Tom's SiteHi, I'm Tom. I'm a software engineer from Estonia who is bad at landing page text. This is my blog.https://thom.ee/A clean way to use required value types in ASP.NET Corehttps://thom.ee/blog/clean-way-to-use-required-value-types-in-asp-net-core/https://thom.ee/blog/clean-way-to-use-required-value-types-in-asp-net-core/Dealing with required non-nullable value types in input models without making your integers nullable. Using nullable ints everywhere is ugly, so what can we do?Sun, 17 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMTDeciding between CRDTs and OT for data synchronizationhttps://thom.ee/blog/crdt-vs-operational-transformation/https://thom.ee/blog/crdt-vs-operational-transformation/CRDTs and OT algorithms are two of the most popular approaches to automatic data synchronization. Which one fits your use case best?Tue, 20 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTAdding cycles to a tree-based dungeon generatorhttps://thom.ee/blog/procedural-generation/https://thom.ee/blog/procedural-generation/Building a dungeon generator for Runebind that produces varied layouts without sacrificing hand-crafted quality.Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhat makes or breaks agency in roguelikeshttps://thom.ee/blog/what-makes-or-breaks-agency-in-roguelikes/https://thom.ee/blog/what-makes-or-breaks-agency-in-roguelikes/A look at agency, mastery, and randomness in roguelike games.Sat, 12 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT