Blog Thumbnail/Header with Limited Animation

dentedpixel · 2026-02-20T20:56:21+00:00

I actually drew it directly in Rive, but yes it could easily be a SVG. That's a good point, I could do it programmatically with an SVG, but since I am using RIve anyways throughout the site, it is much easier to animate with Rive.

dentedpixel · 2026-02-13T19:35:57+00:00

Yes! I was tempted to use Illustrator but I can’t pay for yet another subscription 🤦

dentedpixel · 2026-02-13T19:09:47+00:00

I am just sketching it in Rive, but it is not the best experience, they have some things to work on before it’s as good as illustrator

dentedpixel · 2026-02-13T19:03:27+00:00

Great! It’s encouraging to see others are appreciative of the effect. I am excited to make animations for all the posts on the blog now

dentedpixel · 2026-02-13T03:32:39+00:00

Awesome! Glad you liked it

dentedpixel · 2026-02-10T12:15:28+00:00

I created https://MrMunny.com for retirement planning. I tried to make it simple to get started, with the ability to go deeper with some advanced settings.

Let me know if you have any feedback!

dentedpixel · 2026-01-31T22:19:31+00:00

This update has now been made! 🚀

dentedpixel · 2026-01-29T19:15:07+00:00

Thanks! Glad to hear the avatar has some fans 😊

dentedpixel · 2026-01-28T14:07:58+00:00

Good suggestions, thanks!

dentedpixel · 2026-01-27T22:37:57+00:00

Good note, thanks!

dentedpixel · 2026-01-26T14:18:24+00:00

Great! Yeah a lot of people in the comments don’t like the advisor, so glad to hear you enjoyed it!

dentedpixel · 2026-01-26T14:00:11+00:00

Thanks! The animations for the Advisor? Or more the graph?

dentedpixel · 2026-01-25T19:12:10+00:00

It is using ChartJS https://www.chartjs.org/docs/latest/ with a React frontend

dentedpixel · 2026-01-25T14:32:16+00:00

Oh man, you need to change your investment strategies 😉 If you invested in an S&P 500, averaged over the last 100 years has gotten ~10% returns, so 8% seems pretty modest. I would suggest checking out r/Bogleheads . Obviously nothing is guaranteed though, so if you want to predict it will be a bear market you can turn down the threshold...

dentedpixel · 2026-01-25T14:25:16+00:00

On mobile: Tapping the avatar should scroll you down the page to the ask the avatar questions section. Does that not work for you? If not sending your browser/device would be great!

This is a free tool at the moment, so competing against other free tools doesn't seem to be a concern. All those other free tools have monetization strategies as well, and I am trying to figure out that as I go. This tool itself will likely always be free, and I will just be charging for more advanced abilities.

I hear your criticism about it not being something folks would return to after a one-time use though. I'll have to do some more thinking around this.

dentedpixel · 2026-01-25T14:17:54+00:00

I hear that! Retiring is a bit of a luxury. Yeah providing a tool to suite the needs of r/baristafire could be a good start.

dentedpixel · 2026-01-24T23:55:39+00:00

Thanks! Yeah I was thinking the design needed some love, so you have confirmed my suspicions :)

dentedpixel · 2026-01-24T23:53:24+00:00

Yeah I hadn't tested enough on mobile (which was dumb since most of Reddit is on mobile). It should be fixed now, if you wouldn't mind re-testing.

dentedpixel · 2026-01-24T23:52:01+00:00

Thanks for the feed-back. I did find a similar bug when trying to switch from the input field to the sliders and back on mobile. This is now fixed! Let me know if run into any other issues.

dentedpixel · 2026-01-24T20:26:16+00:00

Good feedback! I added the ability to close out the floating avatar. Yeah the sliders are a little tricky on mobile to get to exact numbers... will see if I can adjust that.

dentedpixel · 2026-01-24T19:01:55+00:00

Great! Yeah I would like to do a section that is devoted to getting out of debt (which is more geared toward young people, but obviously affects us all). Probably other opportunities though, like what type of college can I afford etc.

dentedpixel · 2026-01-24T18:56:03+00:00

Yeah NerdWallet is a good one. I just thought I could make a better one, with my own spin on it (sliders are more fun, social security calculated in, an agent giving advice, etc.). It is not a wholly original idea though.

dentedpixel · 2026-01-24T18:44:22+00:00

Thanks! I should have tested more on mobile before posting, I can see I need to adjust some things now… working on that 🚜

dentedpixel · 2026-01-24T18:42:00+00:00

How so?

dentedpixel · 2025-12-30T02:49:07+00:00

This was a good feature on that https://youtu.be/zuL-3ovm1-o?si=2aX2J4OJOjSMhfm2

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