# Morgyn IO

> Deep dives, tutorials, games, and opinions in software development and AI — an independent developer blog with free, browser-based games and utilities that need no sign-up.

Morgyn IO is an independent publication covering AI, frontend, and full-stack web engineering. Articles are written by MsStryker. Every game and tool runs entirely client-side; nothing is stored on a server. The full text of every article is also available at https://morgyn.io/llms-full.txt.

## Blog posts

- [TIL: Google Fonts Previews the Universal Declaration of Human Rights](https://morgyn.io/post/google-fonts-human-rights): Every Google Fonts specimen opens with the same line about freedom of thought and conscience. The sample text is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — a quiet easter egg most people scroll past. (published 2026-09-07, 4 min read)
- [TIL: ESPN Runs on a Public API It Doesn't Admit Exists](https://morgyn.io/post/espn-hidden-api): The JSON endpoints behind ESPN.com and the ESPN app are open, undocumented, and unauthenticated. Developers reverse-engineered the docs ESPN never wrote — and AI is about to send more traffic their way. (published 2026-09-07, 4 min read)
- [Our Country Is Divided, and Democracy Needs Action](https://morgyn.io/post/democracy-needs-action): We are more divided than ever, and the fix is not winning an internet argument — it is civic engagement and electing people who uphold their oath. Why I built democracyneedsaction.com. (published 2026-09-06, 3 min read)
- [I Built spidersinverse.com Because People Keep Searching for Spiders](https://morgyn.io/post/spidersinverse): Search interest in spiders spikes every autumn, so I used Claude to spin up an entire website about them in an afternoon. What the trend showed and what I learned building it. (published 2026-09-06, 3 min read)
- [Tutorial: Python Dictionaries](https://morgyn.io/post/python-dictionaries): Python dictionaries map unique keys to values for fast, readable lookups. A tutorial on creating them, the dict methods worth knowing, iteration, and common patterns. (published 2026-09-05, 6 min read)
- [Did I want to continue working to make millionaires richer?](https://morgyn.io/post/did-i-want-to-continue-working-to-make-millionaires-richer): Doing three people's jobs for a 'Meets Expectations' review was not why I left. The bigger reason: I did not want to keep working to make millionaires and billionaires richer. (published 2026-09-03, 5 min read)
- [TIL: Halloween Origins](https://morgyn.io/post/til-halloween): Halloween traces back to Samhain, the ancient Celtic new year when the boundary between the living and the dead was believed to thin. A quick history. (published 2026-09-02, 1 min read)
- [Tutorial: Convert Image Files to WebP](https://morgyn.io/post/png-to-webp): WebP images run 25-34% smaller than JPEG and PNG. A short tutorial on batch-converting your images from the command line with cwebp to speed up your site. (published 2026-09-01, 1 min read)
- [How to spot AI videos as they grow increasingly better](https://morgyn.io/post/how-to-spot-ai-videos-part-1): An AI attack ad helped end Thomas Massie's primary. The tells — hands, physics, lighting, audio sync — that still give AI-generated video away, for now. (published 2026-08-31, 2 min read)
- [AI and the risks are more than reported](https://morgyn.io/post/ai-risks): Bill Gates named three AI risks and left out the data-center water and electricity costs Erin Brockovich is documenting — and the question of who captures the wealth. (published 2026-08-31, 2 min read)
- [Tutorial: Python Lists](https://morgyn.io/post/python-lists): Python lists hold ordered, mutable, mixed-type collections. A tutorial covering list methods, indexing and slicing, iteration, and list comprehensions with examples. (published 2026-08-30, 6 min read)
- [Tutorial: Typescript Data Types](https://morgyn.io/post/typescript-data-types): How TypeScript adds compile-time safety to JavaScript: the primitive types, structural object types, and the advanced utility types you will reach for most. (published 2026-08-25, 2 min read)
- [Tutorial: Python Data Types](https://morgyn.io/post/python-data-types): A tutorial on every built-in Python data type — numbers, strings, lists, tuples, sets, dicts — which are mutable, which are not, and the interview answers to know. (published 2026-08-24, 3 min read)
- [Stop Using BLACK_LIST and WHITE_LIST](https://morgyn.io/post/blacklist): The terms carry a history that predates computing. Clearer, more inclusive alternatives like allowlist and blocklist that also read better in a codebase. (published 2026-08-23, 2 min read)
- [My First HTML Resource](https://morgyn.io/post/w3): Before frameworks and component libraries, learning HTML and CSS by hand made the web feel creative. Why the fundamentals still matter and where to learn them. (published 2026-08-22, 1 min read)
- [AI Is Full of It!](https://morgyn.io/post/ai-is-full-of-it): Why we should call AI hallucinations what they are — bugs — and how large language models repeat their training data and its embedded bias with total confidence. (published 2026-08-21, 4 min read)
- [Spacing For Each Language](https://morgyn.io/post/spacing-in-code): Indentation arguments end when a formatter and a pre-commit hook decide for you. The common spacing conventions per language and the tooling that enforces them. (published 2026-08-21, 2 min read)
- [Did Asana Really Think It Would Take 5 Years?](https://morgyn.io/post/asana-5-year-work): OpenAI says it helped Asana replace a legacy test framework and cut costs from millions to thousands in two weeks. From experience rewriting systems, I have doubts. (published 2026-08-20, 1 min read)
- [What IDE To Use](https://morgyn.io/post/ides): A tour of the editors developers actually reach for — VS Code, the JetBrains family, Vim and Neovim, Cursor, Jupyter — and how to choose between them. (published 2026-08-20, 11 min read)
- [My Daily Reading](https://morgyn.io/post/hacker-news): A beige page of links that has outlasted every prettier competitor. How Hacker News ranking, karma thresholds, moderation, and its free public API work. (published 2026-08-19, 8 min read)
- [Getting started with Oh My Zsh](https://morgyn.io/post/oh-my-zsh): Oh My Zsh turns a bare Zsh shell into a productive terminal in one command. How to install it, choose a theme, and enable the plugins actually worth having. (published 2026-08-19, 5 min read)
- [The basics of vi](https://morgyn.io/post/vi-basics): vi has shipped on nearly every Unix machine for 50 years. Learn the few modes and commands that mean you are never stranded on a server without an editor. (published 2026-08-18, 6 min read)
- [Launch Day!](https://morgyn.io/post/first-post): Introducing Morgyn IO — a growing collection of free developer tools, browser games, tutorials, and honest opinions on modern web development. (published 2026-08-18, 1 min read)

## Games

- [Binary Breaker — Breakout with Binary Bricks](https://morgyn.io/games/binary-breaker): A free browser Breakout game where every brick is a 1 or a 0. Smash the bits, clear the byte, and advance a level. No install, no sign-up.
- [Block Drop — Falling-Block Puzzle in Your Browser](https://morgyn.io/games/block-drop): The classic stack-and-clear puzzle, free in the browser. Hold piece, ghost preview, and a local high-score table. How many lines can you clear?
- [Bubble Pop — Fast-Reflex Arcade Game](https://morgyn.io/games/bubble-pop): Pop the bubbles before they drift off screen. The small, fast ones are worth the most points — chase them for a high score. Free, no install.
- [Chess — Play in Your Browser vs a Friend or the Computer](https://morgyn.io/games/chess): Full chess in the browser: single-player against a built-in engine or two-player pass-and-play. Legal move validation, check detection, castling, and en passant. Free, no install.
- [CSS Diner Remix — Learn CSS Selectors by Playing](https://morgyn.io/games/css-diner): Level up your CSS selector skills. Serve the hungry diners by targeting the right plates with real selectors, from tag names to :nth-child. Free and browser-based.
- [Dev Trivia — Test Your Programming Knowledge](https://morgyn.io/games/dev-trivia): A free quiz on web history, browser quirks, protocols, and programming concepts. See how many you can get right, then challenge a friend to beat your score.
- [Git Merge Mayhem — Resolve Merge Conflicts Against the Clock](https://morgyn.io/games/git-merge-mayhem): Drag and drop commits to untangle merge conflicts before the build timer hits zero. A free browser puzzle game for anyone who has survived a bad rebase.
- [Minesweeper — The Classic, Free in Your Browser](https://morgyn.io/games/minesweeper): Clear every safe cell without detonating a mine. Beginner, intermediate, and expert grids with a high-score table. The desktop classic, no install required.
- [Sudoku — Free Online Puzzles with Hints and Notes](https://morgyn.io/games/sudoku): Fill the 9×9 grid so every row, column, and box contains 1–9. Three difficulty levels with pencil notes, hints, and undo. Free, browser-based, no sign-up.
- [Tech Crossword — A New Developer Puzzle Every Day](https://morgyn.io/games/tech-crossword): A technology-themed crossword with a fresh grid for every day of the week. Clues span programming, hardware, the web, and computing history. Free to play.
- [Type Racer — Code Typing Speed Test](https://morgyn.io/games/type-racer): Race the clock typing real code snippets and track your WPM over time. A free browser typing game to sharpen your speed and accuracy. Can you beat your best?
- [Wordle Clone — Guess the Five-Letter Word](https://morgyn.io/games/wordle): Six guesses to find the hidden five-letter word, with green and yellow hints along the way. A free, browser-native take on the daily word game.

## Tools

- [JSON Pretty Print](https://morgyn.io/tools/json-pretty-printer): Cleanup nested or hard to read JSON.
- [XML Pretty Print](https://morgyn.io/tools/xml-pretty-printer): Cleanup nested or hard to read XML.
- [Lorem Ipsum Generator](https://morgyn.io/tools/lorem-ipsum): Generate placeholder paragraphs, sentences, or words for mockups and layouts.
- [QR Code Generator](https://morgyn.io/tools/qr-code): Turn any URL or text into a downloadable QR code. Everything runs in your browser.
- [Calculator](https://morgyn.io/tools/calculator): A quick in-browser calculator for everyday arithmetic.

## Pages

- [About](https://morgyn.io/about): Morgyn IO is an independent publication covering the craft of AI, frontend, and full-stack web engineering.
- [Glossary](https://morgyn.io/glossary): Plain-language definitions of the AI, machine learning, and Git terms developers actually run into — tokens, context windows, RAG, gradient descent, precision and recall, rebase, reflog, and more.
- [Tags](https://morgyn.io/tags): Browse posts on Morgyn IO by tag.
- [Games index](https://morgyn.io/games)
- [Tools index](https://morgyn.io/tools)

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