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colorful confetti falling against dark background celebration

2026-09-07 · 8 min read

Confetti in React 2026: canvas-confetti, tsParticles and Pure CSS

Three real approaches to confetti in React - canvas-confetti, tsParticles, and zero-dependency CSS - with working code, bundle cost breakdowns, and when to use each.

Colorful audio waveform visualization glowing on dark background

2026-07-29 · 9 min read

Audio Visualizer in React: Web Audio API + Canvas = Waveform Magic

Build a real-time audio visualizer in React using Web Audio API and Canvas. Frequency bars, waveforms, and animation loops - all wired up with hooks.

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Colorful glowing particles scattered across a dark digital canvas background

2026-07-29 · 9 min read

Canvas Particle System From Scratch: Mouse Interaction, Color Fields

Build a canvas particle system with mouse interaction and color fields from scratch - no libraries, just vanilla JS, requestAnimationFrame, and a bit of math.

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Abstract colorful digital light wave background WebGL shader effect

2026-06-22 · 8 min read

WebGL Background Effects Without Three.js: Raw Shaders in React

Skip Three.js and write raw GLSL shaders directly in React. Here's how to build animated WebGL background effects with nothing but a canvas element.

colorful abstract particle animation rendered on a dark digital canvas

2026-06-15 · 8 min read

HTML Canvas Animations in React: Particles, Noise Fields, More

Learn how to wire up HTML Canvas animations in React - particle systems, Perlin noise fields, and requestAnimationFrame loops that don't leak memory.

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