Reklaw

@reklawcodes.bsky.social

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A closeup shot of the head louse Reklaw found crawling on his head today. It’s on a piece of white printer paper.

$A screenshot from Reklaw's console. It has white text on a black background with a fixed-width font. It's a composite of two screenshots. In the break between text there's Reklaw's "Sleepybot" robot mascot with a surprised look on its face, drawn in a shade of purple matching a small part of the text that's colorized. Some of the file paths in the image are crossed out crudely with the same color. The console text reads: [MongoDBManager ] Constructor complete. [Server ] Connecting to MongoDB [MongoDBManager.connect] Initializing database connection. [MongoDBManager] Database connection initialized. [Server] Starting lazy initialization of MongoDB models. [MongoDBManager.initialize_models] Complete. [Server] Invoking ServerState.get_instance() [GameState.load_from_db] Success. [Stream.find_active_stream] No Stream found. ***BREAK*** [Server] Initializing HypeTrainManager [Server] Initialization sequence complete. [TwitchAPIAgent. #get_app_access_token] Authorization token retrieved from Twitch and set in TwitchAPIAgent. Token expiration: 2026-08-22T16:52:41.478Z [HTTPHelper] /API/TASK-SUMMARY Endpoint invoked. Processing... Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat '***\public\index.html' [General. Custom] Receiving Event [Admin.Ping_Websocket] Responding to Ping with Pong! [CustomClient.broadcast_general] Transmitted to Twitch: Pong! [MongoDBManager] Disconnected from MongoDB server. MongoServerSelectionError: connect ECONNREFUSED *** at Topology.selectServer(***\node_modules\mongo\db\lib\sdam\topology. js :327:38)$

A snapshot from Reklaw’s weather app. It reads:

Current temperature: 41 degrees
High/low: 41/22 degrees
Extreme heat warning. These conditions are expected to last until 11PM Tuesday, June 16.
Sunny conditions will continue for the rest of the day. Wind gusts are up to 12 km/hr.

A portait shot of Reklaw. He’s wearing glasses with black, somewhat-square shaped frames. He has a Van Dyke goatee with some wisps of gray. His ponytail is thrown forward over his shoulder; he has a mix of dark and light brown hair.

The shaft of an umbrella rests on his shoulder with its blue material filling the background. The people behind him are casting a shadow on the material.

He’s wearing a tan bucket hat with a yellow and brown patch, and a dark blue polo shirt.

A black collapsible stool on a sidewalk. There’s a chainlink fence behind.

A closeup of Reklaw’s metal cafeteria tray from breakfast this morning, sitting on a white table. Items on the tray: a croissant with ham and cheese inside and an apple-filled pastry.

A closeup of Reklaw’s metal cafeteria tray from dinner last night. He ate most of it and almost forgot to take a picture! Items left on the tray: a chicken drumstick from KFC, a handful of mixed salad.

Reklaw’s metal cafeteria tray from breakfast, sitting on a white table with hot sauce and his steel water bottle at the top of the frame. Items on the tray: two biscuits covered in a large portion of white gravy with bits of sausage, a handful of green and purple grapes, and a chocolate muffin.

Reklaw's dinner tray from last night: a metal cafeteria tray with meaty chili, mixed salad, garlic bread, and some blueberries. A metal fork is stuck into the chili.

The top level of a bunk bed fills the majority of the picture. The bed has a black steel frame cradling a dark mattress. The mattress is covered in a plastic wrap for sanitation. A black trash bag (full of bedding) can be seen in the bottom right corner. The top of another bed is visible in the background. Further in the background is a corner of the room where two off-white walls meet. One of the walls has two windows where afternoon light spills through.

A thin futon rests on a white tile floor, pushed up against a wall. It has a pillow with vibrant pink, yellow, and green pillowcase, and a white sheet pulled back to reveal a pink fitted sheet. Reklaw’s off-white baseball cap is next to pillow and his black shoes are tucked behind the pillow, against the wall.

Reklaw’s favorite spot to sit outside at the shelter. It’s a concrete curb at the edge of a parking lot that slopes downward. It seems like a bird may have pooped right where he usually likes to sit.

A defaced window in a restroom. The window is painted over white and has a metal mesh within it. The surrounding paint is also white. A metal bar can be seen along the bottom of the frame. There’s blue marker text reading “Fuck off Satan” and a hole scratched in the window is circled with the same marker.

A view from Reklaw’s top bunk bed. A black metal bed frame and mattress covered with sheets is in the foreground. The background shows the bottom bunk of another bed, with mattress stripped down to a plastic covering. A couple people are standing behind the bed, with only their legs showing.

The video quickly pans across Reklaw’s passenger seat in his vehicle. It’s piled up with various items: toiletries, paper towels, instant coffee, an umbrella, a backpack. Outside it’s raining. A green bush can be seen waving in the wind against a dark fence.

The video ends with the camera turning on Reklaw; he waves briefly. He’s a white man with long brown hair tied in a ponytail and a goatee with a streak of gray. He’s wearing a white baseball cap, glasses, and a black hoodie with the hood up.

A closeup of Reklaw’s face. He’s lying in bed, head against pillow. He’s a white man with long messy brown hair and blue eyes. He has black-rimmed glasses, a green t-shirt, and an N-95 respirator on his face. He’s holding up two fingers in the v-shaped “peace” sign. A white brick wall is barely visible behind him.

Reklaw’s new adjustable-height telescoping camping stool, black in color with a square seat. It’s nudged against the steel wall of an awning and painted white. Reklaw’s stainless steel water jug rests on the asphalt in front of it. There is a small stick on the ground and a wet spot trailing offscreen.

One of the rooms in the men’s dormitories at Reklaw’s shelter. There are 3 rows of 4 bunk beds, with a row of 2 beds in the back of the room. White tile flooring. The beds are empty of people and are made with assorted bedding.

Video transcript with descriptions in square brackets:

[A video showing Reklaw’s face close-up as he walks along a street. He’s wearing a white hat, black hoodie with the hood pulled up, and a red shirt. Leafless trees scroll past amid the blue morning sky. The video has a couple hashtags written on it: #MMORPG #Roguelike]

Hey! Any Megabonk enjoyers out there? Anybody play other MMORPGs or roguelikes?

I’m looking into making one of these games for myself. So I’m curious to hear what you like about those games and what other games in those genres you like to play.

So hit me up in my messages or check out my other socials.

Transcript in replies. The video is a closeup of Reklaw’s face while he’s on a morning walk. The sky and trees scroll by in the background.

Cover art for Mario Power Tennis for the Nintendo Gamecube showing a few characters on a tennis court. Mario is diving to intercept a tennis ball in the foreground, with Bowser and Yoshi behind him.

Description:

The video shows Reklaw on his morning walk through the neighborhood. The background is mostly the morning sky with leaveless trees against it. A local temperature widget in the corner shows 10 degrees Celsius (50 F).

Transcript:

Good morning everybody! Happy Tuesday!

[The camera briefly cuts to an electrical utility box on the side of the road]

Here’s the box on my walk. It’s blinking. It’s chilling. So am I. Having a decent day so far. I hope you all are too.

I saw an interesting social media post about “how to work with me” documents, and kind of just expressing to people up front what kind of conditions you like to work in, and I feel like that would have helped me a lot with my recent drama at my co-working space.

So tell me what you think about that. I think it’s an interesting concept. I’m gonna try to expand upon it on social media today. So I’ll talk to you soon. Have a good day!

Reklaw’s gym selfie from today. He’s smiling and making the “v” sign with his fingers. Caption: “Gym felt good. Ready to tackle the week”

A video of Reklaw on his daily walk. Most of the video is of his face with trees in the background. Transcript:

Good morning everybody! Going on my walk today. Got this box here. He’s still going, still blinking green, still doing good.

[The camera pans briefly to a small utility box of some sort on the sidewalk. It has a solid green light on it.]

Had a rough couple of days, but I guess I’m happy it’s the weekend. I’m glad the government shutdown stopped for like a day and they revitalized the food stamps, so I’ve been eating food again. Today I’m gonna do some writing. I feel like I need to write about my story a little bit more in my life and need to be asking for help. So I’m gonna plan that out today if I can find a place to charge my phone. That’s what I’m praying for.

Reklaw’s Halloween lunch tray. Clockwise starting from the nearest item to the camera (6 o’clock): a hot dog in a bun covered in a salsa so mild it passes for ketchup; a splash of hot sauce from Reklaw’s own reserve; a couple sugar cookies; a handful of mixed salad greens with creamy dressing; a handful of a mix of tortilla chips, pretzels, and popcorn; banana.

Reklaw’s glass-top desk at the coworking space, partially disassembled. A monitor sits on a shoebox wrapped in an old sweater. On the desk rests a power strip, pink headset, and various other peripherals. A PC tower and microphone are on the floor. A full backpack on a chair is pulled out from the desk.

A screenshot from Reklaw's console showing output from Streamer.bot. The tail end of a stack trace is visible, then some debug statments from the RabbitMQ management module: channels and connections were closed, then restored.

A screenshot from Reklaw's Twitch channel showing his bot spamming a message repeatedly: "@ReklawCodes Error in RabbitMQManager.consume_quest_completion()! QuestParticipation.mark_complete() failed for MissingNo". The bot is banned at timestamp 17:17 then unbanned 3 minutes later, only to resume the spam.

$A screenshot from Reklaw's console showing output from Streamer.bot. A custom event is receieved, then a test message is broadcast to RabbitMQ. Some debug messages are sent to Twitch chat. The test broadcast is picked up and processed by a handler for expired RabbitMQ messages. Full text: [Admin.Test_Quest] New request received. Processing... [RabbitMQManager] Publishing quest start message: {"event":"RabbitMQ.send_quest_start","user_display":"MissingNo","quest_participation_id":987654321,"duration_ms":10000,"timestamp":"2025-10-23T20:17:27.886Z"} [RabbitMQManager] is_test value: true [RabbitMQManager] Test Quest detected; exiting function. CatSalute [Test_Quest]: Quest successfully sent to RabbitMQ for MissingNo CustomClient: General Broadcast Transmitted to Twitch: [RabbitMQManager] Sending test quest to RabbitMQ! CustomClient: General Broadcast Transmitted to Twitch: Test quest has started! [consume_quest_completion] Test message detected; skipping quest logic. CustomClient: General Broadcast Transmitted to Twitch: Test quest completed.$

A grayscale image of the decaying stone ledge Reklaw has been sitting on for the last few weekends. His stainless steel water bottle rests on it. A chain link fence lays behind the ledge, with a parked car barely visible beyond it.

A screenshot of console output from Streamer.bot Client, with white and green text on a black background. It describes the process taken to assign an achievement: a custom event is received from StreamerBot and routed to a handler function, a User document is created if necessary, an EarnedAchievement document is created (with references to the User and Achievement documents) if one doesn't already exist, then a summary of these actions is broadcast to Twitch chat.

A screenshot from MongoDB Compass showing a new Achievement document for Comrade Connections, titled "Ground Floor". The _id field is obscured and replaced with the number 3229071.

A grayscale image shows a plastic crate with a metallic water bottle next to it. They sit on a concrete floor stained by unknown fluids, and against a concrete brick wall. Some paint is stripped from the wall in a horizontal line shape. A window is barely visible on the wall.

White text on a black background. A listing of Reklaw’s usual food for the day, with prices. The items: $3 juice for breakfast, $1.50 burrito for lunch, $1.50 oat bar snack, $6 salad for dinner. This sums to $12, a bit over Reklaw’s food assistance budget of about $10 per day.

A screenshot from Reklaw's Twitch console showing that he's halfway to his concurrent viewership goal. Full text: "Minimum of 3 average viewers on 4 different days, in 13.06 hours streamed 2/4"

$Console output from Reklaw's customized Streamerbot Client. Multiple users are added to the active_users Map, their existence is verified, they are updated, then active_users is cleared. Full text: Test Command Invoked by StreamerBot ServerState.active_users: User give_a_gift_today (3229071) added/updated ServerState.active_users: User cannot_trust_me (1312) added/updated give_a_gift_today exists: true give_a_gift_today stats: { username: 'give_a_gift_today', is_soon: false, has_rallied: false } cannot_trust_me stats: { username: 'cannot_trust_me', is_soon: true, has_rallied: false } give_a_gift_today updated stats: { username: 'give_a_gift_today', is_soon: false, has_rallied: true } ServerState.remove_user: User 1312 removed ServerState.clear_active_users succeeded.$

A snapshot of Reklaw’s local weather forecast. The temperature ranges from a low of 24 degrees (75F) to a high of 43 degrees (108F).

Inside Reklaw’s PC case. A graphics card is in focus, behind it the motherboard glows with a yellow warning light.

A screenshot of the info panel on Reklaw's Twitch stream. The "About" section shows a total of 111 followers.

White monospaced text on a black background shows output from StreamerBot Client: a new Stream record is saved in MongoDB and in a singleton object I'm using as a cache.

Reklaw's scene switching code for StreamerBot/OBS, written in C#. There's a class declaration for SceneChangeRequest. The main Execute() function determines the destination scene based on the current one. Next it creates and serializes a SceneChangeRequest object. Finally it sends a request to OBS.

$A screenshot of some JavaScript I refactored to improve readability. My game server receives WebSocket messages from the client which have to be unwrapped. This destructuring statement simplifies nested object access: Old Code: tier = payload.data.subTier; user_id = payload.data.userId; display_name = payload.data.displayName; New Code: const { subTier: tier, userId: user_id, displayName: display_name } = payload.data;$