How to Get the Most Out of This Forum
Welcome to TheCaptainDumbass.com community — where IT nerds, storytellers, gamers, tinkerers, and chaos navigators all have a seat at the table. Whether you’re here to laugh, learn, lurk, or leave your mark, this guide will help you jump in without feeling lost in the fog.
Quick Start Checklist
Browse the Categories — Each one is seeded with at least one example post.
Reply with a comment — Even a simple “this was cool” lets others know you’re out there.
Have a story, build, or thought? Start your own thread in the right category.
Use Search — Many walkthroughs, stories, and builds are tagged and easy to find.
What You’ll Find Here
Gaming & GameDev
- Posts about retro titles, development logs, and reviews
IT & Systems
- Scripts, setup guides, weird fixes, and infrastructure war stories
Creative & Projects
- Fictional stories (like Dennis & Roberta), audio blogs, book ideas, and project write-ups
Development & Code
- Code walkthroughs, guides, Git workflows (like the commit-sync doc), and more
AI + Automation
Many posts on this forum are built in collaboration with AI (ChatGPT, WindSurf, Cursor). If you’re curious how to work efficiently with these tools, you’ll find examples and guides throughout.
Culture & Community
- Be curious, not cruel
- It’s okay to be a beginner
- It’s okay to be an expert
- It’s 100% okay to be ridiculous here — as long as it’s respectful
What’s Coming Soon?
- Weekly story drops (with audio + forum posts)
- Behind-the-scenes dev logs
- Live updates via RSS from YouTube uploads
- Comment automation tests using Python
Still Not Sure Where to Start?
Head to the category that makes you say: “I’d click that.”
And if nothing speaks to you yet? No worries. Lurkers are still legends.
Thanks for being here. See you in the chaos.
— Dennis (and the AI behind the curtain)