Notes
Notes from the workbench.
Random build notes, design decisions, unfinished ideas, and a few files I probably should have deleted. Some are useful. Some are here because the Recycle Bin was getting full.
18 notes
- WestCose Labs README This was supposed to be a portfolio. Then I gave it a desktop and a phone OS.
- Why I keep building weird interfaces If the interface is part of the idea, it should do more than look cool.
- Why I don't separate design and code A good mockup is a start. The real test is what happens when you use it.
- Why WestCose World is a place, not a menu I could have made a normal project selector. I built a town instead.
- Gary is always here A boss with a schedule, a workplace, and absolutely no interest in going home.
- Concept art to a game-ready GLB Generating the model is the easy part. Getting it into the game is the job.
- Rebuilding a WordPress site without losing it Copying the homepage is not the same as rebuilding the site.
- Automate the boring part If I do the same twenty clicks every week, I start thinking about a script.
- Use the simplest stack that does the job Not everything needs a database, auth, five services, and a dashboard.
- The first eight seconds matter A cinematic intro doesn't need to look like a movie trailer to work.
- Why build another commerce system? Sometimes you want control over the store instead of another subscription and another workaround.
- Do not redesign this again Fix the actual problem. Don't make a new theme because you're bored.
- Features nobody asked for A lock screen for a website was apparently a reasonable decision.
- Things to finish before starting another SaaS Finish the thing that's open before creating the next repo. In theory.
- Names that sounded better at 2:14 AM Every bad name sounds good until you say it out loud the next morning.
- Client phrases translated into English "Make it pop" usually means we haven't picked the main thing yet.
- Final_FINAL_v8 The file is final until somebody opens it again.
- Games to build after finishing the current game Maybe finish the zombies, boss, and game feel first.