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I’m not going to attempt a regex, but I think a prefix trie might be shorter. Here’s how it might look for the first few eight words: 0aahs3ls1bas2ba1e2d1t1le

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 12h

Still smaller apparently: bsky.app/profile/bria...

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 27/09/2026

Exactly that, but note that AVIF does not have progressive rendering… yet!

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 27/09/2026

short answer: yes long answer: have you heard of AVIF & JPEG XL?

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 26/09/2026

Take two… not much more readable, but a lot prettier! Quick feedback helps so I built a web tool: www.mxdvl.com/tools/boussole

A custom watch face indicating 14:33 with single white arc, the edge with tick indicates hours, the other minutes. Two other arcs indicate step count and sunset.

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 03/09/2026

Okay I’m just reciting Wikipedia now: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logarit...

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Logarithmic scale - Wikipedia

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 03/09/2026

Designing a curriculum is hard! However I do think logarithmic scales are more “natural” as they mimic physical phenomena better, e.g. pH, decibels, twice/half, medication concentration, human population, …

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 03/09/2026

Making logarithmic scales palatable is hard… I like the number of hours, I also think colours should not be linearly interpolated!

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 17/08/2026

Making a digital watch face is easy. Making it elegant and legible is not.

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 15/08/2026

I’ve been having many lusional thoughts lately…

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 05/08/2026

Fair, but as I commented in another thread I cannot guarantee that their choice will be respected as their cookies or local storage get cleared after a week of not visiting, and I have very few sporadic visitors! I also struggle to meaningfully dinstinguish between two identically visual states

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 05/08/2026

Indeed, I wish I had more visitors that provided me feedback, but this works for me and I’m an auto-switcher. That being said if they do not visit my site for over a week their local storage is likely to be cleared anyways so I cannot guarantee their preference is actually saved for the long run.

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 05/08/2026

Not necessarily, if you select the theme that matches your system on my site, that sets you back in default/system, rather than forced light or dark different. github.com/mxdvl/mxdvl/...

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mxdvl/deno/components/Theme.svelte at main · mxdvl/mxdvl

All the stuff I have amassed over the years: websites, scripts, dotfiles, musings… - mxdvl/mxdvl

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 05/08/2026

I do two values, but selecting the value that matches your current system themes means you want to follow the system. github.com/mxdvl/mxdvl/...

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mxdvl/deno/components/Theme.svelte at main · mxdvl/mxdvl

All the stuff I have amassed over the years: websites, scripts, dotfiles, musings… - mxdvl/mxdvl

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 03/08/2026

Having tried it in anger: it does not play nice with Squash & Merge at all… 😔

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 03/08/2026

Finishing the stacked PRs docs! What happens when I squash & merge a stack or part of it?

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 26/07/2026

“Multi-Fascinator Authentication”

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 14/07/2026

I never remember if drop shadows or outlines work on table cells… or was it pseudo-elements with negative inset?

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 12/07/2026

Ah sorry didn’t know that was the Android equivalent name of that feature inside the camera app! Good luck with the web implementation 🤞

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 12/07/2026

This may not fit your use case at all, but on iOS the built-in text recognition works (and can be triggered without even taking a picture)

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 06/07/2026

Why can’t it be @mxdvl.com? Do I need to redo some steps since moving over to @eurosky.social?

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 05/07/2026

Definitely starts an M — I’m not called Axe Devil 😉

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 05/07/2026

That’s the odd bit, they are to my knowledge the same. If memory serves, the timeline is signup with bluesky → claim @mxdvl.com → create tangled account → move to eurosky → try your app

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 05/07/2026

Might have to — it failed with my @mxdvl.com handle but worked with @mxdvl.eurosky.social 🤔

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 27/06/2026

Pastèque sucrée élevée

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 13/06/2026

Friendly reminder to turn on Wifi calling if your phone and provider allow — in London the cellular reception indoors can be shoddy

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 25/05/2026

Or apply RPSP: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundin...

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Rounding - Wikipedia

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 25/05/2026

Always round to the nearest even number – £18m in all cases – problem solved!

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 04/05/2026

I would semi-automate SVGs that sre then fed to github.com/linebender/r... — I think that’s a simple, single-dependency and decently fast option. No JS needed, but you could use Node or Deno bindings if easier to integrate a build step

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GitHub - linebender/resvg: An SVG rendering library.

An SVG rendering library. Contribute to linebender/resvg development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 15/04/2026

With excellent and wise suggestions from @kevinmarks.com, woefully ignored due to time constraints 😅

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 03/04/2026

I see this is very magical numbers, might noddle on this more next week, as it might help with some work things

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 03/04/2026

Are you willing to manually write out the abbreviations? If so then this might work: codepen.io/editor/mxdvl...

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Dynamic Column Sizes

A code demo by Max Duval created on CodePen

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 03/04/2026

If you know where the camera is in the scene you could probably 3D transform an actual canvas in there… just sayin’ 😜

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 30/03/2026

If one wishes to put reviews of places on the Atmosphere, would the lexicon point to OpenStreet Maps references? Could it become and incentive to improve the only open mapping commons we have?

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 23/03/2026

Somehow I can distinguish between “oui” “ui” “ouè” and “oué” but have no idea what distinguishes a “do” and a “ré”

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 07/03/2026

I think you meant [mumbling-start] 1fr [mumbling-end]

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 01/03/2026

I’d describe them as jiggly, sketchy or scribbly — I tend to see “wavy” as a more regular pattern. That being said, English isn’t my first language and I imagine the shape is actually driven by overlapping waves so you probably shouldn’t listen to me 😜

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 21/02/2026

I was today years old when I learned that PHP has had a pipe operator since November 2025 `$mind |> blow(…)` www.php.net/manual/en/la...

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PHP: Functional - Manual

Functional Operators

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 17/02/2026

“Make the change easy, then make the easy change” and all that: taro.codes/posts/2019-1...

taro.codes

Make the Change Easy, Then Make the Easy Change · Taro

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Max Duval @mxdvl.com · 17/02/2026

This is positively awful, but here’s one way you can turn it back on them and ask that each atomic change be extracted into its own PR that can be explained, tested and reviewed in isolation. The work of turning code into something meaningful is what good engineering is about!

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