jake
@jake.fun
he/they • https://anothermachine.info • dev advocate • algorithmic music • alternative uses of web technology • reading non fiction • chicago
recommendation algos are based on my behavior not my desire. if anything they make it harder for me to access my desire and pollute my decision making. they show you how you behave, not what you want. behavior can be coerced.
March 20, 2025 at 5:46 AM
recommendation algos are based on my behavior not my desire. if anything they make it harder for me to access my desire and pollute my decision making. they show you how you behave, not what you want. behavior can be coerced.
Kind of a fun one to revisit from the deep archives. Using Sass functions to generate CSS custom properties with raw fallbacks in 2016. We've come so far...but also in so many ways we have not.
codepen.io/jak_e/post/c...
codepen.io/jak_e/post/c...
March 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Kind of a fun one to revisit from the deep archives. Using Sass functions to generate CSS custom properties with raw fallbacks in 2016. We've come so far...but also in so many ways we have not.
codepen.io/jak_e/post/c...
codepen.io/jak_e/post/c...
been trying very hard to utilize ai creatively in some coding endeavors. it’s really good at getting me excited to board and then it strands me on islands with no way home.
building by hand, with all its limitations, at the very least comes with an oar and a canoe.
i’ve never felt more limited.
building by hand, with all its limitations, at the very least comes with an oar and a canoe.
i’ve never felt more limited.
March 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
been trying very hard to utilize ai creatively in some coding endeavors. it’s really good at getting me excited to board and then it strands me on islands with no way home.
building by hand, with all its limitations, at the very least comes with an oar and a canoe.
i’ve never felt more limited.
building by hand, with all its limitations, at the very least comes with an oar and a canoe.
i’ve never felt more limited.
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Love seeing @jake.fun make a plea for a more creative web. Some of us have never stopped this pursuit but it has felt a bit lonely lately when everyone is trying to prompt to a solution. Join the ever evolving party. 🎈 www.figma.com/blog/why-dev...
Why Developers Should Embrace Creative Coding Again | Figma Blog
Modern browsers have evolved beyond what most design tools can do. It’s up to us to break free from templates and tap into the web’s true creative potential.
www.figma.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Love seeing @jake.fun make a plea for a more creative web. Some of us have never stopped this pursuit but it has felt a bit lonely lately when everyone is trying to prompt to a solution. Join the ever evolving party. 🎈 www.figma.com/blog/why-dev...
season finale of using js in the @figma.com console www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2bM...
Solving Problems with JavaScript: Variable Code Syntax | Figma
YouTube video by Figma
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February 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
season finale of using js in the @figma.com console www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2bM...
A little something I've been working on: encoding audio in image data and playing them back like audio cassettes. Code is open source along with a bunch of other projects.
youtu.be/p5-9wCbeqoQ
youtu.be/p5-9wCbeqoQ
Encoding Audio in Images
YouTube video by jake
youtu.be
January 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
A little something I've been working on: encoding audio in image data and playing them back like audio cassettes. Code is open source along with a bunch of other projects.
youtu.be/p5-9wCbeqoQ
youtu.be/p5-9wCbeqoQ
idk maybe you’re into this sort of thing i sure am youtu.be/HO4fb0n-LO0
Solving Problems with JavaScript | Figma
YouTube video by Figma
youtu.be
January 16, 2025 at 3:53 AM
idk maybe you’re into this sort of thing i sure am youtu.be/HO4fb0n-LO0
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Try running plugin API code in the JavaScript console and see what happens
January 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Try running plugin API code in the JavaScript console and see what happens
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new year, new website :) with thy surest steel gathered to thy side, turn to face these new nightmares, these...True Terrors (of the New Dark Web)
plenty to do but i'm thrilled to publish this 🤍 thanks a lot if you end up taking a look, but hark! go heedfully:
scroll with caution & with care!
plenty to do but i'm thrilled to publish this 🤍 thanks a lot if you end up taking a look, but hark! go heedfully:
scroll with caution & with care!
Henry From Online
The personal site & portfolio of creative web developer Henry from Online
henry.codes
January 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
new year, new website :) with thy surest steel gathered to thy side, turn to face these new nightmares, these...True Terrors (of the New Dark Web)
plenty to do but i'm thrilled to publish this 🤍 thanks a lot if you end up taking a look, but hark! go heedfully:
scroll with caution & with care!
plenty to do but i'm thrilled to publish this 🤍 thanks a lot if you end up taking a look, but hark! go heedfully:
scroll with caution & with care!
![screenshot of terminal that says:
[main feed903] i know more than claude does, i wish i could remember that. fixed steganography
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
➜ public-library git:(main) git push
Enumerating objects: 11, done.
Counting objects: 100% (11/11), done.
Delta compression using up to 14 threads
Compressing objects: 100% (6/6), done.
Writing objects: 100% (6/6), 734 bytes | 734.00 KiB/s, done.
Total 6 (delta 5), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (5/5), completed with 5 local objects.
To https://github.com/another-machine/public-library.git
f8b1ebb..feed903 main -> main](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g3lvazig2zxwib66w3h5be7x/bafkreib7f3u3emrr7cgb2gbmurp2maohk3hfz3pofuivhneqpffb3nge74@jpeg)
there’s having an idea and hiring ppl to see what they come up with. then there’s building exactly what you want to see. working with ai today is the former not the latter.
December 26, 2024 at 12:00 AM
there’s having an idea and hiring ppl to see what they come up with. then there’s building exactly what you want to see. working with ai today is the former not the latter.
Honestly, as shocking as Claude can be, it's just not there yet. I wrote good code originally, then spent all day yesterday polluting it with generated code trying to make it more sophisticated, and am now pulling it all back out to write the complex bits myself. Exhausting.
December 22, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Honestly, as shocking as Claude can be, it's just not there yet. I wrote good code originally, then spent all day yesterday polluting it with generated code trying to make it more sophisticated, and am now pulling it all back out to write the complex bits myself. Exhausting.
The Cameron Winter album that came out today is a work of art. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xee_...
Love Takes Miles
YouTube video by Cameron Winter
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December 7, 2024 at 4:05 AM
The Cameron Winter album that came out today is a work of art. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xee_...
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how it feels to do UI design without a designer
December 4, 2024 at 1:54 PM
how it feels to do UI design without a designer
i don’t know how to prove it but i’m convinced the idea of web “community” has shifted over the past decade from people exploring the immense wealth of the net together to a select few anointing their own authority and accumulating followings by slinging transient hot takes.
December 1, 2024 at 1:38 PM
i don’t know how to prove it but i’m convinced the idea of web “community” has shifted over the past decade from people exploring the immense wealth of the net together to a select few anointing their own authority and accumulating followings by slinging transient hot takes.
my flavor of adhd is hard because stillness is not restful. getting in the groove is fulfilling but can lead to overwork. once i’m focused, creating space to redirect my energy is overwhelming and always abrupt.
December 1, 2024 at 12:52 PM
my flavor of adhd is hard because stillness is not restful. getting in the groove is fulfilling but can lead to overwork. once i’m focused, creating space to redirect my energy is overwhelming and always abrupt.
trying to leverage ai to make my coding life easier but still can’t shake the sense that i’m introducing bugs when generating anything larger than a function. refactoring is where i need it most but that’s also where i trust it the least due to my experiences thus far.
November 30, 2024 at 9:40 PM
trying to leverage ai to make my coding life easier but still can’t shake the sense that i’m introducing bugs when generating anything larger than a function. refactoring is where i need it most but that’s also where i trust it the least due to my experiences thus far.