sam king

It’s been a while but I’ve basically moved off here now. I’m on Threads at the same handle. If you’re there, come say hi. Refrakt is now open to the public, and there’s some really cool work being shared there. If you’re a photographer, check it out ❤️ link is in my bio.

More info on samking.co

I have some news—I’m returning to freelance in 2025! I’m looking to have a bit more time to explore Canada while I’m here, and to get back to photography and Refrakt. If you or your company is looking for an engineer and/or a designer, say hi. Would love to chat.

Coming soon to @PERdotMA

I'm starting to go deeper into shaders at work, and it turns out I'm basically rebuilding Lightroom. It's so much math which I kinda hate, the HSL sliders in particular have been giving me grief today. However it's really cool when it all starts to work.

@davegorum film cameras slowing the process down to be more in touch with the medium

i've found this to be true in my product design experience; friction reduction increases consumption a couple design inquiries pop up: - is there such a thing as a helpful friction? - how does this insight apply to designing experiences not oriented to consumption maximization?

@surrealapp I keep getting the same image and details minted, despite the form being different. A caching bug maybe? Restarting the app doesn’t do anything

@surrealapp how do I expand comments, or is this a bug?

photos that last forever @PERdotMA no edits, no uploads

soon @perma_net

@_alinatrifan @emely_timm Refrakt 😬

what do you think is the less evil social media? where are people more compelled to be genuine? i want to cut down the apps i'm on

@mikker I’m scared to update any of my old sites but they need doing lol

Be away from Ethereum development for 3 months: 1. Every library has jumped AT LEAST 1 major version, nothing works, everything deprecated 2. The test network you migrated to last time because the previous one closed down HAS ALSO closed down

It’s for refrakt.app btw for a smidge of context

Do I know any branding designers that would be able to help me with some refinement work, or even some directional work? I have a vague idea in my head but would love to chat through it with someone.

@chadsnuts @ajwaxman I’ll send something over on Discord a bit later today/tomorrow!

@ajwaxman @samkingco *creeps from the bushes

@analogexits @read_cv Hey Pratik, would you be able to forward me a copy to mail at samking dot co? Would love to see it!

Discovered this beautiful web app for photography lovers thanks to @read_cv’s thoughtfully curated newsletter. refrakt.app

@AnthonyMenecola Would recommend react-query or swr. Down to pair if you need it

Anyone have resources on getting data from an api and displaying it in a react app? I'm starting to kick the tires on development of my new personal site and I'm in unchartered waters with the Strava API. Help lol

@pixel_arts @nextjs Yeah I have a branch with a migration, but it's a pain in the ass to do modal routes, and the core experience is basically that.

@samkingco @nextjs I haven't worked on Next for a long while now as I switched to Remix, I cannot recommend it enough!

This cannot be normal. @nextjs 14.1.0 with pages router. It just chugs my laptop and I have to restart it every 20 mins. So close to moving off next completely. It's almost impossible to do any meaningful frontend work.

@FlakPhoto It’s @refrakt_app 👀

Instagram is fun but, damn, these old eyes are struggling to see so many tiny pictures. There's got to be a better way!

How do you deal with a much larger company ripping off your ideas/implementations? Call them out? Wait for someone else to call them out? Say nothing?