Help guide the future of Eleventy by participating in the Eleventy Community Survey (and Suggestion Box) 11ty.dev/survey/2025/

AffinityOnLinux, a repository of information and resources for running Affinity software on Linux that I have also contributed to, has got 1k stars! github.com/seapear/Affi...

I don't use Cloudflare for any of my websites or self-hosted apps, but unfortunately my school's intranet does, so happy Cloudflare outage day to me, yay.

After having experienced the longest unexpected water supply disruption in my life back in late May, I could have never predicted that I had to go through another unscheduled long water supply cut in the same year: blog.helenchong.omg.lol/en/posts/202...

I have signed up to participate in this year's Everybody Codes (everybody.codes), which would also be my first time participating in the event, since there is a private leaderboard for students of all Malaysian campuses of 42 the computer science school.

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

There was already a *lot* going on with Bluesky, and now it's under even more pressure. I wrote about how I think about moderation, affordances, expectations, human needs, and powerful trolls for @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/trump-admini...

I finally completed and passed the first project in 42 the computer science school's core curriculum! 🎉 To celebrate the occasion, I've decided to have a long weekend, especially since next Monday is also a public holiday in Malaysia (specifically Deepavali).

THE Eleventy Meetup Episode 27 was a success! I am glad to have the opportunity to speak at the meetup again. Unfortunately, I was encountering issues with sharing my screen on Zoom's Linux desktop app, so I had to switch to Zoom's web app.

Happy Birthday to us 🎂! KDE is 29! Today KDE is 29 years old and we are celebrating kicking off our yearly #fundraiser. Donate and make KDE's wishes come true. kde.org/fundraisers/...

Yesterday I finished the first project from 42 the school's core programme, but failed the evaluation. I need to wait for another day to retry the project, so I am taking a day off today, which also helps with giving me more time to prepare for my talk at The Eleventy Meetup.

Reminder: I will be speaking at THE Eleventy Meetup again soon!

In 24 hours from the time of this post you can catch me speaking at the 11ty meetup on 11ty + art museum 👀 11tymeetup.dev/events/ep-27...

I have migrated my AT Protocol personal data server (PDS) from Bluesky to Blacksky. The migration went smoothly; all I needed to do is following the migration guide on Blacksky's documentation: docs.blacksky.community/migrating-to...

I just bought a new USB keyboard (and mouse), and ended up needing to do some manual setup to turn on the keyboard backlight on my Linux system. helenchong.dev/blog/posts/2...

Just in case you were wondering, Mr. Tailwind CSS himself is all cool with the fashy vibe. (This comes as no surprise to anyone paying any attention for the last several years…he's always palling around with best buddy DHH.)

Last year, I got to speak at a tech event for the first time in THE Eleventy Meetup. This year, I will be speaking at THE Eleventy Meetup again on October 15, 2025! This time, I will be talking about building a multilingual blog with Eleventy. 11tymeetup.dev/events/ep-27... #Eleventy #11ty

📣 THE #11ty Meetup October: Nic will walk through her unique application of 11ty in an art museum while Helen will walk us through their multilingual blog setup. Asia-friendly start time! Live attendees get exclusive access to the Q&A! All details & add to cal at 11tymeetup.dev

"And remember, for facist-friendly hosting™, think Vercel." Seriously, though, I decided that I refuse to use Vercel as soon as I found out that the CEO congratulated and kissed up to Trump just after Trump got re-elected.

🦅 blogged: How Much Does Freedom Cost? dbushell.com/2025/09/22/c... spoiler: 16.7 megabytes, that could have been under 1 MB

Finally beat the main game of A Short Hike after having it sitting in my Steam Library for a long time. I recommend it if you want a game with a peaceful vibe where the main game can be done in only a few hours, but still has many side activities you can do even after beating the game.

Almost a year ago, when I returned to personal blogging, I decided to blog in English and Mandarin Chinese. As a result, I learned to build a multilingual website for the first time, with Eleventy and its official internalisation plugin. helenchong.dev/blog/posts/2... #Eleventy #11ty

I love the @catppuccin.com colour scheme, especially the Mocha flavour and Mauve accent, and I use Arch Linux, so I made this Catppuccin Mocha Mauve Arch Linux desktop wallpaper in Inkscape. #Catppuccin #ArchLinux #wallpapers

I dusted off my Codeberg account that was registered two years ago and finally started adding my own repositories to my Codeberg account: codeberg.org/helenchong

a web that isn't human-first is a web I want nothing to do with. I'm not going to "optimize the graph" of assertions, or whatever. I'm not a content farm for your algorithm. i'm here to build real relationships with real people - and if that's not what the web is for anymore, I'll be somewhere else.

Recently, I finally had the chance to watch "The Way We Talk", a Hong Kong film about the deaf community, in the cinama here in Malaysia, and I loved it: blog.helenchong.omg.lol/en/posts/202...

htmlforpeople.com is #BuiltWithEleventy 🏆

Recently I bought myself a new laptop, and I took the opportunity to start using Arch Linux for the first time. In other words, I have officially joined the "I use Arch BTW" club. helenchong.dev/blog/posts/2...

Big news: I have officially switched to using Linux full-time, not just on my VPS, but also on my PC desktop! helenchong.dev/blog/posts/2...

"Don't compare yourself to others, we all have something unique to offer!" ❤️ Swipe to learn more about Ko-fi ambassador @andycarolan.bsky.social!

🏳️‍🌈 In this Pride Month, I want to take the opportunity to celebrate my queerness in my own personal blog: blog.helenchong.omg.lol/en/posts/202... #PrideMonth

This 88×31 #BuiltWithEleventy animated badge from @chrisburnell.com is only 3KB! chrisburnell.com/note/elevent...

After using Bandicam as my PC gaming screenshot and recording software for almost a decade, I finally ditched Bandicam and switched to OBS Studio: blog.helenchong.omg.lol/en/posts/202...

Happy (belated) Birthday to my helenchong.dev domain name! 🥳 helenchong.dev/blog/posts/2...

Migrated my websites, along with my instances of Gitea, FreshRSS and The Lounge, to a new VPS I just rented. My recent blog post about starting to self-host and using a VPS has also been updated with information about my new server: helenchong.dev/blog/posts/2...

In praise of Vento, my favourite template engine to use in Eleventy: helenchong.dev/blog/posts/2... #Eleventy #11ty

I wrote about my journey to learn VPS and self-hosting: helenchong.dev/blog/posts/2...

I attended my city's first ever WordCamp conference. helenchong.dev/blog/posts/2... #WordPress #WordCamp

My local area's first ever WordCamp conference happens today at my local campus of 42 the computer science school! I have been interested in attending the WordCamp after hearing about it last year, and last week I managed to win the 42 campus' ticket giveaway, so I am attending the WordCamp.

After studying hard in 42 the computer science school's 26-day bootcamp, I am officially eligible for 42's core curriculum! 🎉 helenchong.dev/blog/posts/2...

I am gushing over Pomeranians, one of my favourite dog breeds: blog.helenchong.omg.lol/en/posts/202...

I have completed 42 the computer science school's 26-day bootcamp: helenchong.dev/blog/posts/2...

Happy Lesbian Visibility Week, and happy 5th anniversary to A Summer's End — Hong Kong 1986, my favourite piece of fictional lesbian media ever! ❤️🤍🩷

Uninstalled Visual Studio Code from my computer, since Neovim with Lazyvim setup has met my IDE needs that I previously used VS Code for.

I have set up SSH access to the server of my Hostinger premium shared hosting plan, including generating a pair of SSH keys for this server. This means now I can directly access my websites' folders and files from my local machine's terminal.

I wrote about my first week at 42 the computer science school's 26-day bootcamp: helenchong.dev/blog/posts/2...

April 7 is my first day of attending the 26-day bootcamp of my local campus of 42 the computer science school, and the day Cassette Beasts game version 1.8 "Sunshine Update" is released!

Wrote a new blog post about how I spent the Qingming Festival days in 2025: blog.helenchong.omg.lol/en/posts/202...