Front-end developer, designer, writer, and avid user of the superpowered information superhighway. ✧ https://vale.rocks ✧ https://fedi.vale.rocks/valehttps://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rockshttps://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mmecwnlomc2oOh, here is the announcement of advertisements. https://blog.google/products/ads-commerce/google-marketing-live-search-ads/21 May 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmecwnlomc2ohttps://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mme7baybxk2mQuick plug for search.vale.rocks. If you want the bangs of DuckDuckGo and the snaps of Kagi with a search engine that doesn't support such features, this is a lightweight little router. I use it to jump around search engines and sites quickly based on my needs, without relying on a singular engine. https://search.vale.rocks21 May 2026 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mme7baybxk2mhttps://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mmdlumm3os2sThere is so much fresh uncertainty following Google I/O, and I think it will take us all a while to process it and understand what it means. https://vale.rocks/micros/20260521-044021 May 2026 04:36 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmdlumm3os2shttps://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mmbzx22v6c2zTesting in Safari can be an expensive ordeal thanks to Apple only supporting the browser on their platforms. Over on @frontendmasters.com, I wrote about testing in Safari without spending a small fortune. https://frontendmasters.com/blog/testing-safari-on-a-budget/ #Safari #FrontEndDev #WebDev20 May 2026 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbzx22v6c2zhttps://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mmbmovrgvk2zHow we all feel right now: 🫩20 May 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbmovrgvk2zhttps://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mmairch6422zNothing like waking up and finding that a megacorp has upgraded its unreliable shotgun to blow the knees out from your entire industry while all anyone against the changes can do is sit idly by and sob.19 May 2026 23:03 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmairch6422zhttps://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mm6l6tvdvc2lDredged up some residual knowledge relating to tech support from my mind fields. I again wish to reiterate how much I hate printers. https://vale.rocks/posts/tech-support19 May 2026 04:41 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6l6tvdvc2lhttps://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mm6l6tvdvc2lDredged up some residual knowledge relating to tech support from my mind fields. I again wish to reiterate how much I hate printers. https://vale.rocks/posts/tech-support19 May 2026 04:41 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6l6tvdvc2lhttps://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mm4nzcqsls2yF̷̡̢̛̘̳̖͍̣̠̺̥̪̲͇͇̱͍̣̤͎̥̼̙̳̗̤̙̥̙̩͕̳̞͈͚͇̙̺̒͛͛͋̾́̑̑̓̄͛̓̈́͌̽̌̓͐̆̀͆̈́̀̉͋̅̾̽̇͂͛̈́̓̀͘̚͘͜͝ͅů̵̡͙̝̟̲̞̥̲͎̦͎͚͕͎̀͆̀͊̅̒͋̍̎́̽͛̐̍͊̃̈́̔̎̌̒̂̓̌͒̃̿̇̇̾͐̎̈́́͌̒̉̂͌͊͘͘͝͝ṟ̶̢̛̛̫̠̫̯̟̽̋̓͛̂̾͛̂̉̔̉̉̏̈́͑͂̒̿̍̎́̂͑̽͒͛̃̐͛̀̋̚͜͜͜͠͝͝͠t̷̛͎͐̋͒͋͗̓̐̀͌̓͆̐̔̓͆̌̀̈́͆̏̎̃̅̔̓͆̈̉̚͘̕ḩ̷̡̢͉̣͉̝̘͔̗̼̞̟͇͖̖̟͖͈̳͎̮̱̘͕̤̳̺͇̯̳̜̘͉̰̯̟̔̍̒̇̌͑̀͗̑̋͆̈́̒̉̍̓͐̍̌̿̃͛̽̂̏͑̂̾́͋̌͗̏̅͌̇̀͗̈́̓́̈́̓͊̔̆͆̇̄̌̚̚̚͜͜͜͠͝͠͝͝͝ͅę̸̧͖̯̰̱̜̝͎̙̬͉͙̭̯̜̠͒̊̃͆̅̽̔͒̐̔͆́̂͂̇̅͌̋́̇̀́̐̕͘̚r̵̡̧̛͔̫̻̰͔̖͖̈́̀͂̈́̔͐͐̉͐͂͊̅̎̃̃̽͋̒̌̅́̂͊̐̐̍͂̂̆̈́̾̏̀̀̀̇̚͘̕͠͝͝͝͝ ̶̨̥̟̯̩͍͔̠̬͙̥̍̾̋̒̌̃̄̀͗̀̄̀́̔̍̈́͌̽̐̔̎̏͐̈͋̋́͊͆͋̇͛̀͌̄̔̽̒̃̿̂̔̃͌͂̔͊̈̓͘̚͘͠͝t̴̨̧̢̛̙͓̻̰̼͉͓͇̳̣̳̹͚̣͔̟͓̺̰̩̰̝̟̟͙̬̱͓͎̯͚͙̻̾̑̈͐̿͆̍̅͐̾̑̽́̇̅͗͂̅̀̒̓̑͐͗̓̓͗͐͂̒́̈̍̈́͊͌̔́̀̓̔̒̍̀̅́̋͋̂̊͂͋̊͂̂̀̔̇͘̕̕̕̕͘̚̚͝͠͝͝͝͝ͅe̷̡̛̛̛̤̻̻̦͖̪͚͕͕͚̘̗̫͚͍̜̦̙͍̽͊͂̎̀͊̏̐͊́͑͊̄̇͛͋͆́͆́̋̆̀͒̽̑̊͑̅̍̿͌̏̈́̄͆̅͛̑̀̂͑͌͆̿͒̄̀͋̊̌̀̌͆̍̀̏̈̃̃͑̉̕̕̚̚͘͜͝͝͝ͅś̴̨̡̢̢̢̛̛̛̛̛̹͈̦͔̩̠͕̪̠̞͎̩̺͙̦̬̬̼͓̱͇̠̭̠̼̜̣͍͔͍̟͓̞̯̮̮͇͈͔̖̥̖͚̭̻͍͎̙̬͔͉̳͖̙̜͓̩͊͂̈́͒̓̂̎̈́̔̓̐̉̈́̾̏̈́̂͂̋̿̏̀̀͒̀͒͒̽̇́́͐͛̍̐̈́͂̇̓͂͛̿̃̽́̇̓͌̂̆̈́̐̒̽͋̅̕̕̚̚̕͜͝͝ͅͅͅţ̵̻̦̯̫̣̲̤̭͎̏͛̊̆̅̃̆̈́͑͌̂̿̚͜͜ͅi̵̢̧̡̢̡̡̧̡̛̛̙̯̤̝̼͇̬̘̙̼͎̺̰̖͓̟͙̳̮͕͕̱̟̼̹̺̰̤̱͖̺̳͙̹͎̱̱̻̠͍̟͇̫̩̰̭͎̖̖̝̻͚̦̼̤̫̙͈̹̠͇̣̹̫̝̋͂̄̀̑̀̀̀̽̌̈́̂̇̌̃̆̊̿̑̀͑͛̑̓̈̂̔́̄͂̽͗̈́͊̅͂̏̃͊̑͋̆̅̂͂̀͛͂̈́̈́͌̆͐̀̾͋͑̀̒͋̀̌͒̅̄̅̍̾͘̚͘͜͝͝͠ņ̴̨̨̧̧̭̥̱͉̳̮̪̭̤̼̰̻͙͈̤̺̖͖̙̘̲̘̹͉̥̭̯̗͖̙̪̥̪̤̜̼̪͍̙̮̟̬̖̜̜͉͈͍̰͇͕͍̹͔̺̭̲̰̪͎̱̼͖̙͙̲͎͙͚̤̳̀̏̿̾́̇̊̈́͗̄̀̃̀̀͛̆́̈̈́̉̈́́̍̅̓̇̏̊͗̑̐̆̊͐̇̇̑̀̋̔̎̈̐͆̓̎͗͂̅̈́̕̕̕̕͜͝͝͝͝͝ģ̸̢̢̨̢̖̳͕̳̝͙̝̱͙̞̭͉̬̼̱͉̩̲̜͔̺̘̘̳̰̞̻͎̳̠̲̲̪͖̰͈͎͖͍̬̼̝̝̙͖͖͖̯̩͚͎̘̟̖͖̖̻̟̬̗̬̬̃̾͐̽̏͑̊͑̊̇̇̄͌̌͒̑̈́̂̏́̈͗̊̓̚̕͜͜͜͜ [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2026 10:26 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4nzcqsls2yhttps://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mm4nuciadk2yT̶̛͔̦̼̩͚̲̽͌̽̓͒͂̂̇͋͂̍̃͆͂̌̓̽̅̈́̋̎̄̽̇̽͐͆̕͠͝è̸̢̢̡̢̧̢̢̡̧̡̛̛̛̛̛̖͙̥͙̞̹̳̺̭̜͎̯̰̫͙͕͖̳͓̫̰͔̯̠̝͎̤͉͍͙̼̯͙̯̪͈̻̳͎̣̤͓̫̬͔͇͎̟͔͉̪͇͎̗̻̦̠͙͈̱̭͇͙͎͓̦̘̙̮̘̦̼̝̦͙̮̣͇͉͉͚͈̯͈̩̼͎̠̫̺̗̜̪̞̰̳͙̤̜̝͈̺͙̱͍͎̜̞͕̗͕̫̯̖͎̖̭̯̹̬͓͚̲̫͉̼̳̼̝͈͖̪̲̠̣̲̼̺̤͕̜̪̼͓͓͓̹̓͆̇͌͌͐̑͂̒͛̄̊͌̎̎̈͊̌̈́̎̋̇̀̔̈́̈̊͑̾͑̈́̉̇̂̀̃̓̎̍͛͗̽̈́̈́͂͗̃̈̈́͛̋͂́̈́͛͌́̉͑̒̈̈̊̈́̒̿̅̃͆͂̾͐̆̋̐̓̍̈́̈́̓͂͂́̏̉͑̑̐̂͌̎̂͌̉̑̋̒̉̈̑̋̈́͂̀̈͒̐̌̀̾̈́̍̊͛͆͂̈̈́̈́̅͊̆̌͐͋̽͆͐̾͗̋̌͋͌̓̽͊̽̐͊̕̚̚͘̚̕͘͜͜͠͠͝͠ͅͅͅͅͅs̴̢̢̧̢̢̧̡̧̧̧̡̧̧̡̡̨̧̧̢̡̡̡̨̡̡̛̛̛̪̖̞̘̻̝͍̳̼̜̭͙͍͎̫̺̰̰̝͇͚̣͇̭̲̩͖̩̪̙̦̼̺̞̥̫̞̗͙̼̥̰̟̜̝͖̞̲̳͙̖̹̝̙̰̯̰͇͔̲͈̱͕̝̗̙̞̬̘̜̝̲͔̳̟̖̺̭̗̭͕͔̱̞̞̯͕̳̫̫̹͇̩͖̩̫̖̹͉̤͖̳̫̪̮̭̤̜̗̺̗͇̜̳͈̦͙͕̻̺̟̹̦̲̰̜̠͖̫̘̤̼͎̬̫̰͉̹̼̙̯͕̗̝̼̜̗͇̟̰̗̤͕̙̙̲̮͖͚̖̞͔̜͇̟͈̞̪̠̝̲̫͇͈̲̟̲̜͖̳̖̩͇̻͍̱͔̤̭̪̜̞̬̪̦̮̲̞̪̬̪͎̤̻͙͖̫̘̣̳̤̥̖̹̭̣̜̳̦͈̳͇͎̦͖̣̩͈̗̣̟̻̮̥͔̥̙͔̫̼͕͓̮̩͇̪̻͎͉͓̮̩̜̲̞̃͆̈́̆̊̂͋̇͑̓̆́̎̿͌́́͌͛̾̈́̓͋̈́̏͗̑̿̍̀̎̆̐͆̓̀͛̈́̂̄̚͘̚͘͜͜͜͜͜͝͝ͅͅͅͅͅͅͅͅͅͅṯ̷̢̨̨̡̡̨̨̧̨̢̧̧̧̢̨̨̡̨̨̢̡̢̨̢̛̛͈͉̰̩̪̯͖̫̣̼̤̺̜̘̯̤̭̰̜͓͚͙̭̲̼̰̗̫̯͔̮̘̹̖̹̙̬̮̲̖̥͍̺̭͍̙͍̠̙̬͈̼̗̖̻̲̥͈̻̺̞̹̥̻͖͉͇̼͖͖̱͕̟͔̖̥͉̘̺̣̖͖̣̙͍̼͍͈͎̺̜̤̫̝̯͍̳̝̜̣͎̻̙̹̮̟̯̝̖̭̣̻͙͉͕̹̪̟̦̠̰̠͚͕̟̼͖̝̪̮̫͎͙̖̟̩̖͍̞̟̩̟̫͔͔̼͖̜͓̼͉̖͚͙̼̭̞̤̯͙̪̣̜̜̺̳̫͕̙͚̲͔̖͖͉̱̭̠͚̰͓̙̗̦͎̺̠̪͙̦͚͚̝̜̣͙͓͖̗̙̘̺͉̖̜̦̪̘̞́͐̆̽̈͊̈́̈́̓̌̔̾̅̋̅̅͛̇̐̐̉̂̈̑̎͊̍̊̉͑͆̍̈́̉̅̈̆̄̿̑̈́͒̍̒̿̒̎̈́̄͆͂͊̊͑̏͑͐̄̒̌͂́͒͋́́̇̃̈̔̚̕̚̚͜͜͜͜͜͝͝͝͠͠ͅͅ18 May 2026 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4nuciadk2yhttps://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mm456amhwc2iI need write some words coherently proper please. Grant me strength to word put together into sentence so can read well and goodly. Brain all frazzled can't word readable way thank you. Oh dear. Too many language.18 May 2026 05:24 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm456amhwc2ihttps://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mm425bjmh223I've been trying @cloudflare.social's EmDash content management system. It isn't fit for use yet. https://vale.rocks/micros/20260518-043018 May 2026 04:30 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm425bjmh223https://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mm27qxlwfs2pPlaying around with training a small language model on my own writing and work again. I love this output: www.com/wiki/posts It is trained on links and the presence of URL parts like 'https', 'www', 'com', and 'wiki' (from Wikipedia) in association but doesn't quite put them together right.17 May 2026 11:05 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm27qxlwfs2phttps://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mlx622e4k22hThey say you mustn’t Log Off. #AnalogHorror16 May 2026 05:57 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlx622e4k22hhttps://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mlvnfshtic2oSometimes I find myself thinking of this completely out-of-left-field line from the 2002 film Spy Kids 2: 'Do you think God stays in heaven because he, too, lives in fear of what he's created here on Earth?'15 May 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvnfshtic2ohttps://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mlukbsjtjc2pMake print stylesheets folks! They're still in *style*! I'll see myself out. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 04:58 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlukbsjtjc2phttps://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mlujvmzqwk2pIf you follow me here, consider following my account on the Fediverse (Mastodon, etc): @vale@fedi.vale.rocks fedi.vale.rocks/vale (The posts I make on Bluesky and Fedi are also published at vale.rocks/micros) https://fedi.vale.rocks/vale15 May 2026 04:51 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlujvmzqwk2phttps://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mlskmw6gx22bBun just merged a pull request which entirely rewrites the entire thing in Rust from Zig. 1 million lines of AI-generated code. https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/pull/30412 #Bun #JavaScript #AI14 May 2026 09:59 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlskmw6gx22bhttps://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mls3sepqs222Trying to kill WordPress is like trying to kill a god. You will be made an example of, humiliated, and quite possibly smote by powers otherwise unknown in this realm.14 May 2026 05:33 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mls3sepqs222https://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mlrylwyddc22I love dark mode, but it mustn’t be the only option. For a lot of people, white text upon a dark background is illegible. Common eye conditions like astigmatism, myopia, and presbyopia can make content look foggy, become hard to focus on, and cause eye strain. #a11y #Accessibility14 May 2026 04:36 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrylwyddc22https://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mlpirdmvf22qWith the review I performed today, there are now over a thousand personal sites listed on PersonalSit.es! A thousand! Proper bonkers! What a milestone! 🥳 🎉 #IndieWeb #SmallWeb https://personalsit.es/13 May 2026 04:47 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpirdmvf22qhttps://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mln7aodui22bI've successfully broken Hacker News. This submission has -4 points, somehow. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4810466312 May 2026 06:52 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mln7aodui22bhttps://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mlmyfw3ku22rI got jumpscared by John Lennon's face appearing on my computer screen, but it was actually my own reflection. It was late '60s John Lennon I thought I saw as well, so evidently my hair is looking dishevelled.12 May 2026 04:49 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmyfw3ku22rhttps://blacksky.community/profile/vale.rocks/post/3mlmxzjv3w22rYou can't put important links exclusively in your site's footer if you have infinite scroll. You can't have infinite scroll if you put important links exclusively in your site's footer. Please stop.12 May 2026 04:42 +0000at://did:plc:7qg6mz2xtzozxkgbcvf4pdnu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmxzjv3w22r