Midiestro Posts

These posts go into more detail about particular commits to the Midestro project. Mainly why I thought I needed to make them and how I came to the implementation.

• The Beginning (October 23, 2024) - TL;DR - Made a page that wasn't very good at being a game yet. Took notes about what to do better for the next several iterations.
• Iterating Towards Playability (October 24, 2024) - TL;DR - Added more debugging and worked on UI / UX concerns with selecting notes to play and seeing them at the right places on the canvas.
• Adding Interactivity (October 25, 2024) - TL;DR - Added some game options and better visual feedback for scoring points during the game.
• Getting to Feature Complete (October 26, 2024) - TL;DR - Added a scoreboard, fixed bugs, and got to Feature Complete!
• Modest Optimizations (October 28, 2024) - TL;DR - Trimmed down on loops and iterations in loops while the game interval ran.
• Effective Optimizations (October 29, 2024) - TL;DR - Added Precached rendered notes and measured performance with browser developer tools.
• Unit Testing and Software Development with Llama 3.3 70b (November 23, 2024) - TL;DR - Wrote Unit Tests and rewrote complex method that had bugs in it.