I made an accountability website (Gremlin) that roasts you when you slack off. Would love some feedback :)
https://progressgremlin.carrd.co/
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://progressgremlin.carrd.co/
Initial release of django-fast-count: A fast Django .count() implementation for large tables
https://github.com/curvedinf/django-fast-count
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/curvedinf/django-fast-count
Why I wrote the fx web server
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://huijzer.xyz/posts/74
I also added some notes in my “digital garden” on setting up a Kodi streaming box on a Raspberry Pi — I summarize a few different tutorials I've found, including basic setup and getting different streaming services to work
I like this *much* better than a commercial “smart” TV
https://reillyspitzfaden.com/digital-garden/notebook/tech-projects/kodi-streaming-box-raspberry-pi/
Created very simple math site for my 1st grade daughter
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://www.mathsheetgen.com
I live for simple pleasures in life, such as choosing one of hundreds of pretty icons for a website button 
It's now been 15 years since Flash's ultimate demise¹ so laughing at this screenshot might date you.
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[1]: Specifically, it's almost exactly 15 years since Steve Jobs' "Thoughts on Flash" open letter.
I'm currently trying to build a website that requires integrating an email delivery service.
I have to say that I was quite surprised to find just how complex the pricing structure of most services are, and also how many hidden expenses are there.
Fortunately, I found the following YouTube video from @stevebuildswebsites which really broke it all down and made it simple to understand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHbFq67qieI
I recommend giving it a watch if you deal with web development.
Lightweight open source Google reCaptcha alternative: ALTCHA leverages a proof-of-work mechanism to safeguard your website, APIs, and online services from spam and abuse. Unlike traditional solutions, ALTCHA is self-hosted, does not rely on cookies or fingerprinting, and ensures complete user privacy. It is fully compliant with GDPR, WCAG 2.2 AA-level, and the European Accessibility Act. https://github.com/altcha-org/altcha
Gsap is now completely free!!
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://gsap.com/pricing/
We’re building a decentralized Reddit alternative, fully open-source—JS devs, we need you.
https://github.com/plebbit/seedit
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/plebbit/seedit
One of the things in my digital garden is this set of tutorials on webmentions:
https://reillyspitzfaden.com/digital-garden/tutorials/webmention-tutorial/
I noticed I kept writing blog posts about them (and realized I would probably keep doing that for a while!) and decided to put everything in one place.
You can use the table of contents (also a new site feature!) to hop around and choose the tutorial you want, and the first two are pretty easy even with only a small amount of HTML experience.
I added a digital garden section to my site! https://reillyspitzfaden.com/digital-garden/
I'm using it to put tutorials, research/project notes, and other things that I will return to and build on over time. In the process, I found a useful plugin for Eleventy (https://github.com/photogabble/eleventy-plugin-interlinker) that lets me use wikilinks as I would in Obsidian, making it easier to link my notes together.
Serving Large Files in Rails with a Reverse Proxy Server (Nginx or Thruster)
https://www.writesoftwarewell.com/serving-large-files-rails-nginx-thruster/
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://www.writesoftwarewell.com/serving-large-files-rails-nginx-thruster/
Improved Use Directive, Typed Array Helpers & Without Dispatching After Response in Laravel 12.11
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://youtu.be/DkTWHBXXR0I
Over the years I have been developing a pretty severe distaste for Figma, without getting into it too much, it does a lot of little things that just make it feel hostile to the platform, if the platform being designed for is the web.
https://penpot.app/ looks like it might address a lot of that. Curious if others have tried it and seen any of the advertised benefits play out.
Hiding elements that require JavaScript without #JavaScript
https://0xda.de/blog/2025/04/hiding-elements-that-require-javascript-without-javascript
Agnostic Drag and drop alternative (Self promoting)
https://github.com/carlosjorger/fluid-dnd
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/carlosjorger/fluid-dnd
