Welcome to The Cranking Post

This is a blog about tech, coding, and design—with a strong preference for clarity and a mild preference for jokes that are barely legal in 48 states.

What you’ll find here

• Coding notes: patterns that age well, debugging stories, and the occasional “wait… that’s why” moment.
• Design thoughts: typography, layout, interaction, and how to make interfaces feel calm instead of shouty.
• Tech experiments: small prototypes, build notes, and a few lessons learned the hard way (so you don’t have to).

What “cranking” means

Cranking is the act of turning a small idea into something that actually runs. Not perfectly. Not forever. Just enough to learn something real.

If that sounds like your kind of progress, pull up a chair and try not to trip on the extension cord.