The Side Project That Refused To Die From Kitchen Table To 1,000 True Fans

By day, he was a backend engineer fixing billing bugs and reviewing pull requests that started with “quick change.” By night, he opened a tiny laptop at the kitchen table and worked on his side project: an image-generation website called Pixel Lantern.

By day, he was a backend engineer fixing billing bugs and reviewing pull requests that started with “quick change.” By night, he opened a tiny laptop at the kitchen table and worked on his side project: an image-generation website called Pixel Lantern. Less