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My favorite essay on this topic, not yet referenced, is James Somers's "Speed matters:" https://jsomers.net/blog/speed-matters

Really nicely done! It's always surprising to me how often computer graphics isn't "one weird trick" and more like "5 layered tricks." Doing it with cross-browser compat is an addi…

You are not stupid! No need to be sorry. It's my job to write more clearly. Thank you again for writing the comment.

Omg, I was not a BERT coauthor! But thank you so much for writing this, I had no idea that other post could have accidentally implied this. I will revise that section.

Oh my, those figures are gorgeous! Thank you for sharing.

I (Max) built this web app with two friends (Tristan and Shelby) to aid in planning travel and events. Usually you plan things far enough out (say, 3-6 months) that there’s no reli…

Same. North America performance (US and Mexico) had ~200ms+ latency per query, spiking to 500ms or higher in the test application I made using workers and D1. Their support channel…

In case you're interested: there's an option in the settings to give yourself more time. I've also wondered about disabling the timer entirely. Have you ever had the experience in …

Thank you for the feedback! Getting to speak any time is super interesting feedback, you're the first one to suggest that. It would be really cool if you could even interrupt them!…

Thank you so much for buying the full version! I am impressed you broke it! Not because my code is that robust, but nobody's broken it in a while. I'm sorry about that. Investigati…

Thank you, and thank you for the reference! I hadn't seen "Eliza," the emotional dashboard was really interesting / creepy / cool. 1. Exactly yes. The frontend is a light-ish amoun…

Thank you for the kind words, vision, and feedback! Will be thinking more along the direction of true 'life situation rehearsal.' Re: taking too long, I 100% agree. Wrestled with w…

Hehe, I've been surprised how speaking makes the social pressure real. Thank you for the feedback, it makes me think I should add some more lighthearted challenges earlier.

Thank you for the kind words!

Too late to edit, but I realized I should have mentioned: I'm happy to answer any questions, and field suggestions, about the tech stack or game design. The tech especially isn't r…

I just released a free demo (no login!) for "Talk to Me Human", a game about social persuasion. You speak out loud to play a variety of conversational challenges, and the NPCs talk…

This comment single-handedly made me do an enthusiasm 180. I'd find it helpful if the developers responded to it. Just to give a bit more meat to my comment: these experiences are …

Really impressive! I've implemented a few kinds of maps on my blog, and I fail all of their requirements: - I use a 3rd party platform - My maps are generated at runtime - They loo…

Funny coincidence, was just reading through an amazing thread on the three.js form a couple days ago about a web graphics implementation of virtual geometry (nanite). webgl, 2021: …

I've almost used these in projects many times when I wanted to add basic animations quickly. Credits to the authors for making a library with a nice CSS API, good docs, and a nice …

For me, this approach works great with one enormous exception: I must already know exactly what I'm going to write about. I have tried outlining my writing countless times. But ine…

Good question! I was (am) using FastAPI, not Django. Another decision that was easy to get started with, but I think is turning out to be more difficult to scale. Maybe.