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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 08/10/2026

The demo for my musical puzzle game is now live for the Steam NextFest! store.steampowered.com/app/5034650/...

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 30/09/2026

I know nothing about music so I decided to make it a core component of my video game. #IndieGames #IndieDevs

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 25/09/2026

Excited to announce that my second video game, Blockmosis, is now available on Steam as a demo! Each world is a musical instrument and the board becomes a song as you solve each puzzle. If you try it out, I'd love your feedback! store.steampowered.com/app/5034650/...

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 13/09/2026

I've been working on a new video game. Blockmosis - Musical Puzzle Alchemy. I'd love your input if you have a moment. sillysideprojects.itch.io/blockmosis

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Blockmosis by Travis Bumgarner

Musical puzzle alchemy

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 01/02/2026

I'm building an infinite canvas note taking app for Dungeons and Dragons. Super early stages right now. Would love to hear what's lacking in your note taking app and would love beta testers!

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 31/01/2026

A little weekend fun... 30 webcam filters for your next Zoom call, powered by Python. (PS: I’m open to new contracting roles!) Try it out here: github.com/TravisBumgar...

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 10/12/2025

I’m excited to share the first episode of my new podcast, Happy Making! For years I’ve wanted to start a podcast to interview curious and passionate makers in the depths of their creative pursuits. Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/1Hgu... Website happymaking.art/episode/b630...

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Building Circuit Boards and Community with Richard Hawthorn

Podcast Episode · Happy Making · 12/09/2025 · 40m

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 28/11/2025

Strangerer Things Lights - Throwback to one of my favorite hardware + software builds. travisbumgarner.dev/creations/st... PS - I'm looking for a new engineering role!

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 24/11/2025

Looking for a part-time cofounder (Marketing / Advertising / Growth) I’ve built a lot over the past two years across web, desktop, mobile, and even games - but marketing is not my strong suit. You do not need prior paid experience. Send me a message! See below for some example projects.

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 21/11/2025

Automating my job search with my own app 🙃

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 20/11/2025

Job seekers - Do you find browsing company pages to find relevant and recent job postings to be tedious and time consuming? I'm automating the entire process! Check it out here: travisbumgarner.dev/marketing/cl... PS - I'm looking for a new software role! #jobsearch #jobs #automation

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 10/11/2025

I made Dice of Sending, for when your dungeon master wants you to roll online but you dislike digital dice. This was a goofy little project I worked on. It's fully open source and you can check it out here: github.com/TravisBumgar... #dungeonsanddragons #tabletop #boardgames #trpg

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 07/11/2025

Built a prototype to better engineer the menu for a friend's restaurant. Highlights: - English and Spanish support - Export PDF and CSVs - No internet required If you're interested in this or working together on something - reach out! #buildinpublic #restaurants #menuengineering #menu

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 20/10/2025

🎉 I launched a podcast! Happy Making celebrates the messy, magical, and deeply human side of creativity. Check it out → happymaking.art P.S. I’m looking for guests! If you know someone with a great story (or you are that someone), nominate them via the link above!

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Happy Making

A podcast for hobbying vicariously.

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 06/10/2025

Photo Palettes launches tomorrow on Product Hunt! www.producthunt.com/products/pho... Inspired by my photo series Seis Colores (seis.pointlessprojects.com), this became my biggest project yet: 9 designs · 306 tasks · 19,758 lines of code

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 05/10/2025

Sundays fundays. Building a bluetooth dice for Dungeons and Dragons

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 01/10/2025

Social media posts tedious? Not anymore! This is my newest iteration on making social media posts easier for @photopalettes.com Now, I can use AI to generate some moderately popular tags specific to Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter. #socialmedia #buildinpublic #instagram #bluesky #twitter

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Photo Palettes @photopalettes.com · 30/09/2025

Photo Palettes now runs in Figma! www.figma.com/community/pl... #figma #softwareengineer #buildinpublic #design #colorpalettes #inspiration #color

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 24/09/2025

photopalettes.com is in beta and I'm seeing feedback! photopalettes.com/palette/6046aa6c-291d-4175-936a-b03e9d6885b8 – What's useful? Not? Missing? photopalettes.com/create – Does creating a palette feel intuitive? Any thoughts welcome! #buildinpublic #feedback

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Photo Palettes

Find color inspiration in the everyday.

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 23/09/2025

"It is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail." As a software engineer, I view my life and its problems through this lens. The result - every problem is solved with a website or an app.

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 12/09/2025

Experimenting with some auto generated posts for Instagram. #buildinpublic #color #colorpalettes #design

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 11/09/2025

@photopalettes.com is App Store approved for beta. 🔥 Beta invites coming soon! #buildinpublic

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 08/09/2025

Continued design and experience improvements. Before / After #buildinpublic #design #colorpalettes

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 06/09/2025

How it started vs how it's going. Still work to do but making good progress. #design #buildinpublic #color #colorpalettes #colors

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 05/09/2025

Looking for folks invested in hobbies to do mock interviews with. Painting, guitar, birding, dancing, whatever it may be. Working on a new #podcast exploring #failures, #successes, #inspiration, #motivation, and more. If interested, send a message! #creativity #pasttime #pursuit #avocation #hobby

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 05/09/2025

Every time I think I’ve figured out #CSS, something happens moments later that challenges that belief.

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 04/09/2025

User testing is easy when you're also a user. However, you're "a user" and not "the user". Sometimes I forget. The result? Edge cases. A photo of a cat, poorly cropped. I'm excited for this new OG tag gracefully handles many more aspect ratios. #buildinpublic #edgecases #design #userexperience

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 04/09/2025

When the easy task to start the day becomes the entire day. #buildinpublic #softwaredevelopment

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 04/09/2025

I originally put all of @photopalettes.com's functionality behind a login wall. This created a barrier to malicious actors but did the same for genuine traffic. Now, you can try a lite version before signing up. The experience is live: photopalettes.com #buildinpublic #marketing #topofthefunnel

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 04/09/2025

I've written at least 115,489 lines of code on unfinished projects(github.com/TravisBumgar...). I wrote a script and it told me so 😅 (gist.github.com/e0dd0f8530a8270da6e852cd294ddbd7) #buildinpublic #softwaredevelopment

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Git commited line counts

Git commited line counts. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 04/09/2025

"Email is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of things. But not for me; my role is to be on the bottom of things." - Don Knuth www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/email...

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Knuth versus Email

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 03/09/2025

"At 10k lines is where the maximum magic is" - ThePrimeagen instagram.com/reel/DJUoZI8yqZK This week I hit 10k lines for the first time with @photopalettes.com! You can grab the line counting script here: gist.github.com/e0dd0f8530a8270da6e852cd294ddbd7 #buildinpublic

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 02/09/2025

A new app needs endless boilerplate - design, engineering, analytics, etc. I used to burn out once that was done. This time I stuck with it. The shift comes when you move from “make it work” to “make it work well.” That's where the magic begins. #buildinpublic #webdev #startuplife #colorpalettes

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 01/09/2025

There's something so magical about the first few lines of a new feature. I'm queuing up the deep dive. I can feel the flow state coming. #softwareengineering #buildinpublic

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 31/08/2025

How it's going vs how it started. Check the first reply for a video of how it used to look. It's nice to see progress with my design capabilities. @photopalettes.com #buildinpublic

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 28/08/2025

@photopalettes.com runs on web and iOS as a single codebase! I moved my overly complicated #nextjs app to pure #reactjs. The only thing missing from #nextjs was dynamic OG tags so I wrote a little Express server to handle that. CapacitorJS made it easy to get up and running with iOS. #buildinpublic

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 28/08/2025

When a task get tough, I start other tasks or entirely new projects that I shouldn't be working on pursuit of a #dopamine hit. Whenever I find myself doing this, I stop, assess, and try and redirect my energy back to the thing that actually needs to get done. #buildinpublic #focus #goals

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 28/08/2025

Pay attention when the voice in the back of your head is saying "this #code is too messy and it's making the task harder than it should be". That voice spoke loud this week so I took some time to standardize all my API endpoints. These changes will reduce attacks and errors. #techdebt #cleancode

An example endpoint's refactor. My Python is still rusty so that's a work in progress.

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 27/08/2025

With 1,000 lines written across 34 files, @photopalettes.com now has the ability to - Favorite photo palettes - Browse favorited photo palettes - Sort photo palettes by most favorited Headed to production soon. #buildinpublic

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 27/08/2025

I have 18ish months of financial runway to launch something profitable. I'm turning my life into a series of experiments and I'm journaling the process. This month, I'm focusing on photopalettes.com and a podcast that explores creativity. I'll be sharing observations and learnings. #buildinpublic

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 13/06/2025

I love when a project pushes past MVP and you can start to enhance functionality. Today's focus was on making the color picker for @photopalettes.com easier to use. #buildinpublic #photopalettes #design #mvp

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 08/06/2025

My app for generating color palettes from photos is now live, check it out, I'd love your feedback!

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