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nfriend | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: A little side project, a watercolor art generator

Sorry all for the long wait times! Was not expecting much interest. At the very least, I need to look into removing photos from the queue when people exit the page.

nfriend | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: A little side project, a watercolor art generator

Thought it was some fun context, but I can see why it might come off as a strange detail to include. Edited to remove the distraction.

nfriend | 3 years ago | on: Online Spirograph Tool

Not C, but I did build a mobile app version that works offline: https://inspiral.nathanfriend.io/

nfriend | 3 years ago | on: Online Spirograph Tool

Weird, what browser/OS are you using?

nfriend | 3 years ago | on: Online Spirograph Tool

Thanks! I chose the same set of gears that shipped with the original Spirograph. Also note that you can achieve a similar effect by pressing "," or ".", which offsets the gear by one tooth, and then re-drawing the complete design.

nfriend | 3 years ago | on: Online Spirograph Tool

I don't! Those look amazing, though.

nfriend | 3 years ago | on: Online Spirograph Tool

Unfortunately it's not possible! It's the number one question people email me about. In retrospect I should have rendered the ring gears with no teeth on the outside.

nfriend | 3 years ago | on: Online Spirograph Tool

Hey, author here! Fun to see this old project pop up on HN. Happy to answer any questions.

Last year I tried my hand at building a native mobile version for iOS and Android (using Flutter), which is a little more polished and has a few extra features (for example, irregular-shaped gears): https://inspiral.nathanfriend.io/

nfriend | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2020?

A little art game I built for iOS and Android: https://inspiral.nathanfriend.io/

(It's the mobile version of https://nathanfriend.io/inspiral-web/)

nfriend | 4 years ago | on: Show HN: Inspiral

Hi HN! A number of years ago, a side project of mine (https://nathanfriend.io/inspirograph/) hit the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8698131, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13256222

Today I'm releasing the mobile app version for both iOS and Android.

It's built with Flutter, and in-app payments are processed by RevenueCat. Source code is available at https://gitlab.com/nfriend/inspiral.

Let me know what you think! Feel free to open GitLab issues or email me at [email protected].

nfriend | 6 years ago | on: Server-Side Only React with Next

I did something similar with Nuxt.js when building my résumé site: https://resume.nathanfriend.io/

I used a more heavy-handed approach: I strip out all <script> elements from the build output before publishing: https://gitlab.com/nfriend/nuxt-resume/-/blob/63e0298fdb5a08...

The end result is a pure HTML/CSS site that has all the Nuxt.js niceties during development (e.g. hot reloading).

nfriend | 6 years ago | on: Stripe’s fifth engineering hub is Remote

Yes, my company (GitLab) fully reimburses me for the coworking space I rent. They don't manage it for me - I just submit the rent as an expense each month.

More details on GitLab's coworking space policy here: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/spending-company-money/. (Search the page for "Office space".)

nfriend | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: I taught my little brother JS, and he made this videogame in a week

Brings back memories of Squares 2, a Flash game I was addicted to in high school: http://www.officegamespot.com/freegames/squares2.htm

nfriend | 7 years ago | on: Canada's last witch trials: Women accused of fake witchcraft

Absolutely, as this runs counter to one of core tenants of Christianity - saved by grace alone.

nfriend | 7 years ago | on: Building a Kickass Portfolio

https://nathanfriend.io/

nfriend | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2018)

Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada (although it's worth noting that I'm a US citizen)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: TypeScript, Angular, Node, ASP.NET, Solr

Résumé/CV: https://nathanfriend.io/assets/Nathan%20Friend%20-%20R%C3%A9...

Email: [email protected]

Hi, I'm Nathan Friend. I'm a front-end engineer based out of Prince Edward Island Canada, although I'm originally from the US. I specialize in building user interfaces that are snappy, intuitive, and delightful to use. I am looking for an employer with a top-notch technical team that puts real emphasis on user experience and interface design.

My most successful side project to date was a small web application called Inspirograph, which faithfully replicates the experience of playing with the classic Spirograph toy: https://nathanfriend.io/inspirograph/.

For more about me, visit my website: https://nathanfriend.io/ and take a look at my portfolio: https://nathanfriend.io/projects

nfriend | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: Devpen – Markdown Editor with GitHub Style

Very cool - I've run into the exact problem you described many times in the past and actually considered building something very similar to this.

As a side note, it looks like <img>'s aren't working - try adding something like this:

  <img src="https://www.google.ca/images/branding/googlelogo/1x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png" />

Making images format correctly in GitHub READMEs has always been a bit of a pain point for me, so this would be a nice feature to have.

nfriend | 8 years ago | on: Stanford Compilers Course

I took this course for fun a few years ago - it was fantastic! I modified the project a bit to match my own interests - instead of compiling to an executable, my compiler generated browser-friendly JavaScript code. I built a small web application that uses my compiler and allows you to run COOL code in your browser: http://nathanfriend.io/cooltojs/