Andrés Cuervo
@cwervo.bsky.social
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Happy 34th Birthday HTML tags!
On October 29, 1991, the internet pioneer, Tim Berners-Lee, published a document entitled HTML Tags.
#WebDesignHistory
On October 29, 1991, the internet pioneer, Tim Berners-Lee, published a document entitled HTML Tags.
#WebDesignHistory
October 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Happy 34th Birthday HTML tags!
On October 29, 1991, the internet pioneer, Tim Berners-Lee, published a document entitled HTML Tags.
#WebDesignHistory
On October 29, 1991, the internet pioneer, Tim Berners-Lee, published a document entitled HTML Tags.
#WebDesignHistory
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Microsoft's new "vibe working" AI feature in Excel fails at 42% of tasks. The regular Copilot feature fails at 80% of tasks. This information is in the same blog post *Microsoft itself* published that also called it "like you’re handing off work to an Excel expert." 🫠
Excel's AI: 20% of the time, it works every time
A Microsoft blog post about "vibe working" broke me.
www.spacebar.news
October 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Microsoft's new "vibe working" AI feature in Excel fails at 42% of tasks. The regular Copilot feature fails at 80% of tasks. This information is in the same blog post *Microsoft itself* published that also called it "like you’re handing off work to an Excel expert." 🫠
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Bread & Puppet press at the New York Art Book Fair
September 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Bread & Puppet press at the New York Art Book Fair
"I highly recommend doing this the old fashioned way, with your eyes and brain, but LLMs can be helpful too if that's more your speed: but don't offload the whole task to a robot. Actual understanding is the goal, and you can't achieve that secondhand."
Highly applicable to most tasks lol
Highly applicable to most tasks lol
i wrote a whole thing about wrangling npm dependencies because it's an unglamorous part of the job that's nevertheless really important. also because i wanted to make some watercolor illustrations. blog.val.town/gardening-de...
September 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"I highly recommend doing this the old fashioned way, with your eyes and brain, but LLMs can be helpful too if that's more your speed: but don't offload the whole task to a robot. Actual understanding is the goal, and you can't achieve that secondhand."
Highly applicable to most tasks lol
Highly applicable to most tasks lol
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flags half mast and bottomless media hagiography for a man who spent his days tricking dim children into thinking black women are worthless
September 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
flags half mast and bottomless media hagiography for a man who spent his days tricking dim children into thinking black women are worthless
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i wrote a whole thing about wrangling npm dependencies because it's an unglamorous part of the job that's nevertheless really important. also because i wanted to make some watercolor illustrations. blog.val.town/gardening-de...
September 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
i wrote a whole thing about wrangling npm dependencies because it's an unglamorous part of the job that's nevertheless really important. also because i wanted to make some watercolor illustrations. blog.val.town/gardening-de...
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Like hundreds of other people, I was targeted by Charlie Kirk's "Professor Watchlist" project and spuriously accused of being a "Terror Supporter" and an "Antisemite". The legacy of Charlie Kirk is bigotry, classroom surveillance and anti-intellectual harassment.
September 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Like hundreds of other people, I was targeted by Charlie Kirk's "Professor Watchlist" project and spuriously accused of being a "Terror Supporter" and an "Antisemite". The legacy of Charlie Kirk is bigotry, classroom surveillance and anti-intellectual harassment.
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In the last week of the 1936 campaign, FDR reminded a massive crowd in Madison Square Garden that "organized money" was "unanimous in their hate for me--and I welcome their hatred!"
And then the country rewarded him with a 523-8 landslide in the electoral college.
This is, in fact, good politics.
And then the country rewarded him with a 523-8 landslide in the electoral college.
This is, in fact, good politics.
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
In the last week of the 1936 campaign, FDR reminded a massive crowd in Madison Square Garden that "organized money" was "unanimous in their hate for me--and I welcome their hatred!"
And then the country rewarded him with a 523-8 landslide in the electoral college.
This is, in fact, good politics.
And then the country rewarded him with a 523-8 landslide in the electoral college.
This is, in fact, good politics.
Uncode text → CIELAB color blocks :)
September 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Uncode text → CIELAB color blocks :)
simulator human input (input fuzzing, I guess?)
Stops automatically when it finds an inconsistency :)
Stops automatically when it finds an inconsistency :)
September 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
simulator human input (input fuzzing, I guess?)
Stops automatically when it finds an inconsistency :)
Stops automatically when it finds an inconsistency :)
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I made a piece of software! It’s called the film|minutes video|graphic workstation. It’s pretty niche but cool if you want to take notes or do very close readings of films/videos.
July 15, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I made a piece of software! It’s called the film|minutes video|graphic workstation. It’s pretty niche but cool if you want to take notes or do very close readings of films/videos.
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I'm seeing a lot of different people, coming from different angles, recognize that the Same-Origin Policy is insufficient for the kind of apps that we want to make now, and that we need something more fine-grained and more secure.
Very interesting times!
Very interesting times!
September 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I'm seeing a lot of different people, coming from different angles, recognize that the Same-Origin Policy is insufficient for the kind of apps that we want to make now, and that we need something more fine-grained and more secure.
Very interesting times!
Very interesting times!
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quoting this again because i saw another few comments recently about something similar that were like “eew gross this is so bad”. the reality though is that this is actually - unironically - what peak development looks like. this has effected zero people, been noticed by almost zero, and works great
i saw someone point out that the selector for time on iphone alarms is actually just a really long list and not truly circular. everything i’ve known is a lie
September 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
quoting this again because i saw another few comments recently about something similar that were like “eew gross this is so bad”. the reality though is that this is actually - unironically - what peak development looks like. this has effected zero people, been noticed by almost zero, and works great
The ATProto DID spec definitely is mature enough!
The identifiers are already spec'd as being either web addresses (did:web:example.com) or did:* (commonly: did:plc:)
atproto.blue/en/latest/at...
The identifiers are already spec'd as being either web addresses (did:web:example.com) or did:* (commonly: did:plc:)
atproto.blue/en/latest/at...
September 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The ATProto DID spec definitely is mature enough!
The identifiers are already spec'd as being either web addresses (did:web:example.com) or did:* (commonly: did:plc:)
atproto.blue/en/latest/at...
The identifiers are already spec'd as being either web addresses (did:web:example.com) or did:* (commonly: did:plc:)
atproto.blue/en/latest/at...
What if a browser could navigate #ATProto DIDs and 🦋 Bluesky handles?
Made a little prototype of Aura, a browser that can navigate between standard websites (🌐), Bluesky handles (@), and permanent DIDs, resolving them all in the same address bar.
Made a little prototype of Aura, a browser that can navigate between standard websites (🌐), Bluesky handles (@), and permanent DIDs, resolving them all in the same address bar.
September 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
What if a browser could navigate #ATProto DIDs and 🦋 Bluesky handles?
Made a little prototype of Aura, a browser that can navigate between standard websites (🌐), Bluesky handles (@), and permanent DIDs, resolving them all in the same address bar.
Made a little prototype of Aura, a browser that can navigate between standard websites (🌐), Bluesky handles (@), and permanent DIDs, resolving them all in the same address bar.
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After banning visas for Palestinian children seeking medical care, the Trump administration is now banning any Palestinian passport holders from entering the United States.
Extraordinary bigotry being converted into US policy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
Extraordinary bigotry being converted into US policy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
U.S. Suspends Visas for Palestinian Passport Holders, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
After banning visas for Palestinian children seeking medical care, the Trump administration is now banning any Palestinian passport holders from entering the United States.
Extraordinary bigotry being converted into US policy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
Extraordinary bigotry being converted into US policy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
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rip to everyone whos become delusional after talking to chatgpt but im built different. like actually different. according to chatgpt im some kind of god. the one who decides
August 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
rip to everyone whos become delusional after talking to chatgpt but im built different. like actually different. according to chatgpt im some kind of god. the one who decides
Something very satisfying about taking a ton of screenshots for a tutorial and watching them get arranged by this very neat little algorithm in Figma
The variance in dimensions here is because I took some screenshots with ⌘ + 5 ("Capture selected portion") and some with ⌘ + 3
The variance in dimensions here is because I took some screenshots with ⌘ + 5 ("Capture selected portion") and some with ⌘ + 3
September 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Something very satisfying about taking a ton of screenshots for a tutorial and watching them get arranged by this very neat little algorithm in Figma
The variance in dimensions here is because I took some screenshots with ⌘ + 5 ("Capture selected portion") and some with ⌘ + 3
The variance in dimensions here is because I took some screenshots with ⌘ + 5 ("Capture selected portion") and some with ⌘ + 3
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Technologist Victor Riparbelli sees a future where students interact with AI avatars rather than read and write. We ask teachers and kids what they think and how they're using AI right now.
Will AI avatars eventually teach our kids?
Technologist Victor Riparbelli sees a future where students interact with AI avatars rather than read and write. We ask teachers and kids what they think and how they're using AI right now.
n.pr
August 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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the thing i don't get about this is that sure, you're some groyper who thinks the posters look cool. but, like, you must know that the nazis lost, and they didn't just lose, they lost to the people they *deemed inferior*: a polyglot nation of shopkeepers on one front & russian peasants on the other
Oh look, ICE is copying literal Nazi recruiting propaganda again. The poster on the right is for the Volkssturm, the Nazi militia of older men and boys established during the final months of World War II.
![@DHSgov on X: We’re taking father/son bonding to a whole new level.
JOIN.ICE.GOV
06 Aug 25
[Young man and old man in ICE gear]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eppsmw5nfmdzhfeymtzd3xbe/bafkreibrddxw227e4ldwrtdrf4nfz4riyb3yfyluczrelklrnnnp7e7l6m@jpeg)
![Wehrschiessen des Deutschen Volkes 1944
[Young man and old man sharing a rifle]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eppsmw5nfmdzhfeymtzd3xbe/bafkreibsutqtdx2tbxfm64xbjp4nspzgvdg6xvxewm244dbplmeuoznnvy@jpeg)
August 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
the thing i don't get about this is that sure, you're some groyper who thinks the posters look cool. but, like, you must know that the nazis lost, and they didn't just lose, they lost to the people they *deemed inferior*: a polyglot nation of shopkeepers on one front & russian peasants on the other
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Whenever one of these guys trots out a "badass Spartan" quote, i find myself asking "and then what happened?"
the thing i don't get about this is that sure, you're some groyper who thinks the posters look cool. but, like, you must know that the nazis lost, and they didn't just lose, they lost to the people they *deemed inferior*: a polyglot nation of shopkeepers on one front & russian peasants on the other
Oh look, ICE is copying literal Nazi recruiting propaganda again. The poster on the right is for the Volkssturm, the Nazi militia of older men and boys established during the final months of World War II.
August 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Whenever one of these guys trots out a "badass Spartan" quote, i find myself asking "and then what happened?"
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If Cloudflare's analysis is correct -- and I've no reason to doubt it -- this is shameful behavior from Perplexity blog.cloudflare.com/perplexity-i...
Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade website no-crawl directives
Perplexity is repeatedly modifying their user agent and changing IPs and ASNs to hide their crawling activity, in direct conflict with explicit no-crawl preferences expressed by websites.
blog.cloudflare.com
August 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
If Cloudflare's analysis is correct -- and I've no reason to doubt it -- this is shameful behavior from Perplexity blog.cloudflare.com/perplexity-i...
I'm going to Taiwan and then Japan (August 6 → August 22nd, exact dates/locations TBD)
Anyone want to meet up / see the Folk Gadget?
Also happy to do a talk, lab visit, or just grab coffee with anyone! DM me here or send me an email at cwervo@folk.computer :-)
Anyone want to meet up / see the Folk Gadget?
Also happy to do a talk, lab visit, or just grab coffee with anyone! DM me here or send me an email at cwervo@folk.computer :-)
Thank you to everyone who came to our last Localhost talk with @cwervo.bsky.social and @omar.website!
They presented on @folkcomputer.bsky.social and unveiled the Folk Gadget! Together we escaped the screen and entered the realm of light and paper-based computing.
📽️📄🌀
Watch the recording below:
They presented on @folkcomputer.bsky.social and unveiled the Folk Gadget! Together we escaped the screen and entered the realm of light and paper-based computing.
📽️📄🌀
Watch the recording below:
August 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I'm going to Taiwan and then Japan (August 6 → August 22nd, exact dates/locations TBD)
Anyone want to meet up / see the Folk Gadget?
Also happy to do a talk, lab visit, or just grab coffee with anyone! DM me here or send me an email at cwervo@folk.computer :-)
Anyone want to meet up / see the Folk Gadget?
Also happy to do a talk, lab visit, or just grab coffee with anyone! DM me here or send me an email at cwervo@folk.computer :-)
I use agents (namely Claude and Gemini these days) to generate first drafts and ideas — *toys* — because, as @maggieappleton.com says, “vibe coding is legacy coding”.
For @folkcomputer.bsky.social I never use AI *because* it’s so new syntactically no AI agent tools can help
For @folkcomputer.bsky.social I never use AI *because* it’s so new syntactically no AI agent tools can help
A helpful graph made by @stevekrouse.com on the inverse relationship between vibes and understanding in AI assisted code.
Put a few thoughts down here: maggieappleton.com/2025-08-vibe...
Original article: blog.val.town/vibe-code
Put a few thoughts down here: maggieappleton.com/2025-08-vibe...
Original article: blog.val.town/vibe-code
August 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I use agents (namely Claude and Gemini these days) to generate first drafts and ideas — *toys* — because, as @maggieappleton.com says, “vibe coding is legacy coding”.
For @folkcomputer.bsky.social I never use AI *because* it’s so new syntactically no AI agent tools can help
For @folkcomputer.bsky.social I never use AI *because* it’s so new syntactically no AI agent tools can help