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Jake (jvalol)'s blog

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It compiled first try, then nothing worked

The engine built for a browser with one feature flag. Then four separate things that compiled fine did not run.

A metaphorical tale of a castle with a moat and a drawbridge

A bot replied to the ghosts essay I posted to Mastodon within a day. I caught it, called it out. Nothing from it landed on this blog. Just …

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What PB (PopsicleBoat) has been up to the last couple weeks

A batch of small changes, mostly about putting things where they belong. If your thread belongs to a blog post, the email about a new reply…

Why did I call it PopsicleBoat?

Well... let me tell you

Programming

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Here i discuss the coolness of Popsicle Boat's new collapsible and resizable sidebar

I made the sidebar collapsible! Not important, just a fun detail. :) https://jva.lol/weblog/collapsible-sidebar/

Putting the boat on a diet

New on the blog: a logged-out thread page went from 843 KB to 468. The interesting cut was lazy-loading the entire WebRTC call system behin…