Yvaine
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Lately, building products with AI has started to feel like a process of endless entropy expansion, followed by extreme compression through taste.
It feels like you can do anything, like every direction is suddenly open.
It feels like you can do anything, like every direction is suddenly open.
September 16, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Lately, building products with AI has started to feel like a process of endless entropy expansion, followed by extreme compression through taste.
It feels like you can do anything, like every direction is suddenly open.
It feels like you can do anything, like every direction is suddenly open.
The present puzzled me, so I looked back.
Thinking about taste made me ask what moves us, what we call art, and why forms emerge when they do.
As AI reshapes art-making, who shapes visual culture?
Happy to share ANAMNESIS — six centuries of visual culture, connected.
anamnesis.yvainee.com
Thinking about taste made me ask what moves us, what we call art, and why forms emerge when they do.
As AI reshapes art-making, who shapes visual culture?
Happy to share ANAMNESIS — six centuries of visual culture, connected.
anamnesis.yvainee.com
September 10, 2026 at 1:26 PM
The present puzzled me, so I looked back.
Thinking about taste made me ask what moves us, what we call art, and why forms emerge when they do.
As AI reshapes art-making, who shapes visual culture?
Happy to share ANAMNESIS — six centuries of visual culture, connected.
anamnesis.yvainee.com
Thinking about taste made me ask what moves us, what we call art, and why forms emerge when they do.
As AI reshapes art-making, who shapes visual culture?
Happy to share ANAMNESIS — six centuries of visual culture, connected.
anamnesis.yvainee.com
Some people love it. Some people hate it.
I just think it’s cool.
It doesn’t just blur, it refracts.
I tried to bring it into the browser using SVG filters.
yvainee.com/blog/impleme...
I just think it’s cool.
It doesn’t just blur, it refracts.
I tried to bring it into the browser using SVG filters.
yvainee.com/blog/impleme...
Yvaine - Implementing Figma's Glass Effect with SVG Filters
A practical breakdown of Figma's glass effect, from refraction and frost to the SVG filters that recreate it in the browser.
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March 21, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Some people love it. Some people hate it.
I just think it’s cool.
It doesn’t just blur, it refracts.
I tried to bring it into the browser using SVG filters.
yvainee.com/blog/impleme...
I just think it’s cool.
It doesn’t just blur, it refracts.
I tried to bring it into the browser using SVG filters.
yvainee.com/blog/impleme...
Taste isn’t bland, it’s opinionated.
Chasing everything leads to nothing.
www.workingtheorys.com/p/taste-is-e...
Chasing everything leads to nothing.
www.workingtheorys.com/p/taste-is-e...
Taste is Eating Silicon Valley.
Just as software ate the world and dramatically transformed industries in the last era, taste is now eating software—and with it, Silicon Valley.
www.workingtheorys.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Taste isn’t bland, it’s opinionated.
Chasing everything leads to nothing.
www.workingtheorys.com/p/taste-is-e...
Chasing everything leads to nothing.
www.workingtheorys.com/p/taste-is-e...
I’ve been curious about how works under the hood.
So I dug into the React source code again, and wrote this up.
Hope this article helps us, including future me, better understand how it work during render and commit phases.
yvainee.com/blog/how-act...
So I dug into the React source code again, and wrote this up.
Hope this article helps us, including future me, better understand how it work during render and commit phases.
yvainee.com/blog/how-act...
Yvaine - How <Activity> Works During React’s Render and Commit
An in-depth look at how <Activity> works within React’s render and commit phases, exploring its mechanism and internal implementation.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I’ve been curious about how works under the hood.
So I dug into the React source code again, and wrote this up.
Hope this article helps us, including future me, better understand how it work during render and commit phases.
yvainee.com/blog/how-act...
So I dug into the React source code again, and wrote this up.
Hope this article helps us, including future me, better understand how it work during render and commit phases.
yvainee.com/blog/how-act...
Looking for a job where communication is thorough, and actions are decisive. Do those even exist?🙃
September 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Looking for a job where communication is thorough, and actions are decisive. Do those even exist?🙃
Spent days diving into ERC-4337 gas fees, all to make them transparent for users. Tough journey, but I made it.
yvainee.com/blog/a-compl...
yvainee.com/blog/a-compl...
Yvaine - A Complete Guide to Gas for ERC-4337 Wallets
From executing UserOperations to estimating and displaying gas fees, this guide covers everything you need to know about gas in the ERC-4337 ecosystem.
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August 11, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Spent days diving into ERC-4337 gas fees, all to make them transparent for users. Tough journey, but I made it.
yvainee.com/blog/a-compl...
yvainee.com/blog/a-compl...
Spent so much time digging into a bug.
Fine, it’s mine.
Fine, it’s mine.
August 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Spent so much time digging into a bug.
Fine, it’s mine.
Fine, it’s mine.
If only I could have Saturn’s rings sparkling around me in the real world. Or maybe a little dog tail—that would be cute too. I’d wag it whenever I’m happy!
Yes, Vision Pro, here’s my request for you.
Yes, Vision Pro, here’s my request for you.
July 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
If only I could have Saturn’s rings sparkling around me in the real world. Or maybe a little dog tail—that would be cute too. I’d wag it whenever I’m happy!
Yes, Vision Pro, here’s my request for you.
Yes, Vision Pro, here’s my request for you.
Heartbroken to see great people leave. Sometimes it feels like the loudest, not the most capable, win the game.
July 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Heartbroken to see great people leave. Sometimes it feels like the loudest, not the most capable, win the game.
Most tech docs feel like puzzles missing half the pieces, so I end up diving into the source code.
Open source saves me again and again.
Open source saves me again and again.
July 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Most tech docs feel like puzzles missing half the pieces, so I end up diving into the source code.
Open source saves me again and again.
Open source saves me again and again.
If spatial intelligence is the future, then maybe three.js is the future of frontend engineering.
a16z.com/podcast/the-...
a16z.com/podcast/the-...
a16z.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:02 AM
If spatial intelligence is the future, then maybe three.js is the future of frontend engineering.
a16z.com/podcast/the-...
a16z.com/podcast/the-...
I’m basically a bug traffic controller, not a real frontend engineer.
June 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I’m basically a bug traffic controller, not a real frontend engineer.
“Can you draw a self-portrait based on how you perceive me?”
ChatGPT:
ChatGPT:
June 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“Can you draw a self-portrait based on how you perceive me?”
ChatGPT:
ChatGPT:
Spent a week fighting Xcode, Apple accounts, and provisioning profiles… and won.
I can now build and test iOS apps locally—without paying Apple.
yvainee.com/blog/create-...
I can now build and test iOS apps locally—without paying Apple.
yvainee.com/blog/create-...
Yvaine - Create Development Builds Without an Apple Developer Program
By leveraging a coworker's credentials and building locally with Expo and EAS, I managed to install development builds on my iPhone without enrolling in the Apple Developer Program myself.
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June 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Spent a week fighting Xcode, Apple accounts, and provisioning profiles… and won.
I can now build and test iOS apps locally—without paying Apple.
yvainee.com/blog/create-...
I can now build and test iOS apps locally—without paying Apple.
yvainee.com/blog/create-...
A deep dive into Privy’s wallet infrastructure, key sharding, and cross-device recovery
yvainee.com/blog/how-pri...
yvainee.com/blog/how-pri...
Yvaine - How Privy Secures and Recovers Private Keys
A deep dive into Privy’s wallet infrastructure, key sharding, and cross-device recovery
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May 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A deep dive into Privy’s wallet infrastructure, key sharding, and cross-device recovery
yvainee.com/blog/how-pri...
yvainee.com/blog/how-pri...
Privy is a powerful tool that simplifies onboarding for both Web2 and Web3 users. In this blog post, I’ll walk through how I’ve integrated it, the challenges I faced, and how I solved them.
yvainee.com/blog/onboard...
yvainee.com/blog/onboard...
Yvaine - Onboarding Web2 and Web3 Users Seamlessly with Privy
Privy is a powerful tool that simplifies onboarding for both Web2 and Web3 users. In this blog post, I’ll walk through how I’ve integrated it, the challenges I faced, and how I solved them.
yvainee.com
May 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Privy is a powerful tool that simplifies onboarding for both Web2 and Web3 users. In this blog post, I’ll walk through how I’ve integrated it, the challenges I faced, and how I solved them.
yvainee.com/blog/onboard...
yvainee.com/blog/onboard...
Next time you want an ETA, I’ll just drop this article and be like: ‘Cool cool cool, but… which dimension of the work are we estimating here?’
frontendatscale.com/issues/40/
frontendatscale.com/issues/40/
Estimating Invisible Work | Frontend at Scale
Why are we so bad at estimating and what can we do about it?
frontendatscale.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Next time you want an ETA, I’ll just drop this article and be like: ‘Cool cool cool, but… which dimension of the work are we estimating here?’
frontendatscale.com/issues/40/
frontendatscale.com/issues/40/
In 2024, Scroll launched Canvas, and to date, 784,022 wallet addresses have minted it.
I'd like to share with you how to make the Heartbeat SVG.
yvainee.com/blog/simulat...
I'd like to share with you how to make the Heartbeat SVG.
yvainee.com/blog/simulat...
Yvaine - Simulating Heartbeat with SVG Animation
To resemble a real heartbeat on an oscilloscope, the heartbeat line should appear and disappear at both x-axes, staying straight on both sides with a curved center, and a glow effect.
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February 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
In 2024, Scroll launched Canvas, and to date, 784,022 wallet addresses have minted it.
I'd like to share with you how to make the Heartbeat SVG.
yvainee.com/blog/simulat...
I'd like to share with you how to make the Heartbeat SVG.
yvainee.com/blog/simulat...
In 2023, Scroll launched the Scroll Origins NFT, and to date, 929,694 NFTs have been minted. I’d like to share with you the technical details of the generative animated SVG.
yvainee.com/blog/generat...
yvainee.com/blog/generat...
Yvaine - Generative Animated SVG - Curve
To generate three types of SVGs, each one showcases a curve generated by a cubic (with 2 inflection points), quartic (with 3 inflection points), or quintic (with 4 inflection points) function, paired ...
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February 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
In 2023, Scroll launched the Scroll Origins NFT, and to date, 929,694 NFTs have been minted. I’d like to share with you the technical details of the generative animated SVG.
yvainee.com/blog/generat...
yvainee.com/blog/generat...
I’m a front-end developer, a bookworm, and a travel lover.
I’ve been building my personal website for several days and hope to have it live within a week.
I’ve been building my personal website for several days and hope to have it live within a week.
February 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I’m a front-end developer, a bookworm, and a travel lover.
I’ve been building my personal website for several days and hope to have it live within a week.
I’ve been building my personal website for several days and hope to have it live within a week.