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@chronsyn.dev

Software engineer. Northern UK. Complains about tech, language sometimes NSFW (frustration, not malice). Blog: blog.chronsyn.dev

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I was going to post this exact meme, but I knew in my heart that someone would have already done it first πŸ˜‚

09.03.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Well of course it wasn't - only when it contains 'final for real this time v2 FINAL ACTUAL FINAL' is it the real thing

(60% of the time)

09.03.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Un-Sass'ing My CSS: Native CSS Nesting Always Twisted Learn how to use native CSS nesting in modern browsers. Understand the & selector, specificity rules, differences from Sass, and when to use nesting with practical examples for components, themes, and...

πŸŽ‰ new blogpost πŸŽ‰

Un-Sass'ing My CSS: Native CSS Nesting

Nesting was a dream feature in Sass and it's recently become 'native' in CSS.

This post covers syntax, specificity, real patterns, and the key differences you need to know.

www.alwaystwisted.com/articles/UnS...

#CSS #Sass #FrontEnd #WebDev

09.03.2026 11:11 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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No thanks, Apple.

Fuck off, and take your subscription bollocks with you.

06.03.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You can now build iOS home screen widgets and Live Activities as React components in Expo.

No Xcode target setup. Define your widget with @expo/ui & CNG handles the rest.

β—† Interactive home screen widgets
β—† Live Activities for Lock Screen and Dynamic Island

expo.dev/blog/home-sc...

04.03.2026 17:18 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

That's a fair observation, I just wish that if thematic choice is the reason, then it was more bosses split between raids.

I don't necessarily want another Hyjal + BT scenario again, but it'd be nice if it was maybe 5+ bosses in one main raid, and a minimum of 3 bosses in other raids.

26.02.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There's 6 bosses, then 1, then 2.
9 bosses over 3 instances.

3 raids, sure, but it feels like "on a technicality", disingenuous even.

Not that I dislike what the expansion will deliver, just... maybe don't promo '3 whole raids'.

25.02.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is genuinely the one thing that's stopping me from considering atproto for a social project I had in mind

22.02.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like I've been living through major anxiety for a couple of months now, so I apologise to anyone who's been waiting on these projects.

I'm taking time to reasses a few things in life right now, and I don't have much spare mental energy to sink into hobby projects.

21.02.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So, minor project updates:

- The meetup alternative I was building has been on backburner for a while now. No motivation to push ahead with it.

- EAS-on-infra is still in early beta state. I'm working on implementing some security before I 'go public' with it.

21.02.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Slack patch notes make me unreasonably angry, and I'd literally rather they just say "Misc. bugfixes"

(Actual notes would be best, but apparently nobody deserves to know what's actually changed these days)

18.02.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Others argue about their 'freedom of speech'. Discord is a private platform owned by a commercial entity. It is not a bastion of free speech.

I'm an advocate of privacy and freedom of speech, but people need to understand that Discord is not an affordance of either.

09.02.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've had people try to tell me that it's a 'breach of human rights for Discord to demand your ID'.

You are not forced to use Discord. Discord is not a basic human right. You can refuse their ID request and either not use the platform or accept the restrictions.

09.02.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Just me still using async-IIFE rather than top-level await?

(I know there's probably technical reasons why TL-await was only available in 'modules', but that's not always a workable option)

09.02.2026 11:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

yeah this is awesome. anyone not excited about atproto in 2026 is just sour as hell

07.02.2026 04:59 πŸ‘ 97 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Assuming we're talking about the 'posters' which were on cardboard, and had black felt for the lines (and you'd colour in between them)?

05.02.2026 22:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh my god, I literally forgot those were even a thing.

God damnit, I need more core childhood memories unlocking. It's been too damn long.

05.02.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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'Peter Mandelson's Fixing of Keir Starmer’s Visit to Spytech Firm Palantir Raises Serious Questions' Palantir was represented by a lobbying firm founded by Mandelson, Iain Overton and Max Colbert report

If Mandelson is being investigated for his Epstein connections, he must also be investigated for his Thiel connections, because they ran a joint fund when Mandelson fixed Starmer's visit to Palantir
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...

04.02.2026 12:41 πŸ‘ 1746 πŸ” 904 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 57

young me, vibing on neopets and runescape: β€˜wow the internet is so cool i can't wait for the future’

the future: β€˜we mostly argue over the diary of the world’s most famous nonce. also everything free harvests your data. also everything else is $11.99/mo. also we broke democracy.’

04.02.2026 11:47 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Y'know how many times I've been changing colour codes in a live-preview environment, seen the colour change as I type in the 4th digit? So many.

Not once did I ever stop to think "maybe I should look into that more".

03.02.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Change that last digit to a 5 β€” #0005 β€” and you’ve got yourself a 50% transparent black on the go.

03.02.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

Folks using this tool are in the 'find out' stage.

Those same folks would happily push platforms out with open databases and buckets because of slop-coding.

Zero sympathy, but I have my fingers crossed that it's a learning experience for them.

03.02.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Satya recently said (paraphrasing) 'People need to stop calling it slop', and then more recently said 'a lot of people are using Copilot'.

Collectively, I think the entire industry laughed when they heard that.

Got my fingers crossed that it's the start of the end of the slop avalanche.

02.02.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Microsoft is reportedly backing down on its AI-first plan after people made their voices heard If true, it may mark the end of an era.

Yep. After the markets closed on Friday, they've reportedly said they're scaling back (www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-re...).

Financial results showed 66% surge in spending over the last year (lots in AI), with 'only' a 17% increase in revenue (www.ft.com/content/42f8... ). Share price dropped.

02.02.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A person in The Bare Alternative independent refill shop in Sheffield holding a SESI 2026 Event Calendar Poster beside SESI refill units. The January total shows 1333 single use bottles and packaging items saved through refill shopping. Text on the image reads β€œ1333 bottles saved in January”, with refill containers and taps visible in the foreground.

A person in The Bare Alternative independent refill shop in Sheffield holding a SESI 2026 Event Calendar Poster beside SESI refill units. The January total shows 1333 single use bottles and packaging items saved through refill shopping. Text on the image reads β€œ1333 bottles saved in January”, with refill containers and taps visible in the foreground.

January refill impact ♻️

Together, our refill community helped save 1333 single use bottles and packaging items in one month by choosing SESI refills.

02.02.2026 13:51 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Comedy is about delivery and timing, and this is just *chef kiss*

(Context: Microsoft said on Friday that they're looking into reassessing their position and whether they should continue investing into AI, and I wouldn't be surprised if others begin to do the same)

02.02.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A lot of people: The AI party is so cool!

*StackOverflow strides into the room*

SO: Hey party people, are you ready to rock?!

*cricket sounds*

*people screaming while rushing for the exits*

02.02.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a group of men are sitting around a table and one of them is saying this is bad we gotta write a song about . ALT: a group of men are sitting around a table and one of them is saying this is bad we gotta write a song about .

It's really got this level of energy

01.02.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In before 'NEURALINK MADE ME THINK IT'

01.02.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A dedicated 'clone window' option would be fine, but it should be handled via an explicit user-generated action - e.g. a right-click / menu option.

The 'window sync' feature is so bad from so many angles that I'm gonna compare it to what Copilot is in Windows and Edge.

31.01.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0