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Pretty Good Hat

The last couple of weekends I’ve been slowly working on some improvements to Armorer, my Destiny 2 loadout finder build in Shiny.

Screenshot showing an application that allows a user to specify several parameters for a Destiny 2 loadout: Class, exotic armor, and several stat criteria including minimum stat total, power level, and primary ability stat values.

Notable enhancements for this release include:

  • Huge revision of the backend method for stat calculation, making it more flexible and accurate
  • Highlighting of masterwork items in display
  • Proper forwarding of selected ability fragments to DIM for loadout building (this was harder than I thought it would be)

There are some bugs to address and optimization to perform, of course. But, with these improvements, the tool is finally just about as functional as I have long wanted it to be! I think it’s really pretty good, and I’m pleased and proud to have made something sophisticated and useful. I hope some more Destiny 2 players will try it out and let me know how it works for you.

Fence posts in the foreground frame the view of a still-green pasture, with a row of trees in the distance. Beyond that is a line of ridges with a tiny bit of snow visible at their highest points.

The first cold days of autumn, plus some rainy overnights, left a small bit of snow just barely visible on the ramp of ridges that lead up to Ben Lomond Peak.

I had some really nice hours this weekend working on my Destiny 2 loadout finder project, Armorer. All my current work is on the backend, and will result eventually in a lot more flexibility in armor piece stat calculation, and – I hope – faster performance. This big Shiny application is complex enough that I can see the rest of the work to do right in front of me, and I know that completing all the revisions is still a pretty substantial piece of work!

Working on a book pitch that will make me a mint, about how a monk-like approach will make project management better and more peaceful for us all. It’s called Gregorian Gantt. Is that a thing already?