Joy of Computing

A web app for making message images in the style of the dialogue that appears in Castlevania 2. Check out the code here: https://github.com/jimkang/curse-notice. — Mai

A map and routing tool for finding bike rides on quiet side streets! — porterjamesj

A simple Python program for checking if a GPG key will expire soon, suitable for use in automation and scripting. — porterjamesj

Mikkel reverse-engineers Quebec's QR-code based proof-of-vaccination system, to find it surprisingly good from a privacy perspective. You can see the code here: https://github.com/MikkelPaulson/smart-health-card-parser — porterjamesj

A minimalist, static-site RSS reader that's easy to deploy your own instance of. — porterjamesj

An open-source JavaScript library for creating animations and practice quizzes of Chinese character stroke order. — porterjamesj

An easy-to-use fuzzy string matching library for JavaScript. — porterjamesj

Ben's effort to decode a JPEG for a project leads to a deep deep and exploration of why JPEG isn't just "one" format, hardware decoders, and even a patch to improve Go's image/jpeg library! — nicholasbs

A prototype web-based terminal that explores how command lines could be more helpful and interactive. — porterjamesj

I was introduced here to Conway’s Game of Life and ended up in a rabbit hole, making a little tool for generative art with cellular automation based on the game rules. It has color and shape choices, dark/light and grid modes. It's responsive. One can type an emoji choice, or character for that ASCII look of the cells 😎 — ilithya