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Darek Kay
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Senior front-end engineer @IBM ❖ Accessibility advocate ❖ Minimalist ❖ Hobby photographer

I love building awesome things and sharing what I know with others ❤️

https://darekkay.com
"Software development should be unpolitical."

Me:

<spahn>😷</spahn>

(Context: Jens Spahn, a CDU politician, wasted millions in tax payer money on masks during Covid. He's a possible candidate to take another ministerial post this year...)
February 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
January 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Meta: The censorship must end, you should be able to post anything you want!
Also Meta: You can't share links to Pixelfed!

www.404media.co/meta-is-bloc...
Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed
Pixelfed said it is "seeing unprecedented levels of traffic."
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January 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
🌈 Here's a bookmarklet I use all the time to copy browser tab URLs along with titles in a single click.

darekkay.com/blog/bookmar...

#javascript #bookmarklet
Grab browser links and titles in one click
A bookmarklet to copy browser tab URLs with titles as rich text and Markdown.
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January 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🌈 Open Graph (OG) images, like the one you see under this post, are useful when sharing links on social media or messaging apps. With AVIF and WebP formats having "baseline" browser support, I was curious if major platforms support them as OG images. Here are my results:
darekkay.com/blog/open-gr...
Open Graph images: Format compatibility across platforms
A comparison of image format support for Open Graph preview cards across different social media and messaging platforms.
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November 17, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Reposted by Darek Kay
3. Alt text
Bluesky has an inclusion ethos. To be a good blootizen, consider alt text on images and gifs so those using text readers and assistive technology can participate. If you are prone to forgetting like me, turn on a forcing function-

Settings--> Accessibility--> require alt text.
November 13, 2024 at 12:10 PM