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September 30, 2025

Newsletter #9 - New Freelance Chapter, The Runic Edda Progress & A11Y Gems

Hola, amigos:

Big personal shift this month. I’ve officially closed the chapter of my life as a content creator. My YouTube channel has been collecting cobwebs for ages and I’ve stopped updating anything on Udemy too. It was time.

Instead, I’ve opened a new door: I’m now offering freelance work for a few selected cases each year. The goal? To help fund development of my solo indie game: The Runic Edda.

Game Dev Focus: The Runic Edda

This month, most of my energy has gone into improving The Runic Edda. If you follow me on Bluesky, you might have caught some of the updates.

I’ve implemented a Quest System and upgraded the cinematics logic. If you're into Godot or curious about dev tools, I wrote a new article on the blog about managing camera transitions:

  • Godot Camera Switcher

What I’m reading

At work, we picked up Web Accessibility Cookbook by Manuel Matuzović. It’s packed with practical advice and best practices for accessibility. I'm reading it in a relaxed pace and genuinely enjoying it. Highly recommend it to any frontend dev!

Links I think You’ll like:

  • Transform font extensions with Transfonter

  • Compress and convert images with Squoosh

  • Compare frontend frameworks at a glance

  • The viral retro XP-style portfolio of Mitch Ivins

  • Inclusive Design 24: All recorded talks on YouTube (Thanks Nico for the tip!)

  • thiings.co - A collection of beautiful 3D icons

  • New Course on CSS, JS, SVG and Canvas animations by Josh W. Comeau

Thanks as always for following along. If you’re working on something cool or reading something inspiring, hit reply! I’d love to hear about it.

Until next time,

Manuel

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