Programming

Programming

House of Beor Markdown – Viewer/Editor for Markdown Files

Beren Erchamion
October 20, 2026

Markdown files have been used for years in software engineering teams. Recently I’ve been using them more frequently in other types of work – such as creative writing or interacting with GenAI tools and their output. Without having an IDE…

12 min read

Building a New “Big” Beer List

Beren Erchamion
May 3, 2026

I’ve had a “big ” beer list on this blog for a long time. It grew over the years and was a huge long series of hard coded HTML entries. 171 beers and a lot of HTML to maintain, plus…

7 min read

setState(2025) – Developing with Flutter 3.0

Beren Erchamion
November 16, 2025

It is 2025 and developing with Flutter 3.0 seems like a great approach to building a macOS desktop app. It has been a couple of years since I have last worked with Flutter. What I would like to do is…

6 min read

Configuring macOS Sonoma for Software Engineering

Beren Erchamion
February 29, 2024

Over the years I’ve tracked how to properly configure a MacBook Pro for software development. Here I am with a new machine and I will document configuring macOS Sonoma for software engineering. As with my prior posts I’ll keep this…

6 min read

The Google Pixel Watch Arrived at Tarn Aeluin

Beren Erchamion
July 3, 2023

The Google Pixel Watch arrived at Tarn Aeluin for my birthday this past June. A smart watch has not been high on my list of technology gadgets. I don’t have anything against smart watches, other than their large size and…

6 min read

Python Programming in 2023

Beren Erchamion
February 11, 2023

For longtime readers here at House of Beor, you will know that back in the early 2000’s I was working with Plone and Python quite a bit. For a variety of reasons I stopped and got into PHP, Drupal, Obj-C,…

9 min read