Emmanuel Alabi (@emjjkk) - Software Developer

Recent blog posts

July 31, 2026

Building a Lightweight Wallpaper Engine for Windows 10 (With Rust and Typescript)

I built a lightweight live wallpaper engine using Tauri 2, Rust, React, and TypeScript because I wanted something that wouldn't eat hundreds of megabytes of RAM just to animate my desktop.

May 28, 2026

Writing a Lowkey Goated Python Script To Automatically Detect Beats from Audio Files

Built a Python tool to automatically detect meaningful beats, drops, and transients in music and export them as DaVinci Resolve markers. Started as a personal solution for montage editing, ended up becoming one of my most-starred GitHub projects.

May 1, 2026

Building a Discord Bot to Save The Sanity of 3600+ Server Members

A detailed breakdown of how I built a real, production Discord bot with slash commands, automated moderation, scheduled tasks, and a serverless architecture.

Apr 14, 2026

Building an Offline-First IDE with LLM Support using Vite + React

A deeply detailed journal entry of every decision, every file, and every line of code that went into building a fully local, AI-powered web IDE in the browser.

Feb 2, 2026

Displaying Your Live Activity on Your Own Website (Using NextJS + Redis + PreMiD)

I showed how to take your PreMiD presence data — the stuff that shows what you’re watching, coding, or listening to — and display it live on your own website using a simple Next.js + Redis setup. It’s an easy way to make your portfolio feel alive and show what you’re up to in real time.

Jan 21, 2025

Building a Youtube Downloader Application with Flask + yt-dlp

The goal is to be able to search videos directly (because copying and pasting links is just not it), but also handle direct links when we do have them. The results should show thumbnails and basic details, and from there we should be able to download in either MP3 or MP4 format.

Emmanuel Alabi (@emjjkk)

Software dev, college student

I'm a software developer building full-stack web applications with a focus on performance and optimization. If I'm not coding, I'm likely playing games, cycling, making edits, or doing community management duties.

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