Pontus Granström
@pontus.granstrom.me
designer, engineer, teacher. art + technology + learning. stockholm, sweden. pontus.granstrom.me
i made a lil app for printing a QR code that lets guests easily get on your wifi. put it on your fridge or wall. yes, there are already pages that do this, but i think mine looks better. enjoy pontus.granstrom.me/wifi-QR-code/
wifi QR code
printable wifi QR code for your guests
pontus.granstrom.me
the best thing about having analytics on your website is finding people who link to you across the web. today I discovered this lovely piece by @korben.info. thank you for the writeup, korben! korben.info/scrappy-apps...
Scrappy - La magie du développement fait maison | Le site de Korben
65 milliards de dollars, c’est le marché estimé du low-code en 2025. Incroyable !! Qui aurait pu se doutait que ça reviendrait en force alors que ...
korben.info
Gives a whole new meaning to “personal software.” Scrappy, by @jrcpl.us and Pontus Granström, is a research prototype that helps you make software for just you and your friends. Hat tip: @scripting.com. pontus.granstrom.me/scrappy/ #software #scrappy #LittleApps
Scrappy
make little apps for you and your friends
pontus.granstrom.me
Great app! I implemented this simple aspect ratio calculator - scrappy.jrcpl.us/s/dd73bf9f-d...
Scrappy
scrappy.jrcpl.us
it's been great to see so much support for Scrappy! ❤️ we intended to take a break from the project after launching it last week, but i got a boost of motivation to fix some low-hanging fruit that have been nagging me. i'll list what's new in this thread. go to scrappy.jrcpl.us to try for yourself!
Scrappy
scrappy.jrcpl.us
2025.05.22 edition is out 🍔 www.localfirstnews.com/2025-05-22
2025.05.22
📰 News & Discussions Local-First Conf 2025 (upcoming event) "Join us for the second edition of Local-First Conf. Connect with a rapidly-growing community in an intimate setting. This year, the conference spans 3 days. May 26th is dedicated to workshops and community sessions, while the following 2 days feature outstanding talks." Berlin,
localfirstnews.com
Maybe it's just the people I tend to follow, but I'm seeing more and more projects wanting to give people a way out of the big tech silos. DIY apps, servers (like my project dropserver.org) etc...
Dropserver Personal Application Server
dropserver.org
Pontus Granström@pontus.granstrom.me · last yr.New thing! @jrcpl.us and I have been exploring home-made software. We made a prototype of a tool for making scrappy little apps for you and your friends. pontus.granstrom.me/scrappy/
As a kid, I learned to program in HyperCard, a fantastic thing from Apple in the 1990s which empowered normal people to make homemade software. Last fall @pontus.granstrom.me started exploring and reinterpreting these ideas for 2025. Excited to share our writeup: pontus.granstrom.me/scrappy/
Scrappy
make little apps for you and your friends
pontus.granstrom.me
New thing! @jrcpl.us and I have been exploring home-made software. We made a prototype of a tool for making scrappy little apps for you and your friends. pontus.granstrom.me/scrappy/
Scrappy
make little apps for you and your friends
pontus.granstrom.me
Event organisers, you don't need to do anything www.todepond.com/sky/event-or...
Todepond dot com
todepond.com
the coding agent looks at the error output from typescript. i assume it works much worse if using a language like javascript that doesn't have compile-time errors. i'm curious if the agent would benefit from having access to a debugger. i certainly do, and i'm better at thinking than claude
Pontus Granström@pontus.granstrom.me · last yr.vibecoding with @zed.dev's claude-based agent. first prompt gave me this -- fully working, but not great design-wise
vibecoding with @zed.dev's claude-based agent. first prompt gave me this -- fully working, but not great design-wise
debuggers for teaching programming <3 i'm still amazed/appalled that so many people learn programming without a debugger 🤯😣
Sam Rose@samwho.dev · last yr.I like be extra for my posts. In the past I've created a graph library, made a programming language, and designed an entire deck of cards. Just for single posts. Welp, now I'm making a JS debugger that runs in the browser. 😅
I like the idea of mozi.app. It shows you when you and your friends are gonna be in the same location so you can make plans to meet IRL. But it suffers from the chicken-and-egg problem of needing more people to join before it's useful – which makes it hard to convince people to join.
Mozi: A Place For Your People
Mozi is the best way to privately share with your friends where you are and where you're going.
mozi.app
Weatherspark is great for a bird's eye view of temperature. For everyday weather planning, I love the design and information density of Weather Strip. Shows temperature, cloud coverage, rain chance, rain amount, daytime/nighttime, wind velocity -- for both the next 24hrs and the next 10 days.
Red Blob Games@redblobgames.com · last yr.The information density on weatherspark is amazing. The icons on this map are a year's worth of weather data. Left to right on the icon is Jan to Dec. Bottom to top is hours of the day. Each pixel color tells you temperature (blue = cold, red = hot). weatherspark.com/map?pageType...
a TV show at the pace of a "previously on". cut all the fluff
All non-fiction writing should have exercises to try, questions to answer, experiments to run.
Pretty sure I can tell when The Volume is used. Harder to detect than a green screen, but there's just something off compared to real depth of field.
"Good question" is a sign that a conversation has gone off script and into new, uncharted territory. My favorite kind of conversation.
Good communication in human relationships : good communication in computer networking. Paraphrasing the other person : ACK. Highlighting possible misunderstandings/incongruence : error correction. Leaving space for questions : flow control.
I'm partial to the handmade approach to software, where you build things yourself. - Build exactly what you need, no inessential complexity. - Learn how things really work, rather than how someone else's library works. Why, then, use frameworks like @react.dev or engines like @godotengine.org? 🧵
Thinking about crowd dynamics and was reminded of Kids by @mariov.ch and @michaelfrei.io, a beautiful series of vignettes that flow into each other. playkids.ch
KIDS
A game of crowds.
playkids.ch
