hailpixel
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Comment · 10 months ago
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Comment · 1 year ago
I LOVE when people geek out about the most simple mathematical things*, especially discovering the animation power of the trigonometric functions... or any of mathematics underlying modern interactive stuff. It's one thing to know what they do, it's another to understand the power of that tool.
* I wrote a similar article around making "blobs" a while back: https://www.hailpixel.com/articles/generative-art-simple-mat...
Comment · 1 year ago
Always love a fun quiz, but some of the example answers are just incorrect. Eg: `document.example('example')` to select a HTML button element. Others are to rigid to allow the true breadth of correct answers.
Ya'll might want to switch from V0 to claude code.
Comment · 1 year ago
Simon's site runs on Django: https://github.com/simonw/simonwillisonblog, which is unsurprising as he is one of Django's co-creators.
But I agree with you, a great use case for a Next.js-esque static site.
Comment · 1 year ago
I also went for 0% speedrun challenge.
Comment · 1 year ago
AskUI could be a solution. It's also not just in browser, but the whole desktop: https://github.com/askui/vision-agent
Comment · 2 years ago
I love this genre, and there is such a plethora of interesting reads. I think one of the most interesting, in terms of presenting technology's role in varied societies, is A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge. Great read if you are bored of the classic space opera.
Comment · 2 years ago
In case you missed it, the current leader is `tRNA`: https://www.cellar-door.co.uk/leaderboard
Which, isn't even a word, but I enjoy the internet doing classic internet things.
Edit: It is now `no`. Amazing.
Comment · 2 years ago
Amazing, history does repeat itself. One of the companies in my batch (S07) was iJigg (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ijigg), which had the 2007's version of this interface: single upvote, player, and all. It did well and then petered out as many hyper-niche apps did at that time.
Best of luck with this version!
Comment · 2 years ago
You know, I like giant industrial projects and all, but based on the headline I was expecting something a little more exciting.
Anyway, neat crane idea.
Comment · 2 years ago
Love this article. I wrote basically the exact same technique almost 10 years ago. At the time I called it `lazy-easy` and still use it today. Sometimes you just want some nice smooth animation without all the state management: https://www.hailpixel.com/articles/lazy-animation-with-lazy-...
Comment · 2 years ago
The main reason you prepare crêpe batter long before you want to use it is two fold:
1. Allows a bit of gluten development (like cold ferment in bread)
2. And (i believe) most importantly: it allows all the air that was incorporated during whisking to escape, resulting in an even batter
Always wondering if you could just stick it in a vacuum pump...
Comment · 3 years ago
Honestly, whatever suite of tools allows you to organize your research, thoughts, and easily write text. Remove as much friction as possible. When we wrote The Workshop Survival Guide (https://www.workshopsurvival.com/), we used post-it notes on a wall and google docs. It allowed for a fluid collaboration.
On a more meta note, how you approach writing your book is probably more impactful than your toolchain. If you're working on a book that educates (rather than, say, entertains), I'd like to share the writing framework that my longtime collaborator, robfitz, describes in Write Useful Books (https://www.usefulbooks.com/). Basically, treat your book like a product, find your audience, and test your subject matter with them as your craft your prose.
* Disclaimer: Rob and I run Useful Books, a community and toolset for non-fiction authors.
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