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Polina Gurtovaia

@pgurtovaia.bsky.social

Beginner developer, in my spare time, I reinvent the wheel, read ancient books on modern technologies, and write blogposts. Web GDE, based in London

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Polina Gurtovaia@pgurtovaia.bsky.social · 1h ago

Can we train a neural network in CSS without a drop of code (JS strictly prohibited, no server Python!)? CSS + 50 divs does the trick-but that's boring. How about..scrollbars? Tremble before our colossal computational graph, boasting a single layer and 3 parameters! acorns.nutlore.me/css-neural-n...

A JS-less Neural Network on… Scrollbars

A live optimizer built from scroll physics: a tiny neural network's three weights are scrollbars, trained continuously by CSS scroll-driven animations and mandatory snap until its curve fits the sine ...

acorns.nutlore.me

Polina Gurtovaia@pgurtovaia.bsky.social · 4d ago

Not enough energy for deep dives lately. Just enough for small demos. First up: a button that links to a random post — CSS doing its best impression of random(). Riffing on an original by @chriscoyier.net acorns.nutlore.me/random-post-...

A Random-Post Button, Now With One (1) Link

A button that links to a random post — in HTML & CSS only. Three ways to fake random(): the clock, the scrollbar, or your mouse path. Plus a rolling 3D die.

acorns.nutlore.me

Polina Gurtovaia@pgurtovaia.bsky.social · 3w ago

Today I came across the term 'sociotechnical' in a book. It made me realise that people over-optimising their productivity metrics can directly shape system architecture - sometimes in very broken ways :)

Polina Gurtovaia@pgurtovaia.bsky.social · 3mo ago

How many agents does it take to make me read one paper? New post: building on an almost-familiar stack, with control and quick context switching. Follow-up to "Scaling the Productivity of a Spherical Developer in a Vacuum #0", reads on its own. hellsquirrel.dev/blog/dx-dp-1

Calibrating the Spherical Developer: Turning the Levers #1

Turning the throughput model from Part 0 into a real solo build. Three days, one personal paper reader, and a close look at which levers actually moved.

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MDN Web Docs@developer.mozilla.org · last yr.

Do color differences on devices matter for developers? 🤔 In our guest blog by @pgurtovaia.bsky.social, we cover: 👀 How humans perceive it 💻 How devices render it, and 🧑‍💻 What you, as a developer, need to know Dive deep 👇 developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/...

Color models for humans and devices | MDN Blog

Images help bring more color and life to the web. This post describes how images are represented by humans and on different devices, with details about color spaces and vision theory.

developer.mozilla.org

MDN Web Docs@developer.mozilla.org · last yr.

Ever wondered why colors look different across devices? 🌈 In the new blog by @pgurtovaia.bsky.social, you will learn, 👀 How humans perceive it 💻 How devices render it, and 🧑‍💻 What you, as a developer, need to know Dive deep 👇 developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/...

Color models for humans and devices | MDN Blog

Images help bring more color and life to the web. This post describes how images are represented by humans and on different devices, with details about color spaces and vision theory.

developer.mozilla.org