Javascript on akos.ma

NeXTClock

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200

So here is a new project on GitLab called NeXTClock: a small browser-based recreation of a NeXTSTEP-style clock applet from the 1990s. This modern version renders a 64-unit clock face into a square <canvas> using JavaScript and requestAnimationFrame(), with optional scaling from 64 to 500 pixels, because, well, Java Applets aren’t really a thing anymore.

Learning A New Programming Language per Year in the Age of AI

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200

People don’t really learn new programming languages every year anymore thanks to AI, so why do I stick with this activity? Call me old fashioned, but I still like to dive into a new programming language every year, no matter what, and thus here comes yet another update in my lifelong obsession to learn more and more programming languages.

The Clock PWA

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Readers of this humble blog on desktop environments or on tablets are aware of the clock that decorates the left hand side of the screen; well, now everyone can have that nice artsy clock on their mobile devices… and no, it’s not an app.

A Famous Swiss Clock in JavaScript

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0200

If you visited Switzerland, you will have noticed the beautiful SBB clocks on every single station in the country; they all behave similarly, and have been a staple of Swiss design during the past 80 years.

Filling the Timesheet with HTAs

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0200

If you are currently employed or have worked in the past in a Swiss company, you know how important the all-powerful timesheet is to your employer. Every company comes up with their own version of it, particularly those who are cheap enough not to pay a monthly SaaS subscription to one of those gazillion timesheet services online. Most of those home-made contraptions use Excel, because why not.

The New Clock and the Evolution of JavaScript

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0100

The attentive readers among you might have noticed that the artsy clock that appears on every page of this blog (except on mobile devices) behaves slightly different now. In fact, I’ve removed its dependency to the old and unsupported Raphael.js library, and migrated it to new and modern JavaScript features.

GaMMA

Fri, 12 May 2023 00:00:00 +0200

Digging in my archives I found a backup of my personal home page from 2000 to 2003, and through a little work of archeology and restoration, I made it work in our modern world of 2023.

Bootstrap

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0200

I love Bootstrap. No matter which web frontend framework I try, I always end up returning to it.

Yup, Still Learning a New Programming Language Every Year

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0100

I gave an update on this lifetime activity of mine in 2006, 2007, 2011, and 2013, and here we go for 2023.

Server Side Rendering FTW

Fri, 10 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0100

I am, I have been, and forever will be a big advocate of server-side rendering. I think it is an essential way to build dynamic web content. I believe in this adamantly, feverishly, strongly, and relentlessly.