Working on Algora

Spent most of today working on the frontend for Algora, a project I’m building to help learn algorithms through interactive visualizations and comparisons.

A lot of my time went into building the main landing page and polishing the overall look of the site. Surprisingly, the hardest part wasn’t the algorithms themselves which ofc it was CSS. I ended up spending way longer than expected trying to get layouts, spacing, responsiveness, and animations to behave the way I wanted. At this point my wrist is probably filing complaints against me.

Not everything is working yet either. Some parts of the site are still unfinished, and a few features (including parts of the preview and visualization system) are still being actively worked on. There were definitely a lot of moments where something looked fine in my head and then completely broke the second I opened it in the browser.

Even though progress felt slower than I expected, it’s starting to come together. The homepage is beginning to feel like something real instead of a collection of random components, and the overall direction of the project is becoming much clearer.

Today’s Progress

• Continued building the Algora frontend
• Worked on the main landing page
• Improved layout and styling across multiple sections
• Fixed various UI issues
• Continued work on algorithm visualizations
• Recorded a development timelapse

Still a long way to go, but seeing everything slowly come together has been pretty motivating.