Chai's Blog

A thought-terminating cliché is any phrase that you repeat to yourself to excuse your brain from the laborious act of critical thinking.

Tldr Direct link to the Helium browser if you want to check it out right now.

Last October I added many web tools to this website, but it wasn't linked anywhere other than through my Bluesky.

Last year I posted the list of apps I use, and I've been excited to post this year's update to that!

I have been blogging every day for a whole month.

Several weeks ago I switched off Brave to Firefox on both PC and mobile, as I believed it was a more conscientious choice.

"Human data structures" is a bit of a funny anachronism.

I don't think for one second that I could create the next Discord, but I've always wanted to make my own chat app and learn from the journey, and there's no better time than now, am I right?

I remember the early days of Discord when it was a fledgling chat app that blew Skype out of the water.

I've been talking with Annie about developing a video game together, and boy is she a firehouse of ideas!

It's a very common misconception that all lattes are coffees, in part because lattes are traditionally espresso-based.

Some video games have a persistent world where you, your friends, and sometimes strangers can hop on and off whenever you want, playing in the same shared world.

Most backlogs are passive and no pressure; your Steam library, your reading list, maybe your YouTube watch later playlist.

IndieAuth is a cool IndieWeb technology that lets you log in with your domain name as your identity!

An update from the previous post.

One month ago we lost a cat on our cross-country RV trip.

A few days ago I learned that my "Comment via Bluesky" button doesn't work the way I expected it to.

I read an article today by Marijke titled Git exclude, a handy feature you might not know about, and I was pleasantly surprised to learn about it!

I created a stats page for my blog to compile the most interesting stats.

When I started this blog, my first post reminisced on past blogs I started and abandoned, and at the time I hoped that this time would be different.

Do you remember the peaches I picked from my visit to a fall festival?

If you have a blog, you've probably thought about adding a comment section, and if you're using a blogging software that has it built-in, you just need to enable it.

When I set up Miniflux as my RSS feed reader, I added a local independent news site so I can be more in touch with my community.

I've added an RSS feed for my ask box, available in Atom and JSON formats.

What I love about overnight oats is that they can be prepped the night before and be ready-to-eat in the morning; and if you made them in mason jars they can be taken with you to work!

So you got a feed reader, and you want to know what you can subscribe to beyond blogs and news sites?

This mini-series is coming to a close!

If you were on the internet around the early 2000's, you might remember these little guys--88 by 31 pixel images used for all sorts of things, like linking to your friends or favorite sites, or proudly displaying your interests.

Today is going to be a short post about JPEG XL.

About a month ago a YouTube video titled It's Time to Jailbreak Your Kindle. appeared on my feed, and I took interest by stashing it into my gigantic watch later playlist.

My first and only ereader is a fourth-generation Kindle my mom got me in 2012, 13 years ago.

After seeing Kett's ask box I wanted to have my own ask box, it seemed pretty fun to recieve and answer questions from friends and mutuals, and as a nerd who likes making stuff myself, this was no exception!

Making EPUBs by hand is tedious work, so I automated the process for my whole blog!

I was on a cross-country RV trip recently, and to pass the time I was watching YouTube videos, playing The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom on my Switch, and reading a lot of online articles.

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 <figcaption>I'm closer to early than late, but I will be writing this from…

Did you know that every YouTube channel has a secret RSS feed?

The internet is great for learning nerd shit and contributing to rampant consumerism, but what it really is good for is self-expression!

This is going to be a bit of a technical rant about something most programmers won't have the misfortune of dealing with.

Writing this now, I realized that this marks the first quarter of the 21st century, and I think that's pretty cool.

I like the idea of Drawpiles; you collaboratively draw on a shared canvas with your friends and have a great time doodling together, sometimes letting your drawings interact with each other!

A new devlog with the first update for Cascadia!

This first devlog concludes the test phase of Cascadia, my survival[1] sandbox game!

I've never been a fan of modern website architecture.

As a kid I was enchanted with the idea of blogging.