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I Heart M Down
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Too Much HTML
Components, reusability, and cues from existing code in an unfamiliar project. Continue reading →
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I’ve grown into that person that wishes “happy new year” to everyone I meet. I guess that’s what you’d call learning from social cues.
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I think I’ve selected a word for 2026: less. Less time in front of a screen, less consumption of unhealthy foods, less anxiety about things I can’t control. We’ll see how it goes this year.
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I pity frontend developers. I’d come away hating code and computers too if I was tasked with trying to get anything done using their awful toolchains.
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Apparently Metro trains impose speed restrictions on very hot days, like today. Good. I was hoping they would. When it comes to public transport in hot weather, better late than never is a good principal to operate by.
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I got around to putting together that walkthrough video of Alto for that person I’ve shared it with. Reposting it here for posterity and for anyone who’s curious. Fair warning: don’t expect amazing video production quality.
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A potentially useful feature for IDEs would be to open up the same file in a two-pane split, then “freeze” one of the panes such that it won’t change while you’re making edits in the other one. That way, you can refer back to the file as it was before you’ve started changing it.
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One of these days we’ll have a World Wide Web where all the HTTP servers will return the correct MIME types of their content. Maybe (Definitely) not today, maybe not tomorrow, but some day. Hopefully some day before we get flying cars or fusion power. 😛
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Bit strange seeing Goland suggest the IdeaVim plugin. I’ve never used Vim mode in Goland.
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I have grand plans of rewriting Alto, replacing the HTTP framework and redoing the entire web UI. I feel that’s never going to happen. Realistically, it probably never shoud happen. I guess if there’s one saving grace, it’s that even though Buffalo’s no longer maintained, it still works quite well.
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Was hoping to prepare an account and make a video on using Alto for that interested party, but ended up fixing all the dodgy UI elements that were either dangerous or just plain embarrasing. The evening’s over now, and it’s still pretty dodgy, but it’s probably good enough to share with this person.
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About The Journey
A preference for the engineering process over the finished product leads to limited use of coding agents for project development. Continue reading →
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Dusted off Alto to give access to someone I know. Need to finish off the multi-tenant functionality, along with removing the hardcoded tokens from the mobile app. Manage to start work after 5 or so minutes of waiting for dependencies/builds/whatever, which is a nice change.
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From now on, I’ll only try to write good blog posts. The only trouble is that the measure of how “good” a blog post is changes with time, and not always in the same direction.
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When all you have is wood, the one thing you are in want for is someone who has access to a fireplace.
(In other words, I finally organised removal out the wood that has been in my yard since, well, this post)
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Flies are annoying, and it’s hard to resist brushing them off when you see one on your clothes. But a static fly on clothing is one less fly buzzing around your face, so if it’s not on skin or irritating you, it’s always best to leave them where they are.
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Making use of that animation package: test scene and interaction for something I’m putting together for my niece.
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🔗 Wikipedia: Rubber-tyred tram
Some follow-up on my speculation of how this one-rail tram vehicle that I saw in Italy works. Turns out that the single rail is used for guiding the vehicle, and the one pantograph variant does use the rail for the return current. But there is a two trolly-poll variant that only uses the rail for guidance, and can disconnect from it to form a bog standard trolleybus. Bit weird to consider the rail at all at that point, but still quite intriguing.
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2025 Retro
No, not the good retro: the “agile” one. I felt that I didn’t have enough material for a comprehensive “year wrapped” post, but I did want to be a little reflective on what was . So it seemed fitting to use an approach favoured by software teams, where the points are brief, and the action items are never followed up. Keep Doing Public goal keeping: Documenting my goals, and when I achieve them, on this blog was a massive success. Continue reading →
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Happy New Year. Let’s make this year a better one than the last.
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🖼️ Gallery
Rail Infrastructure Around Taradale
Since I was in the area, I figured I’d take a quick detour to Taradale to check out some of the local rail infrastructure: the closed station and the viaduct. Here are some photos of both. Continue reading →
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Oh, to have the endless optimism of a pigeon hanging around outdoor cafe furnature.
