I learned how to read by myself, mostly by pressing random keys on Microsoft Word and then callin...

I learned how to read by myself, mostly by pressing random keys on Microsoft Word and then callin...I learned how to read by myself, mostly by pressing random keys on Microsoft Word and then callin...

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Safa Bilici

• Jan 13

I learned how to read by myself, mostly by pressing random keys on Microsoft Word and then calling my mum and asking:

“Does this make a word?”

Now, years later, my 2.5-year-old and I were practicing some letters on Pages. At some point, she got upset. She had typed a duck and a toilet emoji and she expected them to merge into a new one according to the context, something like a pooping duck.

So I created a less-is-more kind of web app:

oku.kids

• a free type canvas (that also follows the words added in the parent space)

• a match-the-letter page

• smiley generation

What I’m also weirdly happy about is the auth screen. Almost all the text is faded until the user types those specific letters, as if they are learning those letters and they slowly become visible.

I think I can finally call myself: Vibe Dad.

Supabase Claude Vibe Coding OpenAI

Agustin Dell Aquila

max

• Mar 5

One-shotted an mvp of a new internal tool for my YouTube Channel. A simple way of creating animated text visuals as support for videos

Runs on Electron as a local desktop app

Claude Electron

Arman Tamboli

• Mar 7

it is very useful

Mya Nguyen

• Mar 5

Hi Contra friends,

I’ve noticed something funny about my creative process.

Some of my best ideas don’t come when I’m sitting there trying to solve a design problem. They usually show up when I’m playing with something completely unrelated.

A weird interaction. A random experiment. An idea that probably doesn’t make sense yet.

So I started building a little playground website where I can test these ideas: https://myaplayground.com/

Lately I’ve been doing a lot of vibe coding. It’s been a fun way to turn half-baked ideas into small interactive things and see where they go.

Ironically, a lot of those playful experiments end up helping me solve real design problems later in my work.

If you're curious, wander around and have fun!