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Nic Chan

@nicmakesstuff.bsky.social
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codes on the weekdays and draws on the weekends. tech stuff, web accessibility, cats, and fire emblem💖 www.nicchan.me Mostly on Mastodon @ indieweb.social/@NicMakesStuff

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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
me too!
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Sarah Frisk @friskymakes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is pretty much my go to app for pixel art.
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loren @ribo.zone · 29/09/2026
my website turned four years old today! it has over 200 pages you can visit from your computer or phone or other device. i'm very proud of it
ribo.zone
ribo.zone
a room, a scrapbook, a laboratory...
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Guest hosting a couple of talks for #id24! Check them out: Samantha Merrett / Accessible by Design: Documents That Work for Everyone Julia Undeutsch / Decoding Kanji Complexity for Digital Inclusion
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Samantha Merrett / Accessible by Design: Documents That Work for Everyone #id24 2026
YouTube video by Inclusive Design 24 #id24
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In 2019 I got to meet some of my heroes in web dev at a conference, all women with big social presence. Not even a few years later, none of them have any public profile and a few have left the industry entirely. I'm the only one left from that small group. 🥲
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Baldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 20/09/2026
“The death of web development education – Rescuing a field from disappearing” molily.de/web-dev-education > Rescuing a field from disappearing
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The death of web development education – Rescuing a field from disappearing
Rescuing a field from disappearing
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Just learned that there is a conspiracy theory that Rupaul made the 'Stop that Train' movie to manipulate search results from the time Rupaul mistook a 'trains' flag for the trans flag and I fully believe it 100%
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Scott Riley @scott.is · 17/09/2026
hell yeah i’m ready for the agentic era. the agent i am most excited for is agentlebreeze on my face as i gaze upon the beauty of nature in a moment of serenity and contentedness knowing that at least this sanctuary survived us (i am staring wistfully, knowingly, into the pond at zoomies zone)
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TetraLogical @tetralogical.com · 16/09/2026
Just over a week until this year's Inclusive Design 24 #id24, the free 24-hour live online conference for accessibility and inclusive design. No sign-up. No registration. All sessions are streamed live and publicly on the Inclusive Design 24 YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/inclusivedes...
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Inclusive Design 24 #id24
Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) is a free 24-hour online event for the global community. It celebrates inclusive design and shares knowledge and ideas from analogue to digital, from design to development,...
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Vale @vale.rocks · 15/09/2026
This whole situation just makes me so sad. There are so few publications left that are reliably producing genuine, non-slop web content. I think I can count them on one hand. Contrast this to the smörgåsbord on offer in, say, 2015. Tragic. Lets be loud about this and keep CSS-Tricks kicking!
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The old leaves are looking a bit crispy but she's pushed out a bunch more which are -knocks on wood- unblemished thus far so I'm hoping she's settling into my apartment!
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Jake Archibald @jakearchibald.com · 14/09/2026
This is a great article. I've always been sus about the hype around JPEG XL, as it never stacked up when I actually tested it with web use-cases. giannirosato.com/blog/post/ca...
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The case against JPEG XL | Gianni Rosato
Investigating JPEG XL's place as a Web image codec.
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
In 1999, we surfed the Web. Now we comb through it like a fantasy hero. Which posts are treasure, and which are deadly Mimics? What's real, and what's an impersonator trying to steal my attention? Worse: reading all this bland AI monoculture text leads to us thinking bland AI monoculture thoughts.
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AI hypervigilance is now an omnipresent cognitive load for your users
AI may make your job easier, but that effort has just been shifted onto your users. They are noticing it and they hate it.
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Make a band edible Nightfish
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Shaw @shaw.city · 12/09/2026
Oops. I invented a new CSS shrink-wrap technique and blogged about it. blog.codepen.io/2026/09/11/s...
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Shrink-wrap Text with `position-anchor`
Normal text wrapping can leave big gaps in your container, which can become even more exaggerated with the new-ish CSS values of text-wrap: balance and text-wrap: pretty. You almost certainly want …
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Seconded!! Great course and a must buy for anyone looking to learn web components
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Scott Jehl @scottjehl.com · 10/09/2026
The 8hr course remains just $25 with the coupon, or you can pay whatever you want—even $0—by emailing me. In between jobs? In school? Whatever, I don’t need a reason. Hit that contact form and learn a bit about web components. 👊
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Taught my partner to code* *Use dev tools to adjust the video playback rate to 2x on Netflix because some reality tv trash does not deserve 1x
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I have tricked you all! For the last x years I have been on this platform, I have been LARPing as a normal human being, but with the advent of a Fire Emblem game coming out that might be actually good again* you will see my full degenerate self emerge. I have taken time off. I'm so ready.
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
loved her voice and the brass section! thanks for sharing 🤩
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Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 09/09/2026
Can't wait to increasingly have invasive ai surveillance tech pitched to us as accessibility tools
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Sign me up, it can't be worse than this economy
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
While you were partying I studied the blade When you were having premarital sex I visited the blade archives in the Vatican to do primary research on 14th century blades While you wasted your days at the gym in pursuit of vanity I completed my dissertation on Oakeshott type XIIIa German longswords
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I was just a tiny bit late to checking out the HK Lesbian and Gay Film Festival program this year and a bunch of things are already sold out!! what happened to the stereotype of being late HAHA
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Absolutely incredible, I need to do this.
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It's a genuine shame the accessibility of Linux as a whole is so poor because I think screen reader users would really benefit from the level of configurability and choice in Linux. I would love to ditch Windows forever but I need to do my screen reader testing somehow.
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It also added a bunch of bloatware I don't need, while failing to install the drivers I do need, which CachyOS just gave me without me lifting a finger.
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I was installing fresh installs of Cachyos and Windows yesterday and the experience was night and day. The windows installer took four times as long, wasn't scaled correctly to my monitor, and didn't work with my peripherals so I had to dig around for a mouse.
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
oh god i want a hobbit door wreath party, stealing this idea
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It's Saturday so let me do all these driver updates I have been neglecting! Hmmm, I should open up this graphically intensive game to make sure everything is still working -three hours later- what the hell happened where did the time go
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Perfectly timed to play fortunes weave tbh
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
static.klipy.com
R2D2 Falls in the Desert
Alt: R2D2 falling forward onto the ground
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Woah, tiny world! Also your friends are always great haha, we've been hanging out with Jane! You have my email right?
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
this is my biggest petty pet peeve!! it is so useful to know when a site first popped online. evergreen copyright dates are a waste of space.
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Do you know them personally? these roles aren't quite for me but it sounds like an interesting group and I'd love to be in touch 😁
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nat alison @tesseralis.site · 03/09/2026
This always bothered me about Sailor Moon
A chart of the solar system.

The top label divides the "inner planets" (mercury, venus, earth + moon, mars) and "outer planets" (jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune)

The bottom label marks planets "known since antiquity (named after elements/days of week in Japanese)" (mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn)

The middle label divides the Inner Senshi (mercury, venus, moon, mars, jupiter) from the Outer Senshi (saturn, uranus, neptune, pluto which is not a planet)
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This kind of post is why I have an account on this site
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I like to tell myself it's a different kind of verbosity. LLMs write like a student being instructed to reach a certain word count. I am verbose because I want to cram in like 50 different bits of nuance. we are not the same 😂
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Ughhhhh why aren't I going to Smashing Freiburg this year instead!!
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Wow, great document I haven't seen before. Thanks for sharing!
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This one is sublime, Sia!
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
You got this! I got up to my full typing speed within two weeks of switching
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Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 31/08/2026
I don't know why you'd want a second brain, I can barely manage having one
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Maybe this approach will inspire you? scottjehl.com/posts/this-c...
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For Your Convenience, This CSS Will Self-Destruct | Scott Jehl, Web Designer/Developer
A general defensive website delivery pattern for applying visual effects with less risk
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It would be a banger blog post! 👀
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I've been seeing this for years in Chinese internet... they also like to do this thing where you have to drag a puzzle piece into a missing space. It's horrible 🥲
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I managed to convince a client to publish their report on accessibility in a format other than a pdf 😁 a small but good win
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It was an absolute joy to get to chat with James on the Wonders of Web Weaving podcast about personal sites and accessibility! Thanks James for having me! 🎉 web-weaving.jamesg.blog/16
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#16: Nic (nicchan.me) - Wonders of Web Weaving
In Episode 16, I chat with Nic, the author of nicchan.me about, among other things, using the web as a design tool, web accessibility, learning from others' code, and more.
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Greg Wolanski @gregwolanski.com · 25/08/2026
gregwolanski.com
I believe in emails
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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
It's like when video games say ask your doctor before playing this game if you have any kind of light sensitivity. How tf are they gonna know???
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