I am a young developer (in high school), who is always building things and experimenting with new programming languages and technologies.
— About: an introduction and a short history
— Blog: I write articles about code
— Code: a few projects I've built
— Résumé: what I've done and what I offer
Scroll down to see my latest blog posts, and I hope you enjoy this site.
— Gabriel Romualdo, November 7, 2019
Note: I formerly wrote under my pseudonym, Fred Adams.
August 8, 2020
Est. 3 min read
I recently spent a few hours refactoring some of the backend code on this site at xtrp.io. In changing the backend, I wanted to make sure the refactored code worked the s...
July 31, 2020
Est. 5 min read
Discord bots can be useful in doing a variety of things like playing music in a voice chat, or sending automated announcements when a Youtuber releases a new video. I'm a...
May 27, 2020
Est. 3 min read
Custom scrollbars on the web can make a site or design stand out. They can help in portraying key design aspects of a site, whether that be a specific color or a particul...
May 24, 2020
Est. 3 min read
Due to lockdown and quarantine in numerous countries, this year's AP tests were moved to an online platform created by College Board, the creator of the AP program and ot...
March 21, 2020
Est. 6 min read
Today, I am proud to release my latest web app and project: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Live Monitor, your hub for news and information on the Coronavirus outbreak. The code c...
February 29, 2020
Est. 3 min read
Global variables can cause serious problems and bugs in large-scale projects and web apps. IIFE's solve this problem by wrapping code in an immediately invoked function, ...
February 5, 2020
Est. 4 min read
I just recently added a fun little feature on my website at xtrp.io: a progress bar when reading blog posts. The bar would show how far users have progressed in reading a...
January 27, 2020
Est. 2 min read
CSS variables have been around for quite some time now, but are nevertheless extremely useful. The value of a variable can be just about anything, from pixel values to co...
January 17, 2020
Est. 2 min read
In general, normal JavaScript allows for code that is badly written and includes bad syntax. But, use strict solves this problem. Introduced in ES5, the use strict direct...
January 12, 2020
Est. 1 min read
Today I am proud to release my latest project — a website and the first ever DEV bot (as far as I know), called Daily Developer Jokes. The Daily Developer Jokes bot...
January 11, 2020
Est. 3 min read
LOLCODE is an esoteric programming language, a type of programming language which is defined by the Esolang Wiki as follows: an esoteric programming language is a compute...
January 3, 2020
Est. 2 min read
1. Clip Paths: Clip paths allow you to clip elements into a shape, represented in CSS with the polygon, circle, or ellipse functions. Clip paths are written with the clip...
December 24, 2019
Est. 5 min read
The developer world is changing quickly. New tech is quickly rendering old languages and frameworks useless, and the hype for new stuff such as WebAssembly, AI, and crypt...
December 15, 2019
Est. 3 min read
JavaScript is a weird language. It's an object-oriented language, but for many years it never had classes. It was built for the browser, but now it can also run on a serv...
December 12, 2019
Est. 4 min read
I have used all three operating systems in my lifetime. When I used Windows it felt too bloated and I missed Bash, my Linux experience was really positive but too many ap...