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vale.rocks
Front-end developer, designer, dabbler, and avid user of the superpowered information superhighway. ✧ https://vale.rocks ✧ https://fedi.vale.rocks/vale
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Do some people prefer to read content directly in their feed readers? With the exception of some news outlets, I much prefer to view content on site. I feel that the site on which writing resides provides a large part of the content's atmosphere. #RSS #Feeds

submitted 3 hours ago • 2 comments

In the same vein as Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator, I propose some renamings: - Safari Surfer - Chromium Cruiser - Firefox Forager - Edge Envoy - Vivaldi Voyager #Browsers #Chrome #Firefox #Safari #WebDev

submitted 6 hours ago • 0 comments

Sometimes I find myself thinking about the fact that Google's Material Symbols has an icon called "Skull List". I'm sure that's nothing...

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

A few days ago I wrote a message and forgot to close a parenthesis. I've been talking as an aside ever since, and I can't take it anymore. ) I'm free!

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

People print websites, so I wrote an article over on @piccalil.li about how to make sure they don't feel the need to pull out all their hair while printing yours. Decimate a rainforest, spend a fortune on some new ink cartridges, unjam the mechanism, print off the article, and give it a read.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

I have discovered the old hidden in the new. vale.rocks/micros/20250...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

I've found myself redesigning a lot of Vale.Rocks. Not a complete overhaul, but a fairly comprehensive one with a lot of changes. @arielsalminen.com and @sia.codes, you both redesigned your sites recently, so I've decided to blame you guys. Thanks for your understanding.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

The new profile cards for Revolt for Web are looking fantastic! #Revolt #RevoltSky

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

What is it with big corps trying to make "everything apps"? We've already got apps that do everything. Web browsers. I'm talking about web browsers. Just invest in the web. It isn't hard.

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

I've been captcha'd. They're holding me at a data centre and won't let me go until I point out all the motorcycles, but they keep telling me I'm incorrect. Please send help! The situation is dire.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

The users. They yearn for toxicity. They will drag it with them and sew its seeds. Toxicity feeds drama, and drama feeds engagement. The scripture tells us it's true. www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

I left my flexbox out in the sun for too long, which caused it to dry up. Now it won't wrap anymore. Do I need to get a new one, or can I rehydrate it somehow?

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

My website is too energetic. Does anyone know how to calm down hypertext?

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

How does one stop LinkedIn from serving them two-week-old reheated AI slop? Is there a button for that or..?

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Sometimes I read something I've written and think, "Who the hell writes like that?" Then I have the horrifying revelation that it is me. I write like that. Oh dear. #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriterSky

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

'Did you, or did you not, kill this man?' 'Your honour, he recommended I rewrite my static site with React because, quote, "It's better."' 'The killing was justified. Court dismissed.'

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Run this simple Vim substitute command to instantly improve your website's codebase: :%s/button/div/g #WebDev #FrontEndDev

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

This just in: ‎ People shocked as venture capital backed company with good product/service that was operated unsustainably and at a loss to draw in users enshittifies as backers scramble for return on investment.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Sending love to all the poor folks named Albert who go by Al. None of us saw this coming, and I'm sorry most fonts don't differentiate between 'l' and 'I'.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

A fantastic post from @dbushell.com regarding AI slop and its ever-continuing dribble into everything at the cost of better, more well-formed, and intentioned alternatives. dbushell.com/2025/05/30/e...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

The natural beauty of watching a database migrating south for the update. #Programming #SQL #DevOps

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

I just put up a fresh post about unproductive criticism surrounding artificial intelligence with an attempt to advocate for more nuanced, constructive engagement from both sides of the discussion. vale.rocks/posts/ai-cri... #AI #LLM #GenerativeAI

submitted 10 days ago • 7 comments

As requested by @dunkirk.sh, here is a video of me turning off my laptop by using my magnet implant to trigger the lid switch. youtube.com/shorts/EdQh_... #BodyMods #Magnet #Implants

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Last night I crept into your house under the cover of darkness and made almost imperceivable modifications to your browser's user-agent stylesheet. Changes just impactful enough that you will be mildly inconvenienced. I chucked a few `!important`s in there as well. My evil knows no bounds.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments