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How fast is rust? Simulating 200,000,000 particles

The challenge, simulate 100,000,000 particles in rust using only the cpu. Let’s go.

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how not to run a saas company

Founder mode, somewhere someone said something and a meme was born. Join me as we explore what it means to founder mode.

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why everyone hates levels

Levelsio and I go way back, like 8 years back. I first met him on the twitter when I came across the “indie hacker” scene.

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Can you convert a video to pure css?

Can you convert a video to pure css? There is only one way to find out.

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programming, i hate it

There is a stereotypical programmer. We all know the one. The Marky Marks, stripy bois, Steve and Steves. The wiz kids.

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how to save $13.27 on your sAAs bill

Vercel has a decent entry level analytics product which I cannot afford so I am going to build my own.

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How not to use box shadows

So you think you know box shadows huh? I bet you didn't know they could do this.

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How fast is javascript? Simulating 20,000,000 particles

The challenge, simulate 1,000,000 particles in plain javascript at 60 fps on a phone using only the cpu. Let’s go.

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offer up is the tinder of marketplaces

OfferUp is like a terrible version of Tinder but for selling on a marketplace. Boosts, promotions, and other "gameification" make it trashier than the perception most have of the venerable Craigslist.

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is there light at the end of the tunnel

Is there light at the end of the tunnel? I say yes...or at least sometimes depending on how you look at it.

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how to use web workers with typescript

A practical example of where web workers can improve performance and UX but there are gotchas and limits

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never give up

Why do fun project ideas end up dead even when they are feature complete? The fear of unknown timed tasks is why I'll tell you what.

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too many birthdays

I have a hard enough time remembering to take the trash out let alone the birthdays of my massive family. Does this make me a bad uncle?

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journey before destination

It is hard to be focused and motivated when ones eyes are not on the task at hand but rather the accolades in the future.

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thinking around a pen

Codepen is a delightful app that I used over the years to practice my frontend skill. One thing that has annoyed me was that over time they have limited features more and more behind a pay wall for a pro account...

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love is work and so is css

I love css. And well, to love something, it is not always rainbows :rainbow: and sunshine :sunny:

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A lazy dark mode

A fast simple way of drop in dark mode support using nextjs and react.

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all the ways to css

I recently finished a little project that was a css birthday card of sorts for a friend. It was bunches of fun doing but recently I looked back on the code and work and had to come to terms with something....my code was bad...really bad.

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a perfect blog editor

What is the perfect blog editor? Nextjs with mdx is one way of doing it...kinda.

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