# Writing

Personal site of Travis Fischer aka Transitive Bullshit

Canonical URL: https://www.transitivebullsh.it/writing

This is Travis Fischer’s personal portfolio and writing archive. Projects listed here are separate products and experiments, not APIs offered by this website.

[Agent guide](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/llms.txt)

## Writing

- [Agentic Spectrum](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/agentic-spectrum.md): A spectrum of autonomy for AI agents
- [An Army of Agents](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/ai-agents.md): An approachable introduction to AI agents and why they’re likely to be the most impactful technology of our generation.
- [ChatGPT Twitter Bot: Lessons from over 100k Conversations](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/chatgpt-twitter-bot-lessons.md): A breakdown of everything I’ve learned running the ChatGPT twitter bot over the past two months.
- [Kwote](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/kwote.md): Kwote is a simple open source webapp for creating beautiful images of quotes.
- [Open Sourcing Twitter’s Algorithm Part 1: How Twitter Works](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/oss-twitter-algorithm-part-1.md): What would “open sourcing the Twitter algorithm” actually look like? In Part 1 of this series, we focus on understanding how Twitter’s algorithmic feed works under the hood.
- [The Best JavaScript Dev Tools in 2022](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/javascript-dev-tools-in-2022.md): A breakdown of the most important JS dev tools in 2022, including their most relevant tradeoffs, and some opinionated advice sprinkled on top.
- [My 10 Year Music Diary](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/my-10-year-music-diary.md): Ten years ago, I started creating monthly playlists to help me track new music. Somewhere along the line, this monthly ritual turned into more a personal music diary.
- [Internet Diet](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/internet-diet.md): A Chrome extension to remove unhealthy foods from the web.
- [Mapping the Passion Economy](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/mapping-the-passion-economy.md): What are the basis vectors of the passion economy? 👀
- [A Guide to Finding Awesome Co-Founders](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/a-guide-to-finding-awesome-co-founders.md): An in-depth guide to co-founder dating and how to find success by partnering with the right people.
- [Creator Economy 101](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/creator-economy-101.md): The best resources for getting up to speed with the creator economy, passion economy, and the goal of building a more fulfilling future of work. No fluff; quality \> quantity.
- [The Social Audio Revolution](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/the-social-audio-revolution.md): Clubhouse, Twitter Spaces, Fireside.. what's the big deal about social audio?
- [Why I'm so Hyped about the Passion Economy](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/why-im-so-hyped-about-the-passion-economy.md): I'm embarking on a new journey, and this is my mission statement.
- [Saasify Key Takeaways](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/saasify-key-takeaways.md): Everything I wish I'd known before starting Saasify 2 years ago.
- [Saasify VC Feedback](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/saasify-vc-feedback.md): Sharing real feedback from top VCs over the past 2 years of bootstrapping Saasify.
- [Next.js Notion Starter Kit](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/nextjs-notion-starter-kit.md): Deploy your own Notion-powered website in minutes with Next.js and Vercel.
- [Wisdom Bubbles](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/wisdom-bubbles.md): Wisdom bubbles are a visual metaphor that I’ve found quite useful over the years.
- [Developer + X = Entrepreneur](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/developer-x-entrepreneur.md): A single key insight that separates developers from successful entrepreneurs.
- [Saasify's Approach to OSS](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/saasifys-approach-to-oss.md): Saasify is an open core company. What does that mean, and why is open source so important to us?
- [Finding Your Passion as a Developer](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/finding-your-passion-as-a-developer.md): When was the last time you worked on a project where you truly believed in and cared about the problem you were trying to solve?
- [Pivoting & Marketing](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/pivoting-marketing.md): Announcing a pivot for Saasify and our new marketing site.
- [Data Fingerprinting in JavaScript](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/data-fingerprinting-in-javascript.md): Using content-based addressing (aka data fingerprinting) to make your apps faster and more secure with some practical JavaScript examples.
- [Free Resources for Indie SaaS Devs](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/free-resources-for-indie-saas-devs.md): A breakdown of the best free resources I've found for developers bootstrapping their own indie SaaS businesses in 2020.
- [Introducing Saasify](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/introducing-saasify.md): Saasify enables you to monetize your OSS projects.
- [Scraping the web with Node.js](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/scraping-the-web-with-nodejs.md): An in-depth guide to building a minimal, robust web scraper for extracting structured data on the internets.
- [Building a WebGL Gallery in React](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/building-a-webgl-gallery-in-react.md): A tutorial on how to build a fluid media gallery in React powered by WebGL.
- [Building a Polyfill for React Suspense](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/building-a-polyfill-for-react-suspense.md): The best way to understand a software concept is to build it yourself. Let's build a simplified version of React Suspense!
- [My Journey Through Open Source](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/my-journey-through-open-source.md): Why I find working on open source so rewarding and a breakdown of some of my favorite projects.
- [Automagical Architecture](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/automagical-architecture.md): A breakdown of a modern startup’s tech stack with a focus on JavaScript and simplicity. Acquired in the Fall of 2018!
- [Mastering the Art of NPM](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/mastering-the-art-of-npm.md): Tips for becoming more productive as a JavaScript developer by making efficient use of the NPM library.
- [JavaScript Modules Worth Using](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/javascript-modules-worth-using.md): A quick breakdown of the most useful JavaScript modules that I find myself using over and over again as of 2018. From yarn to p-map to cheerio to d3-random, these modules are worth checking out!
- [Making Your Code Beautiful](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/making-your-code-beautiful.md): The best techniques for sharing code snippets and screencasts that will help propel your open source projects to success.
- [Publishing Baller React Modules](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/publishing-baller-react-modules.md): A guide + boilerplate for publishing modern React modules with Rollup.
- [Gaming CS Interviews](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/gaming-cs-interviews.md): Dream of developing software at a prestigious tech company like Google or Facebook, but don't have a CS background? We got your back!
- [Deep-Dive into AI Video Creation](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/deep-dive-into-ai-video-creation.md): Introducing our new startup, Automagical.
- [Ionic vs React Native](https://www.transitivebullsh.it/ionic-vs-react-native.md): We present a direct comparison of analogous open source Ionic and React Native clients for Text Blast, discussing their differences in terms of development experience and resulting app quality.
