New blog post: A Decade of Slug This talks about the evolution of the Slug font rendering algorithm, and it includes an exciting announcement: The patent has been dedicated to the public domain. terathon.com/blog/decade-...

One more time — I'm looking for new consulting clients. Some ways I can help: ∙ Fractional tech leadership (tackling "leadership debt" in small eng orgs) ∙ Full-stack, 0 to 1 projects ∙ Language design & impl (eg with @ohmjs.org) ∙ JavaScript/TypeScript perf (🔁 appreciated)

After finishing writing clear instructions for Claude, the actual changes feel so trivial that it would be faster to write them myself. Maybe claude is just the rubber duck we've always needed.

reactions to Nvidia's DLSS 5 announcement really made my day 😂 bsky.app/search?q=DLS... thank you internet 🫶

Am I accidentally building a Color OS? :D Different needs require different stats, so I decided to let users rearrange, show, or hide color stats however they want.

First bsky post ever 👋 Just sharing something I’m building

voronoids - voronoi cells using boids as seed points, + CRT shader. threejs / TSL / webgpu voronoids.vibe-coded.com

We need trees of PRs in Github.

passing on the good word: "Threejs Conf Paris, here we go ! 🚀 --> threejs.paris Waitlist open !" organized by David Ronai (et al.), already a solid lineup :)

In a HN comment someone used the term "pilot" instead of "author" for AI-generated code. Sounds appropriate.

Ran into some issues with jj workspaces. It seems you have to be careful about what workspace you are in when manipulating the changes graph

Pure talent.

"AI allows me to build things I would never have the time to build before" The things:

I am way less tempted to consult social media and news websites when I reframe them as "the voices in my head"

10m documentary film on the local-first software movement! www.youtube.com/watch?v=10d8...

Been ruminating on this lately as a maker of small one-off things… years back I’d made console.frog github.com/tholman/cons... … prob took a few hours, would take ai 1 minute. It’s not that my enjoyment from executing on an idea is gone, but the way my work is perceived has shifted.

"Order and disorder." probably my last take at #genuary26, uses a 3D pathfinder to go from neatly ordered stacks to a random layout. #genuary2615 BTW, I'm available for freelance work (2 days a week for now). HIRE ME, I'm GOOD (& CHEAP! 😁) also ok with collabs, mentoring, Q&As, AMA...

Friendly reminder that if you're doing #genuary with either 2D canvas, p5.js or three.js, I would love for you to try out Fragment github.com/raphaelameau... #genuary2026 #madewithfragment

Circles, feedback loop

Inigo Quilez wrote multiple "avoiding trigonometry" articles: iquilezles.org/articles/noa... iquilezles.org/articles/sin... iquilezles.org/articles/noa... I remember reading the first one years ago, it completely changed how I think about angles.

Oh, and avoiding trig functions. One acos() made it through, but in general, if you use any trig functions in this, you're doing it wrong and there's almost certainly a better way. That's some algebra I'm glad I didn't have to repeat.

The process of code review we are used to is not really adapted to the new practices involving AI.

A magnetic pendulum simulation, as I've been slowly polishing and moving some @observablehq.com notebooks from the web editor over to blog posts. Observable Notebook Kit is such a joy to use. rreusser.github.io/notebooks/ch...

My personal projects are my escape from reality—each one its own little world that rewards slow, diligent work. I enjoy watching them evolve from nothing or a forgotten something into a brand new thing for others to enjoy. I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t making something and I love it.

There is a floating idea that code quality is not that important, only the final product matters. My experience is that for each developer who thinks like that, you need another one to fix the mess.

Sketching with Math and Quasi Physics kyndinfo.notion.site/Sketching-wi... Reposting to wrap up the year. Humbled to see these materials being used by many more people than I ever expected. Truly grateful for all the support and collaborations through this work. Thanks!

My "No Graphics API" blog post is live! Please repost :) www.sebastianaaltonen.com/blog/no-grap... I spend 1.5 years doing this. Full rewrite last summer and another partial rewrite last month. As Hemingway said: "First draft of everything is always shit".

6 years of thinking I can make a better portfolio. 1 year of actually building it. My new portfolio is LIVE 🚀 Please, don't break anything! 👉 bruno-simon.com

Nice article about css, layout and constraints. pavpanchekha.com/blog/why-css... The idea of constraints always felt more natural fore than whatever css proposes (ok, flexbox is not too bad). When people ditch constraints because they have issues, I'd like to point that css have their issues too.

Wait! it was "Dreamweaver" the whole time!? Not "Dreamwaver"??

jj is what git should have been

I think a lot about code quality these days

AoC day 2 ⭐️⭐️

AoC ⭐️⭐️

I'm eventually trying jj seriously. If you want to do a git rebase but resigned yourself to use merge because rebase caused you too much pain in the past, then you should check jj.

I'm just a simpleton with a humanities education but I'm almost in this camp. The contemporary programmer enjoys fewer avenues for emphasis than Gutenberg. Why does authoring code mostly lack the sophistication of headings, boldface, footnotes, endnotes, appendices, and so on?

i used millions of files from @archive.org to make a website where you can watch how the internet evolved scroll through home videos and news stories, unedited selfies and collaged memes, all merged in one timeline alivetheory.net

The w3 page for compositing is a great reference for everything related to blend modes www.w3.org/TR/compositi...

It wasn't deep. It didn't have much to say. But Xiao Xiao inspired millions to try Flash animation for themselves. A Beijing artist made this series -- and turned stick fights into a phenomenon. We're exploring why and how he did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick...

We're excited to shine a light on Karim Maaloul today! He's a true creative force who turns art, design, and code into living, playful experiences. His work reminds us why the web is still a place for wonder! Read his journey from illustration to immersive experiences: tympanus.net/codrops/?p=1...

Try/catch is the em dash of code

Oh, the fantastic code that people write because react hooks can't be called conditionally ✨️

someday i need to do a writeup or a video about why the "dark object system" is so great. but not today. today and tomorrow i am working around a quirk in thief's npc behaviour.

A dev team commissioned me to lead a training course on animation and creativity on the web. It would have been strange to lead a training course on "creative" development and web animation without a presentation tool being part of the theme!

Can anyone recommend JS libs that have a good approach to managing Wasm/WebGPU/WebGL resources? We have more options these days (FinalizationRegistry / `using`) but I’m curious how people are making use of those in libraries.

Hey 👋 with with Justine Soulié we just released a new project Ponpon Mania an interactive online comic! Animated panels, playful interactions, and a sheep with a dream to become a DJ Take a look, let us know what you think ✨ 👉 ponpon-mania.com #webgl #illustration #comics #gsap #creativecoding

Please, optimize prematurely

Cheers to 10 years of making videos 🥂

I've build myself a new portfolio - let's start a new chapter! 🚀 A tribute to the 80s arcade video games where you'll need to play and interact with the site to unlock all the content and features. Will you reach the 100% mark? → martin-laxenaire.fr