Nick

full stack & ml engineer. the right stack in the wrong place. 🧑‍💻 making a game about a planet that knows you exist 🌍 colorful Colorado 🏔️ — he/him [ proto.cool | playghostlight.com ]

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the reckoning

Apr 24·1 min read·4 words

Introducing Cascade

I wrote a lightweight TypeScript library for easily defining smooth, performant animations when elements enter the viewport. It's used on this site! Hopefully it's somewhat useful.

Jun 14·1 min read·28 words

fork my site!

the Astro portion of my site now is fully open source as of today, so finally, the whole site is open source!

Jan 30·1 min read·25 words

Finally, truly headless

Using Payload CMS to make a fully headless blog site, with automation

Jan 27·1 min read·15 words

Snippet Saturdays: Image Zoom with Checkboxes

A real quick showcase of how you can accomplish inline images that can be clicked for fullscreen zoom levels with zero JavaScript.

Jan 11·1 min read·28 words

Creality K2 Plus & CFS Review

I've had this 3D printer for a few weeks now. Here are my honest thoughts about the printer itself, as well as the CFS multi-color filament system.

Jan 10·1 min read·33 words

Building a site with Astro & Payload

Some insights into my journey of creating a fully static site with Astro, powered by Payload CMS.

Jan 5·1 min read·24 words