It's not really designed for a broad audience, so I share your surprise that it got upvoted so much. Writing for a broad audience takes me a lot of effort, which isn't always worthwhile.

FWIW this trail might help fill in context:

https://akkartik.name/freewheeling (this was designed for a broad audience, so is like a snapshot backup where the links below are incremental backups)

https://akkartik.name/post/2022-03-31-devlog

https://akkartik.name/post/2024-06-05-devlog

https://akkartik.name/post/2024-06-07-devlog

https://akkartik.name/post/2024-06-09-devlog

https://akkartik.name/post/2024-07-10-devlog

https://akkartik.name/post/2024-07-22-devlog

Sorry to throw a bunch of links at you :)