast over top.

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Derek McBurney @dmcb.dev · 22/11/2024

A sneak peek of an early prototype for an upcoming project built with @mapbox.com and I'm loving using the tool so far.

Map of Alberta with some cities listed and some map debug information.

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