Project Stories & Case Studies
The builds behind the blog. Real projects with real constraints: what worked, what broke, and what I'd do differently.
SVG Animation Is Not DOM Animation
Rebuilding an old chart race challenge in React taught me five things SVG handles differently than the DOM. Coordinates, transforms, text, and more.
45 Tabs I Stopped Opening
A JWT decoder, a mesh gradient engine, an animation system, and everything in between. Three of them outgrew the toolkit.
Nobody Finishes a 15-Minute AI Interview
How I decomposed a monolithic AI discovery interview into 8 standalone tools — each with its own deliverable, landing page, and search intent.
Fidder Overengineering Made Me Pay
Reduced Fidder's maintenance costs $17/month → $1/month by fixing architectural mistakes, like expensive Firestore secutiry rules and unnecessary VPS-polling.
How We Built a Zero-Cost CMS Portfolio That Actually Works
Using Next.js, Airtable, and Vercel's free tiers, we built a content-managed portfolio site with zero ongoing costs and hourly updates.
Simple E-Commerce Request Uncovered a Wholesale Business's True Need
What began as an e-commerce project revealed a deeper need: tracking products across the entire supply chain, not just processing orders
The Tiny App That Eliminated a Shipping Processing Bottleneck
Custom app cut shipping preparation time from 10 minutes to 60 seconds, slashed errors by 80%, and paid for itself in 30 days — all for $3/month
Building an Embeddable DIY Diamond Mosaic PDF Generator
Created a web app that transforms photos into diamond art patterns using client-side processing, eliminating server costs while enhancing UX
The Algorithm that Transformed Warehouse Chaos
Reduced shipment prep time by 70%, improved accuracy to 95%, and cut costs by 40%. Five years later, it's still the company's operational backbone.
A Story of Fidder: The RSS Reader Without the Noise
The story behind Fidder, an RSS reader built to follow your favorite sites without the social media noise, algorithms, or distraction.
A Launch Story of MyCointainer: Ultimate Staking Service Platform
The launch story of MyCointainer: a staking platform where users choose crypto assets, transfer coins to a staking wallet, and earn passive rewards.
Streamlining Software Release Process: A Case Study
Automating releases transforms them from error-prone, anxiety-inducing events into confident, one-click routines that teams like to perform