Chris Hufnagel
chrishufnagel.bsky.social
Chris Hufnagel
@chrishufnagel.bsky.social
Building 12 products by 06.24.26 (0/12) → Steal my winning ideas & learn from my costly bloopers → https://chrishufnagel.com/nerdnotes
Claude is always trying to add backwards compatibility.

Even when the app has no users yet.

This adds bloat. Make sure you keep your agents in line!
September 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Wait... How did I miss this CSS popover?

<button popovertarget="hi">Hi</button>
<div popover id="hi">👋</div>
September 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Spec driven development can get boring quick. When you get bored you get sloppy and the AI slop creeps in.

I decided to start taking a hybrid approach. The speed of vibe coding combined with the consistency of spec driven development.
September 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Clear before you auto-compact.
September 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
HTML and CSS are the building blocks of the web.

Could you build a landing page using only vanilla HTML + CSS?
September 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
My internet is out… again.

I had a goal of shipping the landing page for my new app, this won’t stop me.

Nice try world.
September 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Complexity does not equal value.

In fact, the opposite is often true.

The simpler something is, the more value it holds.
September 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Use what works for you. That is the right tool for the job.

When YOU > 1

It gets more complicated.

A lot of tooling is made for teams at scale.

I have been stuck trying to force myself to use these team oriented stacks, but I am just me. Why add the complexity?
August 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
You don't have to optimize everything.

Website UI. Post schedules. Content strategy. Best practices.

For the last decade these "shoulds" have been choking my creativity.

I'm done. Back to building for fun.
August 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Do you ever go through the wayback machine looking at old versions of your site?

I found my all time favorite design I have ever created from back in 2018.
August 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Algorithms are deciding what you’ll like before you’ve even had a chance to explore.

You said it well @justinjackson.ca
So much of what made culture great between the '60s and '90s was that you had to work for it. There was friction.

You'd go to a record store, book store, or thrift store, and browse for hours, just hoping for one good find.

Maybe we need more of that on the internet.

justinjackson.ca/good-find
A good find
So much of what made culture great between the '60s and '90s is that you had to work for it. There was friction. Maybe we need more of that on the internet.
justinjackson.ca
August 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Honking.
August 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I am bringing float labels back.
August 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Try.
Error.
Tweak.
Try again.
On repeat.
August 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Are you using the right tool or the tool you "want to use"?

Can these be both?
April 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM