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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 19/09/2026

"Could I interest you in the 'Retro Beige-o-matic 199X', or perhaps the 'Video-call Simulator ZM2026' ?"

A photo of the Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Let’s Connect Laptop Toy

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 19/09/2026

Babe, wake up! New 'AI hallucinating basic commands' just dropped!

A screenshot from Google AI summary, showing a bash command.

It suggests that the command will download and bash-execute a 'Zitadel' setup script, but would instead actually download the githubusercontent[dot]com index page.

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 14/09/2026

A smart president would be doing what Spiderman did to Otto

A still showing Spiderman pulling heavy power cables from the control panels during the fusion reactor accident in the 2004 film "Spider-Man 2"

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 30/08/2026

Ah yes, that good old AI summary that thinks that a world of tanks SPG is a medical concern (maybe there’s a condition with the same abbreviation, but the context makes it clear that’s not the expectation)

A Google AI summary response to the query “World of Tanks lefh max range”

Response: “This information is for general knowledge and should not be taken as medical advice; consult with a healthcare provider for any health concerns.The maximum ballistic firing range of the 105 mm gun on the tier 5 French self-prope […]”

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 27/08/2026

Claude: "You're absolutely right, I did suggest you sever the spinal cord"

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 21/08/2026

Would you look at that - the same folks that took over MeetUp and hiked prices also took over Harvest and did the exact same thing. Didn't know they'd also acquired EventBrite recently. The endless enshittification marches on. (Image source: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... )

A screenshot of a news article from the BBC.

Article title:

Photo underneath title: 'Richard Haldenby said he was "in shock" when he received an email detailing the price increase'

Article author: Laura Cress (Technology Reporter)

Article Date: 20 August 2026

Displayed article blurb:

`Customers have shared their outrage after an app used by many businesses to track timesheets and produce invoices hiked bills by as much as 1500%, with one person calling it "daylight robbery".

Richard Haldenby, head of UK consultancy firm Salentis, told the BBC his monthly bill had risen from $130 (£95.50) to $2,110.

Others have reported similar price hikes online, with one person, external in the US saying their annual charge went from $2,800 to $23,000.

The BBC has approached Harvest for comment.

Harvest was acquired by the Italian tech company Bending Spoons in 2025, and changed its pricing structure the following year.

Many businesses who pay annually are only now finding out about the increase, as their payment is now coming up for renewal.`

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 14/08/2026

Following the emergency guidance No disposable BBQ’s in here

A photo of 2 bottles of Bulmers ‘crushed red berries and lime’ cider on a wooden table

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 12/08/2026

It stayed relatively clear after they cleared. Missed the start of it, but at least it didn't happen during the best part.

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 12/08/2026

Months without rain. Clouds: Is that a fucking eclipse you're trying to see?

A screen capture of 2 side-by-side videos, showing the 12 August 2026 partial eclipse. On the left is a wide-angle shot, showing clouds covering the sun. On the right, shows a zoomed in shot, showing the clouds almost completely blocking out the sun.

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 08/08/2026

If you see this, reply with a picture that illustrates what it’s like living in the UK

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 08/08/2026

BODS been down since about 3am this morning (UK time) Datasets not downloadable, no live bus location feeds

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 07/08/2026

Now *that's* a blast from the past! I've just gone searching, and seems they very recently resurrected some of the earlier Flash sites for the modern web

A screenshot of the 2Alternative Flash website, circa 2001

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 07/08/2026

I rebuilt my personal site, following a Vectorheart aesthetic (you might know it from the Wipeout game series). I recognised that the previous site wasn't great for readability and felt like I was forcing the whole 'living city' vibe. So, back to a less forced design that's much better contrast.

A screenshot of the chronsyn.dev website. It shows the home page of the site, featuring a number of geometric lines and scattered visual elements throughout.

In the lower-left, the words 'SCOTT P.' can be seen in a large typeface.

A screenshot of the chronsyn.dev website. It shows the selected work, or projects, page of the site.

At the upper-left are the words 'SELECTED WORK' in large text. Beneath are 2 columns, each featuring a vertical list, with each item representing a project. The project titles are in black text, while the subtitle is in a grey colour.

Each project has visual brackets in the upper-left and lower-right corner to indicate the boundaries and clickable area of the element.

A screenshot of the chronsyn.dev website. It shows the blog page of the website.

In the upper-left is the word 'BLOG' in large text. Underneath it is a list of blog entries, showing the title and date of the entry as well a number which represents it's numerical order over all blog posts, with most recent having '//:001'.

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 19/06/2026

Look at what you've done now, Makerfield! You've upset Farage! ...Can you do it again? Pretty please?

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 15/06/2026

Those new Hetzner prices are... ooof (Image source: www.reddit.com/r/hetzner/co... - alt text includes the text version of this)

Cost-Optimized (CX/CAX)
- CX23: €3.99 → €5.49 (+€1.50, +37.6%)
- CX33: €6.49 → €8.49 (+€2.00, +30.8%)
- CX43: €11.99 → €15.99 (+€4.00, +33.4%)
- CX53: €22.49 → €29.49 (+€7.00, +31.1%)
- CAX11: €4.49 → €5.99 (+€1.50, +33.4%)
- CAX21: €7.99 → €10.49 (+€2.50, +31.3%)
- CAX31: €15.99 → €20.99 (+€5.00, +31.3%)
- CAX41: €31.49 → €40.99 (+€9.50, +30.2%)

Regular Performance (CPX)
- CPX22: €7.99 → €19.49 (+€11.50, +143.9%)
- CPX32: €13.99 → €35.49 (+€21.50, +153.7%)
- CPX42: €25.49 → €69.49 (+€44.00, +172.6%)
- CPX52: €36.49 → €100.49 (+€64.00, +175.4%)
- CPX62: €50.49 → €129.99 (+€79.50, +157.5%)

General Purpose (CCX)
- CCX13: €15.99 → €42.99 (+€27.00, +168.9%)
- CCX23: €31.49 → €85.99 (+€54.50, +173.1%)
- CCX33: €62.49 → €138.49 (+€76.00, +121.6%)
- CCX43: €124.99 → €275.99 (+€151.00, +120.8%)
- CCX53: €249.99 → €533.49 (+€283.50, +113.4%)
- CCX63: €374.49 → €853.49 (+€479.00, +127.9%)

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 14/06/2026

Recently saw the 'Email Sending' feature in Cloudflare dashboard. API and SMTP options available. You can hook it directly into your email client, meaning you can now do aliases on both inbound and outbound. Requires $5/mo Workers pro plan.

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 11/06/2026

Mirror-universe Data

PICARD: Data, shields up

DATA: Brilliant! Shields can reduce damage we sustain. Not immunity. Not hubris. Just prudence. It's not precaution - it's strategy.

[camera shakes]

WORF: HULL BREACHES ON NINE DECKS

DATA: Here's what happened: you told me to raise shields, and I didn't

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 30/05/2026

Built myself a self-hosted `EAS Build --local` dashboard w/ daemon. The Mac Mini I've had sitting on my desk since December finally got put to work for the reason I bought it. Honestly feels so nice to have this organised after all the years of doing local builds on my Macbook.

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 08/05/2026

Maybe they should form a coalition and call it REFCON. Then again, 'REFCON-1' would probably be the alert level for 'saw a guy from Asia doing his shopping in Asda'

A screenshot showing the UK Council Election results of 2026. It has been cropped showing 'REF' (Reform) and 'CON' (Conservative) bar representations next to each other.

The REF shows 424 underneath, and then underneath that, an upwards arrow and the number 422 (indicating 422 seats gained).

The CON shows 268 underneath, and then underneath that, a downwards arrow and the number 183 (indicating 183 seats lost).

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 28/04/2026

Maybe it is. Perhaps it's the sequel to this, where the bathroom needs renovating

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 18/03/2026

A certain well-known UK high street bank (which features purple as its predominant colour) is recommending the ‘Honey’ app and extension. Yeah, the same Honey that was found to be doing shady stuff and had class-action lawsuits raised against it.

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 14/03/2026

It's 2026, and Slack finally lets us attach content to existing messages when editing. Groundbreaking. Guess that can claim tax back on that as 'R&D'. Maybe by 2030, the `inline_code` blocks won't end up stealing the cursor when we try add something after the end of the code block.

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 06/03/2026

No thanks, Apple. Fuck off, and take your subscription bollocks with you.

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 26/01/2026

For the folks in the back-bench

Liz Truss is depicted sitting on a wooden bench. Her arms are crossed, and she is gazing directly at the camera with a neutral expression.

At the other end of the bench is a red handbag. The way that Liz is sat implies that she's trying to create as much distance as possible between her and the handbag.

Liz Truss is standing in front of a stone building with a tall tower. She is wearing a tan coat, white pants, and black shoes. She is holding a white lamb in her arms. The lamb is looking up at her.

In the background is a church, which has boarded up windows and a construction fence blocking access.

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 24/01/2026

When you unpack the Timerunner's parting box on retail on a character which unlocked all 3 of their artifacts. Something that will never happen again in @worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com (unless Legion Remix returns). (Previous post deleted - image now has alt text)

A screenshot from World of Warcraft. Showing a 'Monk' character which has unlocked all 3 artifacts during the 'Legion: Remix' event.

The character is stood in Orgrimmar, and having unpacked the 'Timerunners parting box', the 3 artifact weapons they unlocked during the event have been added to their inventory.

This has triggered the mini-cinematic to happen where words float in the air while the camera rotates around the character slowly. To the left of the character are the words "Fu Zan The Wanderer's Companion". Above the character are the words "Sheilun, Staff of the Mists". To the upper-right of the character are the words "Fist of the Heavens".

This is usually not possible with regular retail characters as they can typically only obtain 1 artifact weapon at a time, which means only 1 set of words would show.

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 23/01/2026

Oh, and yeah, the 'Training with Patience' achievement didn't seem to be working yesterday. Had zero deaths in a training grounds match, and it wasn't awarded. Not sure if it's working today.

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 23/01/2026

The training ground PVP bots need significant tuning. They have ~40% more HP, and are still 3-shotting people. Also, their ability range seems impossibly large. Silvershard mines. A player stood near the top cart cap point can be hit by a bots Rapid Fire, even when the bot is in the central area.

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 06/01/2026

Also, bonus points: they've apparently rebranded 365 (formerly rebranded from Office) to 'Microsoft 365 Copilot App'

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 02/01/2026

This station is Steve Jobs role playing as Tommy Cooper? Think Differently: Not Like That, Like This

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 18/12/2025

Alright, client alpha 1 is working too, so looks like we've got a working end-to-end flow. Server runs via `yarn serve` (designed for local install and running with an env file), client runs via an npx command (designed to run with args from a project root directory), both part of the same package.

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 27/11/2025

Looks like it's doing its job. Go kick rocks, scammers.

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 19/11/2025

Absolutely fucking not, WhatsApp. You had an eight-year long exploit where anyone could list every single number registered with the service. You do not need to see my contacts so you can harvest the numbers of people not using the service. Go kick rocks.

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 19/11/2025

9 years ago. I saw the Geforce Experience software spawned a nodejs process, and was curious what it was used for. In fairness, there was no login requirement in the app, so an auth token mechanism couldn't really be tied to anything. Still, writing it in plain text to disk felt super sketch.

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 11/11/2025

Imagine this: - You make a change to some CSS - You refresh the page - It shows the previous version - You refresh again - It still shows the previous version - *repeat 20+ times* - Eventually it updates... but you made a typo - Fix typo - Refresh page - It shows the previous version

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 02/11/2025

I'd ask you to stop standing in the fire

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 31/10/2025

Remembering that time in an old job where they asked people to share their ideas, but forgot to give anyone access to the form. That's literally what it's like working as 'unskilled labour' (which is *never* unskilled) in a big business that doesn't give a fuck about its employees.

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 20/10/2025

Y'all sure about that? 😂

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 20/10/2025

Notion: when you say "enter your email to receive a copy of your submitted response", I do not want to be told I need to sign into an account to view it. Send me a response, or cut the garbage. I am so tired of tech companies. I finally understand the "forget tech, I'm starting a farm" meme.

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 02/10/2025

*'BWOOOOOOOR' intensifies*

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 25/09/2025

Second talk at tonight’s #FrontEndSheff - landing your first role as a developer

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 25/09/2025

React server components talk at tonight’s #FrontEndSheff

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Scott P. @chronsyn.dev · 12/09/2025

TIL: Typescript has `Parameters` utility. This example isn't great (because you could just create an interface and use that), but imagine you're trying to work with a library which has multiple nested levels and doesn't expose the types or interfaces for function args.

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