Ovi Demetrian Jr

“Glaze is a system designed to protect human artists by disrupting style mimicry.”

glaze.cs.uchicago.edu
#ai #art #tools #artists #copyright

How to Turn Liquid Glass into a Solid Interface - TidBITS Apple’s new Liquid Glass interface design can be hard to read in certain situations. If you encounter any issues, here’s how to adjust the transparency and other visual effects across macOS, iOS, watc...

If you’re having performance issues on your Mac like I am because of Liquid Glass, there’s a way to disable it that helps!

Enter this command into Terminal and restart:

defaults write -g com.apple.SwiftUI.DisableSolarium -bool YES

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#apple #macos #liquidglass

AI for generating truth Using AI to collate information and generate art for expression continues to raise questions.

Some thoughts on the on-going uses of AI for information and art.

distinctivequality.com/blog/ai-gene...
#ai #art #copyright #tech

reply to this with yr cool or very uncool personal site, i’m wrapping up my slides for @webdevconf.com tomorrow and need a few more examples :)

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Simplify Reminding myself just how much you can do with CSS these days.

“I feel like web developers are constantly being gaslit into thinking that complex over-engineered solutions are the only option. […] That’s not good for users, and I don’t think it’s good for us either.”

Mic drop by @adactio.com 👏
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Essential metadata for sharing a page The metadata options you need for social media and other apps.

A rundown of the metadata options you need for social media and other apps.

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#webdesign #socialmedia #sharing #opengraph

AltStore State of the Union Link to: https://rileytestut.com/blog/2025/10/07/evolving-altstore-pal/

“Apple’s cowardly abandonment of ICEBlock
… is perhaps the best evidence yet that Apple’s arguments in favor of their App Store being the single source for third-party software do not hold water.”

Our newest thing: Creator Recommendations. Earn points for recommending creators and get recommended in return!

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#indie #indieweb #personalwebsite #blogging

Listing essentials A list of related items — blog posts, products, events, etc.

Listings offer an easier way for users to browse through collections that may otherwise be overwhelming to go through.

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#webdesign #designinspiration #contentdesign

YouTube video by Sabine Hossenfelder New Research Reveals How AI “Thinks” (It Doesn’t)

How AI thinks: it doesn’t.

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Article content essentials Different ways to format content elements in an article.

Different ways to format and break up content within an article like a blog post.

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#webdesign #contentdesign #designinspiration

Why does work expand? Ever heard that “work expands to fill the time available”? Let's dig into why that’s only half the story — and what Parkinson’s Law gets wrong about how real work (and real people) actually operate.

“I’ll admit it: I’ve started to enjoy having AI assistance in coding. But what I enjoy is the reduction in typing I have to do. I am still having to do all the thinking. The thinking is still taking the bulk of the time.”

www.thudfactor.com/posts/2025/0...

#coding #ai #work

Feature content essentials Sections of skimmable content for visitors to get an overview of what you have to offer.

Feature content sections provide a format for content to be skimmed through.

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#webdesign #designinspiration #contentdesign

Apple design talks Highlighted design videos from Apple's yearly WWDC event.

A few highlighted design talks from Apple WWDC events of the past few years.

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#design #talks #apple #wwdc2025

Explore prompt design & safety for on-device foundation models - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer Design generative AI experiences that leverage the strengths of the Foundation Models framework. We'll start by showing how to design...

A good overview video of AI prompts and how to work within their limitations, from Apple’s WWDC sessions.

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Duplication Is Not the Enemy We’re taught to eliminate duplication at all costs. But the wrong abstraction is far more expensive than a little copy-paste. Here’s why.

Fantastic explanation of the challenges of developing in a codebase over time

My fave line: “Every new requirement makes it slightly worse, but never quite bad enough to justify a complete rewrite.”

terriblesoftware.org/2025/05/28/d...

How-to: website navigation A much simpler approach to setup website menus in a CMS.

How Blocks Edit makes it easy to setup editable menus for a website.

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#webdesign #cms #html

Good Internet A magazine for the non-corporate web, using code as an art medium, and web development enthusiasm of hobbyists and professionals alike.

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Close to the metal: web design and the browser The craft of building websites evolves when it follows web browsers, instead of fighting against them Websites have evolved over the years, but in the name of evolution, there seems to be mistaken thinking that the process of building a website needs to get more complex, using Javascript frameworks and

Yesssss @xandra has done it!

Enjoying reading some choice articles from the new Good Internet zine here:

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By sure to check out the full issue, available in both digital and print!

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Close to the metal: web design and the browser The craft of building websites evolves when it follows web browsers, instead of fighting against them Websites have evolved over the years, but in the name of evolution, there seems to be mistaken t...

I’m happy to be a part of the inaugural issue of Good Internet Magazine! Here’s my article on how the evolving tech for building a website is heading in the wrong direction.

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#html #css #webdesign #web #indieweb #smallweb #website #webdev #indie #zine

Guide to the indie web Understanding standard web protocols and lean web design practices.

Being indie means being scrappy and taking a lean approach to doing things, including being on the web.

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#indieweb

Figma (Sites) creating inaccessible, non-semantic div soup? I’m not surprised at all. That’s basically the main point of the talk I just gave at #btconf. Figma is for painting beautiful pictures of websites. Not for making websites.

Creature Commandos Season 1 | Max - YouTube In this edgy DC animated series, a secret team of incarcerated monsters is the last resort for missions deemed too dangerous for humans.

So excited for more people to meet our heroes! #CreatureCommandos

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Modern form validation 3 modern CSS techniques for advanced form validation customization.

3 CSS simple tricks for added form validation customization.

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#css #html #webforms

The benefits of walking Blog posts from the mind of Ovi Demetrian Jr.

Walking and covers so many aspects of our health, including mental health, and with creative thinking.

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Is This the Beginning of the End of Big Social Media? Social media is unraveling. Brands betting on platforms they own will be the ones left standing.

Is this the beginning of the end of Big Social Media? Let’s look at the crumbling that’s already started, where things are likely headed, and why the momentum isn’t likely to let up. www.cmswire.com/digital-mark... #digitalmarketing

Figma’s not a design tool — it’s a Rube Goldberg machine for avoiding code The absurdity of spending countless hours crafting interactive designs for a medium no one will ever use.

“Architects don’t just sketch fantasy structures and expect engineers to figure it out.”

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#webdesign #html #css

YouTube video by Mark Rober Can You Fool A Self Driving Car?

Any reading of a car’s surroundings needs Lidar to work properly.

youtu.be/IQJL3htsDyQ
#selfdrivingcars #autonomous #cars