I'm Max, a front-end software engineer. I'm currently working on starcrossed and costars.

You can find me on linkedin, codepen, github, and contact me at maxmiracolo@pm.me.

Recent Writings

The Logic Behind Tile Swaps: Lessons from Connections and Starcrossed

Assuming you already know how Connections works, given the above scenario, which tiles from the top row will swap with which correctly selected tiles when the animation happens? There are a lot of options to pair them up. Will MICE swap with KINDER, ...

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How I Built an Affordable, Efficient Architecture for a Daily Movie Puzzle Game

I’ve been building a daily movie puzzle game called starcrossed, and I’ve managed to set it up and maintain it at essentially no cost. We’re currently seeing about 500 daily users and growing. While things might change if traffic were to surge expone...

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