John Polacek

Chicago Web Developer

Senior Software Engineer at VEG

Shipping open source on Github

Follow me at @johnpolacek

D20 Adventures

D20 Adventures Online RPG Platform

In my spare time I've been working on D20Adventures.com, training an AI to be an RPG GameMaster, starting with a short basic single character adventure.

Animate In

Simple React Animation Utility

Introduction < AnimateIn /> a re-usable React component that I’ve made to drop in whenever I want to quickly add some animation effects to my projects

Websites that Create Themselves

Not Yet News, Speculative Satire from the Future

I built Not Yet News to experiment with creating a website that generates its own content.

My First Hackathon Win

Most Valuable Award for Howl Hackathon 2023

Hey, I won an Internal Hackathon competition at my company, my first ever!

Route Chat

Personal Travel Guide to History and Points of Interest

I built a travel app called Route Chat for a fun weekend project