Why is <progress> so choppy in Chrome?
The HTML progress element, and how it looks in various browsers in 2026. https://filiph.net/text/choppy-progress-in-chrome.html
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Are we there yet?
Find out if your favorite feature have made it to the latest Flutter SDK https://filiph.net/text/are-we-there-yet.html
If you want to make money, be useful to rich people
A piece of advice that is also a (somewhat sad) statement of fact https://filiph.net/text/to-make-money-be-useful-to-rich-people.html
How I built a CLI poker game that you don’t need to install to play
A command-line poker game where you play against bots to train real-world skills. https://filiph.net/text/pokerd.html
Playing classic Windows games from 1996-2006
How to set up a Windows XP gaming box (before all the hardware capable of running XP becomes too expensive). https://filiph.net/text/windows-xp-retro-gaming-1996-2006.html
The decline of video game golden ages
On featuritis in video game genres. https://filiph.net/text/market-forces-and-video-game-golden-ages.html
Say, isn’t it weird that the US spends so much effort to help the Prime Minister of a small European country get re-elected?
On neo-royalism. https://filiph.net/text/why-usa-supports-orban.html
Supernormal stimulus
A concept I wish I had learned in high school. https://filiph.net/text/supernormal-stimulus.html
Nobody owes it to us for things to be obvious
The simple, helpful counter-argument to 'common sense' casual science denialism. https://filiph.net/text/toxic-plus-explosive-equals-salt.html
The philosophical underpinnings of my giant mecha game
Notes for my Lektvar 2026 presentation. https://filiph.net/text/philosophical-underpinnings-of-my-giant-mecha-game.html
Bad game + scarcity = good times
My love of Ultima 8: Pagan versus overwhelming evidence (that it was a bad game). https://filiph.net/text/bad-game-good-times.html
Using git worktree for A.I.-assisted coding
Agent workspaces go really well with git worktree. Here's my current setup. https://filiph.net/text/ai-and-git-worktree.html
A techie’s guide to keeping young kids away from technology
Raising tech-savvy kids by limiting their early childhood access to technology. https://filiph.net/text/tech-versus-kids.html
Shove your AI features where the sun don’t shine
A diatribe. https://filiph.net/text/shove-your-ai-features-where-the-sun-don't-shine.html
Making a tile-based game look like it’s not
Hide tiles from the player using these three weird gamedev tricks. https://filiph.net/text/making-a-tile-based-game-look-like-it's-not.html
Your science is not strong enough
On explaining things simply and the fake 'Albert Einstein' quote. https://filiph.net/text/your-science-is-not-strong-enough.html
A.I. is a printed birthday card train to Paris
In which I use a few short anecdotes to illuminate the Scylla and Charybdis that is A.I. https://filiph.net/text/ai-is-a-printed-birthday-card-train-to-paris.html
Making my 1970’s-style renderer multi-threaded
A tech deep dive into multi-threading in Flutter & Dart. https://filiph.net/text/making-my-1970s-renderer-multi-threaded.html
IfChange ThenChange
I miss Google's LINT.IfChange. https://filiph.net/text/ifchange-thenchange.html
I don’t think about «your tech» at all
Here's what to do when someone on the internet says that some technology they're not using 'is dead'. https://filiph.net/text/i-don't-think-about-your-tech-at-all.html
How to playtest a video game
So you've been asked to playtest a game for a friend or a stranger. Here's how to be the most helpful. https://filiph.net/text/how-to-playtest-a-video-game.html
The two types of open source
Let's stop pretending that "without warranty" means "without expectation". https://filiph.net/text/two-types-of-open-source.html
The revenge of Server Side Includes (SSI)
How a technology from 1993 makes so much sense for today's "Indie Small Web". https://filiph.net/text/the-revenge-of-server-side-includes.html
“Math minus math” is wild
I love this self-published little book from 2009 full of abstract math-inspired graphic art. https://filiph.net/text/math-minus-math-is-wild.html
Performance vs Preference
Why the C programming language won over Lisp, why QWERTY is winning over Dvorak, and why our favorite hyperfixations aren't as successful as they "obviously" deserve. https://filiph.net/text/performance-versus-preference.html
Benchmarking Flutter, Flame, Unity and Godot
What happens when you decide to benchmark Flutter as if it was a 2D game development framework. https://filiph.net/text/benchmarking-flutter-flame-unity-godot.html
Welcome to the superstar economy (you’re not going to like it)
It’s when “relatively small numbers of people earn enormous amounts of money and seem to dominate the fields in which they engage” (Sherwin Rosen, 1981). https://filiph.net/text/welcome-to-the-superstar-economy.html
Respectfully, socialism is a bad idea
I grew up in actual socialism, behind the Iron Curtain, and I find it a little bit worrying to see all these cool people promoting socialism these days. https://filiph.net/text/respectfully,-socialism-is-a-bad-idea.html
We need technology that is less immersive, not more
How come so many of the most talented engineers of our time work on making our entertainment more immersive? https://filiph.net/text/we-need-technology-that-is-less-immersive,-not-more.html
(Personally) sustainable social media
How does one use social media without falling into its traps? https://filiph.net/text/(personally)-sustainable-social-media.html
The engineering principles behind GIANT ROBOT GAME
How this weird game is being built. https://filiph.net/text/the-engineering-principles-behind-giant-robot-game.html
Filip H. — Coworker’s Manual
How to deal with Filip. https://filiph.net/text/filip-coworker's-manual.html
Videogames that teach you stuff
Videogames like SimCity or Dwarf Fortress aren’t exactly “educational”, but they still teach you a lot. https://filiph.net/text/videogames-that-teach-you-stuff.html
Memex is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed
How to keep an external brain using ideas from 1945 and technology from 2023. https://filiph.net/text/memex-is-already-here,-it's-just-not-evenly-distributed.html