Less Political than it Sounds
Source code: github.com/neolefty/madlibs. Large Language Models are everywhere, and programmers should all be trying them out. So here s a really simple app! full screen view It s just a chat UI with two additions: A framework can really help. This app Continue reading
For Thanksgiving each year our family (my wife’s family really) gives small gifts, and this year we decided to make them handmade. What can I hand-make? Well, software. I decided to make an app for each person, but I ended Continue reading
Code for this post: github.com/neolefty/js-collection-benchmarks Hexerals uses immutable.js for its game state — could it switch to JavaScripts native collections? That would make the code more readable, but how would effect performance? Summary: In Chrome, object operations are much faster than Continue reading
I m updating Hexerals for modernity — I wrote it in 2018-2019 to practice React and TypeScript. I m thinking: And behind the scenes: You can play the old version at hexpansion.io. Updates:
Proposal: Add that browser padlock to long-lived documents. In an age of undetectable fakes, how do you know what is true? We can at least prove a source, and with a little work — and help from HTTPS — archive that Continue reading
A digital currency with built-in universal income, minimal energy requirements, and a bias towards equality. If you were designing a digital currency that could actually promote justice and equality, would would it look like? Here s one approach. It is rather Continue reading
Try the doodler. Bahiyyih is making a quilt, and she was looking for someone to make a color sketch of her design. She said the word gradient, and had to do it. But I had to do it quickly because Continue reading
Publishing negative results helps everyone learn. Here s my negative result: Instacart didn t work out in the end. I had a great time there, but the combination of legacy code, a 3-hour timezone difference, and an on-site team of 200 programmers Continue reading
Join the Middle Class. Have a life that s good enough. This morning I was just sitting at my dining room table, playing Threes, when the concept of the Middle Class poked its elephant head in through a window and explained Continue reading
I plan to start working for Instacart, in San Francisco, in a couple of weeks — my first day will be September 10. I ll still live in West Lafayette — for the first three weeks I plan to fly out Sunday night Continue reading