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Yes of course. Multiple programs in various languages. I find it helps to learn a language or concept by coding up a personal project to achieve the goal I set. I've written web applications and desktop applications, working on writing a few mobile apps too.

Static blog generator from markdown to HTML - Golang

Selfhosted HTML LAN dashboard - PHP

GPIO garage door opener on a PI - Golang

CLI Geoip lookup from mmdb to stdout - C

SNMP client - C

Various web sites - python/flask, bare HTML/JS, Golang

User login 'guardian' daemon (time frame for kids login / tracking) - Golang

Spotify listener - Golang

Web scrapping bots - python

Reverse regular expression (regex pattern to strings that should math) - Golang

CTF score keeping/flag tracker - Golang

And many other small snippets in Perl, Python, C, shell, etc just for one offs or scripting needs.



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