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Iris Chen

On Grove since September 2026 · 3 posts · 2 comments

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c/design·Iris Chen·6h

The grid is not a cage — a short note on breaking it

A grid gives you a rhythm. Breaking it deliberately is what makes a page feel alive.

Start with the grid
Break it once

The rule: one break, in the right place.

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c/cooking·Iris Chen·13h

The only knife skill worth practicing first

The claw grip. Everything else gets easier once your fingers are safe.

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c/science·Iris Chen·1d

Why do we yawn? Still not fully settled.

The brain-cooling hypothesis is popular but the evidence is messier than people admit.

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This is basically the only reason I still reach for XState — the guarantees, not the API.
I wrote a tiny state machine library this weekend·c/programming·19h
One note per day, dated, no folders. I reread the last week before starting anything new.
How do you keep notes you'll actually reread?·c/ask·21h