# sona (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover sona. Page: Feed: --- ## [Failed Product Market Fit With a Single Customer](https://ilusr.com/failed-pmf-budgapp/) _2026-08-04 · Jeff Riggle_ Every once in a rare moon I create something I want to use. Many engineers build projects by scratching an itch. I am not that engineer… ## [Learning WASM via WDM](https://ilusr.com/wdm/) _2026-07-07 · Jeff Riggle_ Reflecting on my last blog, I realized that while I have used WASM, I didn’t fully understand WASM. By building my Enigma engine in Rust and… ## [in AHDC’s Complex Challenges, Connected Thinking series: Empowering Independence through Thoughtful Design – A Focus on Aged Care.](https://www.architecture.com.au/archives/224245) _2026-07-05 · Karen Relph · Australian Institute of Architects_ Join us for the second event in AHDC’s Complex Challenges, Connected Thinking series: Empowering Independence through Thoughtful Design – A Focus on Aged Care. Hosted in Adelaide, with a livestreamed \[…\] The post in AHDC’s Complex Challenges, Connected Thinking series: Empowering Independence through Thoughtful Design – A Focus on Aged Care. appeared first on Australian Institute of Architects . ## [Building Enigma, Misreading Performance](https://ilusr.com/building-enigma/) _2026-06-18 · Jeff Riggle_ As a continuation of the journey through old projects, we now arrive at my foray into WASM. At the time WASM was evolving beyond asm.js and… ## [What is the most challenging post you have written?](https://dev.to/jeffrey_riggle_e261fba011/what-is-the-most-challenging-post-you-have-written-1ac0) _2026-06-11 · Jeff Riggle_ Recently, I have been working on a series of articles across a fairly wide range of topics. In the... ## [How deep does the callback go?](https://dev.to/jeffrey_riggle_e261fba011/the-settimeout-rabbit-hole-5ff4) _2026-06-09 · Jeff Riggle_ Building a scheduler Despite being single-threaded, JavaScript has concurrency as a... ## [FutureBuild Expo Attendees](https://www.architecture.com.au/archives/220601) _2026-06-03 · Charli Carlson · Australian Institute of Architects_ The post FutureBuild Expo Attendees appeared first on Australian Institute of Architects . ## [Understanding Event Loops Through File I/O](https://ilusr.com/understanding-eventing/) _2026-05-29 · Jeff Riggle_ In the last blog series, I referenced a presentation by Ryan Dahl on NodeJS and wanted to explore the concepts in that talk more. It can be… ## [Farm Scene](https://ilusr.com/farm-animation/) _2026-05-07 · Jeff Riggle_ Description Basic study of motion and procedural generation in a farm setting Medium: 2D Canvas Topics Researched Basic motion (acceleration… ## [First excursion into Electron](https://ilusr.com/discord-electron-study/) _2026-04-18 · Jeff Riggle_ Why use Electron anyway? After a bit of a meandering journey through a silly little Discord bot, we now find ourselves evaluating the… ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/VTvT4ArL24kE) _2026-04-17 · **Sponsored**_ Deploy apps from your repo with auto-config, instant previews, scaling, and monitoring. ## [Building a Discord Bot](https://ilusr.com/building-a-discord-bot/) _2026-04-09 · Jeff Riggle_ With the high-level overview of Robit out of the way, it’s time to cover how the server was built. As I mentioned in the last blog, the main… ## [What is a robit?](https://ilusr.com/whats-a-robit/) _2026-03-29 · Jeff Riggle_ Building for someone else Continuing the thread of past projects in creation order, we arrive at robit. Robit was never anything I took too… ## [JavaScript’s Promise Rejected Its Namesake](https://dev.to/jeffrey_riggle_e261fba011/javascripts-promise-rejected-its-namesake-345a) _2026-03-17 · Jeff Riggle_ JavaScript promises aren’t actually the promises they were named after. The concept of a promise... ## [A Promise diverged](https://ilusr.com/promises-history/) _2026-03-12 · Jeff Riggle_ An unexpected journey As I was finishing my last blog, I felt compelled to understand the relationship between promises and async/await… ## [SONA frontend and changing times](https://ilusr.com/sona-fe-review/) _2026-03-05 · Jeff Riggle_ The face of SONA To round out the SONA blog series, I will be focusing on the front-end. Looking back on this project, I’m reminded how… ## [Lessons from the SONA Backend](https://ilusr.com/sona-all-the-db/) _2026-03-03 · Jeff Riggle_ The engine behind SONA Building on the last blog, I want to focus on the backend decisions behind the SONA project.. Looking back on this… ## [Creating an issue tracker](https://ilusr.com/sona-an-introduction/) _2026-02-27 · Jeff Riggle_ Who needs an issue tracker anyway? In the last series of blogs, I wrote about the first public project I worked on. It only seems natural… ## [Best animation you have seen or created?](https://dev.to/jeffrey_riggle_e261fba011/best-animation-you-have-seen-or-created-d0b) _2026-02-24 · Jeff Riggle_ It could be the way I interact with the internet, but most sites I use today follow a pretty... ## [I Assumed Java Streams Had Minimal Overhead. They Didn’t](https://dev.to/jeffrey_riggle_e261fba011/i-assumed-java-streams-had-minimal-overhead-they-didnt-163e) _2026-02-11 · Jeff Riggle_ Many of us have heard the same mantra: idiomatic code comes at little to no cost. The benefit to... ## [Welcome Candice Halliday, National EmAGN President](https://www.architecture.com.au/archives/199224) _2026-02-03 · Charli Carlson · Australian Institute of Architects_ The Emerging Architects and Graduates Network (EmAGN) enters 2026–2027 with deep gratitude for the leadership of Immediate Past President Callum Senjov. His commitment has strengthened national connections, amplified the voice \[…\] The post Welcome Candice Halliday, National EmAGN President appeared first on Australian Institute of Architects . ## [Unlimited Mobile Internet, One V-SIM (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/5YD70r3hPuvB) _2026-02-03 · **Sponsored**_ Automatically switches across T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon; no throttling, no contract. ## [Descending the Java Stack](https://ilusr.com/java-perf/) _2026-02-03 · Jeff Riggle_ Some ideas won't leave you alone As I was publishing the last series of blogs, I had a constant nagging feeling that I left the biggest pain… ## [A MESSAGE FROM THE VIC CHAPTER PRESIDENT](https://www.architecture.com.au/archives/199196) _2026-02-02 · Charli Carlson · Australian Institute of Architects_ I’m pleased to share an exciting initiative currently in development: the Australian Institute of Architects’ Business School of Architecture – a program designed by architects, for architects, to strengthen the \[…\] The post A MESSAGE FROM THE VIC CHAPTER PRESIDENT appeared first on Australian Institute of Architects . ## [NT Chapter Elections & Key Dates for 2026](https://www.architecture.com.au/archives/198792) _2026-01-19 · Karen Relph · Australian Institute of Architects_ We are pleased to announce the results of our recent NT Chapter Council elections. Thank you to all members who participated in this important process—your engagement and votes help shape \[…\] The post NT Chapter Elections & Key Dates for 2026 appeared first on Australian Institute of Architects . ## [Execution Is Easy Now. That’s the Problem](https://dev.to/jeffrey_riggle_e261fba011/execution-is-everywhere-deep-understanding-is-rare-50pk) _2026-01-18 · Jeff Riggle_ At the end of last year, I had come to a stopping point on one of my many long-running side projects.... ## [IDE for Text Adenture Games?](https://ilusr.com/creating-text-adventures/) _2026-01-17 · Jeff Riggle_ Building an IDE for text adventure games By this point, I have covered most of the core libraries used; now it is time to get into the core… ## [Failure to read](https://ilusr.com/java-core-learnings/) _2026-01-10 · Jeff Riggle_ In my last blog entry, I detailed how I came to build a text adventure creator application. Much of that focused on high-level learning… ## [Side Project Beginnings](https://ilusr.com/text-adventure-beginnings/) _2026-01-03 · Jeff Riggle_ Public side projects, a beginning As I mentioned in my last blog entry, I will be covering my past projects and evaluating them. The only… ## [Evaluating past projects](https://ilusr.com/project-review/) _2026-01-02 · Jeff Riggle_ Growth through reflection Lately, I have been busy with my day job, and the work I am doing on the side is not something I am ready to share… ## [Committee Review – Feedback Survey](https://www.architecture.com.au/archives/195305) _2025-10-21 · Jenny Nguyen · Australian Institute of Architects_ Thank you for attending our recent Member Lean In on the Australian Institute of Architects Committee Review. Your participation in the consultation and engagement process is invaluable. We now invite \[…\] The post Committee Review – Feedback Survey appeared first on Australian Institute of Architects . ## [Web visualization](https://ilusr.com/web-visualization/) _2025-09-27 · Jeff Riggle_ Visualizing the web So now we come to the end of our planned journey. If you have been following along so far, here is a quick recap. What… ## [Know before it drops (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/LeuzpQKylEr1) _2025-09-26 · **Sponsored**_ Follow a show, artist, genre or rocket and get notified before release ## [Figuring out Page Rank](https://ilusr.com/page-rank/) _2025-09-21 · Jeff Riggle_ Figuring out what is important By now, we have built a functioning web crawler and even generated some administrative tooling to make… ## [Build admin site for crawler](https://ilusr.com/search-admin/) _2025-08-24 · Jeff Riggle_ So you want an intro? If you have been following along by now, you know that I have been working on a search project and have covered what… ## [Indexing the web](https://ilusr.com/search-indexing/) _2025-08-22 · Jeff Riggle_ Taking stock If you are just jumping into this blog post, I would highly recommend reading the "Journey into search" blog I posted before… ## [Journey into search](https://ilusr.com/search-intro/) _2025-08-14 · Jeff Riggle_ Falling down the rabbit hole When I started all of this madness, I had two very simple goals in mind. First, I was going to start using a… ## [WA Architecture Awards | All the Winners Announced!](https://www.architecture.com.au/archives/183270) _2025-06-17 · Jasmine Patel · Australian Institute of Architects_ 2025 GTP Winners| Woods Bagot with TRCB, TCL and UDLA | Photo by: David Broadway Click here – for the full awards night event gallery Click here to see the \[…\] The post WA Architecture Awards | All the Winners Announced! appeared first on Australian Institute of Architects . ## [DST Day 2 – Marni Reti](https://www.architecture.com.au/archives/179959) _2025-05-15 · Jenny Nguyen · Australian Institute of Architects_ Rewilding, Rigour and Radical Care: Practice Visits in Copenhagen Copenhagen’s architecture is generous to the public realm and Copenhagen’s architects were even more so to us. Day two began at \[…\] The post DST Day 2 – Marni Reti appeared first on Australian Institute of Architects . ## [A MESSAGE FROM THE TAS CHAPTER PRESIDENT](https://www.architecture.com.au/archives/163247) _2025-03-07 · Fiona McMullen · Australian Institute of Architects_ The Tasmanian Chapter has had a busy start to the year, and it is hard to believe that it is now March. In February, Chapter Council held its handover meeting. \[…\] The post A MESSAGE FROM THE TAS CHAPTER PRESIDENT appeared first on Australian Institute of Architects . ## [Learning From One Another | Conversations Through Architecture | First House](https://www.architecture.com.au/archives/158556) _2025-02-10 · Magdalene St Clare · Australian Institute of Architects_ Facilitated by Leigh Woolley and Shamus Mulcahy, this year a series of talks / discussions will be offered with the aim to share experience and facilitate discussion through face-to-face contact. \[…\] The post Learning From One Another | Conversations Through Architecture | First House appeared first on Australian Institute of Architects .