Love it.

I love this Chrome extension! I can now easily preview and showcase my apps on different devices (including the device frame and the device keyboard, much better than devtools). The extension also works in Brave (my main browser). www.webmobilefirst.com

Can someone from outside of Germany click on this link? sshortl.netlify.app/XnYOXF This just redirects to the bluesky page. I just want to check if the `x-country` header is sent by Netlify. If you did, please let me know. :)

I just took the time to add proper link previews for all of my blog posts. Here is an example. scriptraccoon.dev/blog/create-...

Neues Tutorial 🍿 youtu.be/xncNiyBxqkM #svelte

I have built a diary application called "Mind Echoes". 🪄 github.com/ScriptRaccoo... This has been developed mainly with SvelteKit and pure SQLite: no ORM, no UI library, almost no third-parties. Since diary entries are quite personal, several account security features have been implemented.

My coding personality: having fun to implement features by hand for which everybody else uses a library

Sometimes I run into this situation that I have code duplication in a function and I cannot get rid of it. Have a look at this example. I repeat twice "return fail(500, ...)". A utility func will only return from itself. I need a construct that "returns in the parent". Try-catch is boilerplatey.

"I am very disappointed about this app since this dialog did not animate when it opened" - no user, ever "I am very confused by this app since it has three different menus and I never know where to find which setting" - every user, always 🤷‍♂️

Finally editing a new video for my coding channel 👨‍💻

I find the font family of the "new" Svelte website so hard to read. And the reasons for choosing a serif font (see svelte.dev/blog/the-omn...) seem very weak to me ("We want to be different" 🙄). I have just replaced two font variables with a CSS extension and it is so much better for me to read.

New video by Krazam! 🍿 youtu.be/IU4ByUbDKNc

Honey wake up, Brad dropped a new crash course! youtu.be/8TMQcRcBnW8?...

Bullshit Idea: Retrieve the user's IP address and show it on the website as an overlay which is barely visible (like opacity 1%). Now when the user shares a screenshot, they will expose their IP address. 👽 Not sure what this is, but it sounds illegal. Maybe it can be used in some situations tho...

Still haven't written a single remote function in SvelteKit. I am a late adopter. I will try them as soon as they are production ready.

Adam Wathan is a clown.

Are you even a real programmer when you don't follow @tsoding.bsky.social on YouTube

This evening, I prepared a programming salad. 🥗

Grid avoidance

The one and only CSS reset.

I have seen more informative error messages before. 😉 @vite.dev

Which type of line break do you prefer? And why? Prettier allows both options.

I would love to see this coming to JS. github.com/tc39/proposa... Especially since the tuple / record proposal has been rejected.

Today I have computed that there are 1269984011256235834242602753102293934298576249856 tilings of a 20x20-square with dominos. And how did you spend your Sunday? 😆

These are all 259 Hamiltonian 7x7 grid paths that start in the top left, start walking right (w.l.o.g.), and never walk in the same direction 3 times in a row. This effectively means that straight parts are excluded. The paths "curl" a lot.

Can someone explain to me this TypeScript error? The compiler already knows that the branch in the end never runs, so why does it still complain that it does not always return? Is this a bug or limitation of TypeScript? 🤔

Knight's Tour on a 16x16 board. It's so satisfying to watch, in particular the last few squares. (This is part of a collection of JavaScript exercises I have been compiling.) Warnsdorff's rule FTW.

TIL The less AI I use during coding, the more fun and rewarding it is.

When facing a coding problem that you simply cannot solve, even after several attempts, what do you do? I just start a new project. Feel free to ask me for more advice how to ruin your life.

What I never understood about Prettier is that it accepts different indentations of an object. This makes the formatting inconsistent. I assumed Prettier's job is to be opinionated about that? I don't even want to think about which version is better.

Slidorus is a torus-shaped twisty puzzle I made for the browser. Play here: slidorus.xyz Pieces move on a 9x9 grid, whose rows and columns can be shifted in either direction. Bandaging of pieces and rows makes the puzzle much more challenging. There is also a selection of preconfigured challenges.

This guy always stays in the middle of the screen. I had no idea that this is possible. Now this opens up some possibilities ...

New blog post: Let users decide! - Why web developers should stop making assumptions about user behavior scriptraccoon.dev/blog/let-use...

Me, everytime I open the DeepL website. Or any other website that forces light mode onto me.

Changing ChatGPT's personality type in the settings was a game changer for me. I set the personality to "Robot" and added some further these instructions asking ChatGPT to just give me the info I need. help.openai.com/en/articles/... 1/2

Going inside the torus that I have shown recently. This is made with only CSS.

I just made a 3-dimensional tiled torus with #CSS only. 😀 Another showcase of how powerful CSS has become. Codepen Link: codepen.io/scriptraccoo... Did Amit ( @amitsheen.bsky.social ) already do something like this? Probably! This torus is part of a browser game I am working on.

This plus symbol 😳

When you login to an app / website on a new device and it doesn't ask you to verify the device via a code sent by email, what do you think about the app? I immediately think that this app has low security standards. Maybe I am exaggerating, though. I'm glad it's becoming the standard.

Simple Versatile Elegant Lightweight Tiny Effortless ... or ... Repetitive Entangled Awkward Complicated Tedious Choose your framework wisely

Dodecahedron with pure, 3-dimensional #CSS 🤹 codepen.io/scriptraccoo... For extra fun, you can even go inside!

Octahedron with pure CSS :) 📎 codepen.io/scriptraccoo...

I never really got on with #Svelte snippets. I prefer the design principle of one file for one component (KISS). Every time I used a snippet, I soon regretted it and either created a component or inlined the markup. I think this always improves the maintainability of the code. But maybe ... 1/2

In meinem neuen Video gibt es einen detaillierten Vergleich zwischen #svelte und #react. Wir programmieren dazu dieselbe Wochenplaner-Anwendung mit beiden Frameworks. Zwar sind die Konzepte dabei sehr ähnlich, aber die DX ist bei Svelte wesentlich besser. youtu.be/ddBVFid2e2E

CSS has come a long way! It's such a powerful language! It has so many features! Meanwhile, developers making a button for a cinema reservation page:

I assume I make a lot of mistakes when writing English, as it's not my native language. (Can be confirmed easily by pasting one of my texts into Grammarly.) Do native speakers find this cringe-worthy? What do you think about mistakes by non-native speakers?

Shoutout to @amitsheen.bsky.social who just joined this platform 🎉. He creates the most amazing real-life CSS animations out there. Give him a follow and be amazed about the capabilities of CSS! Example: codepen.io/amit_sheen/f...

This urge to immediately close a website that has no dark mode but unfortunately has information you need right now ...

Don't. Really don't. Copy paste ChatGPT text to your landing page. It's easy to recognize for readers. It makes a bad impression. Don't have someone to actually carefully describe your product in their own words? Then why should I trust your product? I see this everywhere these days.

Programming these days: Tab Yeah looks good Tab Yeah looks good Tab ... wait a minute Rewrite everything