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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 29/09/2026

Me after finally dropping my 9 month old off at the childminder's at noon and taking a moment to myself.

A terribly but hilariously executed taxidermy fox sat on a chair with wide eyes that looks absolutely fried.

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 12/09/2026

😅 front page of hacker news for an article from 3 years ago.... keep on blogging folks.

a screenshot of page analytics for foldable devices article showing 19,591 page views

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 11/08/2026

Live footage of me after day 2. No but for real, girlie needs to share her energy because wtf 😭

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 07/08/2026

My little tadpoles are no longer tadpoles

A very small froglet that is the size of a fingernail in a pond enclosure

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 26/06/2026

How it feels checking the forecast to see when the heat will end.

A screenshot from Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask that reads 'Dawn of the Final Day - 24 Hours Remain'

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 02/06/2026

🫠 just got back from my barre class and went to let Vogue out back and there were about 12-15 rooks. And they’ve discovered the video bird feeder

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 07/04/2026

We took Chloe on her first birding expedition (it was for me obviously) and crossed off the Northern Lapwing which I have been wanting to find. 💗

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 25/11/2025

Haven’t promoted my book much this year but today’s a good day to share: The Design for Developers eBook is 50% off. It’s written to be evergreen — UX foundations, visual principles, color, typography, and more. A reference you can return to again and again. 🛍️ www.manning.com/books/design...

Half off all eBooks on Manning.com and a picture of the cover of Design for Developers

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 03/11/2025

Me who is already overwhelmed in work and life: thank u for the reminder that everything needs my attention GitLab.

UI in GitLab that reads "Items that need your attention" with a filter dropdown menu where the primary selection is set to "Everything" so it reads as if everything needs my attention.

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 02/11/2025

My YT seems to attract all the weirdos. I’m destroying the English language with my Americanisms in England

“Fall vibes? In England…You mean autumn…or you want the language destroyed by using pointless Americanisms?”

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 23/10/2025

Noticed some weird referral sources in my Netlify analytics and I can only assume there's some weird bot or AI crawler happening here? Why on earth would jetblue, adidas and hotels.com be showing up as traffic referral sources? My bandwidth use is also astronomical compared to what it usually is.

A screenshot of a list of URLs that show where my blog's top sources of traffic come from.

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 20/10/2025

Good morning. I hope you have a better week than this miserable troll and keep creating what you want ✌️ I vlog for me and if people want to watch, that's cool too.

A comment on my youtube vlog from someone with the handle @andystorm1 saying "No one cares"

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 10/10/2025

He did clear the border radius joke with me 🤰😅

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 26/09/2025

On a call about a web platform API today. "This is a 2-10 year problem." My brain, once again:

A close up off a Bene Gesserit woman with her face covered from the movie Dune saying, "Our plans are measured in centuries"

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 20/09/2025

Can anyone tell if these are Red Kites? Spotted in Woburn, England. The tail looks like a kite but when I first saw them their markings seemed too dark for a red kite and I wasn’t sure. #ukbirds #birding

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 03/09/2025

The GitHub favicon on the docs page doesn't match the GitHub favicon on the main page and my brain hates this. Something something design systems and design resources.

A screenshot showing two browser tabs of GitHub pages. One favicon has a white fill and outline and one does not and has a transparent background.

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 18/08/2025

The Web Witch's Blog, has had a little design update. ✨ New layout, typography, colors ✨ New visuals (hero image randomly generates) ✨ View transitions (basic) ✨ More character It's been a relatively quick update over the last week. If anything's wonky, let me know.

A screenshot of an individual blog post page with a large header image

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 02/07/2025

Just want to get a vibe check. Is marketing a ticket as refundable and then hiding the third party terms and links behind an icon with a question mark deceptive?

Refundable booking option UI that shows two radio button options, and no visible links to a third party or refundable terms, which are hidden behind a small question mark icon.

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 27/06/2025

It’s my birthday. Just had to use an age calculator to double check how old I am. Sums things up. This is 37.

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 18/06/2025

I had to go to A&E yesterday and am so thankful to be in this country. That visit would have been $10k in the US. Baby is fine and although I’m still in some pain, it was a relief to be able to go for peace of mind and not worry about the cost of making sure me and baby were okay.

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 06/06/2025

No one knows my dress is Zelda Twilight Princess coded 🥲 (for real)

A blonde woman taking a selfie in a purple dress

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 23/04/2025

Look at this lovely Spotted Towhee 🥹 I feel like I am experiencing a whole new side to Seattle with birds #birdsky

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 08/04/2025

Looking forward to Day 2 of BlinkOn with my fellow Igalians and Chromium contributors! @igalia.com

A group of people who all work together smiling and posing for a photo

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 03/04/2025

The state of trying to get big name concert tickets on the web is abysmal.

Ticketmaster website saying you are now in the queue. 9873 people ahead of you.

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 03/04/2025

I have a slide about 1995 from one of my talks 😂 it twas a good year

A collage of things from 1995 including the frappucino, windows 95, Xena and the Macarena

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 21/03/2025

My reading genres have been romantasy and feminism / women’s history. Picked up some more books yesterday because I love a never ending tbr stack. (Treadwells in London is an absolute gem.) Reading feels like an act of defiance and resistance right now.

Feminist Antifascism, Counterpublics of the Common by Ewa Majewska

Femina, A New History of the Middle Ages, through the Women Written Out of It by Janina Ramirez

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 20/03/2025

Found my name and my book in the LibGen database. Three fucking years of my life I poured into that book for it to be scraped and used to train AI. I am fucking furious.

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 16/03/2025

And then these two beauties which I specifically went to go find. An Egyptian Goose and a Tufted Duck. #Birds #UKBirding #Birdsky

An Egyptian Goose hunches over on the shore of a pond.

A Tufted Duck swims in a pond surrounded by other ducks.

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 16/03/2025

I think I am going to perhaps upgrade my telephoto lens. Look at all these birds along the river within a half mile of Bedford town center! #Birds #UKBirding #Birdsky

A blue heron on the edge of a body of water among the reeds, neck outstreched

A Gadwall, a type of duck that is mostly grey with a black rear.

A Great Cormorant sits at the top of some branches.

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 04/03/2025

Want to learn about design but you're a developer? You can save 35% on Design for Developers (and your entire order) this week at Manning. Learn the foundation of: UX Practices Design Principles Color theory & typography Plus much more, all in one book! www.manning.com/books/design...

An ad for the book Design for Developers, Save 35% on your entire order at Manning.com this week.

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 26/02/2025

I love how this site is unfolding. Not rushing it. Not sure when it'll launch. But I like where it's going.

A blog site titled "CSS & Chanel" showing an individual post page.

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 13/02/2025

Uhhh no. This is not it and honestly this is disgusting to capitalize on as a "moment" for your browser.

A tweet that reads "As a fan of both free speech and wholesome values, I am both happy and disturbed to report that Kanye's website works in Ladybird.

I'd post a screenshot, but that might be illegal here in Sweden."

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 11/02/2025

I cannot begin to fathom the misery of living with such a weak ego to demand this, and also the misery of having such weak principles to so swiftly fall to the demands of that ego.

A screenshot of the Gulf of Mexico in Google Maps that now reads Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America).

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 10/02/2025

📚 Design for Developers is the Deal of the Day today! Snag 45% off on Manning's website! If you're a web developer looking to learn the basics of design to make your websites and apps look more polished, my book is for you! #WebDev #Design www.manning.com/books/design...

An ad that reads "Deal of the Day 45% off at Manning.com" followed by a photo of the book Design for Developers.

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 05/02/2025

Fools can't even implement a captcha correctly

Captcha that reads "ERROR site owner: Invalid key type"

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 29/01/2025

Hey #WebDev folks, Manning is having a sale until January 31! Buy two of anything and get 40% off your order. It's a great time to grab Design for Developers. I cover: UX Practices Design Principles Color theory & typography Plus much more, all in one book! www.manning.com/books/design...

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Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac @seaotta.dev · 27/01/2025

Ermmm what happened to Docker? I restarted my Mac and this warning popped up. I downloaded it about a year ago...sooo this is odd.

A pop up on Mac that reads "Docker will damage your computer. You should move it to the Trash."

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