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Building a Modern Blog with Next.js and MDX
A walkthrough of how I built this blog using Next.js 16, MDX, and Tailwind CSS, optimized for static deployment.
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Thoughts, tutorials, and insights on technology, music, and creativity.
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Building an Animated ASCII Art Title with React
How I created a retro-style glitching ASCII art component for my website hero section using React hooks and Unicode block characters.
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Building Kords: A React Chord Visualization Library
An in-progress React component library for visualizing guitar and piano chords with TypeScript and SVG.
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Blackbox Protocol: Rethinking How We Build APIs
What if workflows were first-class citizens? A project exploring API orchestration where the workflow becomes the API itself.
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Sharing State Across Node.js Cluster Workers with IPC Sockets
How to use Unix domain sockets for inter-process communication to share cache and state between Node.js cluster workers.
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I Once Owned a Brewery... Life as a Brewmaster
A brief but intense journey into craft brewing, the challenges of small business ownership, and the lessons learned from financial losses and creative wins.
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Floppy Disks and DOS: Command Line Childhood
When using a computer meant typing commands, and a stack of floppies was a software library.
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Playing Outside After School
When the streetlights coming on was your only curfew, and entire adventures happened between the final bell and dinnertime.
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Creating Natural HDR Photos in Photoshop
How to capture and process high dynamic range images that look realistic, not overcooked.
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The Rise of MTV: When Music Became Visual
How a cable channel changed not just music, but fashion, culture, and the way a generation understood entertainment.
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Healing Brush vs Clone Stamp: When to Use Each in Photoshop
Understanding the difference between these essential retouching tools and when each one gives better results.
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Background Replacement in Photoshop: From Quick Masks to Perfect Edges
Techniques for selecting subjects and replacing backgrounds, from simple to complex scenarios.
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Home Computers: The Early Days
When computers came home, and we spent hours typing code from magazines just to play a game that might not even work.
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Portrait Lighting Basics: Understanding Light Quality and Direction
The fundamentals of lighting that make the difference between snapshots and portraits, using both natural and artificial light.
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Processing Images with HTML Canvas: Resize and Compress in the Browser
Learn how to use the HTML Canvas API to resize, compress, and transform images entirely in the browser with JavaScript.
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VHS and the Magic of the Video Rental Store
Friday night rituals, rewinding fees, and the overwhelming joy of unlimited movie choices (limited to what was in stock).
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Cassette Tapes and the Art of the Mixtape
When sharing music meant recording it yourself, timing it perfectly, and hoping the tape didn't eat your masterpiece.
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Los Dibujitos del Sábado: Un Ritual Perdido
Remembering the magic of waking up early on weekends for the exclusive ritual of Saturday morning cartoons in Argentina.
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Creating Cinematic Looks in Your Photos
Techniques to give your photography that widescreen movie feel through aspect ratio, color, and composition.
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Mastering Dodge and Burn for Portrait Retouching
The fundamental technique for sculpting light and perfecting skin in portrait photography using non-destructive methods.
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Color Grading Portraits in Photoshop
How to create mood and atmosphere in your portraits through thoughtful color grading techniques.
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Frequency Separation in Photoshop: A Complete Guide
Learn the technique that separates texture from color, giving you precise control over skin retouching without plastic-looking results.
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