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tdjsnelling

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About tdjsnelling

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    Me too. That's listed as an inspiration on the index page!

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    Comment #45416424

    https://www.npmjs.com/package/bittorrent-dht is used on the server. DHT crawlers/indexers already exist to perform that function; they crawl and store infohashes (+ metadata when t…

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    Comment #45416386

    By announcing itself, the indexer makes itself more likely to be handed out as a peer to anyone else interested in that infohash. Every connection attempt it subsequently receives …

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    Comment #44238451

    Great concept. Very Library of Babel[1] -esque. [1] https://libraryofbabel.app/ disclaimer - my own project

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    Comment #42296745

    I had a crack at a solution to this problem recently. It's pretty basic in terms of what it can do and not the most performant. Code: https://github.com/tdjsnelling/microtype Demo:…

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    Comment #39509102

    Thank you for sharing, I'll be sure to give that a read.

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    Comment #39509096

    Thank you! Yes, if only he could have seen for himself.

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    Comment #39509090

    It's an implementation of the 'Library of Babel', as described by Borges in his short story of the same name. It is a library of every possible permutation of a limited alphabet, o…

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    Comment #34547966

    https://edalerts.app/ A companion tool for the space sim game Elite Dangerous — useless to anyone that doesn't play the game. I have had a couple of donations from kind users.

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    Comment #33724933

    One of the few subscription services I would happily pay more for, for the recommendations alone.

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    Comment #33643203

    I have recently implemented a fairly complex workflow editor [1] at Northflank ( https://northflank.com ) using react-flow and elkjs. They make for a very powerful and flexible com…

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    Comment #32596540

    I agree that the Heroku developer experience has been second to none. I'm a front-end & DX engineer at Northflank and we're working hard to evolve and create a next-gen iteration o…

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    Comment #31350846

    The decline of Heroku is a shame, they were the first to really make cloud accessible to all. Over at Northflank ( https://northflank.com ), we're trying to continue that trend and…

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    Comment #30035871

    I built a web version of Donsol for the same reason. It's a PWA so you can also install it on your device and play offline. https://donsol.tdjs.tech/

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    Comment #28058921

    Right? A different colour border on the Apple button should be the least of OPs design concerns here...

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    Comment #27604706

    I'm also fairly sure it says 'mobile' not 'maple'

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    Comment #25776835

    Totally agree. Why should someone else I've never met decide what I can and can't see? Leave that decision up to the individual user, and they can tailor their own experience as th…

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    Comment #25760048

    Great work, the visuals are spot on.

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    Comment #25443389

    A while ago Facebook banned my small businesses advertising account out of the blue with no reason given, and gave no option to appeal or even find out what (if anything) I was doi…

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    Comment #21417734

    Yggdrasil[1] is a similar project that seems to be a bit more active, if you're interested. [1] https://github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go