<p><!-- obsidian -->There has never been a more exciting time to get into (or maybe get back into) 3D printing. 3D printers are fun and useful tools for everything from weekend hobbies and printing parts to creating products for small businesses.</p><img src='https://static0.howtogeekimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/heygears-1-1.png' />
Ionify 1.0.37 is here.⠀Here’s the part I care about most.⠀Test project:⠀⠀~15,000 React components⠀~25,000 dependencies⠀Production build⠀⠀Vite 8:⠀⠀Initial build ~2.7s⠀No-change build ~2.7s⠀One-file change ~2.7s⠀⠀Ionify:⠀⠀Initial build ~5s⠀No-change build ~30ms⠀One-file change ~120ms⠀⠀Yes, Ionify currently loses the first build.⠀That is something I’m actively working on.⠀But the interesting part starts after the first build.⠀If nothing changed, Ionify tries not to
Hi HN, I'm Salman. I started ReacherX as a side project in mid 2023 while studying at university, working part-time, and freelancing. I went full-time on it in June 2026. First time sharing something I built on Hacker News ;)ReacherX is an open-source platform for finding the people you're looking for on X/Twitter and LinkedIn. Unlike tools like Apollo, which pull from a static prospect database, ReacherX runs live searches against current data, so results can be very recent, and
Every 6 months this question resurfaces, and I keep flip-flopping on my answer. So I sat down last weekend and actually tried to think it through instead of tweeting a hot take.Here's where I landed. Fair warning: I've been shipping React apps for a few years now, so I'm biased. But I've also spent evenings this year with Svelte 5, Solid, and (briefly) htmx, so it's not pure fan mail. The short answerYes. But not because React is technically the best.React in 2026 is a weird beast. The libr
A color picker looks like a simple UI component until you need to use one in a real product.At first, you may only need a HEX color field.Then the requirements start growing.Users want a color wheel. Designers want exact RGB and HSL values. Your settings page needs predefined brand colors. Someone asks to pick a color from an uploaded image. Another user wants an eyedropper. Your form needs validation. Keyboard navigation has to work. And eventually you may need gradients, OKLCH, Display P3, or
Back when Twitter was fun, screenwriters would sometimes string together a series of tweets - what came to be known as "tweetstorms." Advice, personal anecdotes, reflections on the craft. It was pretty awesome.The only problem: Once the tweetstorm came ... it went.So, I took to contacting the writers and asking if I could reprint their tweetstorm at Go Into The Story. That way, they'd at least be stored where folks could access them in the future.Here's an example: A 2016 twe
ESP32 boards are incredibly cheap, and you can buy basic sensors to make them even more useful for just a few dollars. This means you can use an ESP32 to build projects that will save you more money than you spend on the hardware, effectively paying for themselves. Some of these projects are easy to set up, even for beginners.
Folding phones have been around for the better part of a decade, and there have been several truisms about them that, it turns out, aren’t true at all. The Motorola Razr Fold I’m writing these words on has upended several folding phone myths that I, like everyone else, used to believe.
Have you ever loaded a SaaS app and seen an announcement banner flicker in 500ms after the page loads, shifting the entire layout down by 60px? That Layout Shift (CLS) destroys user experience and SEO rankings.Here is the architectural pattern for delivering dynamic, personalized in-app announcements without layout shifts or SSR hydration mismatch. The Anatomy of Hydration Layout ShiftsWhen an SSR page renders null on the server and then hydrates an announcement banner in a useEffect on the
Introduction“I added an item in aisle 5, closed the app, and it synced automatically on the bus ride home.” That one sentence describes the behavior users notice and remember: writes that survive crashes, restarts, and flaky networks.This article shows a practical, production-tested 3-step recipe to get durable, replayable optimistic writes using TanStack Query (React Query), Dexie (IndexedDB), and a small outbox. The pattern centers on treating TanStack Query as a reactive cache over your
Most advice about becoming a developer stops at the moment you get hired. That is the part I found least useful. The gap that actually mattered for me was the one between finishing tutorials and shipping software other people depend on — and nothing I had read prepared me for what that gap contained.This is what I learned crossing it, building Bit CRM, a sales CRM plugin published on the WordPress.org directory. Where it startedMy father brought a desktop computer home for work when I was t
Library and Framework are two terms used in software engineering to describe reusable code that developers incorporate into their own projects. Although often used interchangeably in casual conversation, the two refer to distinct architectural relationships between the reusable code and the application that uses it, primarily distinguished by the concept of inversion of control (IoC). ContentsOverviewCore DistinctionLibraryFrameworkComparison TableCommon MisconceptionsExamplesSee Also
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“I love writing. I love the swirl of words as they tangle with human emotions.”--James MichenerFor 100s more On Writing posts, go here.The Protagonist’s Journey: An Introduction to Character-Driven Screenwriting and Storytellingis a #1 Best Seller in Film and Television. Endorsed by over thirty professional screenwriters, novelists, and academics, you may purchase it here.
Are you planning to record some professional audio but don't own a good microphone? Turns out, that old phone you've been keeping in your drawer for years is nearly as good, if not as good, as some of the cheap USB microphones out there. With some setup around your recording space, you can get good audio quality without compromising your wallet.
Excel is usually filed under spreadsheets, yet its formulas and macros can carry software that goes well beyond budgets and pivot tables. From schedulers to games to financial dashboards, these three kinds of programs show how far a workbook can stretch before it needs a separate application.
<p>There was a time when creating automations on your phone required powerful third-party apps with complex tools. Nowadays, most Android phones come with built-in automation features. You can easily set them up without much effort.</p><img src='https://static0.howtogeekimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/rules-on-pixel-10.jpg' />
Microsoft replaced Battery Saver with Energy Saver in Windows 11 a couple of years ago. The new feature includes an always-on toggle that, if left enabled, can reduce your PC's performance without you even noticing. Combine that with a power mode set to favor efficiency, and your Windows PC might throttle itself even when it's plugged in.
My home network has grown into a small lab with computers, virtual machines, storage devices, and plenty of other things that occasionally decide to behave strangely. When something goes wrong, figuring out what happened can be difficult because the useful information may already be gone by the time I start investigating.
<p>The Apple iPad is an exceptionally long-lived device. There's no reason to upgrade them frequently and in my personal experience these tablets don't show much battery wear over the years either.</p><img src='https://static0.howtogeekimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/old-ipad-sparkle.png' />
