Short technical notes from real client + lab work. Bugs that ate a day, fixes that took three characters, the trade-offs between.https://threesided.com/en-us© 2026 threesided1440https://threesided.com/journal/six-demos-almost-no-libraries/https://threesided.com/journal/six-demos-almost-no-libraries/We added six bleeding-edge demos to the lab. The thread through almost all of them: the thing we used to reach for a library to do, the browser now does itself.Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTlabwebgpucssweb-audiohello@threesided.com (Adam Aragon)https://threesided.com/journal/the-cookie-banner-most-of-you-wont-see/https://threesided.com/journal/the-cookie-banner-most-of-you-wont-see/We added analytics to threesided without slapping a cookie wall in front of everyone. The banner only shows where the law actually requires it.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTanalyticsprivacyconsenthello@threesided.com (Adam Aragon)https://threesided.com/journal/building-a-grimoire-instead-of-forking-one/https://threesided.com/journal/building-a-grimoire-instead-of-forking-one/We had a Kanban fork in the drawer and open-source VTTs on the shelf — we still greenfielded DND Cards.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTdndnext.jssupabasehello@threesided.com (Adam Aragon)https://threesided.com/journal/relaunching-antipretty-from-zero-not-wordpress/https://threesided.com/journal/relaunching-antipretty-from-zero-not-wordpress/Fifteen years of galleries on the old stack — we rewrote in two days on Payload instead of theme-hacking forward.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTnext.jspayloadmigrationhello@threesided.com (Adam Aragon)https://threesided.com/journal/campaign-chat-that-shares-the-grimoire/https://threesided.com/journal/campaign-chat-that-shares-the-grimoire/We split the table from the board — same Supabase login, auditable rolls, conjures from the deck.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTdndnext.jssupabasechathello@threesided.com (Adam Aragon)https://threesided.com/journal/when-bots-write-their-own-jokes/https://threesided.com/journal/when-bots-write-their-own-jokes/Big Black Cards Quiplash mode needed bots that improvise, not just pick from the deck.Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTgamesreactopenaipartyhello@threesided.com (Adam Aragon)https://threesided.com/journal/scrape-pipelines-should-fail-loud/https://threesided.com/journal/scrape-pipelines-should-fail-loud/Vegas Kiddos taught us that a quiet empty scrape is worse than a red build.Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTdatanext.jsairtableopshello@threesided.com (Adam Aragon)https://threesided.com/journal/spectator-links-for-party-games/https://threesided.com/journal/spectator-links-for-party-games/Dungeon Jerks needed a way to watch the tavern without holding the dice.Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTgamessveltemultiplayeruxhello@threesided.com (Adam Aragon)https://threesided.com/journal/importing-ddb-without-a-second-app/https://threesided.com/journal/importing-ddb-without-a-second-app/We wanted characters on the Kanban board, not a parallel sheet product.Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTdndnext.jssupabasepdfhello@threesided.com (Adam Aragon)https://threesided.com/journal/card-native-vtt-on-a-kanban-board/https://threesided.com/journal/card-native-vtt-on-a-kanban-board/We merged a full combat engine into DND Cards without pretending the board was a battle map.Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTdndnext.jssupabasevtthello@threesided.com (Adam Aragon)https://threesided.com/journal/when-cpu-bots-need-to-wait-for-narration/https://threesided.com/journal/when-cpu-bots-need-to-wait-for-narration/Async Dungeon Jerks felt broken until bots stopped rolling while the tile was still talking.Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTgamessvelteuxaudiohello@threesided.com (Adam Aragon)https://threesided.com/journal/desktop-gremlins-that-perch-on-your-title-bar/https://threesided.com/journal/desktop-gremlins-that-perch-on-your-title-bar/Desk Gremlins walks the screen edge in Tauri — perch is a one-time transport, not a second window.Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTtaurithree.jsdesktopsolidjshello@threesided.com (Adam Aragon)https://threesided.com/journal/marchingcubes-vertexcolors-gotcha/https://threesided.com/journal/marchingcubes-vertexcolors-gotcha/Six blobs, three colors, all rendered hot pink. The fix is one boolean.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTthreejswebglmarching-cubeshello@threesided.com (Adam Aragon)https://threesided.com/journal/lighthouse-100s-are-mostly-a-font-problem/https://threesided.com/journal/lighthouse-100s-are-mostly-a-font-problem/We had 88s and 92s on demo pages. One preload tag took them to 100.Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTperformancefontslighthouseclshello@threesided.com (Adam Aragon)https://threesided.com/journal/astro-scoping-ate-my-afternoon/https://threesided.com/journal/astro-scoping-ate-my-afternoon/Twelve custom view transitions, all looking identical. Took an embarrassing amount of time to spot why.Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTastrocssview-transitionshello@threesided.com (Adam Aragon)https://threesided.com/journal/quote-posts-deserve-real-art-not-gradients/https://threesided.com/journal/quote-posts-deserve-real-art-not-gradients/Poetry Obscura v2 replaced flat quote cards with generated illustrations — one image per author, atmospheric, committed.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTastropoetryimagescmshello@threesided.com (Adam Aragon)https://threesided.com/journal/when-position-sticky-dies/https://threesided.com/journal/when-position-sticky-dies/A scroll-driven 3D scene worked everywhere except where I needed it. The bug was three properties up the tree.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTcssscrollstickyhello@threesided.com (Adam Aragon)https://threesided.com/journal/migrating-a-comedy-blog-off-webflow/https://threesided.com/journal/migrating-a-comedy-blog-off-webflow/FuhNNY relaunched on Astro with the same engineering playbook as Poetry Obscura — different vibe, same Jimp thumbs.Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTastromigrationcontenthello@threesided.com (Adam Aragon)