<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Eugene Che — Writing]]></title><description><![CDATA[I make software, draw tiny pictures, and write about whatever gets stuck in my head.]]></description><link>https://www.eugeneyche.com</link><generator>GatsbyJS</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:05:21 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Cat in a Coffee Shop]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reference: .]]></description><link>https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/cat-in-a-coffee-shop/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/cat-in-a-coffee-shop/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practicing 3D Forms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Practicing basic shapes. Trying hard to visualize how shapes look in 3D space. The animation came out smooth. I still have to think hard about blocking out shapes and shading them, but it’s getting easier.

I’m starting to realize that pixel art is closer to sculpting than…]]></description><link>https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/practicing-3d-forms/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/practicing-3d-forms/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Project Hail Mary and Connection]]></title><description><![CDATA[I watched Project Hail Mary, and it left me sitting with one thought: how deeply human it is to need connection. Early in the movie, the main character wakes up completely alone. Watching him, I kept imagining myself in that situation. What I realized is that it’s not the…]]></description><link>https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/project-hail-mary-and-connection/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/project-hail-mary-and-connection/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kirby at Dusk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Made some more pixel art. Today was a long day, so I drew an easy Kirby.

I practiced some shadows, but they were much more difficult than I expected.]]></description><link>https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/kirby-at-dusk/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/kirby-at-dusk/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monoco with a Limited Palette]]></title><description><![CDATA[I drew one of my favorite characters from Expedition 33. I still have a ways to go with shading. I struggled with the finer details and couldn’t quite figure out how to shade them, which is why most areas ended up as flat colors.

I restricted myself to the base Aseprite palette.…]]></description><link>https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/monoco-with-a-limited-palette/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/monoco-with-a-limited-palette/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Week with Friends]]></title><description><![CDATA[My friend from Australia came to visit this week. A couple of friends and I gathered to welcome her. At the start of the night, we finished the season of Frieren. Every time we watch it, I feel the desire to connect with friends, family, and nature. It’s like a warm bowl of…]]></description><link>https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/a-week-with-friends/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/a-week-with-friends/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duolingo Gives Too Many Hints]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oops. I was wrong about Duolingo not giving me any help when it introduces new words. While using the app, I noticed that the words in each question are underlined. Tap one, and it tells you what the word means, even during a translation exercise.

This changes the app a lot in my…]]></description><link>https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/duolingo-gives-too-many-hints/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/duolingo-gives-too-many-hints/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's More Fun to Be Bad]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was browsing social media, and wow, are there some talented people out there. Really makes me wish I was more talented. But hey, there's only so much time in the day. I can't be good at everything.

But in the back of my mind, I hear a little drill sergeant telling me that’s…]]></description><link>https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/its-more-fun-to-be-bad/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/its-more-fun-to-be-bad/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duolingo Is Frustrating]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recently started learning Vietnamese using Duolingo. Probably not the most efficient way, but I’ve always thought of it as a quick way to get my foot in the door. It’s been frustrating. In video games, there’s a concept of easing a player into new ideas. This can take the shape…]]></description><link>https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/duolingo-is-frustrating/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/duolingo-is-frustrating/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Year I Got Married]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lot happened in the past year. The big one: I got married! My wife and I had been together for about eight years, so it was a long time coming. It was a fun year, and we pulled off a wedding we’re proud of.

Because of all that, it was also a busy year. Time kind of flew by. It…]]></description><link>https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/the-year-i-got-married/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/the-year-i-got-married/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relationships, Craft, and Perspective]]></title><description><![CDATA[The New Year always feels like a natural checkpoint for reflection. I don’t believe in waiting for January 1 to make changes, but there’s something about the date that helps crystallize my thoughts. Three things were on my mind: relationships, craft, and perspective.

Relationship…]]></description><link>https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/relationships-craft-and-perspective/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/relationships-craft-and-perspective/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fixing Dark Mode Flicker]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recently tackled an annoying flicker when using dark mode on my website. The page would briefly flash in light mode before switching over. The dark mode class was being added by a script inside the page body. By the time the script ran, the browser had already started rendering…]]></description><link>https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/fixing-dark-mode-flicker/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/fixing-dark-mode-flicker/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Password-Protecting a Static Site with NGINX]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m building a website for my wedding next year! One of the constraints is that I need to password-protect details like the location and date. The site is mostly static, so adding a full authentication system felt like a lot. I also needed to protect the JavaScript and other…]]></description><link>https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/password-protecting-a-static-site-with-nginx/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/password-protecting-a-static-site-with-nginx/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Using 3D Models in Gatsby]]></title><description><![CDATA[I ran into an interesting problem while trying to host a small graphics project on my Gatsby website. For context, I’m using Three.js to render a snow globe on a web canvas. Writing the snow globe itself was relatively easy. Getting Gatsby to handle the assets the way I wanted…]]></description><link>https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/using-3d-models-in-gatsby/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/using-3d-models-in-gatsby/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another Year, Another Website]]></title><description><![CDATA[I built this version of my site to blog and host fun one-off static pages. It’s built with Gatsby, a static site generator that gives me a lot of flexibility. For example, here’s a responsive counter:

Here’s how it looks in the MDX for this post:

That’s it. That’s the whole…]]></description><link>https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/another-year-another-website/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.eugeneyche.com/post/another-year-another-website/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>