In-depth writing about code, creative tools, and projects in progress.https://michael-baker-content.github.io/https://michael-baker-content.github.io/blog/bakerlinks/https://michael-baker-content.github.io/blog/bakerlinks/How I built a free link-in-bio platform focused on simple publishing, hosted data, and clean public profile pages.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://michael-baker-content.github.io/blog/building-bakerversity/https://michael-baker-content.github.io/blog/building-bakerversity/A learning-platform experiment exploring course structure, rich lesson editing, and technical content support — and what online art education taught me about building for attention.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://michael-baker-content.github.io/blog/building-this-blog/https://michael-baker-content.github.io/blog/building-this-blog/A walkthrough of how I built this site — from scaffolding an Astro project to deploying on GitHub Pages, and the features I added along the way.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://michael-baker-content.github.io/blog/creating_mikeslist/https://michael-baker-content.github.io/blog/creating_mikeslist/How I turned thin concert listings into a reviewable music discovery workflow — and what I learned about trust, ambiguity, and data quality along the way.Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://michael-baker-content.github.io/blog/fantasy-basketball-dashboard/https://michael-baker-content.github.io/blog/fantasy-basketball-dashboard/How I built a self-hosted dashboard for a custom fantasy sports competition using Python, Flask, and Railway — and what I learned about translating rules into data models.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://michael-baker-content.github.io/blog/movie-database/https://michael-baker-content.github.io/blog/movie-database/How I used TMDB data to build a focused movie lookup tool — and why resisting encyclopedic completeness is the interesting design challenge.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://michael-baker-content.github.io/blog/notion-archive-cleaner/https://michael-baker-content.github.io/blog/notion-archive-cleaner/How I built a small utility for cleaning UUID-appended filenames from Notion exports — and what a narrow tool taught me about product thinking at small scale.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://michael-baker-content.github.io/blog/portfolio-deluxe/https://michael-baker-content.github.io/blog/portfolio-deluxe/How I turned a forked portfolio starter into a content system with case studies, a filterable project index, a contact form, and a small admin dashboard.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://michael-baker-content.github.io/blog/rpg-character-tracker/https://michael-baker-content.github.io/blog/rpg-character-tracker/How I approached dynamic character management for Pathfinder 2E — and what dense tabletop rules taught me about interface design for complex state.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://michael-baker-content.github.io/blog/what-im-building-now/https://michael-baker-content.github.io/blog/what-im-building-now/A tour through the projects I am developing, how they work, where they fit together, and the product challenges they are helping me explore.Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT