Ashley
Rose
Hey there! My name is Ashley and I'm a software engineer from the UK. I love working on challenging projects and trying new things — I try to never stop learning. More about me.
Featured Projects
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4D Geometry Viewer
- May 3, 2020
- 4 Minutes
Developing a game that uses the fourth dimension is rarely discussed, if discussed at all. I created an interactive visualisation of 4D geometry to learn how to apply 3D rendering concepts to higher dimensions.
Hogs of War: Level Editor
- March 23, 2020
- 6 Minutes
A cross-platform tool that allows for the visualisation and manipulation of Hogs of War map files.
Recent Activity
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I'm burned out
- February 23, 2024
- 6 Minutes
It occurred to me that I hadn't updated my website in over a year, and with good reason: I'm burned out. Here's what I've been thinking about.
Notakto: A Haskell game with Apecs and Raylib
- November 20, 2022
- 92 Minutes
My previous post on Apecs was very well received, but I've seen a lot of people using the now-out-of-date code and somewhat struggling. Time to dive back in!
Laplace's rule of succession
- July 20, 2022
- 10 Minutes
I find myself talking to many people about this bit of maths simply because I've actually been able to apply it in my life and work. Hopefully in this post I can explain how!
Website redesign with Bulma CSS
- July 7, 2022
- 4 Minutes
There were a lot of teething issues I had with my website, and so I decided to start from scratch and redesign the appearance of my website using Bulma for common components.
First ever QNA!
- May 1, 2022
- 9 Minutes
I've been corresponding with some of my readers over the past few months, and I've sent so many emails that I might as well make a post about it!
Hex Voronoi
- April 19, 2022
- 12 Minutes
After spending a while wandering the internet in search of something new to learn, I found something I somehow missed: the language, Haxe, and the game framework, Heaps. This was the result of my learning.
New Year, New Website
- January 1, 2022
- 7 Minutes
My website has gone through many iterations but I wanted to truly make it my own and have control of every aspect. My website is just as much for me as it is for the rest of the world and I enjoy tinkering with it now and again.
What is Nix?
- December 20, 2021
- 5 Minutes
I seem to be nixifying everything, from my operating system to my website. I wanted to go into a bit of detail about what it's like working with Nix.
My Website: aas.sh
- December 1, 2021
- 1 Minutes
This website is more than just a landing page for people looking to contact me, it's a trophy cabinet for all of my digital achievements, it's a canvas for thinking out loud and a place for me to tinker.
Now on dev.to!
- November 10, 2021
- 2 Minutes
I haven't been blogging much and I thought that it would be good for me to try and take blogging a little more seriously and to try and promote myself so that I'm encouraged to write more content.
4 Months At Jagex
- October 19, 2021
- 3 Minutes
4 months ago, I accepted a life-changing opportunity to work for Jagex, a studio I've aspired to work for since I played RuneScape when I was younger. I thought I'd update my blog since it has been a while.
Goodbye DSD, Hello Jagex!
- June 25, 2021
- 9 Minutes
Roughly this time last year, I accepted a job at Deep Silver Dambuster Studios, but unfortunately it wasn't a great fit for me. I'm now pleased to announce that I managed to get a job at Jagex!
HexagonalHS
- June 25, 2020
- 14 Minutes
I've been playing around with Haskell for quite a while and I wanted to have a play around with a purely-functional graphics pipeline.
No longer a student
- June 24, 2020
- 11 Minutes
I've just completed my master's year at Sheffield Hallam University and accepted a job offer, life is feeling pretty great right now! Unfortunately, I haven't written a blog post in over a year because of academia, and so it's finally time to update my blog!
4D Geometry Viewer
- May 3, 2020
- 4 Minutes
Developing a game that uses the fourth dimension is rarely discussed, if discussed at all. I created an interactive visualisation of 4D geometry to learn how to apply 3D rendering concepts to higher dimensions.
Hogs of War: Level Editor
- March 23, 2020
- 6 Minutes
A cross-platform tool that allows for the visualisation and manipulation of Hogs of War map files.