The Developer's Cycle

Over-the-shoulder look at what I'm building, what I'm learning, and practical refactors.

Async Background Tasks

Hey this is Isaac,

This week I was fixing some basic and classic async problems: a "processing" pill that never updated to "complete." Blech.

Images of video processing ui showing a processing state and log and then compleded status

The goal is to prevent long-running tasks from freezing the user interface. If something takes a second, it’s fine to expect the user to stay on the page until it completes. Bu...

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Leverage of Simplicity

Hey this is Isaac,

Welcome to my new weekly newsletter. Each week, we explore one build, one lesson, and one refactor. Only practical ideas to help you build better.

This week I jumped from untangling a messy Stripe integration to light creativity generating an AI promo video. The mental whiplash is real.

Let's start with the AI Promo Video.


The Build: Directing an AI to Make a Promo Video

I created a 74-second promo video draft in about 30 minutes. AI wrote the code, but I was the...

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