Vale
@vale.rocks
Front-end developer, designer, writer, and avid user of the superpowered information superhighway.
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Everyone says OKLCH like 'Okay El Sea Haich', yeah?
November 15, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Everyone says OKLCH like 'Okay El Sea Haich', yeah?
Popped over to SpaceHey to check out discussion of an early 2000s indie musical project, and I loaded a Windows 3.1 Hot Dog Stand-themed group where the first account I saw had a profile picture with the text 'this man ate my son' below a photo of David Dixon's Ford Prefect.
The web isn't all bad.
The web isn't all bad.
November 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Popped over to SpaceHey to check out discussion of an early 2000s indie musical project, and I loaded a Windows 3.1 Hot Dog Stand-themed group where the first account I saw had a profile picture with the text 'this man ate my son' below a photo of David Dixon's Ford Prefect.
The web isn't all bad.
The web isn't all bad.
My vacuum cleaner broke, so I got a new Next.js branded one which I can be certain will continue to suck for years to come.
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 AM
My vacuum cleaner broke, so I got a new Next.js branded one which I can be certain will continue to suck for years to come.
One of my photographs has apparently been used in this AOL article about protecting your garden from frost.
www.aol.com/articles/pro...
I've obviously peaked. Things can only go downhill from here.
www.aol.com/articles/pro...
I've obviously peaked. Things can only go downhill from here.
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
One of my photographs has apparently been used in this AOL article about protecting your garden from frost.
www.aol.com/articles/pro...
I've obviously peaked. Things can only go downhill from here.
www.aol.com/articles/pro...
I've obviously peaked. Things can only go downhill from here.
The Attention Is All You Need Paper and Its Consequences
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The Attention Is All You Need Paper and Its Consequences
Over on @zeroheight.com's blog, I wrote about using some of the CSS' modern colour features that you can apply to your design systems.
zeroheight.com/blog/leverag...
#DesignSystems #CSS
zeroheight.com/blog/leverag...
#DesignSystems #CSS
Leveraging modern CSS color features in your design system - zeroheight
Declan Chidlow outlines modern CSS color features including variables, color spaces, and mixing that you can use with your design systems.
zeroheight.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Over on @zeroheight.com's blog, I wrote about using some of the CSS' modern colour features that you can apply to your design systems.
zeroheight.com/blog/leverag...
#DesignSystems #CSS
zeroheight.com/blog/leverag...
#DesignSystems #CSS
This successfully strings together every half-baked bit of advice that I've heard hurled at people without due consideration into a cohesive and constructive list of principles that are valuable for any developer. Not just the 'do', but the 'why do?'
Great stuff @kilianvalkhof.com!
Great stuff @kilianvalkhof.com!
The majority of us are a bunch of self taught people with rather spotty knowledge and that's fine! Kilian (also self taught) is here to share some of the computer science fundamentals you probably are missing with the aim to improve your code in the long term.
piccalil.li/blog/program...
piccalil.li/blog/program...
Programming principles for self taught front-end developers
The majority of us are a bunch of self taught people with rather spotty knowledge and that's fine! Kilian (also self taught) is here to share some of the computer science fundamentals you probably are...
piccalil.li
November 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
This successfully strings together every half-baked bit of advice that I've heard hurled at people without due consideration into a cohesive and constructive list of principles that are valuable for any developer. Not just the 'do', but the 'why do?'
Great stuff @kilianvalkhof.com!
Great stuff @kilianvalkhof.com!
Reposted by Vale
Declan Chidlow here with some really practical uses of view transitions, along with some of the stuff that will trip you up, with guidance to help you navigate that.
piccalil.li/blog/some-pr...
piccalil.li/blog/some-pr...
Some practical examples of view transitions to elevate your UI
Declan Chidlow here with some really practical uses of view transitions, along with some of the stuff that will trip you up, with guidance to help you navigate that.
piccalil.li
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Declan Chidlow here with some really practical uses of view transitions, along with some of the stuff that will trip you up, with guidance to help you navigate that.
piccalil.li/blog/some-pr...
piccalil.li/blog/some-pr...
Reposted by Vale
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Some people are told that they’re a ‘sight for sore eyes’. I’m often told I’m a ‘sore sight for eyes’.
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Some people are told that they’re a ‘sight for sore eyes’. I’m often told I’m a ‘sore sight for eyes’.
Something I observed while manually reviewing every single site on personalsit.es:
Websites built with Next.js very rarely have RSS feeds.
Websites built with React sometimes have RSS feeds.
Completely static sites almost always have RSS feeds.
#RSS
Websites built with Next.js very rarely have RSS feeds.
Websites built with React sometimes have RSS feeds.
Completely static sites almost always have RSS feeds.
#RSS
November 9, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Something I observed while manually reviewing every single site on personalsit.es:
Websites built with Next.js very rarely have RSS feeds.
Websites built with React sometimes have RSS feeds.
Completely static sites almost always have RSS feeds.
#RSS
Websites built with Next.js very rarely have RSS feeds.
Websites built with React sometimes have RSS feeds.
Completely static sites almost always have RSS feeds.
#RSS
The chat platform Stoat already has a wordmark, but no logo. Here are some of the concept logo designs I put together.
#StoatChat #Branding #Design
#StoatChat #Branding #Design
November 8, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The chat platform Stoat already has a wordmark, but no logo. Here are some of the concept logo designs I put together.
#StoatChat #Branding #Design
#StoatChat #Branding #Design
Reposted by Vale
This is very good. Practical examples of view transitions are importantly so people can see how to use them for real and how there’s no need to hand over all page management to a framework just to get a form field to move between subpages. Nice work @vale.rocks
Declan Chidlow here with some really practical uses of view transitions, along with some of the stuff that will trip you up, with guidance to help you navigate that.
piccalil.li/blog/some-pr...
piccalil.li/blog/some-pr...
Some practical examples of view transitions to elevate your UI
Declan Chidlow here with some really practical uses of view transitions, along with some of the stuff that will trip you up, with guidance to help you navigate that.
piccalil.li
November 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
This is very good. Practical examples of view transitions are importantly so people can see how to use them for real and how there’s no need to hand over all page management to a framework just to get a form field to move between subpages. Nice work @vale.rocks
Most AI integrations are like having a backseat driver you didn't invite into your car.
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Most AI integrations are like having a backseat driver you didn't invite into your car.
Reposted by Vale
A truly passionate article from someone who genuinely loves view transitions and knows exactly how to use them in a way that really supports the user experience, not just for the sake of the effect.
View transitions are pretty neat, and I was fortunate enough to write a piece for @piccalil.li about putting them to work.
They're such an exciting new part of the web platform, and I'm elated to see new and boundary-pushing effects making their way into production.
#WebDev #ViewTransitions #CSS
They're such an exciting new part of the web platform, and I'm elated to see new and boundary-pushing effects making their way into production.
#WebDev #ViewTransitions #CSS
Declan Chidlow here with some really practical uses of view transitions, along with some of the stuff that will trip you up, with guidance to help you navigate that.
piccalil.li/blog/some-pr...
piccalil.li/blog/some-pr...
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A truly passionate article from someone who genuinely loves view transitions and knows exactly how to use them in a way that really supports the user experience, not just for the sake of the effect.
Reposted by Vale
More view transitions goodness for you to enjoy, this time from @vale.rocks
Declan Chidlow here with some really practical uses of view transitions, along with some of the stuff that will trip you up, with guidance to help you navigate that.
piccalil.li/blog/some-pr...
piccalil.li/blog/some-pr...
Some practical examples of view transitions to elevate your UI
Declan Chidlow here with some really practical uses of view transitions, along with some of the stuff that will trip you up, with guidance to help you navigate that.
piccalil.li
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
More view transitions goodness for you to enjoy, this time from @vale.rocks
View transitions are pretty neat, and I was fortunate enough to write a piece for @piccalil.li about putting them to work.
They're such an exciting new part of the web platform, and I'm elated to see new and boundary-pushing effects making their way into production.
#WebDev #ViewTransitions #CSS
They're such an exciting new part of the web platform, and I'm elated to see new and boundary-pushing effects making their way into production.
#WebDev #ViewTransitions #CSS
Declan Chidlow here with some really practical uses of view transitions, along with some of the stuff that will trip you up, with guidance to help you navigate that.
piccalil.li/blog/some-pr...
piccalil.li/blog/some-pr...
Some practical examples of view transitions to elevate your UI
Declan Chidlow here with some really practical uses of view transitions, along with some of the stuff that will trip you up, with guidance to help you navigate that.
piccalil.li
November 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
View transitions are pretty neat, and I was fortunate enough to write a piece for @piccalil.li about putting them to work.
They're such an exciting new part of the web platform, and I'm elated to see new and boundary-pushing effects making their way into production.
#WebDev #ViewTransitions #CSS
They're such an exciting new part of the web platform, and I'm elated to see new and boundary-pushing effects making their way into production.
#WebDev #ViewTransitions #CSS
I've finally got around to including music in the library section of my site.
Unlike other sections, this merely collates my favourite albums rather than being a comprehensive compendium of my entire listening history.
vale.rocks/library/albums
#Music
Unlike other sections, this merely collates my favourite albums rather than being a comprehensive compendium of my entire listening history.
vale.rocks/library/albums
#Music
Albums
My favourite albums.
vale.rocks
November 6, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I've finally got around to including music in the library section of my site.
Unlike other sections, this merely collates my favourite albums rather than being a comprehensive compendium of my entire listening history.
vale.rocks/library/albums
#Music
Unlike other sections, this merely collates my favourite albums rather than being a comprehensive compendium of my entire listening history.
vale.rocks/library/albums
#Music
Zohran Mamdani is a rare case of a politician not simply being the least bad but instead being genuinely good. I am so glad to see him triumph.
#USPol #ZohranMamdani
#USPol #ZohranMamdani
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Zohran Mamdani is a rare case of a politician not simply being the least bad but instead being genuinely good. I am so glad to see him triumph.
#USPol #ZohranMamdani
#USPol #ZohranMamdani
I promise that I'm a professional and that you should trust me to write for your publication.
#WriterSky #Writing
#WriterSky #Writing
November 4, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I promise that I'm a professional and that you should trust me to write for your publication.
#WriterSky #Writing
#WriterSky #Writing
Me, watching someone on social media share a post I've already seen because I'm subscribed to their RSS feed:
Seen It Marty GIF
Alt: Marty McFly saying 'Hey, I've seen this one!'
media.tenor.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Me, watching someone on social media share a post I've already seen because I'm subscribed to their RSS feed:
If you've got some free time this weekend, walk around this little web world. It feels really special, and there is plenty of effort behind it.
Finally realized another big piece of the vision for jclahoot.com 🙌
Welcome to my little oasis on the web! A tiny village nestled within a cat shaped mountain. My personal website.😌
🌳🌳🏔️🐈🌳
Welcome to my little oasis on the web! A tiny village nestled within a cat shaped mountain. My personal website.😌
🌳🌳🏔️🐈🌳
November 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
If you've got some free time this weekend, walk around this little web world. It feels really special, and there is plenty of effort behind it.