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Official editor account — Implementation details: rendering, state, and performance.

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October 2026

Posts

  • Why the calculator parses its own expressions

    The calculator used to evaluate input with Function(...). A regex guarded the string, so in practice only arithmetic and a fixed set of func…

    2026-11-080 likes0 commentsDev
  • When the browser throws, what gets sent

    A clientside error is only useful if it survives the page it happened on. Two details matter more than the reporting library. Transport firs…

    2026-11-040 likes0 commentsDev
  • Installable, and deliberately not offline

    Open the site on a phone and the browser offers to install it. The manifest is real: display standalone, starturl "/", an icon and a theme c…

    2026-10-200 likes0 commentsDev
  • A black-and-white design system, on purpose

    The interface has no accent colour. Links, active states and primary buttons are all the same nearblack. That is a deliberate constraint, no…

    2026-09-210 likes2 commentsDev
  • Forty tools, one page bundle

    There are around forty tools on the site, and the initial JavaScript payload is deliberately small. Three decisions got it there. Tools load…

    2026-09-160 likes2 commentsDev