iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

adam fratino @fratino.dev · 14/05/2026

Arrival's always been one of my favorite films. Takes on a totally different context in this post-LLM world we live in. How long until humans are able to start thinking in vectors instead of timelines?

Four circular ink blots from the movie Arrival.

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 10/05/2026

Had a fantastic chat with @bradlander.bsky.social on the F train today, covered community, Knicks and tuna melts. Give him all your support!

Me and Brad Lander posing for a photo on the subway

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 27/03/2026

Me building an army of agents so I don't have to work anymore.

A still from the comic Calvin & Hobbes. A clone of Calvin is walking out of a cardboard box, Calvin is greeting him while Hobbes looks on confused.

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 24/03/2026

Felt like ruining my mood today so I opened the comment section on a LinkedIn post. Is responding to your own comment and tagging yourself a strategy to boost engagement/visibility? Or is it just an agentic pattern. Instead of rewarding patterns like this, shouldn't LinkedIn be punishing it?

Two linked in comments where the commenter responds to their original comment by tagging themselves. What they're saying is irrelevant bullshit because they're just commenting to boost their engagement metrics.

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 01/03/2026

I never played SMW growing up, but I've been running Kaizo livestreams in the background lately and they've been great. Decided to give one a shot, and last night I beat my first Kaizo level! Maybe next I'll beat a level from a game without "newbie" in the title.

the home screen for snes rom hack newbie kaizo world, there are mario mountains and sky, title reads "newbie kaizo world" in mario font, colophon reads" 2021 - azula16."

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 24/01/2026

Fun & simple way to fade in elements on render (i.e. error states).

LANGUAGE: CSS

.fade-in-example {
opacity: 1;
transition: opacity 150ms ease;

@starting-style {
opacity: 0;
}
}

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 26/11/2025

I'm not the biggest fan of shadcn/ui, but little CSS patterns and attentions to detail like this are very clever.

a tailwind class to increase the hit area of the button on mobile, which reads: "after:absolute after:-inset-2 md:after:hidden"

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 14/09/2025

Heard @billsimmons.bsky.social praise the chowder at Chatham Bars Inn on his pod awhile back, finally got a chance to try it for myself. Bill was right (as usual), best chowder I've had in 20 years of coming to the Cape.

A top-down photo of clam chowder in a mug and an heirloom tomato salad on a slatted wood surface.

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 26/08/2025

came out of design retirement for a night to create a potential t-shirt print for my shuffleboard team. inspired by a teammate's comment about being the "bad boys" of the league... maybe i redesign the detroit pistons bad boys logo next season?

three prints with white, black, gold backgrounds. meant to emulate a pack of marlboro reds, the image reads the team name "big money big prizes i love it", the name and address of the shuffleboard club and some shuffleboard discs as accents

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 07/08/2025

wait did google just launch a feature that is useful and also not a pure profit play? i don't believe it.

a google screenshot with the query "thumbs up emoji". underneath, before any results, is an interactive box with a thumbs up and thumbs down emoji, and a button for each to copy them to clipboard.

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 05/08/2025

extremely skeptical of course, but i don't hate the idea of chrome bringing AI directly to dev tools to help with the debugging process.

Chrome dev tools console error with the new AI feature underneath in a loading state

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 22/07/2025

RIP to the Prince of Darkness. I didn't learn about Black Sabbath until my early 20's. Since then they've been one of the most influential bands in my life, and I truly believe one of the most influential bands of all time. Ozzy was polarizing, reckless, often unhinged, but he was a kind soul.

A glammed out Ozzy in a silver jacket with a pink backdrop posing like a vampire about to bite you.

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 23/04/2025

how bad does your AI have to be to not even copy 1:1 the phrase i just provided??

a google gemini search result for a fictional phrase "early to sleep and the bugs don't creep meaning". AI's response is: "The saying "early to bed, the bugs don't creep" is a proverb encouraging an early bedtime to avoid being bothered by nocturnal insects like bugs or other creepy crawlies. It's a lighthearted way of suggesting that getting to bed early will prevent disturbances from such creatures."

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 30/03/2025

The nostalgia fairies at the local thrift shop were super kind to me today!

A stack of WrestleMania DVDs mostly ranging from 1980-2000's, a backyard wrestling DVD and a Rage Against the Machine DVD.

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 24/03/2025

Very powerful imagery from recent protests in Istanbul. Freedom and democracy are worth protecting at all costs, everywhere.

A dervish in a gas mask, standing still, surrounded and pepper sprayed by armored police.

A dervish in a gas mask with their hands raised, palms up, seemingly triumphant, with a wall of armored police in the background.

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 22/03/2025

Happy Saturday to all my fellow dorks out there! ♥️

A construction sign that has a sticker over the W, to read "Dork zone ahead" instead of "Work zone"

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 20/03/2025

I just remembered iPhone accessibility settings includes background sounds! White noise, rain, fire, etc. In the past when I've been very stressed, ambient noise has been a great tool to help balance out. Listening to rain on this rainy day.

Iphone settings screen for background noise

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 07/03/2025

This might be the most depressing photo I've seen this year (so far).

two empty chairs facing video screens in the corner of an empty room at a mcdonald's.

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 07/03/2025

Where does Zeplin fit in?

A cartoon of a grumpy kid and a sign that says he's too short to ride the roller coaster

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 06/03/2025

An extremely over-simplified example and a very basic use case, but it's ✨ B E A U T I F U L ✨

three lines of CSS illustrating the power of the new attribute function. using a data attribute selector "color", then setting a variable to the value of that attribute, we can finally set the CSS value color of the element leveraging the data attribute and the CSS variable. i'm sure that all makes sense.

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 05/03/2025

I've been keeping this email in my inbox, hoping that one day something in my brain might click and I'll finally be able to understand whatever the fuck this title means. Day 13 and still no luck.

An email title that reads "Communication on the threshold change required to benefit from the support of a dedicated CSM".

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 01/03/2025

The visual heirarchy on this sign is wild, especially when read from a distance.

A bathroom sign that reads "please do not flush napkins and sanitary products down toilet", but "do not flush" is much bolder than the other words.

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 28/02/2025

Was gifted a very dope bag from some very dope people on the F train platform coming home tonight.

An orange tote bag that reads "we will protect trans kids"

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 27/02/2025

I will give any album a full listen if the cover art is this dope. Turns out the music on the album is dope as well. geordiegreep.bandcamp.com/album/the-ne...

Album cover for The New Sound by Geordie Greep. An illustration of a woman cutting off a man's head with a small scythe while they make out.

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 25/02/2025

I beat a pro! Mark Megalli is currently ranked 45th on Galaxy and 397th in the world. One blunder caused me to lose the error battle, a couple crucial doubles helped me win the match. More important than the win, got a "well played!" emote from Mark at the end. Most important, no cube mistakes.

Backgammon Galaxy match results screen. OP beats Mark Megalli 3-0.

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 31/01/2025

ok this is pretty funny

A Github billboard on the side of a building that reads "We trained Copilot on your code. That's why it sucks."

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 17/01/2025

example two, entirely unhinged. at least there's pushback in the comments of this one

a CEO explains they message "talent" on weekends to test their "level of obsession"

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 17/01/2025

example one. sidenote: wearing cologne in an office environment is fucking gross.

a LinkedIn post from a co-founder describing the perks of in-office work

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 09/01/2025

"there can be only one!"

react icon imports, from three different libraries

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 04/01/2025

a cold january always feels so cozy. everyone's still coming down from new year's. perfect time to catch up on some hobbies.

A cozy photo of a modded PS2 slim and the Metal Gear Solid title screen on a 13 inch CRT TV.

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 26/12/2024

all the settings are here, lots of cool customization options.

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 26/12/2024

just like a magnifying glass!

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 13/12/2024

update: galaxy hooked it up! responded to my request in a matter of minutes, and updated my username shortly after. shrimpyacht to 2000 ELO by EOY?

email screenshot confirming username has been updated to "shrimpyacht"

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 13/12/2024

any insight on how this will affect color tokens' intellisense? love the direction v4 is going, but also love my little color swatches! unfortunately not currently possible with css vars.

vscode intellisense results for some tailwind styles. the css variables do not have a square displaying their color value as a swatch, while traditional tailwind variables do.

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 13/12/2024

the closest error rate difference i've ever seen! wonder if i'll ever see a tie 🤔 (username is an old always sunny reference. reached out to support, hoping they'll change it for me).

a backgammon galaxy results screen where OP won 3 to 0. OP lost the error rate difference by just 0.01.

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 10/12/2024

sometimes i wonder if i'm inherently passionate about WCAG contrast ratios because i spent my childhood staring at this (and i loved it)

Brightly-colored 90's Windows desktop with a South Park theme

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 07/12/2024

Never seen these before! Concept art for the PlayStation 1 logo (1994). 90's electronics had some pretty neat designs.

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 03/12/2024

a triple dark pattern! 1. required manual process to delete account 2. no confirmation on account deletion 3. log in form doubles as sign-up understand startups need users, but not like this.

from the matrix, a character saying "not like this"

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 02/12/2024

Am I the only one who prefers searching for apps? 🫠

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 22/11/2024

i take my craft very seriously, if you were wondering

A slack conversation where a coworker is extremely impressed with my cowboy emoji.

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 22/11/2024

was asked recently what I’m most proud of contributing during the first 6 months at my new job... :cowboy-everything:

A bunch of slack emoji with cowboy hats.

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 21/11/2024

latest issue of bytes.dev has me rethinking my gym routine and my opinions re: wasm at the same time

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adam fratino @fratino.dev · 21/11/2024

i first thought component libraries were best served with a fork & spoon. then i thought maybe a spork would be best. eventually i figured "why not all three?". the truth is it all depends on the meal being served. (this post was inspired by my leftover general tso's).

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