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Short, practical notes on building web and android apps, tools, systems, and experiments.

march 1, 2026Hakai: How I Shaved 14 Seconds Off Deleting Folders and Why That Mattered

Because waiting 15 seconds for npkill to tell me how much space my old Next.js projects are taking is 14 seconds too long.

Dev Story · Projects · Rust · Bun · CLI · Performance

february 28, 2026Winmole: I Rebuilt Mac Optimization Tools for Windows Because I Have Trust Issues

Because apparently "clean up system files" in Windows actually means "leave half a gigabyte of telemetry data just in case".

Dev Story · Projects · CLI · Windows · Go · PowerShell

february 27, 2026I Spent a Weekend Teaching My Browser What Hand Gestures Mean

A completely normal story about building a mouse-gesture Chrome extension because the back button was, apparently, too far away.

Dev Story · Projects · Chrome Extension · TypeScript · Manifest V3 · Browser

february 26, 2026From Screenshot to Solution: Stop Forwarding Me Vague Tickets

Learn how AI Feedbacks leverages Google Gemini to turn visually useless bug reports into actionable prompts for coding agents.

Engineering · Tools · AI · WebDev · Productivity · Gemini

february 25, 2026Guarding Your Code: The Rise of Mamoru-WAF

Discover how Mamoru-kun, a lightweight Go-based guardian, brings enterprise-grade security and a stunning TUI to your hobby projects.

software-engineering · golang · security · cybersecurity · open-source

february 23, 2026Spotify Looper: Fixing the Features Spotify Refused to Build

Reclaim your music. Learn how Spotify Looper lets you loop your favorite segments, filling the obvious missing feature gap left by the official app.

Productivity · Lifestyle · Spotify · UX · Music Tech · Personalization

february 4, 2026Material 3 Expressive: Stop Building Boring Apps

Material 3 Expressive is here to save your users from the 'default app' fatigue. Grab the material3-expressive-flutter skill and start shipping UI that actually feels alive.

Design · flutter · material-3 · m3e · design · ai-skills

january 24, 2026React to Reflex: Unnecessary Abstraction Hell

A journey from React to Python's Reflex framework, exploring the pitfalls of unnecessary abstractions and the value of using the right tool for the job.

Engineering · python · react · reflex · web-development

january 23, 2026Unhinged Guide to Doom Coding: Android Edition

Stop scrolling Instagram reels and start SSH-ing into your production server from your phone. A guide to the most aggressive mobile dev setup ever conceived.

development · remote-dev · android · opencode · claude-code · antigravity

december 25, 2025Auto Copilot Review: Outsourcing My Insecurities to an LLM on Every Git Add

Because hitting `git commit -m "fix maybe?"` requires too much confidence in my own code.

Dev Story · Projects · VS Code · AI · Extension

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