Rovani's Sandbox

Rovani's Sandbox

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Sandbox Side Projects

Some of the side projects that I have started as a way to experiment with new (to me) frameworks, languages, and other tech.

Hero Wars: Alliance Helper

Since the acquisition by Shopify of the Remix project, I wanted to really dive into the framework as a way to learn React and be better informed on how it could be used within a Shopify storefront. As I was pondering what the project should be based around, I picked up the mobile game Hero Wars: Alliance to idly pass time. There were many data-based questions I had (how much of resource A do I need to be stockpiling? what's my win/loss ratio against various opponents and teams? what missions should I focus on raiding for maximizing resources?), so I thought I'd build a tool to help compile the information and provide me with insights.

It's still a work in progress (as of August 2025). The lessons I have learned about React, Remix (now React Router v7), Tailwind, Supabase, and shadcn/ui components has been very informative and exciting to tinker with.

This project has also been a fantastic playground for working with Claude Code.

HS Mercs Helper

For a hot minute, I was really into the Mercenaries mode of Hearthstone. I was frustrated with the game's inability to peak at the different levels of skills and items, and I wanted the ability to track what was in my collection from outside of the game. At the time, I was first learning how to create Vue 3 projects using the Composition API, Tailwind CSS, and FontAwesome. I also included experiments with Pinia data store and Vite build tool.

I fell off from playing the game in early 2022 and my interest in the project faded with it.