Firehose

AI is Stifling Tech Adoption has seen response beyond anything I’ve ever written before and has prompted some really interesting discussion.

In particular, I’ve enjoyed Jared White’s take in his article on That HTML Blog.

https://thathtml.blog/2025/02/we-need-to-talk-about-anti-web-coding-assistants

Just redesigned my website’s landing page as it was starting to feel a tad stale. I blame Shellsharks for prompting this with their recent redesign.

That feeling when you setup a custom GitHub Action workflow and it works first time.

Salma Alam-Nayor’s recent writing and discussion of ‘copy codeblock’ buttons and their accessibility benefits has prompted me to finally get around to adding them to Vale.Rocks.

I also finally got around to adding syntax highlighting, which was long overdue.

Have a look on my Lorem Ipsum page:
https://vale.rocks/posts/lorem-ipsum#codeblocks

position: sticky is one of those CSS things I can never get first time. Try as I might, I always end up flubbing around with it.

CSS crimes are the best crimes.

I just shaved my head down to bald again. This marks my fourth time doing so, the past three being in aid of the Leukaemia Foundation, for whom I raised a few thousand dollars.

I figured I’d note some of the benefits, especially those I’ve noticed after some two years since my last haircut.

• Instantly dry after bathing.
• So much cooler temperature-wise.
• Hair stays out of one’s face/eyes without the need to tie it up.
• Doesn’t get tangled nor require as much care.
• Especially when freshly shaven, extra sensations can be felt. I had an old maths teacher who swore he could forecast the weather, but more realistically, being able to feel air vortexes when walking through doors can be expected.
• In the same vein as the previous, a shower stream on a freshly shaved head feels orgasmic.

Of course, there are also downsides.

• There is social stigma surrounding being bald, especially for men who might be made fun of for male pattern baldness, though I’ve copped a fair few undesired comments as a teenager.
• It is horrifically easy to be sunburnt.
• Takes effort to maintain.
• Head stubble is surprisingly grippy and can catch on things.

If you ever feel useless, just remember that some chocolate has resealable packaging.

Sure, sex is great and all, but have you ever felt a shower stream on a freshly shaved head?

To the tune of Devo’s Beautiful World.

It’s a beautiful web we log on to,
A realm of quiet art–
Handcrafted pages and thoughtful words
Where each voice leaves its mark.
Makes me want to say…

It’s a beautiful web,
It’s a beautiful web,
It’s a beautiful web
For you, for you, for you.

It’s a great time for creation,
A moment to truly share;
Mindful code and written dreams
All built with honest care.
Makes me want to say…

It’s an uplifting space,
It’s an uplifting space,
It’s an uplifting space
For you, for you, for you.

Hey!
Tell me, what do you see?

Introverts bathed in LCD light,
Finding meaning in the night.
Hey, hey!

It’s a beautiful web we log on to,
A realm of quiet art–
Handcrafted pages and thoughtful words
Where each voice leaves its mark.
Makes me want to say…

It’s a beautiful web,
It’s a beautiful web,
It’s a beautiful web
For you, for you, for you.

It’s not for me.

(It’s a beautiful web) For you
(It’s a beautiful web) For you
(It’s a beautiful web) For you
(It’s a beautiful web) Not me–
(It’s a beautiful web)…

Put together a fresh website and new branding for my Revolt moderation bot AutoMod.

Dipped my toes a little into experimenting with Material 3 styling.

https://automod.vale.rocks

I dunno why tens of people have been accessing my website with legacy Microsoft Edge, but, if you’re one of them, I hope you know I’m going to have to kill you.

I’m sorry, that’s just the way it goes. You brought this upon yourself.

It came to my attention that my search wrapper was broken on Windows.

I have now fixed this (and added more providers).

Happy searching!

https://search.vale.rocks

I do rather enjoy the funny run business people do when they’re late for their bus.

Linus knew exactly what he was doing when he called the command ‘git blame’.

Was eating dinner and various cables and USBs kept getting stuck to the magnet in my hand.

Such a first-world cyborg problem.

(I’ve just realised this honestly sounds like some sort of satire and not an actual experience I had.)

Nothing makes me want to commit genocide quite like an editor auto-closing my HTML tags.

I think the main reason I prefer e-readers to paper books (beyond my love for e-ink as a technology) is the fact that I can bring up the definition and etymology of a word.

Of course, not having to prop open the book I’m reading while lying semi-comatose is another benefit.