Rafal
@potato.horse
Enthusiast
thinking/writing/drawing/playing · Sometimes speaks Persian in sleep.
Come and say hi! http://sonnet.io/posts/hi
untested.sonnet.io - lab notes
sonnet.io - about
potato.horse - drawing
thinking/writing/drawing/playing · Sometimes speaks Persian in sleep.
Come and say hi! http://sonnet.io/posts/hi
untested.sonnet.io - lab notes
sonnet.io - about
potato.horse - drawing
I caught a cold yesterday and now I'm couched. Bessel van der Kolk was right: MY BODY KNEW
MY BODY IS READY
MY BODY IS READY
September 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I caught a cold yesterday and now I'm couched. Bessel van der Kolk was right: MY BODY KNEW
MY BODY IS READY
MY BODY IS READY
Late Night Beard Elemental
#doodle (via potato.horse)
www.potato.horse/p/3Qu0ibZGAN...
I tried to grow a beard once, then cut it after six months; no one noticed. To beard is not my gift.
I have an uncle—the beard of the family. Come to think of it, he *is* mostly beard. Nihil in natura perit.
#doodle (via potato.horse)
www.potato.horse/p/3Qu0ibZGAN...
I tried to grow a beard once, then cut it after six months; no one noticed. To beard is not my gift.
I have an uncle—the beard of the family. Come to think of it, he *is* mostly beard. Nihil in natura perit.
Late Night Beard Elemental: Important Meeting Notes
Doodles and visual storytelling by Rafal Pastuszak
www.potato.horse
September 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Late Night Beard Elemental
#doodle (via potato.horse)
www.potato.horse/p/3Qu0ibZGAN...
I tried to grow a beard once, then cut it after six months; no one noticed. To beard is not my gift.
I have an uncle—the beard of the family. Come to think of it, he *is* mostly beard. Nihil in natura perit.
#doodle (via potato.horse)
www.potato.horse/p/3Qu0ibZGAN...
I tried to grow a beard once, then cut it after six months; no one noticed. To beard is not my gift.
I have an uncle—the beard of the family. Come to think of it, he *is* mostly beard. Nihil in natura perit.
Such a fun and concise intro to the IndieWeb, featuring some of my friends and role models. Give it a read!
Thanks to Big Tech, the ethos and aesthetics of the mainstream web have become largely impersonal and commercial.
But there’s a renaissance happening on the indie web. Website crafters are going back to HTML and building expressive personal projects.
Let @chezpanique.bsky.social take you on a tour
But there’s a renaissance happening on the indie web. Website crafters are going back to HTML and building expressive personal projects.
Let @chezpanique.bsky.social take you on a tour
🧶✏️👩🏽💻 The internet’s hidden creative renaissance (and how to find it)
The indie web means the return of gifs, funky cursors, and personal websites
newpublic.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Such a fun and concise intro to the IndieWeb, featuring some of my friends and role models. Give it a read!
Reposted by Rafal
opening up hours! to chat!! thank you @potato.horse for inspo and excited to hear from you ALL (aka everyone) byyyyyyyyyyyyye xxxxxxxx
blog.greg.technology/2025/08/30/c...
blog.greg.technology/2025/08/30/c...
Let’s chat
Inspired by Unoffice Hours, and Rafał, I am hereby opening up hours? To chat? With me?
blog.greg.technology
August 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
opening up hours! to chat!! thank you @potato.horse for inspo and excited to hear from you ALL (aka everyone) byyyyyyyyyyyyye xxxxxxxx
blog.greg.technology/2025/08/30/c...
blog.greg.technology/2025/08/30/c...
I made a little animation which seems to fit @chezpanique.bsky.social's article well
blogtherapy.substack.com/p/cultivate-...
#animation
blogtherapy.substack.com/p/cultivate-...
#animation
July 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I made a little animation which seems to fit @chezpanique.bsky.social's article well
blogtherapy.substack.com/p/cultivate-...
#animation
blogtherapy.substack.com/p/cultivate-...
#animation
Reposted by Rafal
On the off-chance that trying to sustain a train of thought for longer than 10 seconds feels like chasing globs of mercury across an ever-tilting floor. If you wanna beat the constant churn of the algorithm.
blogtherapy.substack.com/p/cultivate-...
#indieweb #substack #writingcommunity #amwriting
blogtherapy.substack.com/p/cultivate-...
#indieweb #substack #writingcommunity #amwriting
July 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
On the off-chance that trying to sustain a train of thought for longer than 10 seconds feels like chasing globs of mercury across an ever-tilting floor. If you wanna beat the constant churn of the algorithm.
blogtherapy.substack.com/p/cultivate-...
#indieweb #substack #writingcommunity #amwriting
blogtherapy.substack.com/p/cultivate-...
#indieweb #substack #writingcommunity #amwriting
Reposted by Rafal
Chrome vibes, metal beats, and 3dfx Glide like it's 1999 all over again.
July 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Chrome vibes, metal beats, and 3dfx Glide like it's 1999 all over again.
July 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
#untested 127: How to Make a Font that Says Nothing
untested.sonnet.io/notes/433-ho...
#typography #a11y #ux #thelema #writing
untested.sonnet.io/notes/433-ho...
#typography #a11y #ux #thelema #writing
433 - How to Make a Font that Says Nothing · Untested
Projects, experiments and toys by Rafał Pastuszak
untested.sonnet.io
July 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
#untested 127: How to Make a Font that Says Nothing
untested.sonnet.io/notes/433-ho...
#typography #a11y #ux #thelema #writing
untested.sonnet.io/notes/433-ho...
#typography #a11y #ux #thelema #writing
Starting the day with some pytest/Selenium refactoring appropriate music
no need to be a 10x dev when you can be a code gopnik
youtu.be/yQR_NLeXKtw?...
no need to be a 10x dev when you can be a code gopnik
youtu.be/yQR_NLeXKtw?...
АИГЕЛ — Татарин // AIGEL — Tatarin [Official Music Video | English, Russian, Tatar subtitles]
YouTube video by АИГЕЛ AIGEL
youtu.be
July 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Starting the day with some pytest/Selenium refactoring appropriate music
no need to be a 10x dev when you can be a code gopnik
youtu.be/yQR_NLeXKtw?...
no need to be a 10x dev when you can be a code gopnik
youtu.be/yQR_NLeXKtw?...
Left:
Vibe coded a tiny web app to extract colour palettes from movies. It works pretty well! If I re-write it from scratch, I'll post it here.
Right:
Wada Sanzo's Dictionary of Colour Combinations
(In other words: I'm fighting the urge to add more themes to Ensō – this is my way of channeling it)
Vibe coded a tiny web app to extract colour palettes from movies. It works pretty well! If I re-write it from scratch, I'll post it here.
Right:
Wada Sanzo's Dictionary of Colour Combinations
(In other words: I'm fighting the urge to add more themes to Ensō – this is my way of channeling it)
July 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Left:
Vibe coded a tiny web app to extract colour palettes from movies. It works pretty well! If I re-write it from scratch, I'll post it here.
Right:
Wada Sanzo's Dictionary of Colour Combinations
(In other words: I'm fighting the urge to add more themes to Ensō – this is my way of channeling it)
Vibe coded a tiny web app to extract colour palettes from movies. It works pretty well! If I re-write it from scratch, I'll post it here.
Right:
Wada Sanzo's Dictionary of Colour Combinations
(In other words: I'm fighting the urge to add more themes to Ensō – this is my way of channeling it)
How People Use Ensō · Untested
Projects, experiments and toys by Rafał Pastuszak
untested.sonnet.io
July 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
First 1½ bug fixes just arrived:
1) dead-key input works fine now (I was too clever with preventing the user from selecting/editing text)
This has been the most common error report I've seen on TestFlight so far.
1) dead-key input works fine now (I was too clever with preventing the user from selecting/editing text)
This has been the most common error report I've seen on TestFlight so far.
July 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
First 1½ bug fixes just arrived:
1) dead-key input works fine now (I was too clever with preventing the user from selecting/editing text)
This has been the most common error report I've seen on TestFlight so far.
1) dead-key input works fine now (I was too clever with preventing the user from selecting/editing text)
This has been the most common error report I've seen on TestFlight so far.
OK, I didn't expect HN front page for this post! I'll read the comments... after lunch.
(I've been very lucky with the Orange Site as people have generally been very kind, but Ensō is my favourite baby, so I'm feeling a bit anxious, ok, protective about it)
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4442...
(I've been very lucky with the Orange Site as people have generally been very kind, but Ensō is my favourite baby, so I'm feeling a bit anxious, ok, protective about it)
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4442...
June 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
OK, I didn't expect HN front page for this post! I'll read the comments... after lunch.
(I've been very lucky with the Orange Site as people have generally been very kind, but Ensō is my favourite baby, so I'm feeling a bit anxious, ok, protective about it)
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4442...
(I've been very lucky with the Orange Site as people have generally been very kind, but Ensō is my favourite baby, so I'm feeling a bit anxious, ok, protective about it)
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4442...
#untested 125: New Ensō - First Public Beta
untested.sonnet.io/notes/new-en...
#indiedev #writing #journaling
untested.sonnet.io/notes/new-en...
#indiedev #writing #journaling
New Ensō - first public beta · Untested
Projects, experiments and toys by Rafał Pastuszak
untested.sonnet.io
June 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
#untested 125: New Ensō - First Public Beta
untested.sonnet.io/notes/new-en...
#indiedev #writing #journaling
untested.sonnet.io/notes/new-en...
#indiedev #writing #journaling
June 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I was going to draw a tree, but I didn't know how to draw the roots
(more on www.potato.horse/p/6v2T8eNr5v...)
#boxing #doodle #illustration #art #latenightdoodles
(more on www.potato.horse/p/6v2T8eNr5v...)
#boxing #doodle #illustration #art #latenightdoodles
June 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I was going to draw a tree, but I didn't know how to draw the roots
(more on www.potato.horse/p/6v2T8eNr5v...)
#boxing #doodle #illustration #art #latenightdoodles
(more on www.potato.horse/p/6v2T8eNr5v...)
#boxing #doodle #illustration #art #latenightdoodles
Temporary Ensō (𝜍) app icon -- honestly, if it looked better in small sizes, I'd keep it!
June 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Temporary Ensō (𝜍) app icon -- honestly, if it looked better in small sizes, I'd keep it!
I didn't have much time to work on Ensō today, so I vibe coded a quick "write me a poem" mode: youtu.be/CqLRoyELRNM
#indiedev
#indiedev
Ensō, write me a poem
YouTube video by Rafał Pastuszak
youtu.be
June 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I didn't have much time to work on Ensō today, so I vibe coded a quick "write me a poem" mode: youtu.be/CqLRoyELRNM
#indiedev
#indiedev
I'm starting to feel quite happy withe new version of Ensõ.
It's even simpler than the previous one, supports OLED friendly themes, native menus, and... the coffeeshop mode!
Calling the version sigma because it feels more Keanu than Hasselhoff. DM if you want to try it out!
It's even simpler than the previous one, supports OLED friendly themes, native menus, and... the coffeeshop mode!
Calling the version sigma because it feels more Keanu than Hasselhoff. DM if you want to try it out!
June 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I'm starting to feel quite happy withe new version of Ensõ.
It's even simpler than the previous one, supports OLED friendly themes, native menus, and... the coffeeshop mode!
Calling the version sigma because it feels more Keanu than Hasselhoff. DM if you want to try it out!
It's even simpler than the previous one, supports OLED friendly themes, native menus, and... the coffeeshop mode!
Calling the version sigma because it feels more Keanu than Hasselhoff. DM if you want to try it out!
Reposted by Rafal
Fizzy is the new and improved "write as you speak". It's the tone of voice of my favourite essay writers and one I feel is so specifically #Substack —excitable, expansive, unpunctuated but never incoherent, always in the know
#writing #writersky
#writing #writersky
On Fizzy Writing
AKA how does she DO that
open.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Fizzy is the new and improved "write as you speak". It's the tone of voice of my favourite essay writers and one I feel is so specifically #Substack —excitable, expansive, unpunctuated but never incoherent, always in the know
#writing #writersky
#writing #writersky