I wanted to start sharing this content in other places, but I don't want to spend time creating thumbnails —live is short enough. I thought: what if I create a step in the build process to automatically create them... with Javascript!

I'm currently working on a project that allows the user to upload and reproduce long-ish audio files. I wanted to keep a cohesive look and allow the uploaders to bookmark timestamps on their audios and let the listeners jump between these chapters. It was time for me to create a custom audio player!

Imagine you have an App that allows you to open a new window with, let's say, a media player. You can play a video there, but you also want to be able to control the media player from the main window. But also, you want to reflect the state of the media player window. How the hell do you accomplish this. Well, let's take a stab at this, shall we?