Thoughts on web development, simplicity, and building things that work
What does it actually take to make a fake mouse cursor move like a real one? A hands-on tour through linear interpolation, easing, Bézier curves and the biomechanics of why arms curve — with interactive demos for each piece.
Read More →DarkAuth derives your encryption keys from your password and never lets the server see them. So what happens when there's no password? Here's the long, winding road to federation, SCIM and passkeys without giving up zero-knowledge.
Read More →January and February were a massive security sprint for DarkAuth. From overhauling session security to tightening ZK/OIDC flows and modernizing RBAC, here's what actually shipped.
Read More →How I built a DNS-like system for Autonomi that solves the fundamental conflict between discoverability and ownership using Ed25519 signatures and shared registers.
Read More →How I built a tool that validates every file in your codebase against custom rules using AI, running at 300 tokens/second for less than a cent.
Read More →How I built a todo list using DuckDB WebAssembly and Origin Private File System storage to create persistent browser-based database applications.
Read More →How I built a library to share encryption keys between domains without servers ever seeing them, using URL fragments and modern cryptography.
Read More →How I adapted Anthropic's Claude Code Action for Gitea, enabling AI-powered code assistance in self-hosted Git environments.
Read More →Challenge the norm of using big frameworks and discover the benefits of simple, functional programming approaches.
Read More →Why you should stop mocking internal application logic and start mocking external dependencies with test servers instead.
Read More →Explore why Redux might be overkill for your React application and discover simpler alternatives for state management.
Read More →Learn how to create command-line tools using Node.js from scratch, with both bare-bones and library-assisted approaches.
Read More →Learn how to build your own custom Read-Eval-Print Loop (REPL) using Node.js for interactive development and administration.
Read More →Learn how to build a simple HTTP server using Node.js without any external dependencies or frameworks.
Read More →Deep dive into how the JavaScript event loop works in Node.js and why it's essential for building scalable applications.
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