iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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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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 · 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 · 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 · 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

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 · 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 · 22/05/2025

🎨 Photo Palettes is almost ready for closed alpha! I've polished the UI, standardized the experience, and uploaded some initial palettes check them out: photopalettes.com #color #colorpalette #design #buildinpublic #photopalettes

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 21/05/2025

In learning I created this fun little thing. Felt like sharing. Code for the curious: github.com/TravisBumgar... #animation #framermotion #css #javascript #react #color #colorful

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 02/05/2025

76 alpha launch tasks complete. All that remains is to audit the experience and work on marketing. Alpha coming soon! Visit photopalettes.com and scroll to the bottom to signup. #buildinpublic #color #colorpalette #colorful #design #photopalettes

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 30/04/2025

🎨 #photopalettes #buildinpublic update! 📸 There's a browse view, single photo palette view, and moderation. It's all very ugly still but I'm getting there. 😅 The alpha is almost ready, visit photopalettes.com and scroll to the bottom to sign up! #color #colorpalette #colorful #design

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 19/04/2025

🎨 #photopalettes #buildinpublic update! 📸 Thought today would be a “look at this cool thing!” update. Maybe tomorrow! Shout out to @resend.com for taking five minutes to setup and integrate with @supabase.com for signup emails. I loved the one click "Add DNS records to @cloudflare.social".

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 17/04/2025

Started with the boring stuff on my new project: frontend/backend boilerplate, DB setup, Docker, deploy, auth, linting, testing, and a landing page. Got curious and did a line count. Now to actually build something fun. 😅 #buildinpublic #softwareengineering #hobbyproject

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 15/04/2025

I manage a lot of #websites. Sometimes they go down. I setup a #Python #script to alert me of issues. If the script stops working I wouldn't know. To remedy this, I've set it up to send me a weekly motivational quote, generated by #ChatGPT, in the style of #Shrek. #uptime #softwareengineering

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 14/04/2025

🎨 Photo Palettes Update! 📸 Spent the afternoon adding login and signup with @supabase.com. Really enjoying it so far. Join the closed alpha forms.gle/g9bgge628Ed1... #color #design #inspiration #designinspiration #photography #buildinpublic #photopalettes #colorpalettes

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 12/04/2025

Join the Photo Palettes alpha! Today I begin working towards the alpha milestone. I would love your involvement. Sign up for the alpha here - forms.gle/g9bgge628Ed1... #color #design #inspiration #designinspiration #colorful #photography #buildinpublic #photopalettes #colorpalettes

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 11/04/2025

Back to laser cutting after almost 4 years away! Made some little QR codes for leaving Google reviews at restaurants #lasercutting

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 11/04/2025

Follow up on the color palette generation, lots of awesome progress! Code: github.com/TravisBumgarner/pointless-projects/tree/main/photo-palettes/explorations #design #inspiration #designinspiration #colorful #photography #buildinpublic #code

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 11/04/2025

Exploring #photo #color extraction. Started with #KMeans, my favorite. What others #algorithms should I explore? Code: github.com/TravisBumgarner/pointless-projects/tree/main/photo-palettes/explorations #design #inspiration #designinspiration #colorful #photography #buildinpublic #code

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Travis Bumgarner @travisbumgarner.dev · 10/04/2025

Took a trip today to Museo Casa del Risco to check out their design of money exhibit. Found these awesome color palettes #color #colorful #colorpalettes #design #mexico

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