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Fatih Altinok

@fatih.6nok.org

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Web dev, functional programming a11y

ADHD, he/him

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Fatih Altinok

@fatih.6nok.org

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My captcha game verified official human certificate, issued by neal.fun, that says "For proof of humanhood. They are made of flesh and blood. They smile, they grieve, they dance. They are NOT a Robot."

September 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM

Fatih Altinok

@fatih.6nok.org

I have a new blog post just out of the oven. You should really read it of you are a Mac user and would like to play around with local LLMs. (You may still find it useful even if not!)

blog.6nok.org/experimentin...

classic orihime with leek meme, but with multicolored "you're absolutely correct" overlaid on top of it

September 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM

Fatih Altinok

@fatih.6nok.org

Eepy cat for your timeline

Yellow and white cat sleeping comfortably on the sidewalk on its back

Same cat in the same pose, looking at me with barely open eyelids after I said pspsps

August 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM

Fatih Altinok

@fatih.6nok.org

Whoo, we finished every 5-by-5 nonogram! I did my part by solving over 4000 nonograms in my free time.

The last day picked up even more steam, and ended in a blink. It was a nice experience overall!

pixelogic.app/every-5x5-no...

August 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM

Fatih Altinok

@fatih.6nok.org

Here’s a screen recording of it. All links too

August 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM

Fatih Altinok

@fatih.6nok.org

I found a little snippet in my disk that's a class names combination helper that gets rid of double spaces using template literals magic.

Maybe you can get the same with vibecoding now, but this is handcrafted. Artifact of the old world.

function cnx(strings, ...keys) {
const ret = []
for (let i = 0; i < strings.length + keys.length; i++) {
if (i % 2 === 0) {
const index = i / 2
ret.push(strings[index].trim())
} else {
const index = (i - 1) / 2
const key = keys[index]
if (typeof key === 'string') {
ret.push(key)
}
}
}
return ret.join(' ')
}

const a = null
const b = 'test'

console.log(cnx`hello ${a} world`)
console.log(cnx`hello ${b} world ${a} hi`)

June 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM

Fatih Altinok

@fatih.6nok.org

Unrelated but this title and callout seems really weird. What does it try to tell?

Server Components
React Server Components
Server Components are for use in React Server Components.

April 13, 2025 at 4:42 AM

Fatih Altinok

@fatih.6nok.org

I extracted the functionality to a hook so it's easier to remove if I find a better way.

useListData doesn't have an onChange param, form onChange doesn't trigger when the form changes via a React update, I could augment event handlers but I need the computed state.

I'll keep looking tho

function useListState({ items }: { items: { key: string; name: string }[] }) {
const list = useListData({
initialItems: items,
});

const formRef = useRef<HTMLFormElement>(null);

useEffect(() => {
const form = formRef.current;
if (form && !arrayEqual(list.items, items, (item) => item.key)) {
startTransition(async () => {
await Promise.resolve();
form.requestSubmit();
});
}
}, [list.items, items]);

return { list, formRef };
}

March 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM

Fatih Altinok

@fatih.6nok.org

I got the top place on the orange site for the first time in my life.

It took me an hour or two to write it. It's evidence that when inspiration hits, you should go for it. It's not guaranteed to be a hit, but if you do it often enough, you'll increase your chances.

I also hit my Vercel limits lol