Drafts

Posts that are incomplete, of questionable quality, or just generally unfit for the world.

All dates are in IST (Indian Standard Time).

• Program representation (7)

  Jul 08, 2025

  Visual programming is so close to text programming.

• Program representation (6)

  Jul 02, 2025 Jul 06, 2025

  Visual programming is so close to text programming.

• UNO + Balatro + battle pass

  Feb 16, 2025

  UNO with a “battle pass” and Balatro’s game feel could reach the same peaks as Candy Crush and Wordle.

• Program representation (3)

  Feb 05, 2025

  as text, blocks, and nodes, at the same time

• Side-quests in books

  Jan 05, 2025

  praise for super supportive by sleyca

• Bagatto notes

  Jan 01, 2025

  An interesting new SSG using scripting.

• Program representation

  Dec 30, 2024

  To enable easy collaboration between visual coders and text coders.

• JVM meets browsers

  Dec 30, 2024

  JVM was the previous universal app platform.

• No accounts, please

  Dec 04, 2024

  Most services don’t require them.

• Computer notes

  Nov 28, 2024

  Notes for computer class from October to November 2024.

• How to score bowling

  Nov 23, 2024

  Each player gets 10 rounds, with 2 throws each round, and bonus throws on the 10th.

• Files and apps

  Oct 28, 2024

  // TODO: also make class notes for things to cover tomorrow // - illustration of “computer language” being translated to app views // - phone files (including the app to view them) // - camera app

• Computer terms

  Oct 06, 2024

  Images and definitions for various computer terms.

• Computer training notes

  Sep 28, 2024

  notes on computer class; things to do.

• Listy syntax

  Sep 20, 2024

  A programming language syntax with lots of significant whitespace.

• A better document editor (scraps)

  Sep 04, 2024

  Not the web🔗 some people might compare this to the web

• A better document editor

  Sep 04, 2024

  Document editors like Word tend to encourage bad formatting, yet all “office” apps follow that design.

• Listy

  Sep 03, 2024

  A beginner’s programming language.

• Test/reference page

  Aug 13, 2024

  A reference, test, and explanation for styling, as well as a rough guide for writing posts.

• Spaceship security

  Aug 05, 2024

  Just thinking about how you’d secure your spaceship; for games, books, or other media.

• No, Soup-oh!

  Jun 26, 2024

  I quite like Soupault (SSG), but there’s some things I’m not too fond of.

• A better Soupault introduction (old)

  Jun 26, 2024

  Soupault is an SSG that works by manipulating HTML, which makes it the most capable and flexible one I know, but the documentation can be a bit confusing.

• Making UNO is hard

  May 30, 2024

  You should try making it yourself. I chose it as a “simple” project to have something other than endless tutorials, but it actually took me several months (probably because I’m a total beginner).

• My biggest program!

  May 28, 2024

  I decided to implement UNO to have a small project instead of simple exercises on language topics, and I’ve finally finished it!

• Simple UNO clone

  May 26, 2024

  A simple peer-to-peer UNO clone, which can be surprisingly difficult.

• Dork mode and the light side

  May 26, 2024

  A note on theming with dark and light mode in CSS.

• Bookmarks

  May 07, 2024

  List of interesting links with brief introductions.

• Significant whitespace (wisp)

  Mar 17, 2024

  In some senses, Python doesn’t have enough significant whitespace.

• Wisp whitespace expressions

  Mar 12, 2024

  Wisp is a syntax that adds significant whitespace to S-expressions, so that you don’t have to use as many parentheses, creating a much easier reading and writing experience at the cost of a little more complexity.

• S-expressions

  Mar 12, 2024

  S-expression syntax has just two rules: (1) group things with parentheses, and (2) separate them with spaces.

• HTML to Bean

  Jan 30, 2024

  What an HTML document might look like in Bean, both with and without the syntax sugar and post-processing.

• Bean markup design document

  Jan 30, 2024

  Bean is an extensible markup language, with constructs for delimiting and marking up text, as well as syntax sugar for commonly used markup, such as emphasis, lists, and tables.

• Software I Use

  Dec 29, 2023

  It’s all FOSS, mainly because I fell for the keyboard driven workflow.

• Driving (in India)

  Dec 29, 2023

  My notes on getting a license and driving cars, based on my lessons and attempts this year. Some parts apply to driving outside India as well.

• Ceci n’est pas Wordle devlog part 2

  Dec 29, 2023

  So I lied. Welcome to devlog 2 of 1: how to make your own Wordle. (even if you’re a Javascript beginner)

• I Like Lisp(s). You Might Too

  Dec 29, 2023

  Here’s my take on why Lisps are cool (such as Common Lisp, Scheme, Clojure, and Janet). I hope you find a few nice gems in here :)

• Noon-Flower Mechanics

  Dec 29, 2023

  When you first have an idea (such as “What if Minecraft and CrossCode had a baby”) it seems quite simple, but as you get into it you realise there are a lot of challenges to solve in order to make it a reality.

• The Final 20% of an Ecommerce App

  Dec 29, 2023

  Ecommerce apps are everywhere at this stage. (Welcome to capitalism in the internet age, I guess.) While they all achieve the basic functionality to some degree or the other, I have a few ideas (turns out to be two) to take them to the next level.

• Book Club (App/Community)

  Dec 29, 2023

  Book Club was born out of a simple thought: “Once I buy a book and read it, it just lies on my shelf and isn’t touched again for ages.” What if we set up a community for exchanging books? So I took to designing what it might look like.

• Take a step back

  Dec 29, 2023

  When something loses balance, you attempt to fix it, but then something else falls out so you rush back to fix it, but then something else topples over, which you run over to fix, and soon enough everything is crashing down around you.

• Notes on Ukulele and Music

  Oct 27, 2023

  [DRAFT] I want to play the ukulele, but not just that — I want to understand what I’m doing, instead of just pressing my fingers on the strings like a good monkey. So this is an overview of various concepts and things that caught my attention, and I think it might give context to other people as well.