A Browser-Only Diary in 350 Lines — Month-Grid Math, Code-Point Character Counts, and Streak Boundaries
A journaling app is one of the rare cases where the server side adds nothing: only the writer reads it, search load is tiny, no images required and 5
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May 17, 2026
Simplify setTimeout
Hidden in plain sight is a functional programming interface you may have never used, and understanding it can change the way you code. It also fixes a
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May 17, 2026
10+ Best Free React Admin Dashboard Templates for 2026
Looking for the best free React admin dashboard templates for 2026?
Picking the right one saves you weeks of cleanup work. I tested each template mys
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May 17, 2026
How to Convert PNG to WebP (And Why Your Website Needs It)
If you're still serving PNG images on your website, you're leaving performance on the table.
Google has been pushing WebP for years. It's smaller tha
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May 17, 2026
What We Lose When Everything Is a Wrapper
What a 14-year-old HTML5 Wolfenstein 3D port taught me about owning the stack
A recent Primeagen video sent me back into an old feeling: the strange
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May 17, 2026
Learning Progress Pt.11
Daily learning part eleven
Today I started at 12:30 with the 350 pages of reading and finished the entire book at 17:30. During that time I also revi
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May 17, 2026
The Risks and Rewards of Buying PayPal (Verified) Accounts
Trusted 10 Platforms Buy Paypal Verified Accounts In US
GetKYCIT offers professional identity verification and digital compliance support for online
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May 17, 2026
Custom Iterators Using Symbol.iterator
Custom Iterators Using Symbol.iterator: The Definitive Guide
Introduction
The advent of ECMAScript 2015 (ES6) introduced a pleth
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May 17, 2026
A regex cheatsheet of the patterns I actually use weekly
I keep googling the same regex patterns. Here are the ones I actually need, with explanations, gotchas, and test cases.
Match a valid email
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May 17, 2026
How to Decode a JWT Without a Library (And When Not To)
Introduction: The Lightweight Web Trend
In modern web development, keeping your client-side bundle size small is critical. With the rise of
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May 17, 2026
I built an image compressor that targets an exact KB size because upload portals kept rejecting my files
A few months ago I kept running into the same frustrating problem:
Upload portals rejecting my images because the file size was just slightly over
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May 17, 2026
Demystifying the Browser Render Cycle: useLayoutEffect, requestAnimationFrame, and Layout Thrashing
As React developers, we often live in a comfortable world of state, props, and virtual DOMs. React handles the heavy lifting of updating the UI, and w
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May 17, 2026
40 hours I wasted before I built my own form backend
Last Friday night I opened my GitHub and ran a search across every personal repo. The query: anything mentioning "form", "submission", "contact", or "
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May 17, 2026
Wordle Solver: How to Cheat at Wordle Without Feeling Guilty (A Developer's Guide)
Most word game websites give you the same thing: type letters, get a list. But what if you could actually solve the puzzle?
A Wordle solver isn't abo
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May 17, 2026
Git Analytics Without Leaving Your Terminal
I used to open GitHub → Insights → Contributors → wait for load → squint at tiny graphs. Now I just type one command.
npx @wuchunjie/gitpulse
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May 17, 2026
Stop Hardcoding Secrets: Scan Your .env Files in 1 Command
In 2025, GitGuardian found 12.8 million hardcoded secrets in public GitHub repos. API keys, private keys, passwords — all sitting in plain text for an
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May 17, 2026
How I Built and Shipped 4 CLI Tools in One Weekend
Last Friday night I decided to stop being a consumer and start being a builder. By Sunday midnight, I had 4 CLI tools live on npm and GitHub. Here's e
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May 17, 2026
How I Built and Shipped 4 CLI Tools in One Weekend
Last Friday night I decided to stop being a consumer and start being a builder. By Sunday midnight, I had 4 CLI tools live on npm and GitHub. Here's e
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May 17, 2026
4 Free CLI Tools Every Developer Should Install in 2026
Stop wasting time on boilerplate, broken configs, and secret leaks. These 4 zero-dependency CLI tools will change how you work.
1. Scaffo
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May 17, 2026
The Hardware Corridor: Bypassing the Web2/Web3 Wall via Universal Biometric Key Generation
The Peak of Centralization
The modern internet has reached a tipping point. We are currently living through the absolute peak of Web2 centr
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May 17, 2026