potch dot me

html-bin, an embeddable codebin widget

Tue Jun 03 2025 20:44:30 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)

I like to post little code toys on this site from time to time, in lieu of putting a full demo out on its own page. Some of the older demos were hosted on Glitch which was great because you could live edit things! Alas, Glitch is ending its project hosting. I also for a bunch of years have had a scratchpad codebin for quickly dashing out ideas. I've been looking for something in between anyway, and Glitch shutting down pushed me to make something to split the difference. I decided to write it up as its own little open source project for others if they find it useful! read more

A Little Landscape Toy

Tue Apr 23 2024 22:00:00 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)

Been a moment since I've posted! Got a bunch of ideas at like 60% polish, so I figure I'll post a work in progress. Here's a little toy that came out of "hey can I do isometric graphics using CSS for layout?" The answer is: yes, and it's gnarly: read more

Image Recycler

Sun Feb 25 2024 20:40:00 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

Done with that worn-out old JPEG? Dusty PNG? Why not recycle it into a new image! read more

Marching Squares and Metaballs

Sat Dec 17 2022 16:00:00 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

Simulating Slime Mold

Sun Nov 15 2020 16:00:00 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

Mon Sep 28 2020 17:00:00 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)