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Tim (Virgil) Eaton

@yakbrother.bsky.social

He/him. General programming and design nerd from the USA, now living in Switzerland. Used to favor Laravel, but loving variations on Astro stacks for most applications these days…. In another life, I play banjo and mandolin with friends when I can.

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I wish AI didn’t lie so much about tests passing… I love Warp but it excuses away any tests that don’t pass unless I do them myself. Come on, dude, you can’t even lie well. I feel sorry for you. Just tell me the tests didn’t pass.

07.11.2025 13:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Majority AI View - Anil Dash A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

“I might be a little more angry and a little less eloquent: stop being so goddamn creepy and weird about the technology! It's just tech, everything doesn't have to become some weird religion that you beat people over the head with, or gamble the entire stock market on.”

07.11.2025 10:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Getting stuck: all the ways position:sticky can fail | Polypane CSS's position: sticky is a dream come true for web developers. It allows elements to switch between relative and fixed positioning based on the scroll…

Last year we wrote an article on all the ways position:sticky can fail and to this day it remains in the top 10 of weekly most visited pages.

Getting stuck with sticky? This is the post for you.

polypane.app/blog/getting...

06.11.2025 08:56 — 👍 17    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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the time i realised i wouldn’t walk again | mostly true After nearly three years at the hospital, things are drawing to a close. But what next?

How wheelchair life began…

05.11.2025 21:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Александр Безыменский. Комсомолия. 1928

I can't read any of this, but this is some great typography by Soviet artist Solomon Telingater in 1928: telingater.togdazine.ru/article/425

01.07.2025 13:39 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Unattributed quote seen today:

Avoiding TypeScript because you “know JavaScript well” is like refusing to wear a seatbelt because you “know how to drive well”.

28.04.2025 12:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The hardest working font in Manhattan A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.

A deep dive into searching for an ancient font... aresluna.org/the-hardest-...

25.04.2025 10:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Medium comment suggesting everyone posting positive Tailwind CSS are actually Russian bots. Stick to CSS3!

Medium comment suggesting everyone posting positive Tailwind CSS are actually Russian bots. Stick to CSS3!

Best comment found on Medium today:

24.03.2025 10:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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MOSTLY TRUE A collection of stories I like to tell.

An embarrasing story of (young) love in Sunday School: mostlytrue.life/stories/the-...

09.03.2025 12:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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MOSTLY TRUE A collection of stories I like to tell.

Check out my new blog of curious stories at mostlytrue.life ! Subscribe if you life, I've been writing nearly a thousand words a day and have plenty to say!

04.03.2025 14:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@peithos.bsky.social I’d love to see your work in cartography or hear where you’re headed in it! Maps are always sweet.

23.02.2025 19:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I wake up feeling like this a lot! I’m volunteering as a programmer for a trans advocacy group now to do my small part…

11.02.2025 05:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
My wife julie poses in front of the Super Bowl on TV! Go Birds!

My wife julie poses in front of the Super Bowl on TV! Go Birds!

Watching the Eagles win after midnight in Switzerland!!!

10.02.2025 18:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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13 African American Graphic Designers You Should Know – PRINT Magazine A celebration of African American graphic designers who have left an indelible mark on their field.

Some sweet posters here... www.printmag.com/featured-des...

06.02.2025 16:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My first open source Astro theme! Complete with light and dark mode, mesh gradients, fluid typography, and more. Find it at www.github.com/yakbrother/g.... I used it in the new design of my blog, timeaton.dev. Feel free to use and modify if you like it! #templates #withastro

31.01.2025 13:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
ToS aboutToS about We read Terms of Service and Privacy Policies so you don't need to

This site is great for summarizing the Terms of Service for many apps/services (admit it, you skim over them sometimes too): www.tosabout.com

22.01.2025 18:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
 Black and white young cat playing with string on a chair

Black and white young cat playing with string on a chair

Just because she’s so cute tonight… here is SoSo, occasionally known as El Diablo.

08.01.2025 20:11 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Balancing Text In CSS Make text look more balanced with text-wrap in CSS.

Here’s a great article about text wrapping methods… ishadeed.com/article/bala...

06.01.2025 22:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Digital Fingerprint: CSS Opens New Possibilities for User Tracking With the use of CSS, it has now become possible to perform digital fingerprinting even within the restrictive environment of HTML emails.

I suppose this had to be a thing sooner or later: cispa.de/en/digital-f...

04.01.2025 16:12 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Exploits of a Mom

Little Johnny Tables! xkcd.com/327/

04.01.2025 13:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

My goal for 2025 - have at least 5 less surgeries than in 2024. And produce some new open source ideas I have in my notebook.

03.01.2025 11:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yes, nice! I’m updating to the new content layer API and removing tailwind right now. Astro is loads of fun!

20.12.2024 16:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Same! What is your new framework?

20.12.2024 14:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The surgery was tough but successful, and I even walked 200m the next day! That’s a good sign, I imagine.

13.12.2024 18:31 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

After two years of pain due to infections and my body rejecting prosthetics - I go into surgery for fourth and hopefully final hip tomorrow. Wish me luck! I want to hike and run again!

11.12.2024 16:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks for the detailed answer! I understand now. I’m going to try it in an upcoming project.

11.12.2024 06:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m just discovering it. But why wasn’t docker good enough, I’m curious?

10.12.2024 18:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

One would hope. 😜

10.12.2024 16:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Maybe 20% naming things. Not to mention another 15% if your company loves to call meetings…

09.12.2024 17:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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