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UpdatesAugust 10, 2026

A web-native grass simulation for $15 and a few million AI tokens

Alex Barashkov
Alex Barashkov

I built a grass simulation that runs in the browser using Quixel Megascans assets and Three.js. Here's what it cost, why photoscanned assets change the economics of 3D on the web, and where this kind of thing actually belongs on a site.

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UpdatesAugust 10, 2026

Toolcraft update: a leaner AI harness and a built-in API on the way

Alex Barashkov
Alex Barashkov

A new version of Toolcraft is out, with a major overhaul of the AI harness so it burns fewer tokens and spends far less time re-running performance checks, plus component fixes throughout. Next up: a built-in API the CLI can talk to, so an agent can reproduce your presets with different assets.

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UpdatesAugust 10, 2026

A framework-agnostic text animation skill for AI agents

Alex Barashkov
Alex Barashkov

AI agents can write animation code, but they can't make it feel good — they default to linear fades and round-number durations. So we packaged our designers' motion specifications into a skill that works with Remotion, GSAP, Motion, or native mobile, and hands your agent the timing, curves, and stagger values instead of leaving it to guess.

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UpdatesAugust 10, 2026

Three recent launches: Novu, the Databricks Developer Portal, and a Railway launch video

Alex Barashkov
Alex Barashkov

A look at three projects that shipped recently — a new homepage for Novu after four years of working together, brand and design work for the Databricks Developer Portal, and a launch video for Railway produced end to end in under two weeks.

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UpdatesAugust 10, 2026

Four creative tools we built with Toolcraft, and why they aren't toys

Alex Barashkov
Alex Barashkov

Since publishing our Toolcraft starter kit, we've used it to build four real creative tools: a math-driven three.js scene, a sticker-and-shader mockup app, a web UI that renders in Blender, and a purpose-built animator for a single website section. Here's what each one does and why it matters.

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UpdatesAugust 10, 2026

Aval: an open source format for interactive video on the web

Alex Barashkov
Alex Barashkov

I built Aval, an open source container and runtime for interactive video on the web: a built-in state machine, frame-accurate transitions, and packed alpha transparency, decoded through WebCodecs. Here's what it does, why the web needed it, and what has landed since launch.

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DesignJune 30, 2026

Build personal design tools with AI using Toolcraft

Alex Barashkov
Alex Barashkov

Toolcraft is a starter kit and UI library by Pixel Point for building creative tools with AI faster, better, and more predictably.

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DevelopmentJune 22, 2023

Things you might not know about Next Image

Alex Barashkov
Alex Barashkov

Explore Next.js Image component's architecture and functionality, dispel common misconceptions, and master best practices for optimization to maximize its performance impact.

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DesignDecember 12, 2022

Creating a Stable Diffusion + Dreambooth 2D to 3D icon converter

Alexey Shchipachev
Alexey Shchipachev

Train a Stable Diffusion model with us to create new colorful 3D emojis using both text and image prompts!

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DevelopmentDecember 12, 2022

How to track user’s dark/light mode preferences using Google Analytics (GA4)

Alex Barashkov
Alex Barashkov

Learn your users’ preferences in light/dark mode settings with a simple Google Analytics solution.

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DevelopmentNovember 28, 2022

Advanced web font optimization techniques

Alex Barashkov
Alex Barashkov

Make your site faster and create a better UX by learning web font advanced techniques like font fallback metric adjustments, custom subsetting, and vertical baseline fixes.

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DesignNovember 3, 2022

Web animation experience with Rive

Yaroslav Demidov
Yaroslav Demidov

Discover Rive app - a modern tool for creating well-performing interactive animations that you can run anywhere. Find out what I've learned about its features and limitations during a year of using it.

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DevelopmentOctober 27, 2022

Optimization techniques for Rive animations in React apps

Alex Barashkov
Alex Barashkov

Learn how to optimize Rive animations in React apps to speed up loading and reduce bundle size.

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DevelopmentJune 29, 2022

Creating web optimized video with ffmpeg using VP9 and H265 codecs

Alex Barashkov
Alex Barashkov

Using video for animation with proper optimization is always better than GIF and sometimes outperforms native implementations. In this article, we will learn about codecs like VP9 and H265, and how we can optimize video using ffmpeg tool.

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DevelopmentJune 9, 2022

Gatsby: to slash or not to slash?

Ekaterina Martynko
Ekaterina Martynko

Trailing slash knowledge is important for any web developer; however, we often tend to pay attention to it only when something goes wrong with our site SEO or redirects. I hope this article will show you why it does matter and how to operate with trailing slashes efficiently.

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