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From a Copy-Pasted Debug Hack to My First Open Source Package: Building a Real Storybook Events Inspector
The scrappy debug component I kept carrying between design system projects, why it never quite worked, and the day it became a real Storybook addon with a test suite, an MCP server an AI agent can drive directly, and five actual npm publishes.
No Docker Desktop Required: Getting Drupal Running on Windows via WSL2 and Lando
Testing whether a gaming rig running WSL2 could stand up a real Drupal site with Lando and Docker, no Docker Desktop involved — and the two very-Windows hiccups that showed up along the way.
One Attribute, Four Themes: How This Blog's Design Tokens Actually Work
How a three-layer CSS custom property system lets this site recolor, reshape, and refont itself from one data-theme attribute, why none of that costs a re-render, and the real bug that taught me how Astro scopes styles.
Root Meridian Part 7: Solving Problems That Do Not Exist Yet
Got a personal Fusion 360 license, opened the software, and immediately spent the session researching custom PCBs, panel-mount SD slots, and product viability for a prop I haven't printed yet.
Root Meridian Part 6: The Cardboard Box Before Fusion 360
Measuring the confirmed electronics stack with calipers, sketching the housing footprint, and building a cardboard mockup — because it turns out a month of dreading Fusion 360 is easier to survive with scissors and painter's tape first.
Root Meridian Part 5: First Solder, First Light
Learning to solder for the first time with a Pinecil V2, wiring the NeoPixel ring, and the moment all four gem quadrants lit up together — topaz, emerald, ruby, diamond — on a real bench for the first time.