Two new things to play with on the site this week. Both run right in your browser, nothing to install, nothing to sign up for. They are also in the Coding Projects box at the top of the left column. Sam Posten's Finger Drummer A drum machine you play with your fingers. You get a 4x4 grid of pads and 18 kits to pick from, everything from Arena Rock and Jazz Club to 808 Electro, Trap, Metal, Reggae Dub and 8-Bit Arcade. Every sound is synthesized on the spot, so there are no samples to download. How to play: - Keyboard: the left-hand block 1234 / QWER / ASDF / ZXCV is the pad grid. The right-hand block 7890 / UIOP / JKL; / M,./ plays the same pads, so you can drum with both hands. The number pad works too.
- Mouse or touch: click or tap the pads, or hold and drag across them. It works on a phone.
- Gamepad: buttons, triggers and the D-pad are all pads.
- Space plays a demo groove for the current kit so you can watch which pads light up and play along. Kick is bottom-left, snare is right next to it.
- T starts the loop recorder. You get a four-click count-in, then you play, and it loops. Press T again to stack another layer on top. You can save the result as a WAV.
When you get comfortable, turn on Expert mode in the top-right corner. That adds lessons that teach you each kit's beat one part at a time, tap tempo, note repeat, a bass line and chords that follow along, a stage view, and saved beats. Harford County Liars Dice The classic bluffing game. Everybody rolls in secret, then you take turns bidding on how many of a face are on the whole table, something like "five 4s". Every bid has to raise the last one. When you think the player before you is full of it, call Liar. Whoever is wrong loses a die, and the last player holding dice wins. 1s are wild, until somebody is down to their last die. How to play: - Set up 2 to 10 seats. Each seat is either a person (pass the device around) or a computer player.
- The computer players come in flavors: Aggressive, Passive, Random, Poor, Expert, or Mystery, which picks one in secret. You do not find out who was who until the game ends, and they talk trash while they play.
- New to the game? Hit How to play for a short practice round against two friendly computer players, with tips at every step.
- There is an optional Exact house rule: call Exact if you think the bid is dead on. Get it right and you win a die back.
Both were built with Claude Code over a few evenings. Give them a spin and tell me what breaks. | 
