Notices by Chris Heilmann (codepo8@toot.cafe)

That strange gap in my resume?
I wrote it in Word and you opened it in Google Docs…

Are our coding jobs safe?

If you want to ensure your content does not get indexed by big tech LLMs, just keep it in your robots.txt file.

Considering tax payers pay £196.50 to fund the BBC, I think we could expect better spelling and not obvious mistakes like that.

Does your company also forget about the real security threat that comes by allowing for remote work?

Google is offering a malware version link of homebrew for some users, don't fall for it:
via https://x.com/ryanchenkie/status/1880730173634699393/photo/1

Time to upgrade Dubai chocolate.

Teach your developers semantics and the benefits of proper HTML. Don't let Frontend become DIVops.

Did you know that checking if end users want animations or not in your app is a JS one liner?
#accessibility #JS

The WebShare API is so easy to use, it is a crime people don't use it more. Instead, we have tons of dead "share on $thing" buttons on the web.
https://codepen.io/codepo8/pen/rNXbjgJ
https://w3c.github.io/web-share/

Alright, it is overly complex to add alternative text to images on social media. Why don't the different platforms support a syntax like:
[Alt: a person with thick glasses shouting at a screen]
https://christianheilmann.com/2024/11/13/social-media-platforms-should-make-it-easier-to-add-alternative-text-using-an-alt-description-syntax/

https://youtu.be/5uMyAOeTBCk

"Take me somewhere expensive…", she whispered, so I showed her the AWS console…

Technically not wrong…

So we found a new Mineral near the town of Cummington. What shall we call it? I know...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cummingtonite

Always have a comma in your password, that way if it is part of a leak it will break the CSV file.

People without dogs think carrying poo bags is disgusting but there are upsides. In winter, they are great hand warmers and all year round highly effective close combat weapons to fend off attackers.

Asking AI to set up a perfect camp site…

Quick view on Mac allows you to copy text from images. Go to the file, press space, press CMD+A and CMD+C and you got the text in the clipboard…

Are you wondering if your open source code was indexed and ingested into AI models? You can check here:
https://huggingface.co/spaces/bigcode/in-the-stack

The irony of green tech and performance blog posts being plastered with AI generated imagery and videos…