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  • May 20, 2026

    Animating Camera Physics: Using Manim to Explain FF vs. MFT Aperture

    How I used Manim, the Python animation library, to build three animations that make the FF vs. MFT aperture and depth-of-field debate finally click.

  • May 19, 2026

    From Tape and Glue to Mass Production: The Iterative Reality of Hardware Development

    Shaper Tools' 15-year journey building the Origin CNC router is a masterclass in hardware iteration — from one-axis academic experiments to global mass production.

  • May 18, 2026

    SubZeroHero: Knowing What's Actually in the Freezer

    Why we built a PWA to manage our household freezer inventory after every analog approach quietly failed.

  • May 17, 2026

    Fixing the Missing @ and ~ in macOS Terminal for International Keyboards

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