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LatestDecember 27, 20249 min read

Building Blackjack for the Terminal with ink-playing-cards library

Create a terminal-based Blackjack game with React, TypeScript, and the `ink-playing-cards` card library for a nostalgic yet modern gaming experience.

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December 22, 20243 min read

Ink Enhanced Select Input: A Flexible Horizontal & Vertical Select Component for the Terminal

Upgrade your ink-select-input for seamless vertical and horizontal layouts enabling more intuitive and space-efficient interfaces in your Ink CLI apps

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December 18, 20243 min read

Building Pong as a terminal game with Ink

Building Pong as a terminal game with Ink: single-player against an AI paddle, two-player on a shared keyboard, dynamic difficulty as the rally goes. Plus why npx as a distribution channel is underrated for small games.

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October 13, 20241 min read

Typing `Unknown` Supabase RPC Calls

A short pattern for typing the response of a Supabase RPC call when the generated types come back as `unknown` – the cast I keep reaching for, and why a runtime validator like Zod is the safer follow-up.