DPR Calculator Dev Diary #1
So I made a damage per round calculator for 5e around two years ago. Well I made a version four years ago and then updated it and actually hosted it two years ago. But anyway, it never really saw any traction - nobody every used it. Might've been a visibility thing, I do have trouble with self-promotion, but I understand now more than ever how much that matters. People can't see the cool thing unless you tell them about a cool thing!
But that DPR calculator, I was pretty proud of it! It was the culmination of a journey that saw me get even better at both probability and programming!
And recently, as I was thinking about if that calculator was up to snuff for the 2024 rules (I actually made it pretty robust!) and how fun it would be to revisit it AND revisit probability, I saw that it was broken... Turns out only a single function was deprecated and needed to be swapped out... BUT! I thought, why don't I just make it better than what it was!
That first app is pure python hosted in streamlit, and streamlit rocks! But I think this time, I'd like to use react.js. I know enough javascript to be dangerous, but I'm firmly a python baby, so it'll be a great opportunity to learn even more!
That's all I've got for now! Look out for future dev diaries and an incoming dpr calculator ready to be used with the 2024 rules!