Topics

Every lab entry belongs to one or more topics. Within a topic, entries are listed in the order they were written, which is also a good order to read them in.

Rendering

Getting pixels onto the screen with SVG, canvas and the browser, and keeping it fast.

• Fig. 01Who draws the chart?

Data visualization

Charts and pictures that explain numbers, built from the shapes up.

• Fig. 01Who draws the chart?

Home automation

Home Assistant and the devices around it, and what a house can honestly tell you.

• Fig. 02The button that does nothing
• Fig. 03What the next session knows

Integrations

Making two systems talk, and keeping what they say about each other true.

• Fig. 02The button that does nothing

Working with AI agents

Coding agents that start every session from scratch, and what they need written down.

• Fig. 03What the next session knows