Flywheel

Our Seed Investment in Cartwheel: Making 3D Animation More Accessible

Today we’re announcing our partnership with Cartwheel, the motion company.

Flywheel Effect: Why Positive Feedback Loops are a Meta-Competitive Advantage

A fascinating adventure through Competitive Advantages, Mental Models, and practical lessons for operators. Also lots of fun pictures here!

Motion Core — Svelte-native motion toolkit with GSAP and OGL-powered components, demos, and CLI-driven workflows

Svelte-native motion toolkit with GSAP and OGL-powered components, demos, and CLI-driven workflows.

A Review of Aerospike Nozzles: Current Trends in Aerospace Applications

The aerospike nozzle has emerged as a revolutionary technology in rocket propulsion, overcoming the limitations of conventional nozzles by dynamically adjusting the expansion of exhaust gases according to ambient pressure. This results in greater efficiency and fuel savings. Thanks to advancements in materials, computational simulations, and additive manufacturing, aerospike nozzle design has surpassed historical barriers, not only enhancing the performance of multi-stage engines but also enabling the development of new space vehicles such as single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) systems. These promise a simpler, reusable, and more cost-effective launch architecture. In summary, aerospike technology inspires a new era in space exploration, transforming propulsion efficiency and paving the way for more accessible and sustainable future space transportation systems.

Radial — Science needs a new operating system.

We design, fund, and operate high-impact programs that prototype a new model for how science is done, shared, and scaled for real-world utility.

The Matter Compiler™ — Atomic Machines

A new universe of machines. Explore the Matter Compiler and a radically faster way to create.

Celestial Forge

36❤ 2.4⭐ | by DeepInTheDen # Celestial Forge An orbit‑driven incremental about building worlds and forging stars. This is my first attempt at making a game so feedback is appreciated! The game autosaves every few seconds but there is a manual save/load and export/import available. #Overview Generators fire balls of mass towards the core, forming a world. Complete celestial bodies, unlock different generator types, discover powerful events, and, once you’re ready, enter the Star Forge to try and forge the largest star while earning the powerful RELICS resource. - MASS: Earned when shots settle on the core. - ORBS: Awarded per full generator orbit. - CELES: Gained by completing bodies. - RELICS: Forged in the Star Forge. # Features -Six generator types: Basic, Burster, Heavy, Critical, Support, and Adaptive, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. - Four events: Solar Flare, Comet Shower, Nebula Bloom, Temporal Distortion. - Achievements: 16 in total to unlock # Credits Design & Development: Solo developer (Me) Music: “Floating in Space” by Danijel Zambo (courtesy of Uppbeat) --- Making games is a passion of mine. If you enjoyed this game and would like to support me, you can do so through Ko-Fi. Buy Me a Coffee at https://ko-fi.com/deepintheden

tailscale/caddy-tailscale

A highly experimental exploration of integrating Tailscale and Caddy.

Tool Making Follow-Up: What I Mean by Friction

Hopefully clearing up some of my vagueness to reduce misunderstanding.

Improving My Hardware Workflow With CI and Nix

One thing you might notice if you read my blog is that I do a lot of hardware projects. Generally, these include a board, some software, and possibly some extraneous components (like CAD design, such as a case). Software tooling is quite mature, but I find that hardware had traditionally lagged quite a bit behind. For a while, I just lived with this, but over the last few months I've put in a bunch of effort to improve my workflow.