Hacker News: sastra

New comment by sastra in "Show HN: I Derived a Pancake"

sastra — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:16:15 +0000

Yes! The world needs more Parametric-driven recipes. This is fantastic. Love it.

Show HN: An app to configure my company's logo

sastra — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:45:20 +0000

Conventional logos are perfectly consistent everywhere: the same proportions, spacing, colors, every time.

I wanted to try something that goes against this corporate uniformity and come up with a logo system that can be individualized but is still recognizable as the company’s logo.

The final implementation is heavily inspired by IDEO, where internal teams could choose slightly different versions of the logo by rearranging the letters within a grid. I also wondered about allowing logos to be put in bold so I added that functionality.

The last motivation was practical. I get asked for different file formats and background-compatible versions of the logo. So I made this configurator tool that lets you customize your own version of the Monomer Bio logo, select file format, specify color configuration to match your background, and put it in bold for emphasis if you want.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48436505

Points: 2

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New comment by sastra in "Show HN: I made an app full of bugs"

sastra — Tue, 12 May 2026 21:54:14 +0000

Agreed! One lady bug wandering around is cute. A hundred Pachyrhynchus Loheri bugs swarming in a frenzy is trippy, creepy, and what nightmares are made of.

Sweet dreams.

New comment by sastra in "Show HN: I made an app full of bugs"

sastra — Mon, 11 May 2026 23:07:09 +0000

Ha! A bug bug. Good eye. Thanks! I'll squash that bug. :)

Show HN: I made an app full of bugs

sastra — Mon, 11 May 2026 18:39:52 +0000

Vibe coding is great at producing bugs after all.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48098928

Points: 6

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Emoji Phonetic Alphabet

sastra — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 17:47:12 +0000

Article URL: https://jimmysastra.com/doodles/emoji-alphabet/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45336949

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by sastra in "Vibe Doodle"

sastra — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 18:59:03 +0000

As a kid, I doodled little patterns in my notebooks and let my mind wander. Now I vibe code and create interactive little visual web apps. I call it “vibe doodling”.

It's Labor Day here in the US which is marked as a day of rest. Take a break and vibe doodle. It's good for you.

Vibe Doodle

sastra — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 18:59:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.jimmysastra.com/blog/2025/08/23/vibe-doodling/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45095565

Points: 3

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