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Chris Violette

@chrisviolette.dev

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Software engineer & Time Magazine's 2006 Person of the Year I pronounce the G in "gif" the same way I do the one in "garage"

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Chris Violette @chrisviolette.dev · 21/08/2026

Um, excuse me? I’m sure that dog is perfectly mentally competent. Rude.

A screenshot of a news headline that reads, “Maine man accused of sexually exploiting child and assaulting dog not mentally competent, judge rules”

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Chris Violette @chrisviolette.dev · 06/08/2026

I wasn’t expecting to be hurt like this today. Searching for “old” emoji didn’t show people first, but a corded phone, pager, floppy disk, VHS, and fax machine.

The top results when searching “old” in emoji shows 📞☎️📟💾📼🗝️📠

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Chris Violette @chrisviolette.dev · 14/05/2026

Ayuh, wicked accurate #Maine

This might be the most Maine image ever created. 🌲🦞💀
You’ve got a guy wearing a hoodie, basketball shorts, and Bean boots holding a Dunkin’ iced coffee in 39° weather while insisting: “honestly this is shorts weather.”
There’s a rusty Silverado with three fishing rods sticking out the back parked crooked beside a Subaru covered in salt stains and “The Way Life Should Be” stickers, while a moose stands near the road staring at traffic like it personally approves local property taxes. 😭
Meanwhile: • a lobster boat trailer is somehow parked at the gas station 🦞
• somebody’s uncle is buying bait, beer, and windshield washer fluid in one transaction
• and a random seagull is actively trying to rob tourists for fries.
The pothole in the middle of the road is so deep locals have started using it as a landmark: “take a left at the giant crater after the Irving.”
Maine DOT has one lane closed for reasons understood only by: • three guys in neon jackets
• one pickup truck
• and a man holding a coffee watching absolutely nothing happen. 🚧💀
Meanwhile grandma is casually crossing through the chaos carrying: • a foil pan of baked beans
• two lobster rolls
• and enough passive-aggressive determination to survive any Nor’easter.
The weather itself looks emotionally unstable: ☀️ sunshine over the coast
🌧️ rain inland
❄️ snow somewhere near Rangeley
💨 wind trying to relocate porch furniture
and fog rolling in like Stephen King personally approved the atmosphere.
Add in: • a “Bridge May Ice Before You’re Emotionally Ready” sign
• a general store selling bait, pie, and ammunition in the same building 😭
• a lighthouse somewhere in the background
• and a gas receipt blowing through the parking lot like a legal threat.
And honestly?
This belongs in a museum right between an L.L. Bean boot, a lobster trap, and a handwritten sign that says: “AYUH.” 🌲🦞🚗

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Chris Violette @chrisviolette.dev · 28/04/2026

#Sabres

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Chris Violette @chrisviolette.dev · 27/02/2026

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

Viewed from the Colorado River, sunbeams peek from behind the walls of the Grand Canyon

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Chris Violette @chrisviolette.dev · 31/01/2026

@npmx.dev loving the work done here, amazing what the open source community can build. Noticed a little bug though, at least on iOS 26.3 Safari — the search field from the homepage loses focus as soon as a search is triggered. cc @danielroe.dev

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Chris Violette @chrisviolette.dev · 09/10/2025

“Gettysburg Address”

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Chris Violette @chrisviolette.dev · 06/08/2025