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Orta Therox
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Somewhat indie games dev/founder on @puzzmo.com with @stfj.net and friends - always thinking about dev tooling

Prior work on @typescriptlang.org and @artsy.net
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Lot of react compiler errors here!
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Completed Baby Steps in 12 hours, and ~29,700 steps!

Really solid game, tough, glad to be able to now watch some speed runs and completionist videos
A screenshot of the game I found!
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Got my first full pass of server-side rendered React for @puzzmo.com working (using a small in-house SSR library I built)
An ugly version of a simple Puzzmo.com page
November 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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I installed the React Compiler vscode extension, and its nice to know that our root React component is so un-compilable that it needs to show three times
A screenshot showing the react compiler output inside the code with three "not memoized" messages prefixed
November 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Re: sdl-codegen, a library almost nobody uses, which matches GraphQL SDL to a runtime type-system used in RedwoodJS.

I have converted the repo to be archived so I can migrate it into our monorepo and do some drastic changes

github.com/puzzmo-com/s...
A screenshot of the README This project was built to enhance the types for a version of RedwoodJS which was deprecated - they have split out into RedwoodSDK which doesn't need this sort of abstraction. Over time, I treated this library as an Open Source project but it's never really had any activity from people other than small test projects. I think I can make it faster, and work much better for Puzzmo.com if I migrate it into our monorepo and tie it deeply into our replacement for the Redwood API layers. So, I'm moving this project to be archived - it was an interesting problem to look at, tchaus!
October 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Sending positive chants for your upcoming battles
a positive little pilgrim, Sherma
September 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Looks like my timing for getting back from vacation is perfect, the new Pop_OS! beta with COSMIC (a new desktop environment) has just come out

system76.com/pop/pop-beta/
Screenshots of tweets from the hellsite, https://x.com/system76
September 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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That is how I do it in puzzmo.com - yeah

Been a while since I thought about it and wrote that code, but I think if I had a choice it would be a generic simply because it makes for simpler front-end code + queries if there is one root type - this is my err opinions artsy.github.io/blog/2018/10...
A search result in Puzzmo's codebase for errorable response
September 19, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Here's an examples of some I have used in a (trivial) admin app based on graphqxl - (Partial is a built-in)

In this case, every generic use is transformed into a concrete type so types always have a name in the type system for queries / fragments

www.npmjs.com/package/@ort...
A screenshot of three source code responses
September 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Them: "LLMs require crafting perfect prompts"

Me:
A Claude Code prompt saying "I dont see a giggle vytib" and the LLM responding with "Let me check the current implementation to see what might be wrong with the toggle button visibility:"
September 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Dog fur
August 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Genuinely "as seen in Wired"
A screen grab from this story on Wired, https://gist.github.com/steipete/8344756e51df68406eb5302d4c19d6ea
August 12, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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It is nice to have a computer with some whimsy again. I've ported the esheep app from the 90s to run as a native app on macOS

github.com/orta/esheep-...
A screenshot of Xcode showing a bunch of sheep running over the macOS window framing
August 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Getting quite close to wrapping up a "6 weeks of using Claude Code" blog post. Should be in the next few days.
A screenshot of an upcoming blog post which showcases the ability to add iframes of claude conversations inline
July 28, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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A meme of some 90s (?) boxer saying "ok ima fight barred crosswords" then it is sitting down and sainy "damn bars got hands"
July 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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I spent some time this morning trying to wrap my head around Claude Code agents, here's a summary of the ones I have made so far
A screen shot of this text: ⏺ Puzzmo Claude Agents Summary Here's the list of specialized agents for the Puzzmo codebase: 🔧 bea (Backend Engineer) - Expert in GraphQL APIs, Prisma, PostgreSQL, and Nakama. Handles API endpoints, database design, integrations, and backend architecture. 🎨 fea (Frontend Engineer) - React 19 specialist with expertise in Relay, Wouter routing, StyleX styling, and Puzzmo's design system. Builds UI components and features. 📐 desmond (Design System Stylist) - Frontend design specialist who creates polished interfaces using only Puzzmo's existing design tokens and primitives. Masters visual hierarchy and polish. ✅ penny (Puzzmo Style Enforcer) - Code style enforcer ensuring strict adherence to Puzzmo conventions: ID naming, React patterns, StyleX usage, and safe deprecation practices. 🧪 tess (Test Minimizer) - Precision test writer creating only 2-3 highly focused tests based on exact requirements. Avoids test sprawl and focuses on happy paths. 📝 doxie (Docs Updater) - Documentation specialist who reviews code changes and identifies which docs need updating to stay accurate with the current implementation. Each agent can be invoked with /agent [name] to get specialized help in their domain.
July 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Shipped a small CLI tool for converting a conversation with Claude Code into a local HTML page which uses Adium (!) message themes as the theming engine

github.com/orta/claude-...
A screenshot of orta's conversation which started this project
July 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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You readin' my Slacks?
a screenshot of my slacks where I am also enjoying virtual files
July 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Ah, hrm, twitter requires a login, so here is the twitter screenshot
a picture of a hellsite
July 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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We shipped a new experimental game on @puzzmo.com today, with an exception that you can play today if you don't have a subscription

www.puzzmo.com
A screenshot of the Missing Link thumbnail
July 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Down to the final boss on converting the @puzzmo.com codebase to not use React Native
A screenshot of vscode's search interface showing only Animated references left to react native in or codebase
June 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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I went to look at whether I should write a sequel to my prior blog post, only to realise that it's only been two weeks since I started using Claude Code. Too early.
A pretty crappy meme, but sometimes an idea hits you and you just want to see it to in the world
June 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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The @puzzmo.com Game Center leaderboards will mean you can easily challenge folks you know using iOS devices to compete on all sorts of interesting axes!

Best of today's Cross|word, Top Flipart Score for the Week or today and more.
A screenshot of the WWDC video showcasing Game Center challenges in iOS 26
June 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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New Orta + Danger team shot
me, and my wife
May 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Just deployed a new Cross|word feature for @puzzmo.com which lets our editor @xws.bsky.social reference clues inside a puzzle as a cool inline dropdown.

Comes with a rambling blog post about how and why it exists, blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/0...
A popover of a clue in a Puzzmo Crossword using the new popover
May 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM