Corey Beres

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New website: 2025 edition

Sun, Dec 14, 2025

This website is now built using Eleventy instead of the Perl script I wrote a couple years ago. Everything should look the same as before, except for some minor visual tweaks.

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I just got my first skateboard, where should I go?

Wed, May 22, 2024

Spring seems to be the season of first-time skateboarders, and one place you'll find them is the skatepark. But should they be there?

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New Lockport Railyard Skatepark

Sun, Apr 28, 2024

This past Friday I visited Lockport's new Railyard skatepark for the first time. The concrete skatepark replaced the wooden skatepark that was torn down last year.

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Most satisfying programming language

Tue, Mar 5, 2024

To some degree with software projects I feel pressure to choose the latest technology, or a programming language that's especially well-suited to a task. After reading ILSSA's report and Emily Larned's essay "The Work is the Thing," I felt inspired to re-think how I pursue personal projects.

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New website: 2024 edition

Wed, Feb 21, 2024

Earlier this month I finally took the plunge and blew away my old homepage in exchange for a new, sad, dopey-looking homepage.

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No-scroll 2024

Mon, Feb 19, 2024

About halfway through January I decided to spend less time on social media. Specifically I decided to do less scrolling. I wanted my media consumption to be more deliberate.

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