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Welcome to Drygast.NET – be brave enough to suck at something new!

Welcome to Drygast.NET – the premier destination for bitter old coders! Here you'll find articles about coding and all its intricacies and glories. My goal with this site is to write new articles when I have something meaningful or amusing to say, supplement videos on my YouTube channel and publish a couple of small games for you to play. Regardless of why you're here - welcome! I sincerely hope you find something interesting and useful!


Latest blog posts

November 21, 2025 - Drygast

How to install MySQL Workbench on Linux Mint 22

After stumbling through this process once before, I decided to write up a simple guide for installing MySQL Workbench on Linux Mint 22.2. If nothing else, future me will thank me.
June 29, 2025 - Drygast

Old man tries to make a game

Is game-dev for me? I don't know, but I'm gonna find out.
April 10, 2025 - Drygast

Swapping drives in a Synology DS918+

From 3x3TB to 4x4TB in a RAID5.

Blog categories

How To
Basics
Database
Game Dev
MySQL
Software Dev

Latest games

December 07, 2025

Cornelius Coins: First Flip

Flip the coin 15 times in a row to win!
January 21, 2024

Ah Balls!

A minimal suika (watermelon) game clone made with Godot.
January 15, 2024

Wandrlust

A webbased geography game (multiplayer supported) where you must find the map location based on a video.

Latest Quizzes

Amiga Legends - The 16-bit Gaming Revolution
November 21, 2025

Amiga Legends - The 16-bit Gaming Revolution

Commodore 64 Classics - The Legendary Games
November 20, 2025

Commodore 64 Classics - The Legendary Games

Classic Arcade Games - Visual Challenge
November 19, 2025

Classic Arcade Games - Visual Challenge

Random dev info of the day
Pebkac Error
(Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair): A humorous term blaming the user rather than the software for an issue, suggesting a user error.
I also cook occasionally!