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Eringen

/ˈe.rɪŋ.ɡen/ (Turkish noun) - archaic constructed form
  • 1. Procrastinator
  • 2. Something that has emerged, been generated, or has come to existence as a result of action, creation, or transformation.

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2026-02-05

Building PubEngine: A Blog Engine That Actually Respects Your Time

PubEngine is a minimal blog engine built with Go, HTMX, and SQLite that prioritizes three things: simplicity, performance, and ease of use. It's a single binary with no Javascript frameworks to maintain, just write and publish.

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2024-09-10

Browser Based Passport MRZ Reader with Tesseract.js

Browser based passport MRZ reader built with Tesseract.js and WebAssembly. this tool captures passport data instantly using any device camera, without specialized hardware required. All processing happens client side.

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2024-05-16

Barcode Scanning on iOS: The Missing Web API and a WebAssembly Solution

WebAssembly based barcode scanner for iOS/Safari browsers that lack the Barcode Detection API. Uses ZBar compiled to WASM via Emscripten to achieve almost native scanning performance directly in the browser, no native app required.

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