TexTend
Clean up mixed notation, character styles, and delimiters in one place.
Grow What You Make.
A quiet space for building tools, writing about making things, and letting ideas grow.
Products
A selection of tools and plugins I am currently building.View all products
Vanilla Form
Turn a Google Form into HTML that fits your site, without another form service or backend.
SproutSVG
Convert images to SVG in your browser, compare the result with the original, and refine it before saving.
Slug-Free Permalinks
Switch selected WordPress post types and taxonomies to ID-based URLs and spend less time managing slugs.
Marklane
Publish and update WordPress posts from Markdown, with images and multilingual settings in the same workflow.
Blog
Notes on making things, trial and error, and what I am thinking about.View all posts
Vite+ 1.0 Released: A Unified JavaScript Toolchain from an Astro + Bun User's Perspective
Vite+ 1.0 is officially out. Here is how the unified toolchain around Vite, Vitest, Oxlint, Oxfmt, and more looks from the perspective of someone who regularly uses Astro + Bun.
Do You Really Need a Website Tamper Detection SaaS? Comparing 7 Products by Monitoring Approach
Website tamper detection and client-side protection vary widely depending on where they monitor and what they can actually stop. This article compares GRED, WebARGUS, Reflectiz, Cloudflare, Akamai, Jscrambler, and GOOSEC by monitoring location, deployment model, protection scope, and operational burden.
GPT-6 Sol / Luna Arrive. The Bigger Story Is That Intelligence Got Cheaper
GPT-6 Sol and Luna are both more capable than the GPT-5.6 generation while cutting API prices sharply. This article looks at the new model hierarchy, the missing Terra tier, Codex Default, and what the lower cost curve means in practice.
Comparing Japan's Point Ecosystems in 2026: Cards, Banks, Brokerages, and Household Finance
A 2026 comparison of Japan's major point ecosystems—Rakuten, V Point, Ponta, PayPay, d Point, WAON POINT, and MUFG—covering cards, banks, brokerages, point usability, and household-finance management rather than headline maximum reward rates alone.
From Rakuten Bank to Mizuho Bank: Is It Worth Moving a Household Main Account?
A comparison of whether it makes sense to move a household account from Rakuten Bank plus Rakuten Card to Mizuho Bank plus Mizuho Rakuten Card, covering the 2% reward structure, SPU, savings rates, Rakuten Securities card investing, transfers, ATMs, and family cards.
GPT-6 Astra Is Here. For Daily Coding, GPT-5.6 Luna May Still Be Enough
GPT-6 Astra raises the ceiling for complex agent work, but that does not mean every coding task needs the flagship. Using current OpenAI pricing, I look at where Astra makes sense and why GPT-5.6 Luna with High reasoning may be the better daily default.