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Re:CSS Optical Illusions
on Thursday January 22, 2026 @08:42PM (#46727385)
Cool!
I did something similar for my personal favorite illusion, the Ames window illusion. Recreated with CSS: https://brandondong.github.io/blog/ames_window/
My most ridiculous bug of 2025
Improving Window Resize Behavior – Electron
Re:The lazy Git UI you didn't know you need
on Monday November 10, 2025 @09:52PM (#45883652)
I was first convinced to try Lazygit after reading https://jesseduffield.com/Lazygit-5-Years-On/#weighing-in-on... (written by Lazygit's creator).
Haven't regretted it at all; the tool is a pleasure to use due to its great design decisions. Contributing back to the codebase is also quite straightforward.
Why are 2025/05/28 and 2025-05-28 different days in JavaScript?
Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses
on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @07:02PM (#43851664)
Has anyone else run into the issue of having a horizontal scrollbar while viewing videos in full-screen (on desktop)?
There are some hits when I search online for this issue but in my case, it's been happening intermittently for the past few weeks. Reloading the page fixes it. Not sure if I'm part of some A/B test.
Show HN: Turing Completeness of CSS Demo
https://brandondong.github.io/css-turing-machine/
Rule 110 demos already exist but I think Turing machines are more fun! Explanation of how it works: https://github.com/brandondong/css-turing-machine/blob/maste...(I actually made this a few years ago but the approach was flawed. Only recently got around to rewriting it.)
Re:Telling GPT-4 you're scared or under pressure improves performance
on Saturday November 04, 2023 @02:21PM (#38143726)
The query generated by the high importance prompt is incorrect; it will include customers who rented a movie in the last 12 months: https://www.db-fiddle.com/f/4jyoMCicNSZpjMt4jFYoz5/10780