[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":132},["ShallowReactive",2],{"tag-meta":3},[4],{"id":5,"title":6,"body":7,"date":119,"description":120,"draft":121,"extension":122,"image":123,"meta":124,"navigation":125,"path":126,"seo":127,"stem":128,"tags":129,"__hash__":131},"posts/posts/tap-tap-is-this-thing-on.md","Tap tap – is this thing on?",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":111},"minimark",[10,18,23,26,44,48,51,62,75,79,82,105,108],[11,12,13,14,17],"p",{},"I've been around the web for quite a while. I tinkered with HTML as a kid (I'm about ",[15,16],"marquee-code",{}," old), built could-be \"websites\" that naturally never made it onto the internet, and later – in my teenage years – co-ran a commercial gaming forum and news blog. Still, I never put my name on a site like this.",[19,20,22],"h2",{"id":21},"why-this-exists","Why this exists",[11,24,25],{},"I'm self-employed now, which means I needed a representative website anyway – so I made it a small public notebook: brainwaves, notes, and the occasional rant, tossed into web 2.0's renaissance – fueled by the recent actions of spineless tech autocrats. Thanks, bros.",[11,27,28,33],{},[29,30],"img",{"alt":31,"src":32},"Tech oligarchs kissing Trump's ass. Not in this picture: Tim Cook.","/images/posts/tap-tap-is-this-thing-on/tech-oligarchs.jpeg",[34,35,36,37],"em",{},"© The Associated Press. ",[38,39,43],"a",{"href":40,"rel":41},"https://apnews.com/article/trump-inauguration-tech-billionaires-zuckerberg-musk-wealth-0896bfc3f50d941d62cebc3074267ecd",[42],"nofollow","Source",[19,45,47],{"id":46},"what-youll-find-here","What you'll find here",[11,49,50],{},"Mostly: things at the intersection of code, design, art, culture, and society – plus the messy realities of building products: shipping, rewrites, dead ends, small wins, and the posts future me will regret. You'll get both the successes and the failures, with some random side quests every now and then.",[11,52,53,54,57,58,61],{},"This will also document my attempt to build a business that pays the bills. I'm not your typical ",[34,55,56],{},"build in public"," bro chasing ",[34,59,60],{},"the Lambo"," – I just want enough steady income to finance a modest Viennese lifestyle: 62m² in the allegedly worst part of town, no car, no luxury. Just enough runway to keep building on my own terms.",[11,63,64,65,69,70,74],{},"If that somehow sounds intriguing, feel free to subscribe via ",[38,66,68],{"href":67},"/feed.xml","RSS"," or follow me on ",[38,71,73],{"href":72},"/","social media",".",[19,76,78],{"id":77},"coming-up","Coming up",[11,80,81],{},"A few posts are already in the pipeline:",[83,84,85,93,99],"ul",{},[86,87,88,92],"li",{},[89,90,91],"strong",{},"The kinda-genesis of Valve's Steam Machine"," – a story I've been carrying around since 2012. It really starts in 2007, so we're approaching 20 years. F me, I'm old.",[86,94,95,98],{},[89,96,97],{},"A deep dive into the inner workings of the only new iOS 26 feature that's not utter shit:"," Apple's Spatial Photos.",[86,100,101,104],{},[89,102,103],{},"A short write-up on this site's earlier iterations"," – the unhinged version that didn't make the cut, but is still charming enough that I might refurb it into something else.",[11,106,107],{},"Thanks for stopping by – happy you somehow stumbled upon this place,",[11,109,110],{},"Marc",{"title":112,"searchDepth":113,"depth":113,"links":114},"",3,[115,117,118],{"id":21,"depth":116,"text":22},2,{"id":46,"depth":116,"text":47},{"id":77,"depth":116,"text":78},"2026-01-05","Welcome to my first personal website. Ever.",false,"md",null,{},true,"/posts/tap-tap-is-this-thing-on",{"title":6,"description":120},"posts/tap-tap-is-this-thing-on",[130],"meta","9O4lQfPnBBYzIeo7NaHbu1qxh7WHfBR4dXFu7fK_HXQ",1768254760809]