skyfall @mahadk.com · 12/08/2026@phfox.net what's the usage policy for Vanilla 4 icons? (more specifically, are you allowed to use the icons for websites you're building?) 000
Reposted by skyfallstellz @piss.beauty · 23/07/2026"make no mistakes" negative, unrealistic, anxiety inducing, process focused "do a breakthrough" positive, incredible, aspirational, goal oriented 1146068
skyfall @mahadk.com · 11/04/2025might as well throw my hat into the ring for the #KofiPromoteChallenge if you like the work I do, support me on kofi! ko-fi.com/skyfalldev 080
Reposted by skyfallTom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 04/03/2025Apple is appealing against the UK’s backdoor encryption order. The company has filed an appeal with the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, which deals with complaints about the UK intelligence services and authorities www.theverge.com/news/623977/...theverge.comApple reportedly challenges the UK’s secretive encryption crackdownApple’s appeal could reportedly be heard as soon as this month. 2809
skyfall @mahadk.com · 17/02/2025apologies for getting political on the TL, but www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jehv... is really interestingyoutube.comWorse Than Watergate: Thursday Night MassacreYouTube video by LegalEagle 040
skyfall @mahadk.com · 05/01/2025Just wrote a new blog post on how to generate OG images for @astro.build (like the one below)! skyfall.dev/posts/astro-...skyfall.devHow to generate OpenGraph images with Astro and SatoriGenerating OpenGraph images for your Astro site is an easy way to increase click-through rates and make link previews more appealing. Here's how to set them up! 051
skyfall @mahadk.com · 23/12/2024Really good mini-essay I found, think it's worth sharing here :) xcancel.com/johnrushx/st... 040
skyfall @mahadk.com · 21/12/2024git-wrapped.com/profiles/Sky... The stars bit is definitely not very accurate (no way in hell I got 180 stars lol) but it's definitely a lot nicer than the githubunwrapped this yeargit-wrapped.comGitHub Wrapped 2024 - Your Coding Year in ReviewLike Spotify Wrapped, but for your GitHub activity! See your top languages, commit streaks, most productive days, and more in an engaging story format. Get your 2024 coding year in review now. 030
skyfall @mahadk.com · 19/12/2024I built a Wakatime extension for Figma over the last two days! addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefo... (still waiting on the chrome web store for chrome :/) gh link: github.com/SkyfallWasTa...addons.mozilla.orgWakaTime for Figma – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-GB)Download WakaTime for Figma for Firefox. Metrics, insights, and time tracking automatically generated from your Figma activity. 152
skyfall @mahadk.com · 17/12/2024claude would probably have a lot more market share if they actually let you use claude sonnet and have more than 5 messages/day on the free plan 140
skyfall @mahadk.com · 17/12/2024Svelte dropped this update the day after I ran into an issue with stores :D 010
skyfall @mahadk.com · 13/12/2024this was a harrowing read, but also one that is definitely worth your time: www.esquire.com/news-politic...esquire.comMy Life As a Homeless Man in AmericaAn extraordinary firsthand account. 021
Reposted by skyfallAnton Hur @antonhur.com · 11/12/20245th person to be cured of HIV “Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”abcnews.go.com5th person confirmed to be cured of HIVResearchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV. 1417487722
Reposted by skyfallThe Verge @theverge.com · 10/12/2024WordPress must stop blocking WP Engine, judge rulesbuff.lyWordPress must stop blocking WP Engine, judge rulesA win for WP Engine. 818141
skyfall @mahadk.com · 11/12/2024the fact that gen.xyz makes you pay extra to not get doxxed by whois is something, that's for suregen.xyz.xyz Domain Names | Join Generation XYZ.xyz is for every website, everywhere.® We offer the most flexible and affordable domain names to create choice for the next generation of internet users. 020
Reposted by skyfallDavid Buchanan @retr0.id · 10/12/2024turso.tech/blog/introdu... the big thing that interests me here is the async io 👀turso.techIntroducing Limbo: A complete rewrite of SQLite in Rustwe forked SQLite with the libSQL project. What would it be like if we just rewrote it? 622631
Reposted by skyfallArmin Ronacher @mitsuhiko.at · 10/12/2024This is a huge undertaking, but I'm all for competition! Let them cook! turso.tech/blog/introdu...turso.techIntroducing Limbo: A complete rewrite of SQLite in Rustwe forked SQLite with the libSQL project. What would it be like if we just rewrote it? 110715
skyfall @mahadk.com · 08/12/2024i've been trying to reverse engineer Google Find My Device, and it's been, uh, painful :/ since they use both gRPC and Protobuf, seem to be base64-ing protobuf blobs (??) within the json grpc, and I don't have a schema.. 140
skyfall @mahadk.com · 08/12/2024exactly! typescript has genuinely saved so much time for me - if it didn't exist, I probably would've given up web dev altogether 2111
skyfall @mahadk.com · 08/12/2024in a perfect world we would have a language with the type system and package manager of rust, the compile times of go, the package ecosystem of typescript and js/ts hot reloading 231
skyfall @mahadk.com · 05/12/2024i forgot to add github releases to my project... which is a github release cli... 120
Reposted by skyfallAndras Bacsai @heyandras.dev · 04/12/2024If you're signing up for the first time to Hetzner, register at coolify.io/hetzner (€20 - I receive cloud credits from this 💜) and then redeem your code (€10). How to redeem: 1. Visit console.hetzner.cloud/usage 2. Enter the code to claim your credits Enjoy! 241
skyfall @mahadk.com · 03/12/2024I just completed "Mull It Over" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/3 my input parser is a bit... verbose so to speak, but everything else looks good!adventofcode.comDay 3 - Advent of Code 2024 040
skyfall @mahadk.com · 02/12/2024I've completed "Red-Nosed Reports" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/2 The code isn't amazing and could probably be faster (around 300 microseconds rn, but I'm aiming for ~100), but it works! github.com/SkyfallWasTa...adventofcode.comDay 2 - Advent of Code 2024 030
skyfall @mahadk.com · 01/12/2024it's update time! - completed day 1 of #adventofcode - wrote a small blog post for my new site - and got 220 visits!! - tried to learn dijkstra's algorithm - did some hackathon planning (zenithhacks.org) - added a drafts system to my blog (skyfall.dev) - fixed contact link page 060
skyfall @mahadk.com · 01/12/2024Just wrote a new blog post! skyfall.dev/posts/satori... #tailwind #satori #writing :)skyfall.devHow to use Satori with your Tailwind configA quick guide to using Satori with your Tailwind plugins, fonts, and everything else in your config! 020
skyfall @mahadk.com · 01/12/2024I just completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/1 I did face a bunch of silly errors because of things like forgetting to multiply or adding instead of subtracting though 🤦♂️adventofcode.comDay 1 - Advent of Code 2024 110
skyfall @mahadk.com · 30/11/2024Well i didn't get to do anything for a bit (because busy :/) but I managed to cook up some more stuff for my personal site! - I added generated OG images! (e.g. skyfall.dev/posts/first-...) not super pretty, and they don't show up on bsky for some reason, but they do show up on twitter/discord! 🧵skyfall.devHow I built this blogLorem ipsum dolor sit amet. 120
skyfall @mahadk.com · 28/11/2024going to be posting daily updates, because why not! today, I: - mostly worked on my personal website - fixed status colours (turns out tailwind jit wasn't picking up on em) - fixed my blog post layout (it wasn't the proper width before) - updated the blog post preview now live at skyfall.dev :)skyfall.devHome • Mahad KalamMahad Kalam (@skyfall)'s personal website. I ramble about Rust, TypeScript, web dev, and more! 140
skyfall @mahadk.com · 26/11/2024is it just me or has the discover feed suddenly become so much better? 210
skyfall @mahadk.com · 17/11/2024windows 11 setup is genuinely so bad "do you want microsoft 365 pro?" "do you want microsoft 365 basic?" "sign in to a microsoft account!" "can we use your location for ads?" "can we send your ink data to microsoft?" 140
Reposted by skyfallDavid Fowler @davidfowl.com · 12/11/2024Announcing .NET 9 devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/annou... #dotnetdevblogs.microsoft.com 1646961
Reposted by skyfallskyfall @mahadk.com · 13/11/2024hey there, I’m skyfall, a software dev making cool things with computers! in the past, I’ve built a disposable email service (vortex.skyfall.dev), a fantasy os for the web (phantom.skyfall.dev), a shop tracker for @hackclub.com, and a ton of other cool stuff on my GitHub: github.com/SkyfallWasTa...phantom.skyfall.devPhantom 081
skyfall @mahadk.com · 12/11/2024hot take: people really need to stop saying how Bluesky is better than twitter if it's actually gonna have lasting traction 130
skyfall @mahadk.com · 11/11/2024update: the code is terrible and is broken in extremely confusing ways 151
Reposted by skyfallMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 11/11/2024God grant me the serenity to accept I am cooked, The courage to say fuck it we ball, And the wisdom to know when we are so back 99133713910
skyfall @mahadk.com · 10/11/2024I think a lot more people would like frontend dev if CSS was more straightforward 232
skyfall @mahadk.com · 10/11/2024“based on what you know about me. draw a picture of what you think my current life looks like” (GCSEs are kinda like AP in the US, I use ChatGPT a lot for learning stuff! :)) 000
skyfall @mahadk.com · 09/11/2024I really like how Bluesky's API is fully open, really cool to be able to make new bots/feeds/apps with it :D 110
skyfall @mahadk.com · 04/11/2024As a Brit, the fact that there's so much noise in US politics really confuses me 120