https://triss.dev Writing on design, technology, sustainability, and building software. en Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:19:46 +0000 https://triss.dev/blog/i-prompted-my-way-to-a-published-game-in-2-weeks/ How I built Siegebox — an isometric tower defense game with 46 towers, a level builder, multiplayer, and a community map-sharing platform — in about 20 hours of prompting, with zero game dev experience. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://triss.dev/blog/i-prompted-my-way-to-a-published-game-in-2-weeks/ https://triss.dev/blog/building-ai-into-buildings-without-sending-data-to-san-francisco/ Senbee uses AI to make buildings smarter. But when your customers are European, you can't just pipe their data through an American API and call it a day. Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://triss.dev/blog/building-ai-into-buildings-without-sending-data-to-san-francisco/ https://triss.dev/blog/i-built-a-saas-in-3-weekends-using-almost-entirely-ai.md/ How I built Noteshelf.app — a full note-taking platform with payments, native apps, an admin panel, and a marketing site — across three weekends, almost entirely with AI tools. Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://triss.dev/blog/i-built-a-saas-in-3-weekends-using-almost-entirely-ai.md/ https://triss.dev/blog/the-best-books-i-have-read-in-2025/ A diverse reading year filled with classics, thrillers, sci-fi, essays, and poetry—highlighting everything from Paddington and Pride & Prejudice to Stephen King and H.P. Lovecraft. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://triss.dev/blog/the-best-books-i-have-read-in-2025/ https://triss.dev/blog/in-2023-i-was-impressed-in-2024-dependent-now-2025-scared/ When powerful AI tools started going mainstream, it felt like a breakthrough. In 2023, we watched in awe as models wrote, reasoned, and solved problems with near-human fluency. By 2024, they weren’t just novelties — they became part of our workflows, our conversations, even our decision-making. Sun, 27 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://triss.dev/blog/in-2023-i-was-impressed-in-2024-dependent-now-2025-scared/ https://triss.dev/blog/accessible-toggle-buttons copy/ Toggle buttons are a pleasant interface for toggling a value between two states, and offer the same semantics and keyboard navigation as native checkbox elements. Thu, 29 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://triss.dev/blog/accessible-toggle-buttons copy/ https://triss.dev/blog/saying-goodbye-to-colordrop/ Marking the end of a decade-long journey with ColorDrop as it finds a new home—reflecting on its impact and celebrating the future under new ownership. Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://triss.dev/blog/saying-goodbye-to-colordrop/ https://triss.dev/blog/a-milestone-for-a-greener-web/ Celebrating 1 million website scans with CO2 Observer—a major step toward digital sustainability, marked by a $1,000 donation to One Tree Planted. Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://triss.dev/blog/a-milestone-for-a-greener-web/ https://triss.dev/blog/the-best-books-i-have-read-in-2024/ A personal roundup of the most memorable books read in 2024—ranging from sci-fi epics and timeless classics to poetry, humor, and speculative fiction. Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://triss.dev/blog/the-best-books-i-have-read-in-2024/ https://triss.dev/blog/a-lesson-learned-the-hard-way/ Reflections on the realization that technology alone isn’t enough—true success comes from building trust, relationships, and community. Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://triss.dev/blog/a-lesson-learned-the-hard-way/ https://triss.dev/blog/launching-particle-firework/ Introducing ParticleFirework.js — a lightweight framework for adding customizable particle effects to your website with ease. Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://triss.dev/blog/launching-particle-firework/ https://triss.dev/blog/announcing-senbee/ Announcing Senbee - a unified platform for managing services across providers, built to simplify operations through smart integrations and AI-driven insights. Fri, 09 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://triss.dev/blog/announcing-senbee/ https://triss.dev/blog/css-only-scroll-into-view-effect/ Trigger scroll-based animations using pure CSS and animation-timeline - view()—no JavaScript required. Sat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://triss.dev/blog/css-only-scroll-into-view-effect/ https://triss.dev/blog/multipage-view-transitions/ Learn how to enable and implement multipage view transitions using the experimental View Transition API to create seamless animations between pages. Sun, 28 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://triss.dev/blog/multipage-view-transitions/ https://triss.dev/blog/hex-color-alpha-channel/ Hex color codes support transparency by including an alpha channel—using 4 or 8 digits to control opacity directly within the color value. Fri, 12 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://triss.dev/blog/hex-color-alpha-channel/ https://triss.dev/blog/streamlining-openai-integration/ A lightweight PHP library for easy integration with OpenAI’s API—supporting text generation, image creation, and text-to-speech in just a few lines of code. Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://triss.dev/blog/streamlining-openai-integration/ https://triss.dev/blog/co2-observer-release/ Measure and showcase your website’s carbon footprint with CO2 Observer—a simple tool that estimates emissions per page view and offers a badge to highlight your sustainability efforts. Sun, 17 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://triss.dev/blog/co2-observer-release/ https://triss.dev/blog/sarcastic-white/ A cool and crisp color theme created around uncluttered design patterns to achieve optimal focus & readability. Tue, 01 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://triss.dev/blog/sarcastic-white/ https://triss.dev/blog/darkyjs-release/ Darky.js lets you enable dark mode on any website with zero redesign—simple setup, customizable, OS theme aware, and stores user preferences. Fri, 28 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://triss.dev/blog/darkyjs-release/ https://triss.dev/blog/gridder/ A clean and minimalistic UI theme created around uncluttered design patterns to achieve optimal focus & readability. Mon, 10 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://triss.dev/blog/gridder/