Reposted by AlexAndy Bell @bell.bz · 13hif you're the sort of person that tends to be aware of their surroundings and other people, while walking around, you really are doing an important civic duty 11722
Reposted by AlexEris ⌬ @eriskii.net · 06/10/2026Claude give me the Vyvanse and estrogen make no mistakes do a breakthrough can u throw a little coke in too 1132640
Alex @chromaticnova.com · 05/10/2026It’s hard to comprehend how a professional platform like GitHub ever started using CSS-in-JS at scale in the first place 010
Reposted by AlexLarge Heydon Collider @heydonworks.com · 04/10/2026The self-destruction of the RayBan brand is fascinating. Wayfarers are history's most iconic sunglasses and probably the easiest way for anyone to look a little cooler, in any context. Now you get to look like a dork and a sex pest AT THE SAME TIME. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...reuters.comDutch eyewear chain Hans Anders halts sale of Meta glasses, citing privacy concernsOne of the largest Dutch eyewear retail chains said on Friday it had suspended sales of Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses in the Netherlands and Belgium amid growing privacy concerns, in one of the first ... 1314
Alex @chromaticnova.com · 04/10/2026I’m cautiously optimistic that Apple finally has a product guy in charge again! 000
Reposted by Alexkonnaire @konnaire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yeah, no shit. Several times daily at this point. Unprecedented time of productivity. 0272
Reposted by AlexDan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026When you have no concept of how people engage with music 5828260887
Reposted by AlexAlёna Batitskaia @abatickaya.bsky.social · 19/09/2026There's only one way trouble starts: a woman with time on her hands. blog.alena.rocks/en/artifacts...blog.alena.rocksPeriodic Table of HTML ElementsAll 115 elements of the current HTML specification laid out as a periodic table: search, filters by spec section and links to MDN. 2195
Reposted by AlexJake Archibald @jakearchibald.com · 20/09/2026There's lots I haven't yet understood about atproto, but I simply won't do the standard.site thing whilst it offers a worse UX than… not doing it. 5635
Alex @chromaticnova.com · 10/09/2026I’m calling it now: the iPhone Duo isn’t going to sell particularly well. It might even flop. I think the target market is less than an iPhone Mini tbh. That doesn’t necessarily mean day 1 pre-orders won’t be high though. 000
Alex @chromaticnova.com · 10/09/2026This icon is simultaneously very cool and clever, and a bit of an eyesore to have permanently on-screen 000
Alex @chromaticnova.com · 10/09/2026This looks like developer hell. Good luck out there 🫡 #Apple #iPhoneDuo 000
Reposted by Alexeliza hamilton @eliza.vg · 08/09/2026i think the idea that there will be this market for "artisanal" hand-written code like that of like; hand-sculpted woodworking, is plainly laughable. 2261
Alex @chromaticnova.com · 20/08/2026People who passionately love AI and people who passionately hate AI are equally weird and deluded to me. Its just a tool, and a very diverse one at that. 000
Reposted by AlexKilian Valkhof @kilianvalkhof.com · 19/08/2026it was cute when Arc did it but your app definitely shouldn't be adding cutesy rounded borders around the entire app. 5151
Alex @chromaticnova.com · 19/08/2026Unless they're fixing a bug, any kind of downloaded app or extension should be restricted to 1 update a week max 010
Reposted by Alexconputer dipshit @davidcrespo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026interesting and rare twitter post by dario amodei xcancel.com/DarioAmodei/... 2627035
Alex @chromaticnova.com · 14/08/2026Main takeaway from this government alert is that we need both a loud alert system and a *silent* alert system 000
Reposted by AlexMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026What you're saying when you say "DEI" when universities say "EDI" (as happens here) and vice versa. And why it actually matters. The great majority of UK (esp. British) universities use "EDI" while US universities use "DEI". Is that "just" semantic, or does it matter? A thread. 🧵1/8ft.comHow Jason Arday’s appointment became a reckoning for CambridgeResignation of Black professor forces university to examine its approach to diversity, equality and inclusion 14286113
Alex @chromaticnova.com · 13/08/2026Meta achieves roaring success by spamming their feeds with endless streams of inane brainrot drivel engagement bait. Bluesky shouldn’t be aspiring to that. Growth at all costs is a capitalist hellscape. It’s actually fine to just coast along. 030
Reposted by AlexErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 12/08/2026ICYMI, the Dobby grave story was completely fake. Like, just, totally not true in any way. 2245471954
Alex @chromaticnova.com · 13/08/2026The Ricky Gervais subreddit is brilliant, because everyone there can (and does) quote from everything he’s ever done, but they also universally agree that he’s now a complete bellend, and probably always was. 000
Alex @chromaticnova.com · 11/08/2026Damn, we haven't even made it out of beta yet and Apple already replaced the cool new Siri icon with a grey blob 😢 000
Reposted by AlexP(D(aisy)) @her.toy.cybernetic.gay · 09/08/2026This is why we don't send kids to school to train them on previous writing, images, audio, etc. It would be mathematically impossible for them to produce original information. 1465
Alex @chromaticnova.com · 06/08/2026Good logic, but I’m probably biased - I already built the theme toggle on my website in this way 🥳 030
Reposted by AlexP(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 05/08/2026My impression is that AI coding is on a "pick two of three" triangle: scope, ship speed, and correctness. Small tools are (speed + correctness) fast prototypes are (speed + scope) and big projects are (scope + correctness). Every project that tries to be all three degrades to "fast prototype." 2343939
Alex @chromaticnova.com · 05/08/2026You know how on some forums when you start typing a new post and it comes up with a list of similar posts so you can see if someone has posted the same thing before? Reddit needs that. 100
Reposted by Alexdame @dame.is · 04/08/2026the number of folks who jumped to the worst possible interpretation of toni’s interview clips is quite concerning, too many people have let social media and purity culture just melt their brains… it’s one of the most gratuitous & gross examples of toxic online discourse culture i’ve seen in awhile 68917
Reposted by Alexzeu @zeu.dev · 03/08/2026toni: bsky isn't necessarily meant for one group of people users for some reason: oh so you want the nazis here? 4442
Reposted by AlexSooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026It's weird when people bristle at the idea of abolishing billionaires. Are you a billionaire? Is your mum one? Why do you care? It would be good to abolish billionaires. More money for public services, less money for them to buy rape islands. 11987431
Alex @chromaticnova.com · 30/07/2026film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. hard mode: no star trek, star wars, lotr, marvel, disney, or ghibli.static.klipy.comJojo Rabbit Kid DancingAlt: Jojo Rabbit Kid Dancing 100
Reposted by Alexweeder @weeder.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Nobody ever explained to me what a passkey is or how they work. Websites just started asking me for passkeys like it's something we talked about. 1063699536
Alex @chromaticnova.com · 22/07/2026Recently discovered that CSS has a `round()` function! So many subpixel rendering glitches (hi Safari) resolved by rounding the widths of my layouts. `width: round(down, 100%, 12px)` on a 12 column grid container makes the container width divisible by 12 so each column has an integer pixel width. 020
Alex @chromaticnova.com · 18/07/2026The new ChatGPT app is like an exercise in terrible UX. Chat mode. Work mode. Codex mode. Terra. Luna. Every button and option requires extensive research to figure out what it does. Users shouldn't have to even think about this stuff, it should just work. Can you even call it "AI" otherwise? 200
Alex @chromaticnova.com · 16/07/2026I feel this post: The Descent - What Happened to the Frontend While You Weren't Watching davidpoblador.com/deep-dives/w...davidpoblador.comThe Descent — What Happened to the Frontend While You Weren't WatchingThe last time you wrote one it was a <button> and an FTP upload — spare twenty minutes and get up to speed on everything the web did while you looked away. 000
Alex @chromaticnova.com · 15/07/2026Installed iOS 27 public beta. Performance feels identical. Icons look better. New Siri is decent - “good enough” for most uses. Liquid Glass mostly just looks grey now, worse than before but more consistent throughout. I honestly don’t think they have any idea what to do with it. #Apple #iOS27 010
Reposted by AlexLouie Mantia, Jr. @lmnt.me · 14/07/2026“By popular demand!” The Shape of Apps: an essay about app icons, “Squircle Jail,” and where we go from here. parakeet.co/blog/the-sha...parakeet.coParakeet Blog: The Shape of Apps 2357
Reposted by AlexSiobhán @shibbi.me · 14/07/2026Wait, you… use libraries? Code that other people wrote for you? You just… download it? Do you even read the code? Do you not care about the craft, the knowledge that comes from putting in the work yourself? Aren’t you afraid your skills will atrophy? 2132748
Reposted by AlexRyan "UnionToTuple" Cavanaugh @searyanc.dev · 14/07/2026Me: Doctor I have this new disease, please go fetch me a cure for it Doctor: You have the common cold; it's been known since antiquity Me: You've had 5,000 years to fix this?? Please raise this to the top of your backlog! PING?? Hello? Paging again in year 2026! Still getting colds here!! 4444
Reposted by AlexEric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 13/07/2026I swear services are logging you out more often to push you into opting to use a passkey. 3221
Alex @chromaticnova.com · 13/07/2026Love to see it futurism.com/future-socie...futurism.comThe Backlash Is So Strong That People With "Pervert Glasses" Are Afraid to Use Them in PublicMeta's camera-equipped "AI Glasses" are so divisive that some adopters are reportedly leaving their expensive smart glasses at home. 000
Reposted by AlexSacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 25/06/2026To prevent this, I make sure to never call my family so they know it’s gotta be a scammer 0242
Alex @chromaticnova.com · 22/06/2026People who side with #Apple in the Apple vs EU debate are weird as hell. Stop licking corporate boot. Apple doesn’t care about you, they care about profits and power. Their every word on the subject is meticulously calculated propaganda. 150
Reposted by Alexdan @danabra.mov · 19/06/2026"but where are all the bluesky instances?" i've heard this so many times that i wrote an explaineroverreacted.ioThere Are No Instances in atproto — overreactedLike RSS and Google Reader. 42677202
Reposted by AlexNiki @nikitonsky.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 13/06/2026I love good UI animation, so I had to write about a few imperfect ones that I wish would be fixed tonsky.me/blog/every-frame-perfecttonsky.meEvery Frame PerfectHow imprecise UI animations erode trust in product 0194
Reposted by Alexgarrison @garrison.corporate.fm · 17/06/2026Europeans: at long last, we have invented Markdown in Posts from the classic @pfrazee.com novel "Don't Put Markdown in Posts" 1957
Reposted by AlexDoug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Plug-in solar panels to go on sale in UK after it passed safety checks About time, given there are over 1mn kits already on sale in Germany There, they sell for between £200 and £2,000, deliver 5-25% of a homes energy needs, typical payback between 2 & 6 years www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...thetimes.comPlug-in solar panels on sale ‘within months’ after safety nodCosting hundreds of pounds rather than thousands, the panels could help consumers offset the rise in energy bills when the price cap increases next month 481549454