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building weird things on the internet

a completely random test article for checking markdown rendering, typography, spacing, links, code blocks, images, lists, tables, and other stuff.

published: august 11, 2026 reading time: 6 min category: technology / random thoughts

the internet is basically duct tape

most software looks incredibly sophisticated from the outside.

then you open the repository.

and suddenly it's:

frontend/
backend/
backend-old/
backend-old-final/
backend-old-final-2/
DO_NOT_DELETE/

somehow, it still works.

that's arguably the impressive part.

a completely unnecessary subsection

there are approximately three stages to every side project:

1. this idea is genius.
2. why is authentication so annoying?
3. maybe i'll rewrite it in rust.

occasionally, there's a fourth stage:

1. git reset --hard HEAD~17

today's fake experiment

suppose we wanted to build a tiny service that determines whether someone needs coffee.

the algorithm could look something like this:

type Developer = {
  hoursOfSleep: number;
  bugsToday: number;
  productionIsDown: boolean;
};

function needsCoffee(dev: Developer): boolean {
  return (
    dev.hoursOfSleep < 6 ||
    dev.bugsToday >= 3 ||
    dev.productionIsDown
  );
}

very advanced artificial intelligence.

expected results

| sleep | bugs | production | coffee | | ----: | ---: | :--------: | :-------------: | | 8h | 0 | healthy | no | | 6h | 2 | healthy | maybe | | 4h | 7 | healthy | yes | | 8h | 0 | down | immediately |

some random formatted text

this sentence contains bold text.

this one contains italic text.

this one contains both.

here's some inline code.

here's ~~something we immediately regretted writing~~.

and here's a completely legitimate link.

a fake image

fig. 1 — probably somewhere nicer than your office.

things currently living rent-free in my brain

• local-first software
• absurdly fast websites
• procedural generation
• tiny tools that do one thing extremely well
• whether 12 browser tabs counts as "organized"
• making things unnecessarily interactive

nested lists work too:

• frontend

  • react
  • vue
  • svelte

• backend

  • node.js
  • go
  • rust

• database

  • postgres
  • redis
  • sqlite

random quote

perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to remove.

whether we actually follow that advice while building software is another question entirely.

mathematical nonsense

the scientifically verified productivity equation is:

productivity = motivation × caffeine² / notifications

there is currently no peer-reviewed evidence supporting this.

another code example

import random

ideas = [
    "build a startup",
    "rewrite everything",
    "touch grass",
    "optimize a query nobody noticed",
    "create another side project",
]

print(random.choice(ideas))

possible output:

touch grass

unlikely, but technically possible.

task list

today's extremely realistic schedule:

• [x] wake up
• [x] open laptop
• [x] check notifications
• [ ] finish important task
• [x] start unrelated side quest
• [ ] understand why it's suddenly 3:00 am

things worth remembering

1. simple systems usually win

complexity is incredibly easy to add and annoyingly difficult to remove.

2. latency matters

people notice when software feels instant even if they can't explain why.

3. defaults are product decisions

every default quietly decides how thousands of users interact with your system.

4. naming is architecture

bad names make good systems confusing.

good names make complicated systems survivable.

fake changelog

v1.2.0

added

• dark mode
• keyboard shortcuts
• suspiciously fast search
• another settings page

changed

• redesigned navigation
• improved mobile spacing
• reduced unnecessary API calls by 42%

fixed

• buttons occasionally becoming emotionally unavailable
• modal opening underneath another modal
• mysterious undefined is not a function

technical details

here's some JSON for syntax highlighting tests:

{
  "project": "random-blog",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "production": false,
  "features": {
    "markdown": true,
    "darkMode": true,
    "unnecessaryAnimations": 17
  }
}

and some shell:

git clone https://example.com/random-project.git
cd random-project
npm install
npm run dev

faq

is this article useful?

debatable.

does it test markdown properly?

pretty well.

should you deploy on friday?

no.

will people continue deploying on friday?

yes.

conclusion

software is mostly the process of converting vague ideas into increasingly specific problems.

sometimes those problems become products.

sometimes they become GitHub repositories last updated eight months ago.

both are valid outcomes.

thanks for reading.

next article: "why i rewrote a perfectly functional application for absolutely no reason."