Creating a virtual fidget toy with Supabase realtime
A mini-project using Supabase presence, broadcast, and some frontend magic.
Stories by Saunved
Stories, tech insights, poems, and more - by Saunved
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The myth of defaults
My thoughts on customizability in software, and why it matters.
Learning Clojure as a Javascript developer
A more or less gentle introduction to Clojure
Open sourcing my blogging setup: next-mark
My journey of creating a generic Markdown-based blogging tool on top of Next.js
Four weeks with Neovim and a comparison against VSCode
I tried using Neovim for 4 weeks and developed a feature to get a feel for the code editor.
isfastnet: a tiny script to find out if your user's internet is fast or slow
Determining if your user has fast or slow internet at runtime
Why I let go of my ~480 day Duolingo streak
The idea of streaks is cool, but it can slowly start becoming overwhelming. Streaks are not sustainable in the long run for everyone.
Explorers
On the human desire to explore ceaselessly
From obscurity
Human history is rich and vast, but technology will greatly influence how it is remembered.
Nine days without coffee: A retrospective
I have been drinking coffee twice a day for seven years. I clearly have a caffeine-dependency. It's time to find out how long I can go without it.
70 lessons from the last year as a developer and co-founder
Organized by life, business, tech, and UX
How to add Supabase to Nuxt.js
This is a quick guide on how you can add Supabase to a Nuxt.js application.
Updates to get-grid
Supporting HTML tags, components, and IDs to create CSS grids in the CLI
A CLI tool for creating CSS Grid layouts
A look at get-grid and how it works
Change
A poem on politics, democracy, and how potholes are a surprisingly strong indicator of corruption in a country.
Other Access: VI
‘It’s loading. We’ll have to wait,’ Pyrel said, looking at Derek. ‘How much longer?’ Nisel asked. ‘Half an hour or so if everything goes well. We should get the IP addresses of all the data centers in the country. If we run this lookup too fast, the monitoring systems will detect it.’ ‘That is fantastic! Nisel, are you writing down all the steps?’ Derek asked. ‘Yes, I am.’ ‘Since we just have to…
Other Access: V
They’d been working continuously for the last six hours. Pyrel’s head was heavy and his eyes were sore. Derek sat in a corner of the room, making shrewd observations once in a while, suggesting new ideas and asking everyone to cooperate if things got a little out of hand. Pyrel had realized pretty quickly that the flaw they had discovered wasn’t really a flaw, but rather, a far-fetched assumption…
Other Access: IV
Pyrel makes a difficult decision
Other Access: III
Pyrel meets a mysterious stranger
Other Access: II
75 years ago - the rise of Gerog Brylich and the beginning of the new regime
Other Access: I
Difficult days lie ahead for Pyrel as his closest friend mysteriously disappears.
Hand above the water
Trigger warning: su*c*de
Victoria and the seven-year-old
"That is the famous Clock Tower? We have larger clock towers in villages in India," my dad said, shaking his head in disbelief.
Camp and the seven-year-old: Part II
We later found out that everyone's clothes had ended up on one side of the camp and were all muddy and wet. I was proud of myself for being smart enough to not wash my clothes then.
Camp and the seven-year-old: Part I
I'd never really stayed without my mom for more than a day or two before this but I was pretty confident in my ability to pull off an entire week alone.
Aliens and the seven-year-old
Everything was fine until that one freaky day when they showed the aliens abducting a kid of my age, right from her bedroom in a city.
Begin again
What will we do when the machines take over?
Surprises and the seven-year-old
As far as I was concerned, anything that got people thinking and wondering about the smallest of things was a surprise.
Punekars and two-wheelers
Every Punekar, irrespective of which bike, scooter, or bicycle they have, drives it like Batman's bike.
Walking to fight
The ability to keep walking - even in your toughest moments can make all the difference.