Guess the Gadget gives GeekTechLive a reason to come back tomorrow.
One shared puzzle. Four turns. Six curated answers. Part game, part personal project, part reason to come back tomorrow.
GeekTechLive is where I share what I'm building, the old projects that still matter, and the tech experiments worth coming back to.
I'm Chris. Hobby work done seriously: shipped apps, browser-side experiments, project notes, and the archive that shows where it all started.
One shared puzzle. Four turns. Six curated answers. Part game, part personal project, part reason to come back tomorrow.
Some work is shipped. Some is still in progress. All of it comes from the same mix of problem solving, curiosity, and tech nostalgia.
StackGarden turns simple tile placement into a satisfying loop of matching, clearing, and combos that works in under five minutes. Live on the App Store.
Guess the Gadget is GeekTechLive’s daily browser game. Solve one curated hardware or fictional-tech puzzle in four turns, with every answer tied back to cited sources.
Tradeoff gives structure to hard decisions. Weighted criteria, guided prompts, and side-by-side scoring help you see the right answer instead of just feeling it.
GeekTechLive makes more sense once you know the history. Years of podcasting, blogging, and gadget coverage built the instincts that now show up in apps, small games, and browser projects.
Those old Pascal programs are not just nostalgia. They're the earliest version of that same curiosity, rebuilt for the browser.
How I set up Keystatic CMS to post to my Astro blog from any device.
A new daily gadget challenge with curated choices, source-backed answers, and a public leaderboard.
StackGarden is approved and shipping. Here's how I built it.
GeekTechLive is one-person work built outside the day job. Smaller scope, more personality, and room for ideas that don't need a roadmap.