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Go has a neat syntax called iota, which sequentially increments for constants in the same group: const ( A = iota // int = 0, defaults to int type B = iota // int = 1 C // int = 2, uses previous value, which is iota D // int = 3 ) The most common pat…

Git is great for fearlessly making changes to anything.

What if I were to dump all my tweets into my blog, which will involve coming up with titles and tags for every single one of them?

Can we make ARROW POINTING UPWARD THEN CURVING LEFTWARD a meme so that the Unicode Consortium will add it as an emoji?

AI is a gondola lift to the top of Mount Stupid.

Say you have a white wall that you want to paint blue.

# How to format notes for getting thoughts out quickly - Start with a Markdown file. - Each top-level section identifies a subject

If you don’t use Jekyll for GitHub Pages, be sure to disable it by adding a .nojekyll file to the root of the deployed branch.

Minimally compliant contrast ratios.

Swapping two parts of a slice in-place. // ABCDE|FGH slices.Reverse(slice[:i]) // EDCBA|FGH slices.Reverse(slice[i:]) // EDCBA|HGF slices.Reverse(slice) // FGH|ABCDE

Here’s a method for producing proportional bitmap fonts.

There was a time when “The year is 2025” would have felt futuristic.

The year is 2025.

Today I am thankful that absolute argument constant relative register, and variable all have the same number of letters.

You can just take the stickers off the bananas all at once.

Happy spooky friday!

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Improved syntax: to display all values of a field, just use the field name without specifying a value.

I implemented a “list” selector and it’s kind of overpowered.

Search engine grammar is coming along.

Added RSS feed for API updates: https://robloxapi.github.io/ref/updates/index.xml

The new Roblox API Reference is live. https://robloxapi.github.io/ref/

The changes shown in this image hint at how parameters are named internally in Roblox’s engine.

Have panels for a mobile layout now, implemented with no javascript.

You absolutely should not run ads for a game that is first-day-public.

Decided to indulge a bit with a page of API statistics. https://robloxapi.github.io/ref/stats.html

Sibling classes.

Basic search now working. https://robloxapi.github.io/ref/?

Implemented a query engine that can search for API items through just about any aspect.

Organizing database rows by type.

Working out how to do searches on a static website.

Got settings up and running.

Icons!

Slowly plugging along on the new website.

Pure CSS filtering and counting.

Multiple menu panels with just CSS. https://gist.github.com/Anaminus/5ef8086ba5260c480e2b7a895d55ce5a

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I’ve been working on a complete rewrite of the Roblox API Reference, which is why it hasn’t been updating.

To whoever did this, I just want you to know that I am very annoyed by your decision.

Is passing a buffer directly to MessagingService/DataStore actually better?

Notoriously unstable debugger: That assignment didn’t change this variable.

I hereby give you permission to not unconditionally hate light mode.

17 years on the platform is not enough for #Roblox

Boring Facts: DataStore keys are binary-safe.

Why are humans like this?

Entropy is the entire universe telling you to rewrite your front end.

This is fine.

Magic in software is just a lack of documentation.

Glass is being fun lately.