Alex
@chromaticnova.com
I’m a web developer, designer, photographer, movie fanatic, music lover, snow sports addict and general tech enthusiast.
Based in Bath, UK
http://chromaticnova.com
Based in Bath, UK
http://chromaticnova.com
These electric scooters in my city are a lot like gen AI:
A scourge on society, and everyone who uses them is an asshole, a menace, and a moron
…until I want to use them, and then of course they’re brilliant and great and super useful and one of the best inventions in years 😂
A scourge on society, and everyone who uses them is an asshole, a menace, and a moron
…until I want to use them, and then of course they’re brilliant and great and super useful and one of the best inventions in years 😂
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
These electric scooters in my city are a lot like gen AI:
A scourge on society, and everyone who uses them is an asshole, a menace, and a moron
…until I want to use them, and then of course they’re brilliant and great and super useful and one of the best inventions in years 😂
A scourge on society, and everyone who uses them is an asshole, a menace, and a moron
…until I want to use them, and then of course they’re brilliant and great and super useful and one of the best inventions in years 😂
Multiple people at Adobe really went "yep, that Lightroom icon looks good, no issues there - ship it!"
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Multiple people at Adobe really went "yep, that Lightroom icon looks good, no issues there - ship it!"
Every week for about 3 years now Slack has been sending me summary emails stating that my monday-to-friday company sends all our messages tuesday-saturday 🙃
I've reported this to them multiple times, but nobody there seems to care.
I've reported this to them multiple times, but nobody there seems to care.
November 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Every week for about 3 years now Slack has been sending me summary emails stating that my monday-to-friday company sends all our messages tuesday-saturday 🙃
I've reported this to them multiple times, but nobody there seems to care.
I've reported this to them multiple times, but nobody there seems to care.
Recently re-acquired an old silver iPhone X and man, that thing was the best iPhone design by miles. The look, the size, the weight, the feel… perfection. Nothing before or after comes close!
September 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Recently re-acquired an old silver iPhone X and man, that thing was the best iPhone design by miles. The look, the size, the weight, the feel… perfection. Nothing before or after comes close!
Yep, dark icons on a lighter background look really skewed 🥴
September 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Yep, dark icons on a lighter background look really skewed 🥴
It sucks when features get removed. I still miss the old dashboard!
September 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It sucks when features get removed. I still miss the old dashboard!
Technology never ceases to impress 🙃
September 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Technology never ceases to impress 🙃
I see Next.js is still throwing up completely nonsensical errors as and when it feels like it, with zero relation to anything in my code 🙃
August 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I see Next.js is still throwing up completely nonsensical errors as and when it feels like it, with zero relation to anything in my code 🙃
Kinda wild that @vercel.com doesn't have a UI to quickly see which of your projects are gonna be affected by their service deprecations 🤯 the instructions aren't even complete 🤦♂️
July 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Kinda wild that @vercel.com doesn't have a UI to quickly see which of your projects are gonna be affected by their service deprecations 🤯 the instructions aren't even complete 🤦♂️
Watching Andor and it’s great, but the prominent use of this iconic building in Spain takes me out of it every time 😂
July 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Watching Andor and it’s great, but the prominent use of this iconic building in Spain takes me out of it every time 😂
The new search bar in Firefox is super useful, kinda hope every browser copies this ASAP 😅
June 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The new search bar in Firefox is super useful, kinda hope every browser copies this ASAP 😅
I’m probably just weird, but floating panels like this stress me out. It was the same when Figma tried it too.
I think my brain just goes “there’s stuff on top of each other instead of neatly side-by-side, and I literally cannot see everything all at once, HELP”
#macOS26 #LiquidGlass
I think my brain just goes “there’s stuff on top of each other instead of neatly side-by-side, and I literally cannot see everything all at once, HELP”
#macOS26 #LiquidGlass
June 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I’m probably just weird, but floating panels like this stress me out. It was the same when Figma tried it too.
I think my brain just goes “there’s stuff on top of each other instead of neatly side-by-side, and I literally cannot see everything all at once, HELP”
#macOS26 #LiquidGlass
I think my brain just goes “there’s stuff on top of each other instead of neatly side-by-side, and I literally cannot see everything all at once, HELP”
#macOS26 #LiquidGlass
I'm really sorry but some of this is just absolutely wild 🤯
June 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I'm really sorry but some of this is just absolutely wild 🤯
I'm sorry but how is this genuine Apple UI design 😅
June 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I'm sorry but how is this genuine Apple UI design 😅
iOS apps were so much better when they all had customisable tab bars. There are SO MANY apps where I wish I could do this today!
April 30, 2025 at 6:38 AM
iOS apps were so much better when they all had customisable tab bars. There are SO MANY apps where I wish I could do this today!
Bluesky does this too. So do most platforms. Gmail, iCloud Mail, and probably any other unencrypted messaging platform that you can name.
March 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Bluesky does this too. So do most platforms. Gmail, iCloud Mail, and probably any other unencrypted messaging platform that you can name.
Still the most batshit crazy UI I’ve ever seen
February 27, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Still the most batshit crazy UI I’ve ever seen
That’s a great list, many of my favourites!
A game I recently loved is Days Gone - I think it got a bit dismissed when it was released, but has grown a large fan base in the years since!
A game I recently loved is Days Gone - I think it got a bit dismissed when it was released, but has grown a large fan base in the years since!
February 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
That’s a great list, many of my favourites!
A game I recently loved is Days Gone - I think it got a bit dismissed when it was released, but has grown a large fan base in the years since!
A game I recently loved is Days Gone - I think it got a bit dismissed when it was released, but has grown a large fan base in the years since!
Whenever I see Superbowl trending this is where my mind goes
February 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Whenever I see Superbowl trending this is where my mind goes
Sometimes I like to take photos of people - here are some of my favourites from 2024 📸
#portrait #photography #portraitphotography
#portrait #photography #portraitphotography
February 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Sometimes I like to take photos of people - here are some of my favourites from 2024 📸
#portrait #photography #portraitphotography
#portrait #photography #portraitphotography