https://byroni.us Technical notes from Byron Wall on software development, data analysis, AI tooling, and engineering workflows. Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:56:03 GMT https://byroni.us/blog/canvas-interactivity-basics https://byroni.us/blog/canvas-interactivity-basics An interactive guide to scene models, hit testing, hover overlays, and drag-pan camera math for canvas-based interfaces. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://byroni.us/blog/codex-appshots-calendar-notes-workflow https://byroni.us/blog/codex-appshots-calendar-notes-workflow A lightweight workflow for turning information from one browser app into calendar entries and reference notes in another, using Codex and appshots as the coordination layer. Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://byroni.us/blog/pluck-inventory-viewport-time-debugging https://byroni.us/blog/pluck-inventory-viewport-time-debugging A Pluck debugging note about turning pan-and-zoom viewport history into a visual overlay: the canvas stays spatial, while time becomes a trace. Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://byroni.us/blog/suspense-boundary-debug-overlay https://byroni.us/blog/suspense-boundary-debug-overlay A Pluck debugging note about wrapping Solid Suspense boundaries with dev-only controls so loading states can be inspected on demand. Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://byroni.us/blog/comic-icon-iteration-contact-sheet https://byroni.us/blog/comic-icon-iteration-contact-sheet A short walkthrough of turning a generated PNG into SVG app icons by using a contact sheet to compare every iteration. Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://byroni.us/blog/managing-openai-prompt-cache https://byroni.us/blog/managing-openai-prompt-cache How Video to Context structures repeated OpenAI Responses API calls so long transcript context can hit the prompt cache, report cached tokens, and make cost visible. Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://byroni.us/blog/component-level-solid-suspense https://byroni.us/blog/component-level-solid-suspense How a SolidJS loading state got smoother by keeping the page shell mounted and moving resource reads behind local Suspense boundaries. Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://byroni.us/blog/understanding-solidjs-resources https://byroni.us/blog/understanding-solidjs-resources An interactive guide to how SolidJS resources interact with Suspense, resource.latest, derived accessors, and memoized reads. Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://byroni.us/blog/video-to-context-review-ui-llm-transcripts https://byroni.us/blog/video-to-context-review-ui-llm-transcripts How Video to Context grew from a transcription CLI into a local review workspace with sectioned transcripts, inline extracted evidence, and cost-aware LLM processing. Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://byroni.us/blog/packaging-llmly-for-pypi https://byroni.us/blog/packaging-llmly-for-pypi What it took to turn a local Flask usage viewer into a PyPI package, and why a small publish script makes versioning and token-based uploads much less error-prone. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://byroni.us/blog/pluck-capture-timing-loop https://byroni.us/blog/pluck-capture-timing-loop I optimized Pluck's Chrome extension capture loop by adding detailed timing traces and a repeatable diagnostic batch that made every speed experiment measurable. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://byroni.us/blog/video-to-context-codex-analysis-cli https://byroni.us/blog/video-to-context-codex-analysis-cli How I pushed Video to Context from transcription toward a Codex-backed analysis pipeline while keeping the CLI aimed at one command that just works. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://byroni.us/blog/voice-memos-video-to-context https://byroni.us/blog/voice-memos-video-to-context How I expanded a local screen-recording transcription CLI so one flag can process Apple Voice Memos into a reusable context folder. Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://byroni.us/blog/debugging-stuffed-animal-background-removal https://byroni.us/blog/debugging-stuffed-animal-background-removal A practical walkthrough of tuning rembg for a stuffed-animal zoo: threshold sweeps, mask repair, visual contact sheets, and a regeneration path for production images. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://byroni.us/blog/expanding-web-tables-for-copying https://byroni.us/blog/expanding-web-tables-for-copying I added an Alt-click table viewer to my Chrome extension after needing exact DNS record values from a page that made table text hard to copy. Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://byroni.us/blog/shared-expense-splitter https://byroni.us/blog/shared-expense-splitter A quick static browser tool for importing shared expenses, tracking payments, and turning the final balance into a simple settlement plan. Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://byroni.us/blog/pluck-extension-capture-speedup https://byroni.us/blog/pluck-extension-capture-speedup Notes from optimizing Pluck's real Chrome extension full-page capture path from slow scroll-settle loops to sub-four-second captures on recent sites. Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://byroni.us/blog/chatgpt-image-pan-zoom https://byroni.us/blog/chatgpt-image-pan-zoom I wanted a faster way to inspect ChatGPT image generations, so I built a Chrome extension for browsing page images with pan, zoom, grids, and saved folders. Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://byroni.us/blog/libre-chat-coolify https://byroni.us/blog/libre-chat-coolify Notes from getting LibreChat running on Coolify: the env vars that matter, why the API serves the UI, and how to force upgrades to pull :latest. Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://byroni.us/blog/threaded-comments https://byroni.us/blog/threaded-comments I've built a good interface for viewing threaded comments on mobile interfaces. Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT