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When children express objectionable views, we’re quick to ask, ‘Where did they pick that up from?’, ‘What have they been watching?’, or ‘Who told them this?’.

Perhaps we need to ask the same regarding adults.

Strong Opinions on URL Design

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A collection of strong opinions on URL design and structure covering topics including use of capitalisation, use of IDs, spaces, hyphens instead of underscores, trailing slashes, hierarchy, and other gripes and particulars I hold.

https://vale.rocks/posts/strong-opinions-on-url-design

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Let’s put this masonry debate to rest. I propose we replace grid with masonry altogether. Think about how much trendier everything will be.

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My magnet implant is super sensitive at the moment. I can feel the magnets in my laptop chassis as I type this.

Wonder what is causing it and if it is permanent.

This is really wack. It is so much more sensitive. I can easily sense a field from double the distance I could yesterday.

I’ve palpated the area and can’t feel any physical difference. Really odd.

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Speakers of English (traditional) rejoice, for I have fixed CSS. You can sleep easy knowing that there exists an easy way to permit writing ‘colour’ as ‘colour’.

BritCSS is a simple bit of client-side JS that permits using English spellings.

Always fun to put together small things like this because I inevitably learn something I didn’t know.

https://github.com/DeclanChidlow/BritCSS

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I was working with Three.js today, and I noticed they’ve got a navigation item called ‘GPT’ in the sidebar of their site.

Clicking it takes you to a ChatGPT GPT called ‘Three.js Mentor’. First time I’ve seen something like this. Feels odd.

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I had a vision.

The CSS Masonry angel came down from the heavens and addressed me. I made to speak, but it reached out a single slender finger and touched it to my lips to hush me. ‘Soon,’ it said with the voice of a choir. ‘Soon.’

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

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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.
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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)…

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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.