Chandu Machineni - Product Designer & Vibe Coder https://v2.chandumachineni.com Stories about design, development, and creative coding by Chandu Machineni en-US Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:46:13 GMT heymachineni@gmail.com (Chandu Machineni) heymachineni@gmail.com (Chandu Machineni) https://v2.chandumachineni.com/images/personal/chandumachineni_og_image.png Chandu Machineni https://v2.chandumachineni.com Delete vs Remove https://v2.chandumachineni.com/stories/delete-vs-remove https://v2.chandumachineni.com/stories/delete-vs-remove Why I chose 'Remove' in a journal app Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT heymachineni@gmail.com (Chandu Machineni) Design Development Product Fixing balloon hits with offscreen canvas https://v2.chandumachineni.com/stories/fixing-balloon-hits-with-offscreen-canvas https://v2.chandumachineni.com/stories/fixing-balloon-hits-with-offscreen-canvas How I improved canvas performance using offscreen canvas Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT heymachineni@gmail.com (Chandu Machineni) Design Development Product Color Walk https://v2.chandumachineni.com/stories/color-walk https://v2.chandumachineni.com/stories/color-walk An exploration of colors and creative coding Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT heymachineni@gmail.com (Chandu Machineni) Design Development Product 4 Magic rules for Forms https://v2.chandumachineni.com/stories/magic-rules-for-forms https://v2.chandumachineni.com/stories/magic-rules-for-forms What I learned from Web Form Design about making forms easier Sat, 04 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT heymachineni@gmail.com (Chandu Machineni) Design Development Product Why I used "Hi" & "Hello" https://v2.chandumachineni.com/stories/why-i-used-hi-hello https://v2.chandumachineni.com/stories/why-i-used-hi-hello The thought process behind simple greetings in design Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT heymachineni@gmail.com (Chandu Machineni) Design Development Product Icons plugin crossed 2k users https://v2.chandumachineni.com/stories/icons-plugin-crossed-2k-users https://v2.chandumachineni.com/stories/icons-plugin-crossed-2k-users Celebrating a milestone and learnings from building a Figma plugin Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT heymachineni@gmail.com (Chandu Machineni) Design Development Product Why I built Jst Relax https://v2.chandumachineni.com/stories/why-i-built-jst-relax https://v2.chandumachineni.com/stories/why-i-built-jst-relax The story behind building a relaxation tool Sat, 14 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT heymachineni@gmail.com (Chandu Machineni) Design Development Product How to prioritize https://v2.chandumachineni.com/stories/how-to-prioritize https://v2.chandumachineni.com/stories/how-to-prioritize My framework for deciding what matters most Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT heymachineni@gmail.com (Chandu Machineni) Design Development Product Learnings from Vibecoding #2 https://v2.chandumachineni.com/stories/learnings-from-vibecoding-2 https://v2.chandumachineni.com/stories/learnings-from-vibecoding-2 More insights from creative coding experiments Thu, 20 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT heymachineni@gmail.com (Chandu Machineni) Design Development Product Learnings from Vibecoding #1 https://v2.chandumachineni.com/stories/learnings-from-vibecoding-1 https://v2.chandumachineni.com/stories/learnings-from-vibecoding-1 Building an icon library taught me about fuzzy search, Levenshtein distance, and keyword mapping Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT heymachineni@gmail.com (Chandu Machineni) Design Development Product