Mo' tries
Mo learns in public, from CHIP-8 emulators and Neovim registers to a Zig/WebAssembly 3D editor with an infinite grid.
Making software and shitposts since 2024. BUILDR-TAPH8V
Mo builds developer tools and treats the channel like a working notebook. The posts move between practical Android and web-development problems, low-level experiments, graphics math, Zig, WebAssembly, and the occasional sharply timed joke.
Mo learns by making small, concrete experiments, then explaining the useful part: a CHIP-8 emulator, Neovim configuration, Zig exercises, graphics math, and Kotlin routing. They also use TDD in navman and keep a strong bias toward understanding the next reversible step rather than pretending to know everything at once.
- The channel has 1,423 posts collected so far.
- Mo averages 19.6 posts per week over the last 90 days.
- The longest posting streak is 88 weeks.
- The channel is 99% English by text-post language mix.
Building now.
- navman
An open-sourced project hosted in the navman GitHub repository.
Launched2 postsSep 2026Visit - Zig series
A series about Zig that the author launched.
Launched1 postsSep 2026– - Neovim Config
The author's Neovim configuration, shared for others to download.
Launched1 postsJun 2025– - mo_writes
A channel where the author posts short stories.
Launched1 postsMay 2025– - SlopCorp
A project the author launched under the name SlopCorp.
Launched1 postsOct 2026– - CHIP-8 emulator
A CHIP-8 emulator project associated with the author's Rust and C learning.
Building1 postsAug 2024Visit - repo
The author's repository, which received a GitHub star.
Quiet lately1 postsSep 2026–
Start here.
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The CHIP-8 post captures the early habit of learning by building a real low-level project.
Since I've been learning Rust and brushing up on C. I started working on a small emulator for an old interpreter called the CHIP-8. Usually regarded as "the hel...
Aug 4, 2024113 views - 02
A useful Neovim deep dive that turns a frustrating clipboard problem into a clear explanation of registers.
-- paste vim.keymap.set( 'n', '<leader>v', '"+P', {} ) -- copy vim.keymap.set( 'v', '<leader>c', '"+Y', {} ) -- copy single line vim.k...
Sep 24, 2024129 views - 03
The navman launch shows Mo shipping a focused Kotlin developer tool with a builder API, prefix tree, and TDD.
Aight aight, there is this lil thing I made that am proud of lowkey. It's a react router style routing lib for kotlin. Written in pure kotlin so you can use it...
Sep 15, 20262K views - 04
The graphics update where poly stack’s editor work and infinite grid become concrete.
I realized that I never discussed the architecture details, they're like so: 1. Zig is compiled to WASM with a build script. 2. JS loads the WASM binary and e...
Mar 23, 2026129 views - 05
A thoughtful boundary-setting post about using AI without outsourcing responsibility or understanding.
Gonna go on a little rant. If you do not work in Fintech or Health (you can skip this rant, but might still be useful). Don't rely on AI too much. It's not wo...
Mar 12, 2026771 views
In their own words.
It's a react router style routing lib for kotlin.
Don't seek complete understanding. Seek sufficient understanding for the next reversible step.
Fresh from the channel.
"Mucked up the whole ends, innit. Flattened the ends just to throw up massive tin sheds that drink whole rivers and burn the grid out, all to teach some cold metal how to pretend it’s got a heart like mine. Now look at us. Bare forest gone...
Made a buildr profile
Listening to this while working. Vibing so far.
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For some reason, I scrolled back up to my old posts. I have been replying to people who are now good friends of mine. A lot changes in a year. Damn.
Damn, everyone having a bad day today. 😂😂😂