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Max Duval
@mxdvl.com
Digital Toolmaker — I love me an SVG.

Web Tech Lead & Data Viz @ Hometrack

he/him il/lui

(parfois j’écris en Français…)
hello @ffconf.org 👋
November 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
1. Here’s how I avoid a FOUC on my own website: github.com/mxdvl/mxdvl/...
2. See attached video on the right side — maybe a stroke-dasharray / -dashoffset issue?
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
e.g. from Mathieu’s tool’s banana:

mxdvl.deno.dev/tools/svg?d=...
August 22, 2025 at 8:11 AM
So silly it won’t allow to post even a mere 249 characters…
August 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It is indeed a limitation of TypeScript’s static analysis…

I’ve found more often than not the benefits of being able to know exactly which type of element I’m getting, which attribute it may contain and direct links to MDN worth the cost of a small `instanceof HTMLAnchorElement`
July 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
July 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Saturday Parkrun iOS tip: you can create a shortcut to display a QR code for your athlete’s number, then add it to your lock or home screen.

Here’s mine, for example – in French:
June 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Finally got the gingerbread reindeeno sticker! I think that’s as far as I’ll go this year…

mxdvl--aoc-2024.deno.dev/aoc/2024/day...
December 16, 2024 at 2:44 PM
And another one – ten days done!

mxdvl--aoc-2024.deno.dev/aoc/2024/day...
December 10, 2024 at 7:19 AM
Making a CSS only slideshow has a lot of moving parts — it helps to visualise layers: https://svelte.dev/repl/20177b676e9d4f3893b85ce0608b8d16?version=4.2.0
August 12, 2023 at 2:11 PM