30s, computer toucher, music enjoyer, videos gamer, but otherwise just a guy, really. he/him, cis, EN/FR OK, trans and black lives matter, always. SF Bay Area. Also at https://damien.zone. icon by @platinumtulip.net π₯°
Always going kitty mode.
recency bias but i'll be damned if the end to Big Walk didn't make me hella emotional.
less recent one might be the end of Portal 2. I felt a deep sense of "aw man, i dont wanna leave" when the credits rolled lol
opinions about the Notifications beta redesign thing:
- i dont like the colored-icons-over-avatars thing, it's distracting. i can read just fine.
- likes/boosts shouldnt have a big avatar, likes/boosts are 70% noise, i care about replies
- filtering π
- grouping limit seems increased? maybe?
doesn't seem to remember which tab i select in the filters which. hm. feels like a bug. pretty sure the old UI remembered what tab I had selected and kept it selected when i switched views
I live in a rural town and, like, I don't know how to tell you this, but the girls play on the boys team and vice versa all the time because otherwise we don't have enough players for a game and it's literally always fine so stop being weirdos about kids sports and just let trans kids play.
Lula winning is great for the planet, great for Brazil, and great for people who aren't revanchist assholes everywhere in the world, but let's not forget that it's also going to make some of the worst people on Earth extremely sad and mad. We should enjoy that, as a little treat.
anyway, i got my living room rug cleaned and it looks as good as new.
unfortunately the cleaning guy told me i need to wait *fifteen hours* for it to dry so I guess I'm just not using my couch or watching TV until Tuesday lmfao
i hate hate HATE that every time I see "I made [thing]" on Reddit it's, almost always some vibecoded bullshit with the most dogshit-Claude-ass UI you've ever seen. Eurgh.
If AI is enabling "personal software, like home-cooked meals" then clearly 90% of the ppl using it just want to have the software equivalent of bad fast food and it shows.
programming/UI work taking *some* effort was good because it forced you to think "is this idea really worth the trouble/time?" and we're seeing what happens when that friction is completely removed and i hate it
i hate hate HATE that every time I see "I made [thing]" on Reddit it's, almost always some vibecoded bullshit with the most dogshit-Claude-ass UI you've ever seen. Eurgh.
AI is showing me that not everybody should make apps and or design them because clearly a lot of people have the UI taste of someone who thinks Ready Player One was awesome, actually.
i know im saying that every other week but god i can't wait for the AI IPOs to happen so Claude subscriptions prices are jacked up, pricing out all the ppl who are pissing out one repo every other day
i hate hate HATE that every time I see "I made [thing]" on Reddit it's, almost always some vibecoded bullshit with the most dogshit-Claude-ass UI you've ever seen. Eurgh.
i hate hate HATE that every time I see "I made [thing]" on Reddit it's, almost always some vibecoded bullshit with the most dogshit-Claude-ass UI you've ever seen. Eurgh.
if you're spending AI tokens to badly reinvent a wheel at least have the taste to ask your AI agent to make the UI not look like every other vibecoded app on the planet.
this post prompted by a post I saw that says "I installed Linux on an Android phone and made my own shell and navidrome client" and it looks like every Claude-made website (derogatory).
and also a lot of ppl seem to be living in their own fantasy land irrespective of the reality of <thing> (I will not elaborate bc it applies to many things) and will still argue that, in fact, they are correct in holding that opinion even if it's just chasing shadows
bring back the thing where you dont run your mouth and argue about something when you're not sure that you know what you're talking about. i know how to do this on, like, issues that a cis white dude can't begin to comprehend so i know it's not that hard (only half joking)
Hot take: Vtuber designs are getting boring nowadays. Everyone is just a variation of hot girl or sexy boy. We need to see more creative variations, maybe like a gorilla. He could have a jetpack, and maybe a big bubble to protect against AOE spam.