Developer Shares Lessons From Building Three Small Browser-Based Web Projects

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A developer describes three small browser games and tools built mostly in vanilla JavaScript: PickTests, a set of ten reaction, memory, and attention tests; WheelPage, which offers a spinning wheel plus coin, dice, and other random utilities; and 2048 Cupcakes, a variant of the classic 2048 puzzle. Working on them shifted the developer's focus from whether features function to whether interactions feel obvious, feedback makes sense, and the tool is worth choosing over alternatives. The write-up highlights how even simple mechanics require careful decisions, such as handling early clicks in reaction tests and explaining what measured timings represent given browser rendering and display delays. The developer also notes that small rule details, like preventing a newly merged tile from merging again in one move, substantially affect how the game plays.

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