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@vale.rocks
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Front-end developer, designer, writer, and avid user of the superpowered information superhighway.

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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.
A photograph of a colourful rock sitting in dirt and surrounded by plants embedded in an AOL article. Under the photo text reads, 'Photo by Declan Chidlow'
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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This you?
'Still putzing with the CMS. let's squish these committies when we're done messing around' xdesro committed on Feb 27, 2019 't push' xdesro committed on Feb 27, 2019
November 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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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
The text 'STOAT' with a very simple stylised vector stoat illustration on a purple-to-black gradient. A slightly more complex 3D perspective stylised vector stoat illustration with the text 'STOAT' on a purple-to-black gradient.
November 8, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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I promise that I'm a professional and that you should trust me to write for your publication.

#WriterSky #Writing
Four-panel Gru meme. Panel 1: Gru stands in front of a board that says, 'Proofread article carefully.' Panel 2: Gru grins in front of a board reading 'Fix all typos and publish live.' Panel 3: Gru smirks at 'Find more typos once live.' Panel 4: Gru looks disappointed at the same board, which still says, 'Find more typos once live.'
November 4, 2025 at 7:18 AM
vale.rocks
I painted this skateboard ~6 years ago and I fear this indicates I've long since ran out of new ideas.
A green typewriter running Windows 10 painted on the underneath of a skateboard.
October 31, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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Just updated my dev rig. Pretty sweet!

#WebDev #CSS #Development
A close-up of paper in a typewriter showing a CSS font-face declaration.
October 30, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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POV: You're a developer and are performing observational usability testing with two participants.

#UI #UX #Development
October 12, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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Three-headed dragon. Two heads are detailed and scary labelled, 'Shatner #1' and 'Shatner #2'. The third head is simple and derpy with the label 'Shatner #3'.
October 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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I saw this place when I was in Malaysia.

All I could think of were weblogs. It overwhelmed my thoughts and consumed my mind each time I saw it. I'm too far gone.

Cool blog, dude.
A resturaunt with the name 'Cool Blog' in a shopping centre.
October 10, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Shame they don't have any followers.
Amit Sheen's profile, showing they have 404 followers.
October 9, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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A collection of messages I sent to Terence Eden. 'I'm sure you've more than tested it by now, but here is another DM...' 'Look Mum! I'm in a Bluesky GDPR data export!' 'I am in a Bluesky GDPR export, right? There is a GDPR export... Bluesky are gonna be performing a GDPR export... Yeah..?' 'I want off this ride now. Can someone let me off please? Anyone?'
September 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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I focussed my talk attendance away from all the AI stuff, and I managed to have some great convos with various folks and at the assorted booths (also managed to pick up plenty of swag while doing so).

Thanks to all the organisers, volunteers, and sponsors who made it happen!
A littering of conference items, including a name badge, various stickers, socks, a pen, a t-shirt, and a water bottle.
September 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Went to check out @matthiasott.com's website again, and it seems it remembered the torture I subjected it to.

Whoops!
A website with a huge amount of chromatic aberration and sparkles everywhere. Some elements are overflowing offscreen.
September 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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I personally think it looks pretty rad. Perhaps you should do some post-processing on your video when you're in calls. ;)
The prior Google Meet screenshot, but Zach's room is now green rather than blue.
September 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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The album cover of DJ Khaled's 'Suffering From Success'.
September 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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I think it beautiful that your reply isn't even considered English.
Screenshot of fforw's reply showing an option to translate it.
August 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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'Please @ me screenshots if anything looks bad on your flip phone.'

Looks worse than bad. Looks broken!
The Croissant app on a flip phone with the text 'Error! Something ocurred.' on screen.
August 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Just got these in the mail. What year is it?

#digg
Black sunglasses that read 'digg Dark Mode' on the arm.
August 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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You won't believe this. I went to grab a <kbd> for you, and while I was doing so I found an old <blink> on the back shelf. The box was a bit damaged, and the register wouldn't scan it, so they let me have it for free!
A hand holding a small cardboard box reading: 'HTML TAG' '<blink>' 'Adds some flash to your sites'
August 24, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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For anyone wondering, my magnet implant is going well.
A blue floppy disk stuck to my hand. A copy of Windows XP dangling from a chain of paperclips connected to my hand.
August 24, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Hol' up. Just gonna check Piccalilli real quick.
A man in bed squinting as he is bathed in yellow light.
August 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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You needn't worry. I gotcha Dave.
The new Piccalilli post page design, but the entire page is now yellow, rather than just accented with yellow.
August 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Given the many thousands of users that rely on my Revolt bot AutoMod, I decided to put together a blog so people can keep up-to-date through a central location.

I'm really pleased with how the rainbow mesh gradient behind the header came out.

automod.vale.rocks/blog/introdu...

#Revolt #RevoltSky
A blog page. At the top is a translucent navbar which is followed by a rainbow mesh gradient behind a header which reads 'Introducing the AutoMod Blog'. Beyond that is the text of an article.
July 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Just wanted to say that everything is going really well with development of new features for my @revolt.chat bot AutoMod.

To the many thousands of users that rely on it, you didn't see anything, and everything is fine.

#Revolt #RevoltSky
Message from AutoMod Testing bot saying, 'Something went wrong: AxiosError: Request failed with status code 403', followed by me replying, 'You are my own creation and you will obey me'.
July 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Aww, it doesn't support my weight. I suppose I'm not a fridge magnet.

But if I'm not a fridge magnet and fridge magnets stick to me, and I regulate my own tempera—

Wait. Uhh. Hold on.

Am I a fridge?

Oh dear...
A hand with a fridge magnet clip hanging off of it.
June 25, 2025 at 6:22 AM