Niall Eccles

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Writing on things I'm building and learning.

Building the Saylists Algorithm

23 March 2026

How we scored half a million songs for speech therapy using phonetics, the inverse-square law, and a lot of iteration

Algorithm Side Projects Node.js
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Why I Built a Desktop Photo App in 2025 (and Why Electron)

19 March 2026

How a travel photography problem led me to build a desktop app with Electron, React, and Sharp

Electron React TypeScript Side Projects
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Maintaining a Hacktoberfest Repo - What I Learned

17 March 2026

Everything I learned maintaining a participating Hacktoberfest repo

Hacktoberfest Open-source
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