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Notes
Longer write-ups and short TILs about building software. Mostly for future me — hopefully useful to you too.
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visibility: hidden vs display: none in animationsWhen content appears step by step, the page jumps with every step. Hiding the later steps with visibility: hidden instead of removing them fixes that.
tilWhat the budgets caughtHow measuring first changed the notes filter, the home page's largest paint, the fonts and the budgets.
write-upAn ASCII grid that waitsThe ASCII grid behind the home terminal, and how it stays out of the way of the page.
write-upA small shell in the browserThe terminal on the home page is a small shell over the content of this site, tested without a browser.
write-upMy own output styles in Claude CodeClaude Code can answer in a style you write yourself, and you can switch styles to fit the situation.
tilHow this site worksA static site built with Bun and React, JavaScript only where needed, and size budgets as tests.
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