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I write about what I build, what I learn, and the problems I run into. Some need a full article. Others fit in a short note.

  1. Local Haunt showing fictional development projects over an ocean wallpaper.

    Local Haunt: a little ghost for the servers you left behind

    Abandoned development servers gave me an excuse to try Rust and GPUI. A little menu bar app, familiar layout concepts, and some cursed method chains.

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  2. My token-usage capture showing 1,131,839,257 on one line.AI-assisted adaptation

    A Billion Tokens Later: the aftermath and fear of AI class warfare

    I spent 1.13 billion tokens in a month for $10.30. Almost all of it was context re-read from cache. What that counts, what it would cost elsewhere, and why the access question matters more than the energy one.

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  3. My PoSaR target artwork, reframed in black, cream, and orange.AI-assisted adaptation

    Pretty Fly for a DIY: building a browser AR game

    A QR code, a phone, and 30 seconds of objects to catch. No app install, no 3D models. A one-evening WebAR experiment that turned into a study of AR tracking.

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  4. 3D Text Shadows, from my playground.

    3D Text Shadows

    Exploring various approaches for rendering faux 3D headings

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  5. Dithering about..., from my playground.

    Dithering about...

    Exploration of dithering techniques implemented as a post-processing effect in Three.js.

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  6. Text on a Path, from my playground.

    Text on a Path

    When you need to be creative, add some text on a path.

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  7. A close-up adaptation of my budgeting app's period card and transaction list.AI-assisted adaptation

    I built a budgeting app I can't share

    Not everyone needs a budget, but if you do ...it can be a real pain to find one that works.

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Also elsewhere:

What you may or may not need to know about Facebook 3D Posts (Medium, 2018)
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