iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 8h

Wrote my first WebGPU shader today! Always fun when you have a use case for a web/browser API you normally don’t touch

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 16/09/2026

ヨルシカのライブ行ってきた！！

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 04/09/2026

都立西高校、8年くらい前から学生たちが毎年文化祭のホームページを作っていて毎年楽しみにしている公演の予約システムとかも作ってる

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 01/09/2026

Probably going to get a Mac Mini in the near future I don't code outside as much as I used to and a dedicated desktop device would be nice

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 01/09/2026

Want (No idea if it sounds good but looks amazing)

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 31/08/2026

Not sure how I want to update this blog, but Argon2 is clearly the better choice if you can use it with a memory configuration over say 128MiB, even with a low iteration count i.e. use Argon2id m=128-256MiB, t=1, p=1 for servers pilcrowonpaper.com/blog/14

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Is Argon2 actually better than Bcrypt?

Pilcrow's personal website.

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 26/08/2026

Don’t think it makes top 5 for me but still a very tasty and beautiful pizza

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 25/08/2026

Amatriciana I changed how I grate parmigiano and I got much better emulsion!

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 23/08/2026

Made some focaccia! Not bad Gonna try cold fermentation next, and i might add some semolina to improve the crust

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 18/08/2026

2026 anime I've watched so far: - Frieren s2: Not as grand as s1 but still very very good even on rewatch - Witch Hat Atelier: The highs were really high but it felt a bit lacking? Still excited for s2 - Journal with Witch: Loved it

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 06/08/2026

Please share some < 30min lunch ideas Not feeling pasta for hot humid days

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 03/08/2026

I might've been slightly off with my comparison between Bcrypt and Argon2...

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 31/07/2026

I'm looking for a full-time job! - Backend (esp. security stuff!) - Proficient in Go and TypeScript/JavaScript - Remote from Japan - Fall-winter start Send me a DM or an email to pilcrow(@)pilcrowonpaper(.)com

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 29/07/2026

I have decided to move on from my past projects I am ending my work on Lucia I am deprecating Arctic I am deprecating (most) NPM packages published under Oslo pilcrowonpaper.com/blog/18

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I am deprecating most of my open-source NPM package

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 22/07/2026

I think my Studio Display bricked itself Fuuuuuck

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 20/07/2026

Carnitas! I think I overcooked the pork a tad bit but I think my tacos are finally at a level where I’m pretty satisfied with them (Also didn’t have enough jalapeños to make a pickle)

Yellow corn tortilla, shredded pork, salsa roja, salsa verde, coriander, red onion, flaky salt

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 19/07/2026

I found some tomatillos and Roma tomatoes today!!

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 18/07/2026

台本大体できたからスライド作る

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 14/07/2026

金曜日Svelteの集まりとReactの集まりどっち行くか迷ってる（どっちも1年+触ってない）

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 09/07/2026

Switching the server's TCP congestion algorithm to BBR from Cubic instantly made images load 3x faster lol

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 04/07/2026

Trying out web components for the first time and it's kinda cool actually

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 30/06/2026

Gonna see how long I can last without installing Node.js on my new MacBook lol

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 30/06/2026

My new MacBook Air finally arrived! I like to set up my devices from scratch but I feel like I'm still forgetting something

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 29/06/2026

I keep forgetting how much better my wired headphones are than my wireless one (Sennheiser Momentum 4) lol And the M4 isn't that bad either, they're better than the AirPod Max or Sony's

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 27/06/2026

DAC/AMP seems to matter??? My Motu M2 sounds like 10-20% better than the Apple Dongle and my MacBook

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 25/06/2026

Carne asada tacos! (Didn’t have time to make salsa)

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 25/06/2026

I think I saved several hundred dollars with the price increase

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 24/06/2026

New knife! Gonna have to learn how to sharpen it soon

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 21/06/2026

Made some tortillas today! I think I can still add a bit more water to the dough

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 16/06/2026

Oof, a €5.99 server on Hetzner is now €17.99 Fortunately existing servers aren't affected and I don't need more servers than I already do

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 13/06/2026

Started playing DK Bananza again without camera shakes and it feels much better to play Gonna try to complete it now

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 13/06/2026

Went to find a chef knife and came home empty handed again :(

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 12/06/2026

Got my Let's Encrypt ACME client fully working!

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 11/06/2026

Started work on this and I'm now implementing DNS queries with UDP/TCP Quite fun

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 11/06/2026

Ordered a raspberry soda at a nice little cafe but it’s disgustingly bitter Why would you use tonic water???

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 08/06/2026

Can people share how fast this website loads on average and where you're accessing it from? In Tokyo, around 500ms initially and 170ms on subsequent requests ash-speed.hetzner.com

ash-speed.hetzner.com

Test Files

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 08/06/2026

A better way to phrase what I want to build might be Coolify but for Cloudflare, specifically the CDN, static site hosting, analytics, and TLS part Essentially the entry point for all my websites hosted on Hetzner

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 07/06/2026

I think I'm going to consolidate all my projects to a VPS and build something similar to Coolify I'm considering Hetzner since I don't hate the dashboard UI and it's been pretty reliable but I'm open to suggestions

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 07/06/2026

I built my own storage engine on top of the file system and it was pretty fun working with stuff like flock, O_TMPFILE, linkat, renameat2

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 07/06/2026

Actually why am I using a CDN at all? It's not like I have tons of users and Tokyo to US-East is 200ms, which is honestly fine. I can just add a second server in Singapore or Tokyo too if I need < 100ms

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 04/06/2026

New blog post on my auth book! I started a new auth project again: pilcrowonpaper.com/blog/17

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I started a new auth project again

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 04/06/2026

Also, the new auth book is replacing the copenhagen book (which is now archived) I wanted to consolidate everything under a single place and using my own domain felt like the best choice

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 03/06/2026

Announcing my auth book! A completely free online resource on implementing auth with fully-featured examples Over 10,000 words right now and I still have plenty of things to write about auth.pilcrowonpaper.com

Authentication methods
Sessions
Auth sessions
Email addresses
Passwords
Browser client-side storage
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
Argon2
Bcrypt
Email address verification codes
Email code authentication
Passkeys
Web Authentication API (WebAuthn)
WebAuthn authenticator data
WebAuthn CBOR encoding
WebAuthn client data
Passkey registration
Passkey authentication
Elliptic Curve Digitial Signature Algorithm (ECDSA)
RSA signature scheme
Edwards Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA)

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 02/06/2026

I thought about building provider-specific OAuth packages and the API isn't bad but it just doesn't feel necessary

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 02/06/2026

I've been trying to find a VPS provider with fixed costs (including bandwidth) with organization management and Hetzner seems to be the only real option

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 01/06/2026

My most downloaded NPM package is actually the encoding package which provides APIs for hex, base32, and base64 It's used by Astro but I'm hoping to deprecate it when Node 24 reaches EOL (2028 lol) since Node 25 added Uint8Array.toBase64 and Uint8Array.fromBase64

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pilcrow @pilcrowonpaper.com · 01/06/2026

Do we really need a library for OAuth? Especially since providers can add their own request parameters (login_hint=SUB) and response fields ("refresh_token_expires_in": 3600) It's mostly just a JSON validator at this point

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