zalasur, 20 hours ago to random

One of my frustrations as a web developer is that we as an industry have gotten so bad at doing stylesheets the default behavior for modern web applications is to use shadow root disable the cascade in "cascading style sheets" because people do not know how to properly scope them in their own web pages.

We've basically reverted to the bad old days where styles were defined on each element individually rather than globally, as was the intent of CSS.

zalasur, 1 day ago to random

One of the things about getting older they don't tell you about is that when you see someone post a picture of an item and exclaim, "This antique was made 50 years ago! Can you believe it??" you have to constantly remind your brain that they are not talking about the item being created in the 1940s.

zalasur, 6 days ago to random

Aw. I just got called a "young fellow" on the fedi.

I'm 48. 😂

I guess there are worse things. 😅

zalasur, 7 days ago to random

Just an FYI, I did not get hacked. I replied to somebody with a long CW that originated from the Georgia Humane Society as a joke apparently. When you reply to a post with a CW your post automatically has that CW, too.

That made it look like I was posting a singles ad from my account.

I've deleted my post just in case anyone got the wrong impression.

zalasur, 7 days ago to javascript

It's been almost a decade since I've done a live coding stream. This will be fun!

Today I'll be migrating my website from React to Lit, which is a lightweight framework built around web components. I have the scaffolding set up mostly, so now it's time to get this done.

Come watch. Ask questions in chat! You don't need to create an account, just a username is needed to participate.

https://video.surazal.net/w/5S7FPXJMZh1i1eqZLY9mcV

#Javascript #Node #Development #PeerTube #Stream #Streaming

zalasur, 8 days ago to random

Ah ha! I figured out why I was having issues with the rollup tool previously. Once I got past that stubborn error, the rest of the comfort was pretty easy.

I think I'll be able to do that technical stream tomorrow. The web page redesign project is a go!

zalasur, 9 days ago to fediverse

Today on Dwarf Fortress: The Sinister Start in the Plane of Myth, my citizens has a sad! 😢

I keep sending them outside to build the outside fort and they are getting fed up. But not to worry, I finished the roof so now they con complete their work in a smelly goo-free environment. Or, at least until I decide to build the fishing hut.

https://video.surazal.net/w/9HhmDj1WqnkgTzvXKsVKka

#PeerTube
#DwarfFortress
#Stream
#Streaming

zalasur, 10 days ago to random

Every time. I struggle with a problem for two days, and then I finally give up and ask for help. Five seconds later I figure out the problem.

zalasur, 11 days ago to random

It's fun when you edit code that's been written by someone with the job title "Software Architect" and there are so many mistakes in it that it takes you two days to clean it up. 😅

zalasur, 12 days ago to random

Why do even our senior devs do this? Whyyyy 😭

This line of code does the thing

this.doesTheThing()

zalasur, 14 days ago to Minnesota

Sometime around 10PM tonight the Twin Cities is about to get hit by Canadian wildfire smoke.

Take care, especially if you're going outside tonight!

#Minnesota #MNastodon

zalasur, 17 days ago to random

The electricians are here and they are going to replace the base board heaters upstairs. After they are done I'll move my desk back and get my computer up and running again. We might have a stream tonight yet, if I feel up for it.

zalasur, 17 days ago to random

Welp, my upstairs computer is unplugged and my desk moved to the corner. I am on my regular laptop now. I has a sad.

zalasur, 18 days ago to random

My observations of a certain segment of IT:

Infosec Professional, 2023: I am an expert with years of experience who understands best security practices and the most urgent vulnerabilities plaguing the Internet in the modern day and age

Infosec Professional, 2024: This is my farm. I grow potato. I do not live within a five mile radius of a power line or any other functioning electronics.

zalasur, 19 days ago to random

So, about the StackOverflow/openAI announcement:

I'll be honest: SO's utility has, along with a number of online resources for technical information, degraded considerably in recent years. It's hard to put my finger on when this started happening, but the days of "I just copied the code off of SO" are years behind us.

Partly this has to do with the proliferation of web platforms. When everyone was using jQuery it was easy to consolidate common questions and answers. Not so much anymore.

zalasur, 20 days ago to random

One of my favorite things about Discord for Ubuntu is how it now makes you download and manually install a new deb file twice a week. "Today's you're lucky day!" Is it, Discord? Is it really?

zalasur, 20 days ago to fediverse

One thing I wish #PeerTube did was post a federated announcement whenever I went live. Right now I have to post things manually just like I did on Twitch which sort of defeats the purpose.

"But you can just create a new live video every time you go live and it will federate that" Do you know what a pain in the ass that is?

zalasur, 20 days ago to random

OMG

Gummy bears, but the bears are actually tardigrades.

zalasur, 21 days ago to random

I'm going to try to get that technical stream going today. One thing I need to be a bit careful about is hooking up my S3 bucket in the CMS config. I want to try to avoid exposing my credentials so I think I'll work on that before going live.

If it turns out I can't get around to it today, I'll do another Dwarf Fortress stream instead.

zalasur, 22 days ago to DwarfFortress

This weekend I have two streams planned.

Today: #DwarfFortress Volcano Embark, but with economic milestones cranked up to 10x their original values. This will likely make the game a little unbalanced, but that's OK. This is Dwarf Fortress. Unbalanced is how we roll.

Tomorrow: I have a technical stream planned. I'll be setting up a CMS that will be adding support for ActivityPub this year and I want to see how it works.

Let's play!

https://video.surazal.net/w/9HhmDj1WqnkgTzvXKsVKka

#Stream #Streaming #PeerTube

zalasur, 23 days ago to random

Photobucket is really getting kinda pushy here.

zalasur, 23 days ago to random

What if Microsoft released an operating system and nobody cared?

zalasur, 23 days ago to Rabbits

A new friend has arrived. They like to hang out here for some reason, though it's been raining this week so they've had to hide elsewhere when the water is pouring out of the downspout. I guess he's just the right size to hide in there in case one of the neighborhood cats comes a-prowling.

#bunny #rabbit #bunniesofmastodon #rabbitsofmastodon

zalasur, 24 days ago (edited 23 days ago) to random

Enough with the serious crap. Now on to more fun stuff.

How to you pronounce "GIF"?

zalasur, 25 days ago to random

Everything is SFW as long as you do it on your personal phone.

On mute.

Don't forget that part. Trust me on this.