You Are Not Clever for Posting XKCD 927
That's the one about standards
Chai's Blog
The musings and adventures of a silly axogato ᓚᘏᗢ
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You Should Give Helium A Try
A browser that respects your time and privacy
Web Tools
Last October I added many web tools to this website, but it wasn't linked anywhere until today!
Apps I Use (2025)
Last year I posted the list of apps I use, and I've been excited to post this year's update to that!
A Month of Daily Blogging
It's been a lot of fun writing and learning about all sorts of topics, and it's warmed my heart to see my writing be enjoyed and valued by friends and mutuals. But as I'm working for my dad again, it's becoming unsustainable to keep up the daily tempo.
Features I Want to See in Firefox
Take back the web!
Human Data Structures
Conventionally, data structures is a concept that came from computer science, but before computers humans also structured data in logical ways that made it easier for us to process information!
Developing a Chat App
Fine, I'll do it myself
I Hate Discord
Please can a new chat app rise up
Use Obsidian in Your Git Repo
Colocate your design docs next to your code
Lattes Aren't Just Coffee
*sips chai latte*
Left Behind in a Persistent World
Hey guys I did some mining and building off camera
Social Backlog Paralysis
Most backlogs are passive and no pressure; your Steam library, your reading list, maybe your YouTube watch later playlist. But I have a particular backlog that is *paralyzing*—my Discord DMs.
My First Contribution to IndieLogin
You can use Codeberg as an authentication provider now
There Is Still Hope
We didn't find Misia the next morning, but we talked with the lady who spotted her and she agreed to use our animal trap to catch her.
I Miss Her
One month ago we lost a cat on our cross-country RV trip. Her name was Misia, and she's a beautiful tortoiseshell female. Every day I pray that she is found safe and sound.
Blog Comments
This one is for you Lucia
You Should Know Git Exclude
Ignore local test files without updating .gitignore
Blog Stats
I created a stats page for my blog to compile the most interesting stats.
25 Blog Posts Later...
That's an alot of blog posts
Not So Peachy Loss
Learning a hard lesson on how to store soft fruits
A Decentralized Comment System
Powered by webmentions!
I Went to a Fall Festival
And I picked half a peck of peaches
Ask Box Feed
I added an RSS feed for my ask box, available in Atom and JSON formats.
Overnight Oats
The easiest and most versatile breakfast
Unexpected RSS Feeds
And where to find them
Turning the Web Into EPUBs
I made a browser extension to read the web offline
I have an 88x31 Button Now!
Send me your buttons oomfies
JPEG XL Is Worth It
The superior image format Google wants to kill
Jailbreaking My Kindle
Prying Amazon's cold dead hands off my device
The Last Great Kindle
The best ereader no one will make again
How I Built My Ask Box
I like answering silly questions :3
Generating EPUBs for My Blog
You can read my blog posts on ur Kindle now
Making an EPUB Manually
It's an ebook file thing
Apps I Use (2024)
I came across a post by Abhinav and the apps he uses, and saw there was a whole collection of people writing blog posts about their app defaults, so I wanted to join in the fun :3
YouTube Is Better With RSS
Choose what videos and playlists you want to subscribe to
You Should Have a Website, Actually
Imagine if your Discord bio was like, bigger, and way cooler
Type Erasure Is Stupid
How a leaked implementation detail wrongfully became a feature
2024 Retrospective
So long 2024 and hello new year!
The Making of Buildpiles
Buildpiles are a new activity where you build together in Minecraft; now I need a way to show off our world builds
Cascadia 0.2
Drawing lines and smelling flowers 🌹
Cascadia 0.1
Learning Rust to develop my dream game!
How I Built My Blog
Take a look behind the curtain of the tech stack powering my blog
Why I Want To Blog
As a kid I was enchanted with the idea of blogging so I created many blogs about different topics growing up. Today none of them exist, so what made me want to start another blog?