Andrew Walpole

Director of Web Development at Fingerpaint

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Dev, Designer, Maker, Teacher, Learner, Leader

[Andrew Walpole @walpolea]

I've been building a Movable Feast Machine Simulator in Javascript, based on @livcomp's work of robust-first software that uses living systems to compute on indefinitely scalable hardware.

Site:
https://t.co/FHo9ezMzST

Code:
https://t.co/8NukrUorN6

Progress update thread:

[Andrew Walpole @walpolea]

I've jumped back on https://t.co/FHo9ezMzST; very excited to share this cell made up of 3 elements:

○ CellBrane (commands direction)
○ CellMembrane (middle goo)
○ CellOuterMembrane (Spanx for cells)

The CellMembrane colors change to show the direction given by CellBrane

[Andrew Walpole @walpolea]

Collected my stamps at the @figma config commons!

[Andrew Walpole @walpolea]

@InstafluffTV Maybe he does name them, but in their native language.

[Ripcord Design @ripcorddesign]

I have always avoided using comments in my code, but this article got me thinking about how they could be useful during the 'sloppy' early coding phase, acting as markers to go back and clean up. After 20+ years, still improving my CSS. Thanks, @walpolea!

https://t.co/HlglxYnsgu

[Amelia Wattenberger 🪷 @Wattenberger]

😱 I just realized I never shared the svg tool I spent so much time on!

I wanted to create a playground to help learn and discover how to write SVG code, which can be so funky!

Remember when we learned physics in the sandbox? Yeah, like that.

[scott belsky @scottbelsky]

@jessicahische more clarification- we’re trying to clear confusion and be clear given the feedback; some lessons learned today too. https://t.co/IzaEfvunM1

[Andrew Walpole @walpolea]

@BHolmesDev Whiteboard jumpsuits

[Andrew Walpole @walpolea]

I've written up some details on an interesting css trick to allow containers to take on a custom top and bottom shape using composed image-masks and a few clever calculations.

https://t.co/dgjii9Pavo

[Andrew Walpole @walpolea]

In an effort to archive a story that continues to bring me joy for going on 14 years, I present, Surprise for a programmer on Birthday.
https://t.co/7mjSwUkkzB

[Andrew Walpole @walpolea]

My Layout Breakouts Builder is ready for use:
https://t.co/TTSyvWvu5V

Would love for someone to try it out! All feedback welcomed!

Inspired by the work of @hexagoncircle and @KevinJPowell

[Andrew Walpole @walpolea]

The Showy / Hidey Navigation Bar
https://t.co/q4GddGA8aN

[Andrew Walpole @walpolea]

Throwing my thoughts into the ring around Josh Collinsworth's devaluing of front-end and also Design Engineering.

https://t.co/hapUbTGP9p

[Andrew Walpole @walpolea]

@addyosmani @ChromeDevTools @materialdesign No offense meant, but how do we turn it off? My devtools has turned horribly inaccessible:

[Andrew Walpole @walpolea]

@ChromeDevTools How do we change this horrible color back to dark grey? Setting a new theme color helps temporarily (though you can't choose grey or black), but closing and reopening devtools makes it come back.

[Andrew Walpole @walpolea]

@jdkarmitage When you say continuous mfms, do you mean that the edges loop around?

[Lu Wilson @TodePond]

FUTURE OF CODING
BEYOND EFFICIENCY

https://t.co/YrpS48pnTi

[Andrew Walpole @walpolea]

@jdkarmitage I would have to think that there is not yet a worthy answer given that in the grand scheme of it all, so little work has been done so far on the MFM in comparison to GoL.

But spun positively, there is so much potential for new discovery in robust-first systems!

[Andrew Walpole @walpolea]

@chriscoyier There definitely is little pressure to adopt rapidly. I make it a point to steer my team to adopt quickly because:
- there is some added value even if you aren't looking for or needing it.
- that's the only way these new features will gain more momentum to be normalized.

[Andrew Walpole @walpolea]

@TodePond Amazing accomplishments and wonderful to watch the pond grow over the years! Best to you in 2024!

[Andrew Walpole @walpolea]

@ErikCH I'm just diving into the new Amplify SSR capabilities (so great!). I would really love to get Astro SSR running with an adapter. Any tips or links for taking this on? The main AWS docs about how things work aren't the most detailed. Is this best left to the @astrodotbuild team?

[Andrew Walpole @walpolea]

Set up an area on my website showcasing some of my #3DPrinting projects https://t.co/3KfVOT64Ad