DSri Seah (they/them)
@dsri.bsky.social
Interactive Developer • Information Graphic Designer • D-Rank Adventurous Creative • dsriseah.com/about/sri • 🏳️⚧️•🏳️🌈•🇹🇼
BUILD 19/30: Calendar Day Drawing Progress
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1110/
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Progress on drawing the Word Counting Calendar programmatically from parameter data. Getting closer!
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1110/
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Progress on drawing the Word Counting Calendar programmatically from parameter data. Getting closer!
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
BUILD 19/30: Calendar Day Drawing Progress
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1110/
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Progress on drawing the Word Counting Calendar programmatically from parameter data. Getting closer!
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1110/
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Progress on drawing the Word Counting Calendar programmatically from parameter data. Getting closer!
Skip Day 02! Minimum Progress Despite Nausea
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1107/
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Another skip day, but I managed to add janky word count labels to the PDF renderer then passed out. Bonus thoughts on momentum and loving the journey.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1107/
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Another skip day, but I managed to add janky word count labels to the PDF renderer then passed out. Bonus thoughts on momentum and loving the journey.
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Skip Day 02! Minimum Progress Despite Nausea
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1107/
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Another skip day, but I managed to add janky word count labels to the PDF renderer then passed out. Bonus thoughts on momentum and loving the journey.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1107/
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Another skip day, but I managed to add janky word count labels to the PDF renderer then passed out. Bonus thoughts on momentum and loving the journey.
BUILD 18/30: Programatic Drawing of Word Counting Calendar Blocks
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1106/
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Today's progress on the 30 Day Build Challenge is using code to draw a "Pyramid Block" for the Word Counting Calendar! Getting closer!
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1106/
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Today's progress on the 30 Day Build Challenge is using code to draw a "Pyramid Block" for the Word Counting Calendar! Getting closer!
November 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
BUILD 18/30: Programatic Drawing of Word Counting Calendar Blocks
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1106/
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Today's progress on the 30 Day Build Challenge is using code to draw a "Pyramid Block" for the Word Counting Calendar! Getting closer!
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1106/
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Today's progress on the 30 Day Build Challenge is using code to draw a "Pyramid Block" for the Word Counting Calendar! Getting closer!
BUILD 17/30: A PDF-LIB Reference
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1105/
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Today's sharepiece is the start of a PDF-LIB API cheatsheet. Info is reorganized into functional groups instead of a useless alphabetical listing.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1105/
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Today's sharepiece is the start of a PDF-LIB API cheatsheet. Info is reorganized into functional groups instead of a useless alphabetical listing.
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 AM
BUILD 17/30: A PDF-LIB Reference
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1105/
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Today's sharepiece is the start of a PDF-LIB API cheatsheet. Info is reorganized into functional groups instead of a useless alphabetical listing.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1105/
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Today's sharepiece is the start of a PDF-LIB API cheatsheet. Info is reorganized into functional groups instead of a useless alphabetical listing.
Skip Day Blog Post! Doctor Visits and Voting
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1104/
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A daytrip to Concord, followed by voting in the midterms and a reward meal. No energy left, so I'm declaring today a SKIP DAY of blogging instead of building.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1104/
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A daytrip to Concord, followed by voting in the midterms and a reward meal. No energy left, so I'm declaring today a SKIP DAY of blogging instead of building.
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Skip Day Blog Post! Doctor Visits and Voting
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1104/
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A daytrip to Concord, followed by voting in the midterms and a reward meal. No energy left, so I'm declaring today a SKIP DAY of blogging instead of building.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1104/
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A daytrip to Concord, followed by voting in the midterms and a reward meal. No energy left, so I'm declaring today a SKIP DAY of blogging instead of building.
BUILD 16/30: Articulating Friendship
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1103/
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I wrote a working definition of friendship, as I understand it, after being inspired by K-Pop Demon Hunters this weekend.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1103/
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I wrote a working definition of friendship, as I understand it, after being inspired by K-Pop Demon Hunters this weekend.
November 4, 2025 at 3:57 AM
BUILD 16/30: Articulating Friendship
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1103/
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I wrote a working definition of friendship, as I understand it, after being inspired by K-Pop Demon Hunters this weekend.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1103/
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I wrote a working definition of friendship, as I understand it, after being inspired by K-Pop Demon Hunters this weekend.
BUILD 15/30: Super Simple PDF Progress
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1031/
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I'm not feeling well today, so I just ported the minimum PDF page generation code to refamiliarize myself with pdf-lib. Notes follow.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1031/
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I'm not feeling well today, so I just ported the minimum PDF page generation code to refamiliarize myself with pdf-lib. Notes follow.
October 31, 2025 at 8:51 PM
BUILD 15/30: Super Simple PDF Progress
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1031/
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I'm not feeling well today, so I just ported the minimum PDF page generation code to refamiliarize myself with pdf-lib. Notes follow.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1031/
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I'm not feeling well today, so I just ported the minimum PDF page generation code to refamiliarize myself with pdf-lib. Notes follow.
BUILD 14/30: Calendar Layout Code Progress
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1030/
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Working on the Word Counting Calendar layout code. Slow going! I share the drawing code parameterization process.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1030/
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Working on the Word Counting Calendar layout code. Slow going! I share the drawing code parameterization process.
October 31, 2025 at 3:08 AM
BUILD 14/30: Calendar Layout Code Progress
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1030/
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Working on the Word Counting Calendar layout code. Slow going! I share the drawing code parameterization process.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1030/
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Working on the Word Counting Calendar layout code. Slow going! I share the drawing code parameterization process.
Build 13/30: Word Counting Calendar Interim Release
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1029/
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I posted the interim Word Counting Calendar for November so writers had something to use while I get my software moving. It's going slowly.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1029/
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I posted the interim Word Counting Calendar for November so writers had something to use while I get my software moving. It's going slowly.
October 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Build 13/30: Word Counting Calendar Interim Release
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1029/
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I posted the interim Word Counting Calendar for November so writers had something to use while I get my software moving. It's going slowly.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1029/
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I posted the interim Word Counting Calendar for November so writers had something to use while I get my software moving. It's going slowly.
Still making Word Counting Calendars for Novel Writing Months!
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October 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Still making Word Counting Calendars for Novel Writing Months!
davidseah.com/node/nanowri...
davidseah.com/node/nanowri...
Build 12/30: Word Counting Calendar Reboot
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1028/
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The old NaNoWriMo org is dead, but there's still demand for Word Counting Calendars! I made a placeholder pdf, and will write software to generate them for the rest of this week.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1028/
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The old NaNoWriMo org is dead, but there's still demand for Word Counting Calendars! I made a placeholder pdf, and will write software to generate them for the rest of this week.
October 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Build 12/30: Word Counting Calendar Reboot
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1028/
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The old NaNoWriMo org is dead, but there's still demand for Word Counting Calendars! I made a placeholder pdf, and will write software to generate them for the rest of this week.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1028/
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The old NaNoWriMo org is dead, but there's still demand for Word Counting Calendars! I made a placeholder pdf, and will write software to generate them for the rest of this week.
Build 11/30: Unprofessional Business Cards
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1027/
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Rather than make a business card with my title and areas of expertise, I wanted something that conveyed what interactions I warm up to.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1027/
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Rather than make a business card with my title and areas of expertise, I wanted something that conveyed what interactions I warm up to.
October 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Build 11/30: Unprofessional Business Cards
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1027/
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Rather than make a business card with my title and areas of expertise, I wanted something that conveyed what interactions I warm up to.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1027/
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Rather than make a business card with my title and areas of expertise, I wanted something that conveyed what interactions I warm up to.
Build 10/30: A Silly Pass at Logo Design
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1024/
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An logo design experiment for farmer's market vendor who needs a business card. We start with some associative questions, and look for the silly parts.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1024/
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An logo design experiment for farmer's market vendor who needs a business card. We start with some associative questions, and look for the silly parts.
October 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Build 10/30: A Silly Pass at Logo Design
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1024/
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An logo design experiment for farmer's market vendor who needs a business card. We start with some associative questions, and look for the silly parts.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1024/
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An logo design experiment for farmer's market vendor who needs a business card. We start with some associative questions, and look for the silly parts.
Build 09/30: ETP Mini Notebook Printing Press Tour
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1023/
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I check on the progress of The ETP 5885 Mini Notebook at the local commercial printer that makes them. This production run will be the last on Amazon Marketplace.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1023/
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I check on the progress of The ETP 5885 Mini Notebook at the local commercial printer that makes them. This production run will be the last on Amazon Marketplace.
October 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Build 09/30: ETP Mini Notebook Printing Press Tour
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1023/
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I check on the progress of The ETP 5885 Mini Notebook at the local commercial printer that makes them. This production run will be the last on Amazon Marketplace.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1023/
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I check on the progress of The ETP 5885 Mini Notebook at the local commercial printer that makes them. This production run will be the last on Amazon Marketplace.
Build 08/30: Activity Bingo Form Progress (part 2)
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1022/
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I took the last revision of the "activity bingo board" and adjusted it to fit within A4 width, then normalized type sizes and dimensions. I also added C-rank quests.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1022/
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I took the last revision of the "activity bingo board" and adjusted it to fit within A4 width, then normalized type sizes and dimensions. I also added C-rank quests.
October 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Build 08/30: Activity Bingo Form Progress (part 2)
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1022/
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I took the last revision of the "activity bingo board" and adjusted it to fit within A4 width, then normalized type sizes and dimensions. I also added C-rank quests.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1022/
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I took the last revision of the "activity bingo board" and adjusted it to fit within A4 width, then normalized type sizes and dimensions. I also added C-rank quests.
Build 07/30: Restart ETP Notebooks Production
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1021/
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I have the final run of 1000 ETP Mini Notebooks in production, but the front cover insert needed name and link updates. Tried Affinity Designer for press-ready work for the first time.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1021/
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I have the final run of 1000 ETP Mini Notebooks in production, but the front cover insert needed name and link updates. Tried Affinity Designer for press-ready work for the first time.
October 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Build 07/30: Restart ETP Notebooks Production
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1021/
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I have the final run of 1000 ETP Mini Notebooks in production, but the front cover insert needed name and link updates. Tried Affinity Designer for press-ready work for the first time.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1021/
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I have the final run of 1000 ETP Mini Notebooks in production, but the front cover insert needed name and link updates. Tried Affinity Designer for press-ready work for the first time.
Build 06/30: Workshopping the 'Activity Bingo' Form (part 1)
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1020/
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I'm focusing on creating new design work this week, testing Affinity Design as a replacement for Adobe Illustrator. In Part 1, I work through what an "Activity Bingo [...]
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1020/
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I'm focusing on creating new design work this week, testing Affinity Design as a replacement for Adobe Illustrator. In Part 1, I work through what an "Activity Bingo [...]
October 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Build 06/30: Workshopping the 'Activity Bingo' Form (part 1)
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1020/
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I'm focusing on creating new design work this week, testing Affinity Design as a replacement for Adobe Illustrator. In Part 1, I work through what an "Activity Bingo [...]
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1020/
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I'm focusing on creating new design work this week, testing Affinity Design as a replacement for Adobe Illustrator. In Part 1, I work through what an "Activity Bingo [...]
Build 05/30: Productivity Energy Crash Day
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1017/
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Today's sharepiece details an unexpected energy crash after four good days of productivity. Was it ADHD? Lack of sleep? Or did I just overdo it?
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1017/
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Today's sharepiece details an unexpected energy crash after four good days of productivity. Was it ADHD? Lack of sleep? Or did I just overdo it?
October 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Build 05/30: Productivity Energy Crash Day
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1017/
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Today's sharepiece details an unexpected energy crash after four good days of productivity. Was it ADHD? Lack of sleep? Or did I just overdo it?
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1017/
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Today's sharepiece details an unexpected energy crash after four good days of productivity. Was it ADHD? Lack of sleep? Or did I just overdo it?
Build 04/30: Eleventy Templates for Atom Feeds
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1016/
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I wanted my autoposts to Mastodon and Bluesky to have a single image, not all the images. Today's sharepiece is the Eleventy code I hacked up with a nice XSL stylesheet.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1016/
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I wanted my autoposts to Mastodon and Bluesky to have a single image, not all the images. Today's sharepiece is the Eleventy code I hacked up with a nice XSL stylesheet.
October 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Build 04/30: Eleventy Templates for Atom Feeds
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1016/
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I wanted my autoposts to Mastodon and Bluesky to have a single image, not all the images. Today's sharepiece is the Eleventy code I hacked up with a nice XSL stylesheet.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1016/
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I wanted my autoposts to Mastodon and Bluesky to have a single image, not all the images. Today's sharepiece is the Eleventy code I hacked up with a nice XSL stylesheet.
Build 03/30: Reviewing Old Work and Stories
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1015/
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Restarting my design business means new business cards and a logo. I have a good idea what's important to me NOW, but it's very different from my PAST identity work. I review old work to look [...]
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1015/
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Restarting my design business means new business cards and a logo. I have a good idea what's important to me NOW, but it's very different from my PAST identity work. I review old work to look [...]
October 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Build 03/30: Reviewing Old Work and Stories
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1015/
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Restarting my design business means new business cards and a logo. I have a good idea what's important to me NOW, but it's very different from my PAST identity work. I review old work to look [...]
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1015/
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Restarting my design business means new business cards and a logo. I have a good idea what's important to me NOW, but it's very different from my PAST identity work. I review old work to look [...]
Day 3 of a push to reboot my design practice by making crap! I’m going to shift from voice to visual design today. After fixing stupid encoding issues in my site feed output.
October 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Day 3 of a push to reboot my design practice by making crap! I’m going to shift from voice to visual design today. After fixing stupid encoding issues in my site feed output.
Build 02/30: TypeScript Mini Apps in Eleventy
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1014/
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I added "mini web app" functionality for my Eleventy template pages. I can create individual Typescript source files inside a project directory that works with live-reloading.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1014/
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I added "mini web app" functionality for my Eleventy template pages. I can create individual Typescript source files inside a project directory that works with live-reloading.
October 15, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Build 02/30: TypeScript Mini Apps in Eleventy
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1014/
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I added "mini web app" functionality for my Eleventy template pages. I can create individual Typescript source files inside a project directory that works with live-reloading.
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1014/
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I added "mini web app" functionality for my Eleventy template pages. I can create individual Typescript source files inside a project directory that works with live-reloading.
Build 01/30: A Web App Template
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1013/
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I'm starting a 30 Day Building Challenge to build and share something every day to help get my design business restarted. I'm not exactly sure what the business will look like, but today's exploration [...]
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1013/
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I'm starting a 30 Day Building Challenge to build and share something every day to help get my design business restarted. I'm not exactly sure what the business will look like, but today's exploration [...]
October 14, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Build 01/30: A Web App Template
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1013/
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I'm starting a 30 Day Building Challenge to build and share something every day to help get my design business restarted. I'm not exactly sure what the business will look like, but today's exploration [...]
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1013/
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I'm starting a 30 Day Building Challenge to build and share something every day to help get my design business restarted. I'm not exactly sure what the business will look like, but today's exploration [...]
Making Operational Diagrams for Motivation
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1006/
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This month I have been rebooting my 2010-era design practice, and there's many moving parts. I've been making a set of maps to help me visualize tasks with my current understanding of The Sri [...]
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1006/
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This month I have been rebooting my 2010-era design practice, and there's many moving parts. I've been making a set of maps to help me visualize tasks with my current understanding of The Sri [...]
October 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Making Operational Diagrams for Motivation
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1006/
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This month I have been rebooting my 2010-era design practice, and there's many moving parts. I've been making a set of maps to help me visualize tasks with my current understanding of The Sri [...]
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/1006/
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This month I have been rebooting my 2010-era design practice, and there's many moving parts. I've been making a set of maps to help me visualize tasks with my current understanding of The Sri [...]
Bad Habits that Undermine My Productivity
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/0930/
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I have been feeling icky and lethargic for weeks, and finally realized it might be based on my eating habits. Here's what I've been doing to test whether this is true. ⊕caption A gooey [...]
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/0930/
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I have been feeling icky and lethargic for weeks, and finally realized it might be based on my eating habits. Here's what I've been doing to test whether this is true. ⊕caption A gooey [...]
October 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Bad Habits that Undermine My Productivity
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/0930/
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I have been feeling icky and lethargic for weeks, and finally realized it might be based on my eating habits. Here's what I've been doing to test whether this is true. ⊕caption A gooey [...]
https://dsriseah.com/journal/2025/0930/
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I have been feeling icky and lethargic for weeks, and finally realized it might be based on my eating habits. Here's what I've been doing to test whether this is true. ⊕caption A gooey [...]