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Decorative Text on the Web: Unicode, Grapheme Clusters, and Platform Compatibility

Decorative text looks simple. Copy a few symbols, add them to a username or bio, and paste the result into a profile. Done. Until the platform rejec…

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I Built an Offline-First HTTP Request Queue for Angular

GitHub Have you ever had a user submit a form, lose their internet connection, and watch their request fail? I wanted to solve this problem in Angul…

Nitter, XCancel Shutdown Over Cease-And-Desist

Nitter is an alternative front-end for X. XCancel is/was a redirect service. Please let me know if I need to change tags, URLs, or update the descri…

How to Validate and Format JSON Before Using It in Your API

Working with APIs often means dealing with JSON. Most of the time, JSON is straightforward to read and write, but a small syntax mistake can make an…

Understanding useMemo and useCallback

I built a GIF compressor that runs 100% in your browser (because Discord's file limits are the worst)

If you've ever tried to upload a GIF as a Discord emoji, you know the drill. Discord wants it under 256KB, your export is 4MB, and now you're bounci…

WebSockets vs. SSE should be about ordering and correctness

What Actually Happens When You Open a Website?

You type: https://example.com Press Enter . And within seconds, the website appears on your screen. But have you ever wondered what actually happens…

Migrating from Codeberg Pages to an OpenBSD VPS

Can a blog post be handwritten?

Atkinson Hyperlegible appears a little smaller than some other fonts at the same font size

SVG Filter Effects: Creating Texture with <feTurbulence> (2019)

Declarative WebGPU with S-expressions

The Edge Computing Revolution: Securing and Scaling Middleware for Distributed Intelligence

Originally published on tamiz.pro . The proliferation of IoT devices, 5G networks, and real-time data processing demands has catalyzed a fundamental…

You Press Enter After Typing a URL. Here's Everything That Happens Next.

You type: https://example.com Press Enter . A few milliseconds later, the website appears. Simple, right? Not really. 😄 Behind that single Enter key…

Guitar Tuner (2015)

Small, native web tricks worth remembering

AI Content Labels: Build Trust Signals Before Users Stop Believing the Page

The web is entering an awkward phase: users can still read everything, but they cannot easily tell what they are reading. A support answer, product…

Open-sourcing OpenPubkey SSH (OPKSSH): integrating single sign-on with SSH

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Mastodon 5.0: Laying the foundation

When the Down Arrow is not an Upside-Down Up Arrow (2022)

I Built the Ultimate HTTP Interceptor for Angular: 6 Resilience Patterns and RxJS in Practice

If you develop complex Angular applications - like dynamic dashboard systems with multiple widgets or node-based interfaces to map process rules - y…

WebSockets: How Real-Time Communication Works

Imagine you're using a chat application. You send: "Hey, are you free?" And almost instantly, the other person sees it. There is no page refresh. Yo…

Microsoft.Testing.Platform Crash-Resilient TRX: Keep Evidence When the Host Dies

When a test process dies, a red CI job is not enough. I need to know what completed and what was running when the host disappeared. Microsoft.Testin…

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ActivityPub Won by Being Boring

Open Canvas: A Free Open Source Infinite Canvas for Storyboarding, Film Planning and Visual Thinking

Most creative projects do not begin with a perfectly organized document. They begin with scattered ideas. A reference image here. A camera angle the…