The Daily Joe

Vol. 1, No. 1Saturday, August 15, 2026$1.00

Software Engineer Builds Cool Stuff

DATELINE: INTERNET —

Hi, I'm Joe Maddalone. I build things I need or want and then try to teach others how to do the same. I teach stuff on el337.com & YouTube.

In other news, the grid continues to adapt perfectly to all screen sizes, proving that responsive design is indeed here to stay.

Project Show Times

Tech StackSYMBOL: JM

TypeScript

99.99+15.35 (+19.71%)

REACT

React

87.50+12.40 (+16.53%)

NODE

Node.js

93.24+8.56 (+12.34%)

Next.js

82.15+9.20 (+14.08%)

TAIL

Tailwind CSS

77.92+5.76 (+17.02%)

GIT

Git

95.60+11.25 (+13.33%)

SQL

PostgreSQL

89.40+7.80 (+15.47%)

DRZL

Drizzle ORM

55.05+31.95 (+138.31%)

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MLX Engine Benchmark Showdown

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What We Didn't Learn from Walter Pitts

Burn the dissertation here.

LOST CAT

Answers to "Sudo". Reward.

Apple's Built-in LLM Sucks, Mostly

good at one thing...details here.