starikov.io

GitHub Profile

Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:55:06 GMT

A neofetch-style profile card that rebuilds itself every day with live stats.

Eclecta

Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:20:40 GMT

A digital broadsheet for the frontier — we read the firehose so you read what matters.

Dotfiles

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 17:00:40 GMT

A decade of shell, tuned until one command themes every app at once.

The Lifecycle of a Code Change

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:01:17 GMT

AI writes most of my code now. Here's where I let it, and where I don't.

The Commit Checklist

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:00:31 GMT

The unglamorous gate between "works on my machine" and "someone else has to read this."

Begin a Brag Doc

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 03:14:05 GMT

Document the narrative before someone else drafts it.

Brag Doc Template

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 03:13:49 GMT

A simple template for tracking your engineering impact across a performance cycle.

The Vanishing Keystrokes Bug

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:00:02 GMT

How a faceless background agent ate my typing, and the script that caught it.

Talk To Your TODOs

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:00:05 GMT

I talk to my TODO list. You should too.

AI Won't Replace Software Engineering (Yet)

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:00:55 GMT

But it will raise the bar.

Résumé

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 03:21:25 GMT

Four LaTeX-built PDFs — résumé and CV, each in light and dark — from a private typesetting engine.

There's No Place Like $HOME

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:00:41 GMT

A ten-year journey of mostly Vim, then VS Code, then back to Vim.

Diff Viewer

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:37:31 GMT

Two versions in, every real change out. Reordered keys and trailing whitespace don't count.

Artificially Unintelligent

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:00:17 GMT

mini(wins), max(losses)

pocketcasts-reset

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 06:32:07 GMT

Unfollow every podcast in your Pocket Casts account, to start fresh.

AI Foundations

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:00:11 GMT

Ball don't lie, and neither does linear algebra.

The Thunderfury Incident

Wed, 27 May 2026 13:00:06 GMT

"Did someone say Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker?" — The IT Department, probably

Software Engineering is a Team Sport

Tue, 19 May 2026 13:00:28 GMT

To play a team sport, you must learn to be a teammate.

Token Anxiety

Tue, 12 May 2026 13:00:31 GMT

Approaching daily Pro limit · resets in 6h

Artificial

Fri, 08 May 2026 04:06:41 GMT

A shelf of AI and optimization algorithms — chess, evolution, satisfiability, search.

MCP Servers

Wed, 06 May 2026 10:13:36 GMT

Two Model Context Protocol servers that hand Claude my task manager and my reading library.

You Should Host a Website

Mon, 04 May 2026 03:00:31 GMT

Not have one. Host one.

Academia Portfolio

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:11:33 GMT

4 years, 10 projects, 91k lines of code. Pain is temporary, GPA is forever.

Academia Notes

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:11:38 GMT

4 years, 29 courses, 1,113 pages. Because who doesn't love compiler errors from their notes?

How to Code on iPad

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:11:01 GMT

iPad is the best coding computer, which is why I always code on Mac.

Flap Flap

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 20:00:23 GMT

Sound: On Reset High Score Press Space or tap to flap

She Said Yes

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 01:13:00 GMT

Markdown Cheatsheet

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 07:56:29 GMT

A comprehensive reference for every Markdown flavor

TODO

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 19:11:53 GMT

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Sorting Algorithms

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 19:11:14 GMT

sort(from: bubble, to: Tim)

Dice

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:07:39 GMT

Roll With It

Home Row

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 06:55:40 GMT

112 WPM. Take that, typing teacher!

iPhone (17?) Air, One Month Later

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 07:15:10 GMT

I fear I am about to feel what iPhone Mini people feel.

Solo at Tahoe

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 07:08:28 GMT

1 tent, 13km hike, 1000 calorie breakfasts. No service, no pants, no worries.

Same Old Story

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 03:15:32 GMT

1. SAME thing every time I open LinkedIn 2. OLD posts, new posts claim "AI takes all jobs in six months" 3. STORY after story flow for half a year that says the... 4. GOTO 1

Peg Solitaire

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 20:08:26 GMT

Leave The Last Peg Standing

Meet Zuko

Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:21:23 GMT

Crowned Prince of the Fire Nation 🔥

Tea Brewing Guide

Sun, 29 Jun 2025 18:11:31 GMT

If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; if you are depressed, it will cheer you; if you are excited, it will calm you.

Background Eraser

Sat, 21 Jun 2025 18:11:34 GMT

Remove white backgrounds from your images; background be gone!

Image Format Converter

Sat, 14 Jun 2025 18:11:10 GMT

Convert any image format with zero quality loss (i.e., where pixels go to change their clothes).

AI Trivia Game

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:15:08 GMT

These are today's contestants... Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini

Unicodex

Sun, 08 Jun 2025 18:11:49 GMT

Gotta glyph 'em all!

YourTube History

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 18:11:18 GMT

Like and subscribe to find out what you've subscribed to!

RSS for the Rest of Us

Sun, 01 Jun 2025 18:11:38 GMT

The feed that feeds your mind.

Color Clipper

Sat, 31 May 2025 18:11:07 GMT

When hue need the exact colour.

Pomodoro Timer

Mon, 26 May 2025 18:11:00 GMT

A Pomodoro a day keeps the procrastination away.

Missouri // 2025

Sun, 25 May 2025 18:11:46 GMT

Home is where memories eclipse photographs.

Ukrainian Alphabet

Sat, 24 May 2025 18:12:37 GMT

33 letters, one language, one millennium.

Ukrainian Anthem

Sat, 24 May 2025 18:11:26 GMT

Ukraine’s glory has not yet perished, nor her freedom.

Project Starline takes a cosmic leap forward as Google Beam

Wed, 21 May 2025 07:28:50 GMT

Google's AI-first 3D video communication platform.