Just bringing final touches to search functionality. The most important things that were done: improved ergonomics of [search function] on the years library page clicking/tapping outside of the search input clears current search query, pressing ESC do the same thing added modern buttery smooth animations to search operations [yep, we can do this without any frameworks!] TECHNOLOGY STACK: GO, JAVASCRIPT, CSS, MARKDOWN, HTML

I have a gut feeling that i might need some spare time in the future for my other endeavors, so while i have a small free time frame window i’ve decided to finish the long-ongoing fixer-upper works that were in a current job queue forever. List of things that were completed during this development jam session [from the most important to the least important]. settings to [clear cookies and localStorage] have been implemented [check right hand side vintage computer on the main menu] brought some CSS adaptation for the mobile devices for the search field fixed scroll to bottom elements, now they are doing what they have to do [a href="#bottom"] fixed layout weirdness on the couple of template pages fixed some small frontend glitches here and there Ah and almost forgot i’ve minimized CSS configuration for even better performance.

Being overwhelmed with all this junk authorization code from my colleague [that bone-headed vibe coder], I decided to do somethin’ useful and finish that long-requested chronological library of posts, feature was requested multiple times in a row, so i don’t have right to just ignore my readers. So, here you go, the website is now neat and more convenient to use, and we’re on the cutting edge of ergonomics compared to generic, so-called “modern”, bleak template websites.

UPDATED ON: 2026-02-04 Due to complains of site users i’ve restored native scrollbar for Firefox browsers, looks quite ugly, but at least i’ve brought back default accessibility to the page. RSS feed was implemented by the request of a reader. Besides this i thought that actually it would be a period correct feature, especially considering website primary aspect and decided to incorporate it to the website. Currently feed is in a beta state, so bugs can occur and i am not responsible to any damage.

Captain Obviousness on the deck! Here are some of my personal conclusions for those of you who would like to achieve your goals no matter what. Knowledge always comes in a slow pace, [stop worry about slow advance] Always try things in a practice & do not enter tutorial loop Never give up, just take a rest and try again Compare yourself not with somebody who is better [compare yourself with your previous copy from the past time] Always think of you improving all over the time Do not overestimate your knowledge after some learning time [remember that there are plenty things you need to learn to become a master] Value the moment that you have time to learn Pursue your dream to the end That’s it for today, i hope that you feel refreshed now!

Repeating things were transferred into template pages written in GO to prevent redundancy Codebase of the website was reduced by 233Kb [2732 lines were slain]! CSS decorations minified for even better performance 68kb -> 53kb Major refactoring of [resource fetcher] Some new icons and pictures for your pleasure! So, less redundant code - faster browsing! -ENJOY!

What do you think about new-neon-glowing-terminal-like-resource-preloader? It should serve a as “waiting” pix on slower 3g connections. I rewrote parsing logic a bit and put some effort into the design. Loading icons injected by means of JavaScript with some “clip-path magic”, so no pictures or svg’s. Also dropped some decorations here and there, like these one. I am almost fullstack dev after all. As for me i am quite pleased with vertical orientation layout.

UPDATED ON: 2023-11-04 Nothing complex here, at least at this time. Here i’ll accumulate performance related information. ░▒▓ LAZY LOADING OF IMAGES ▓▒░ Just implemented lazy loading at my main index page. Concept is pretty simple you are loading images only when they appearing in the viewport of the browser. All you need to do is just to apply loading=“lazy” to the classes of loaded images. <img loading="lazy" src="/img/demo./png" alt="Picture"> In my case it was like this: