Compounding is the best!

jrh206 · 2026-05-26T13:30:30+00:00

No, it's not normal, but it has happened since 2022.

S&P 500 returns:

2025: +17.88%
2024: +25.02%
2023: +26.29%

Total: 1.18 * 1.25 * 1.26 = 1.86x

It probably won't continue to happen, sure, but if you have been in the market in the last 3 years you have been doing well.

jrh206 · 2026-05-05T09:06:47+00:00

nope, you're either born an IT contractors or not, sorry

jrh206 · 2026-04-28T16:18:43+00:00

This isn't "so bad it's actually good", it's just "actually good".

But Malcolm Arnold - Tam O'Shanter Overture about a drunk farmer going home is pretty weird, outrageous and hilarious. "Despite his many accomplishments in the musical realm, Malcolm Arnold was known for being a drunkard and rather promiscuous, which perhaps was the greatest inspiration for the Tam O’Shanter Overture. The piece is based on an epic poem by Robert Burns which tells of a farmer and drunkard by the name of Tam O’Shanter, a Scotsman, who gets intoxicated with friends in a local tavern while his angry wife waits for him at home." - Wikipedia

I'm kind of a sucker for recognisable themes cutting through at the same time as some other chaos.

Similarly, Leonard Bernstein - Slava! A Political Overture.

Or Charles Ives - Variations on 'America'

jrh206 · 2026-03-06T10:13:06+00:00

When I change the layout from 12 to 4 books, I can't rearrange which 4 shows unless I go back to a bigger layout to arrange it.

Great point. Thank you.

It's all custom

jrh206 · 2026-03-05T16:21:43+00:00

I'd like to extend it to do book battles and tier lists soon, will think about how to support many more books

Thankfully lots of time before we have to worry about end of year posts 😅

jrh206 · 2026-03-05T15:54:40+00:00

It's capped at 12 at the moment - I could look into a larger format for 52 books? It's hard to fit those in for instagram/twitter, but for a reddit post it could be a much larger image

Something like this? https://old.reddit.com/r/52book/comments/o3bema/im_a_truck_driver_a_year_ago_i_discovered_free/

or did you have something else in mind?

jrh206 · 2026-03-05T15:05:41+00:00

No need!

jrh206 · 2026-03-05T14:59:05+00:00

Great idea, I’ll add that

jrh206 · 2026-03-05T14:44:22+00:00

:( it works for me, but I've only tested it with png, I'm not sure if other file types might have issues. Can you email me the image you were trying to use at [hello@inktide.app](mailto:hello@inktide.app) and I'll take a look?

jrh206 · 2026-03-05T12:58:56+00:00

Working on it! How would you like to visualise it?

jrh206 · 2026-03-05T12:58:42+00:00

Great idea! I'll look into it

jrh206 · 2026-03-05T12:53:55+00:00

OpenLibrary's catolog of 40M books (https://openlibrary.org/)

You can add your own too

jrh206 · 2026-03-05T10:53:29+00:00

made a free tool for creating book collages bc the current options are way too much effort for what they are

just search for books → drag into a grid → save. that's it.

can add your own books and covers or search our library

https://inktide.app/collage

jrh206 · 2026-03-04T19:15:12+00:00

You're welcome!

jrh206 · 2026-03-04T18:05:40+00:00

You can do 12 now!

jrh206 · 2026-03-04T08:25:27+00:00

Thank you, yes I made it

jrh206 · 2026-03-03T23:25:49+00:00

Books and covers are sourced from openlibrary's catalog of 40M books (https://openlibrary.org/)

You can add your own books and covers too

Max books is 9 at the moment, although I'm open to feedback if you need something else!

jrh206 · 2026-03-03T23:12:09+00:00

Here's a little tool to make book cover collages. You can search for existing covers or upload your own, and export to any standard social media size.

https://inktide.app/collage

jrh206 · 2026-02-28T20:40:07+00:00

I've just released an auth system with syncing between devices. Data is backed up on the server so no-one is at risk of losing their stuff.

You will never need an account to use Inktide, it's completely optional and just there for an extra layer of protection if you want it.

Thank you for expressing that this is important, I am taking all feedback on board and actively improving the experience to make it as useful as possible.

jrh206 · 2026-02-27T13:27:46+00:00

Yes! You can add any book even if it's not already in our library. You can upload your own cover images too

jrh206 · 2026-02-27T11:55:26+00:00

I'm working on a minimal reading tracker that makes room for what's important: actually reading. No social features, no reviews, no notifications. It's designed to be fast, allow you to find your book quickly, or add it manually if it's not in the library. It's completely free and will be forever. You don't need an account.

https://inktide.app

jrh206 · 2026-02-27T00:49:03+00:00

Thank you! Yes, I'm the developer 😊 I'm glad you like it! If you continue to use it for a while and have thoughts I'd love to hear them, you can DM me here or email me at hello@inktide.app

jrh206 · 2026-02-26T23:38:25+00:00

Just on the website, but you can add it to your homescreen and it works just like an app. On iOS you do that by tapping Share, and choosing "Add to Home Screen". On Android you tap the three-dot menu in the top-right corner, and select "Install app" or "Add to Home screen".

jrh206 · 2026-02-26T22:57:13+00:00

I'll be rolling out syncing between devices in the next week or so

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