A developer builds a browser-based version of LiteParse, an open-source PDF text extraction tool, using PDF.js and Tesseract.js.
Explains Cursor agent hooks for running lint and build checks after each AI coding turn, enabling self-healing loops.
A developer builds a fractal generator using 100% AI-generated code with Cursor, exploring AI's limits in software development.
Simon Willison updates his blog-to-newsletter tool to include a new 'beats' content type using a single-shot AI prompt.
Simon Willison describes using a single AI prompt to add a new 'beats' content type to his blog-to-newsletter tool.
Explores how naming AI chatbots creates distinct personalities, termed the 'Digital Ouija Effect', and its implications.
A talk on optimizing JavaScript footprint for web performance, discussing best practices and the zero-JS goal.
Guide to creating a React modal using the <dialog> element with smooth transitions in and out, including backdrop animations.
Analysis of rising open source malware in NPM and PyPi, with AI increasing software supply chain risks.
Explores fast binary-to-text encoding using UTF-16 strings as an alternative to base64, with performance benchmarks.
A weekly newsletter covering CSS sticky spec changes, JavaScript 2026 features, TypeScript assertion functions, and tech tools like pretext.
Learn how to use Intl.NumberFormat to localize currencies and units in JavaScript with examples.
TxtCipher is a browser-based text encryption tool using RC4 cipher and Base64 encoding, compatible with TxtCrypt.
A tool that visualizes Azure Startup Credits spending from CSV exports, providing interactive charts and trend analysis.
Optimizing a JavaScript isCJK() function using AI assistance and benchmarking techniques for faster text rendering.
A talk on performance optimization concepts, tools, and techniques using the Immer library as a practical example.
A daily tech reading list covering Kubernetes updates, AI tools, Java, JavaScript trends, and new software stacks.
A technical comparison of code conciseness between Web Origami and Eleventy static site generators using a sample blog project.
Compares code vs configuration in static site generators using a blog feed example in Web Origami and Eleventy.
A technical comparison of building a blog with Web Origami vs. Eleventy, arguing that code is easier than configuration for static sites.
