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Recent Posts

Release Updates for June 2025, Waavy v0.1.6 (Pre-Release)

Nick's June 2025 update. What happened this month? We started the waavy project, we started to build an ext4 compatible filesystem and virtual filesystem driver in typescript (Even though no one asked me to, or for it for that matter), and the dogs got some long overdue baths.

Fun with Caesar Ciphers

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Reduce Bundle Size with Webpack Externals and ES6 Import Maps

We can reduce the overall size of our bundles by selectively externalizing larger sized dependencies and using ES6 import maps to have the browser prioritize making that es-module available at runtime within the browser.