Andrew Garman

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Andrew Garman — a generated illustration of the author as a css wizard with a mix of coding and dungeon master dice

Andrew Garman

Senior Front-End Developer

  • ⌨ Code
  • ⚔ D&D
  • 🖨 3D Print
  • 🎣 Fishing
  • 🤖 IoT
Senior Front-End Developer Class
15 Level
Human (Caffeinated) Race
Chaotic Good Alignment
Animator · Designer · Maker Background
  • STR
    10
    +0
  • DEX
    14
    +2
  • CON
    13
    +1
  • INT
    16
    +3
  • WIS
    12
    +1
  • CHA
    15
    +2

Ability Scores

  • Web Components · Design Systems
  • TypeScript · React · Astro
  • Flash Animator (Retired) → Dev
  • 3D Printing — FDM + Resin
  • ESP32 · Arduino
  • D&D 5e — Dungeon Master
  • Fishing · Kayaking

Proficiencies & Skills

Started in Flash animation. Ended up in design systems. Will absolutely over-engineer a D&D prop at 2am.

Personality Traits

  • Bambu P2S
  • Elegoo Saturn 2
  • Breadboard & solder
  • Worn dice bag

Equipment

Latest Posts

[ spellbook ]

Root Meridian Part 5: First Solder, First Light

Learning to solder for the first time with a Pinecil V2, wiring the NeoPixel ring, and the moment all four gem quadrants lit up together — topaz, emerald, ruby, diamond — on a real bench for the first time.
[ spellbook ]

Root Meridian Part 4: The Compass Gets a Voice

Building Chronicler — the Discord bot that lets the DM control the Root Meridian from a slash command. Adding a WiFi web server to the ESP32. And the moment /compass east moved a physical stepper motor over WiFi from Discord.
[ spellbook ]

Root Meridian Part 3: The Needle Flies, the Speaker Speaks

Fixing the stepper motor speed bottleneck, wiring up a DFPlayer Mini with five CC-licensed sounds, and hearing the compass come alive for the first time — motor and audio running together on real hardware.
[ spellbook ]

The Stepper Motor Finally Moved: A Hardware Debugging Story

First real hardware session on the Root Meridian — flashing firmware to an actual ESP32, debugging a stepper motor that refused to move for two hours, and the moment it finally spun.
[ spellbook ]

Building a D&D Prop with an ESP32: The Root Meridian

How I secretly built a physical compass prop for one of my players — complete with a spinning needle, NeoPixel LEDs, audio cues, and a Discord bot only the DM controls.
[ quest ]

Stormwreck Isle: A Campaign Chronicle

The story of our Dragons of Stormwreck Isle campaign, told session by session. Four adventurers. One new DM. An island full of dragons, mushroom folk, and kobolds with ambitions.