Blog: Tools, Maps, and Product Notes

Short, practical writing about building browser tools, interactive maps, and the experiments behind them. Explore the tools or the maps to see the work in action.

X Deleted Grok's Image Tab - The Search Hack That Still Shows All Grok Images

X Deleted Grok's Image Tab - The Search Hack That Still Shows All Grok Images

Published on 2026-01-18· By Jesus Iniesta

A structured timeline of the Grok image editing controversy on X, the regulatory responses across multiple countries, and what reporting says still works as of mid January 2026.

Direct Provider Pricing for Image + Video Generation APIs (USD)

Direct Provider Pricing for Image + Video Generation APIs (USD)

Published on 2026-01-17· By Jesus Iniesta

A clean, no nonsense comparison of first party API pricing for image and video generation models, normalized to USD per image and USD per second. Includes FLUX, Imagen, OpenAI, Runway, and more.

X API Pricing Tiers and What You Actually Get (Free, Basic, Pro, Enterprise)

X API Pricing Tiers and What You Actually Get (Free, Basic, Pro, Enterprise)

Published on 2026-01-17· By Jesus Iniesta

A blunt, detail first breakdown of X API pricing tiers, post caps, and rate limits across Free, Basic, Pro, and Enterprise, with tables for every endpoint group.

From StudlyCaps to SpongeBob: The Surprising History of tHiS wEiRd, MoCkInG tExT

From StudlyCaps to SpongeBob: The Surprising History of tHiS wEiRd, MoCkInG tExT

Published on 2025-12-24· By Jesus Iniesta

A short history of alternating caps, studlycaps, and SpongeBob case, plus why mocking text generators and sarcastic text still shape tone online.

12 Legendary "Writers" Who Never Touched the Pen: The Secret History of Dictated Genius

12 Legendary "Writers" Who Never Touched the Pen: The Secret History of Dictated Genius

Published on 2025-12-14· By Jesus Iniesta

Many iconic letters, books, and speeches were not handwritten by their authors. Discover 12 famous figures who created their work by dictating it to others.

Nvidia's November 2025 Flash Crash: Did Wall Street Rig NVDA or Was It Just a Crowded Trade Unwinding?

Nvidia's November 2025 Flash Crash: Did Wall Street Rig NVDA or Was It Just a Crowded Trade Unwinding?

Published on 2025-11-27· By Jesus Iniesta

Nvidia stock ripped on record Q3 FY26 earnings, then whipsawed nearly 12% from Nov 19 21, 2025. This post lines up the exact trading timeline with the delayed jobs report, futures action, and posit...

Is Gmail Training AI on Your Emails? What's Really Happening (And How to Lock It Down)

Is Gmail Training AI on Your Emails? What's Really Happening (And How to Lock It Down)

Published on 2025-11-24· By Jesus Iniesta

Does Gmail use your emails to train AI like Google Gemini? This guide explains how Gmail's AI works, what "smart features" really do, and step by step how to stop Gmail and Google AI from using you...

How Paul Graham Actually Writes Essays

How Paul Graham Actually Writes Essays

Published on 2025-11-23· By Jesus Iniesta

A practical breakdown of Paul Graham's writing process: surprise driven questions, exploratory drafts, and hard rewrites that make essays useful.

SynthID in 2025: Where Google’s Invisible Watermark Shows Up (and Where It Doesn’t)

SynthID in 2025: Where Google’s Invisible Watermark Shows Up (and Where It Doesn’t)

Published on 2025-11-23· By Jesus Iniesta

A practical overview of Google DeepMind's SynthID watermarking: which models use it, which do not, and how detection limits affect provenance workflows.

Why Good Thinking Sounds Like Good Conversation

Why Good Thinking Sounds Like Good Conversation

Published on 2024-12-29· By Jesus Iniesta

Why language and thought are tightly linked, and how better internal dialogue leads to clearer reasoning and better writing.

What It Really Means to Be Human

What It Really Means to Be Human

Published on 2024-02-01· Updated on 2025-11-23· By Jesus Iniesta

A concise reflection on what makes us human: mortality, narrative thinking, social identity, moral tension, and meaning making.