The Pond is a project I have been slowly developing the last couple of months (As of the day of writing this July 6th) is planned to be a web-based game in which users are able to purchase plots of land on a virtual board and raise fish. These fish then can be used to fight other people's fish to attempt and claim their plot of land.

This is a valid question that I am completely willing to take the complete blame of. The main delay stems from my want to write my own Web-Application framework using Winsock and C++, which I will allow you to judge me for. As of July 6th 2026 I have most basic components of my Web-Application Framework working on some kind of capacity. Right now it is split into 2 main sub-programs

1. HTML Templater - A custom HTML template library I wrote which dynamically generates HTML code using a system of templates which can be given custom values.
2. Server Handler - A custom Winsock application which is able to accept and handle HTTP requests from a client, and programmatically respond to such requests using programmer defined functions and such.

I mainly took up this task from a dissatisfaction I felt when using the WSGI web application framework Flask (For anyone thats not me I would recommend using an existing web application framework). I was introduced to Flask during one of my CS classes and honestly fell more in love with learning the HTTP protocol more, but I was disappointed knowing that my class was not going to cover such low-level topics and I understand why. Programming is often regarded as buisness first, people often skip past the low-level stuff so they can quickly make a program that forfills their needs. With the onslaught of AI coding agents this became even more apparent to me, especially with my school's sudden and quick adoption of AI assistance.

I am a try hard programmer, I do more work than I need to and I know that. However I personally find it more enjoyable and rewarding this way. I enjoy the art of programming, and I know that it's not something everyone wants to do when programming.

Its a simple thing really, What I wish to do is keep people updated on what I am working on and try to share the excitement with others! I am very passionate about programming and I want to share my experience to the world when possible. This is a learning experience for me, and I want to help others who are trying to do something similar to me feel less alone. I want to help preserve the art of programming if possible!