AI is Stifling Tech Adoption
AI coding assistants are React evangelists.
AI language models are shaping technology adoption in software development through training data limitations and system prompt biases. This analysis examines how AI assistants' preferences for established frameworks like React and Tailwind CSS may be creating barriers for newer technologies, supported by testing across major AI platforms including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek. A look at the growing AI knowledge gap and its impact on technological innovation in modern software development.
https://vale.rocks/posts/ai-is-stifling-tech-adoption
Firehose
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.
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!
A Blue Periwinkle on a pitted rock.
A panorama of Boranup Forest's trees and scrub.
Looking through the trees at Boranup Forest.
A set of rocks forming a pool and window of the ocean.
A grasshopper sitting on a grey tub.
A tiny waterfall going over a rock.
A New Holland Honeyeater sitting on a chair.
A rearview mirror reflecting the roadside.
Waves smashing around a rock at a beach.
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.
Improving Early Kindles
I will never let it rest.
A guide wrapper about how to bring old Kindles, such as the Kindle Keyboard, as well as the Kindle 4, and Kindle 5 up to speed a bit to be usable in the modern era. Covering screensaver hacks, improved font handling, and more comprehensive customisablity with KOReader.
https://vale.rocks/posts/improving-early-kindles
I kinda miss the days when sites would get complete redesigns pretty much annually. It kept the web feeling fresh and cutting edge.
I suppose it was simpler to do everything over when all it took was a bit of hacking away with HTML and CSS.
Usually it’s infuriating, but sometimes it can be fun to write CSS within the constraints of existing, untouchable HTML.
Does Flexbox still feel really new to anyone else?
It is like my concept of ‘new CSS things’ just broke at some point.
An Inventory of Lexical Loves
A wonderous wealth of words.
A collection of my favourite words (as defined by their extreme specificity, enjoyment to say, and overall zaniness) presented with definitions and in some cases their etymologies and my justification for inclusion.
https://vale.rocks/posts/an-inventory-of-lexical-loves
Ever met someone who hates melted cheese? No? Exactly!
Somehow I reckon’ we could harness this power to achieve world peace.