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I should build a game! I feel like that’s a common dream, right? Game development is what got me interested in design and programming to begin with. I learnt ECMAScript via Flash ActionScript many moons ago. Some time later “Thoughts on Flash” brought a swift demise and ruined legacy to Flash. […]
Opinions are mixed on this post. Sometimes I miss the mark with my blunt tone. In hindsight I can see why parts come across as mean-spirited. I’ve chosen my words poorly. Feedback noted, I will strive to be more positive. The Nero reference was for the sake of a dumb pun and a slight on AI imagery, […]
Disclaimer: this post includes my worst idea yet! Until now my contact form submissions were posted to a Cloudflare worker. The worker encrypted the details with PGP encryption. It then used the Amazon AWS “Simple Email Service” API to send an email to myself. […]
Below is a parody of Simon Willison’s What is agentic engineering? I use the term agentic engineering to describe the practice of casino gambling with the assistance of random superstitions. What are random superstitions? They’re superstitions that can both write and execute entropy. […]
Perhaps my favourite JavaScript APIs live within the Internationalization namespace. A few neat things the Intl global allows: Natural alphanumeric sorting Relative date and times Currency formatting It’s powerful stuff and the browser or runtime provides locale data for free! […]
At Protocol has got me! I’m morphing into an atmosphere nerd. AT Protocol — atproto for short — is the underlying tech that powers Bluesky and new social web apps. Atproto as I understand it is largely an authorization and data layer. Atproto data All atproto data is inherently public. […]
Whilst moving projects off Cloudflare and migrating to Bunny I discovered a neat ‘Bunny hack’ to make life easier. I like to explicitly say “no” to AI bots using AI robots.txt†. Updating this file across multiple websites is tedious. With Bunny it’s possible to use a single file. […]