History of Gravepassing — my entry for js13kgames 2022. — This year I decided to participate in the js13kgames game jam. It’s a yearly, month-long competition to create a game in JavaScript from scratch that will fit 13kb (zipped). It does not sound like plenty of space, but with enough creativity, a lot can be achieved. …

The majority of the languages have some mechanisms for generating random numbers. Unfortunately, that is not the case in CSS. This might not be a problem for most websites, but when dealing with a more generative approach (which CSS is really great for) we have to resort to JavaScript to…

CSS evolved like no other technology during its lifespan. The tool that started in 1994 as a simple way of styling basic documents on an early internet, became a language offering animations, matrix transformations, variables, several layouting systems, and much more. Because of the constant ecosystem changes, it is hard…

Using strongly typed language has a lot of benefits. But TypeScript is not a magical tool — the stronger types you provide, the better results you will get. …

In the last couple of weeks MIDIVal got plenty of new updates: @midival/core got 0.0.17 release with fixed onConnected / onDisconnected handlers @midival/node got 0.0.2 release with Virtual Ports, onConnected / onDisconnected listeners and new examples in the repository to get you started @midival/react-native was released! MIDIVal has now brand…

The new version of MIDIVal just landed bringing an easier way to use MIDI Clock in your app. If you didn’t come across MIDIVal before, it is a library that simplifies communication with MIDI devices from your JavaScript / TypeScript code by providing a high-level interface. It allows you to…