Blake’s microblog

Bought vitamin D Received human hair instead Close, but no cigar social.lol/@bw/115857045662084838

Happy Insurrection Day to all who celebrate. social.lol/@bw/115849366993845263

Sometimes I find interesting things on the internet and I DM them to friends or coworkers.

Wishing all my Fediverse peeps a happy new year. https://blakewatson.com/journal/2025-my-year-in-review/ social.lol/@bw/115816378968302019

I've been using this icon for over a year and honestly I need Momo icons for all my apps now. https://socel.net/@heyheymomo/115690508085071064 social.lol/@bw/115788727047220556

When it comes to website backends for personal projects, I try to use just enough to get the job done.

My D&D character's current XP is 23,456. 😌 social.lol/@bw/115741981515611418

If you are like me and tired of radio Christmas music and want something more chill, let me throw out my go-to recommendation. https://album.link/s/4NvcTP2P7bGwDz7zIG22oK social.lol/@bw/115725681717805259

Here is a more easily copyable version https://bw.paste.lol/omg.lol-snowfall https://social.lol/@bw/115707707248739139 social.lol/@bw/115707725212160096

Add snowfall to any webpage with this code: ``` <script defer type="module" src="https://unpkg.com/@zachleat/snow-fall@1.0.1/snow-fall.js"></script> <script type="module" defer> const snow = document.createElement('snow-fall'); document.body.prepend(snow)…

The liquid glass design in Preview on macOS is kind of annoying.

In Vue 2, what's the best pattern for letting a child component know that some action in the parent component has occurred?

I need to brush up on my CSS skills.

Better late than never!

I don't mind the notch so much on iPhones, but I really can't stand it on MacBooks.

Sometimes I think about how a startup might look at a number of MRR and think it's nothing.

It's common to hear about people using ChatGPT, Gemini, etc for personal therapy.

That moment you realize you need to test something in Edge, but you haven't yet downloaded it on your new, unspoiled machine. 😩 social.lol/@bw/115606953032547162

I met someone who was really into cheap ballpoint pens.

I feel like I’m being gaslighted here.

Has anyone noticed macOS suggesting incorrect grammar?

*Bernie voice* I am once again asking if anyone has a recommendation for a quality **light** VS Code theme. social.lol/@bw/115544071668245867

Time flies when you're harvesting XP.

I spoke at MagnoliaConf 2025 in Jackson, Mississippi about how I'm sick of front-end build tools.

Hi my name is Blake and I often change my coding font when I get bored and want to procrastinate.

ATTN omglolers: If you’re writing this November and want a web-based editor, check out my app, https://write.omg.lol social.lol/@bw/115493307025971375

But also, I believe everything I read if it's in a serif font.

Whenever I see any social media post that's an image of a quote or a screenshot of tweet or an excerpt from an article, if I'm too lazy to verify it, I just assume it's not real. social.lol/@bw/115464318258817542

I miss being able to handwrite.

For anyone who read my post about NaNoWriMo, I just wanted to update that the event officially unofficially lives on. https://nano2.org/ This new version of the event doesn't involve signups and doesn't try to be the sole provider of community and project…

I just gave a conference talk about this.

How is chefskiss not an emoji yet?

I’m going to miss NaNoWriMo.

Has anyone compiled a list of all the services that allow you to host a free static website?

I gave a talk at MagnoliaConf in Jackson, MS today about how I am sick of frontend build steps (and what to do instead).

You’ve tried Inbox Zero, but have you tried Inbox 404?

I make this mistake in some of my own side projects, but...

So I've been using macOS Tahoe for couple of weeks and my hot take is that I'm kind of into the UI redesign.

Because of my upbringing, I have a deep-seated, reflexive hesitation when using swear words.

When I wrote the pitch for my MagnoliaConf talk about skipping out on frontend build tools, I was worried I wouldn't have enough content.

Me: What time is it?

My People & Blogs interview is out today!

fr tho probably should write my talk now https://social.lol/@bw/115294568699593711 social.lol/@bw/115299722959017583

MagnoliaConf 2025 is going down October 21-23.

Alright here’s my hot take on AI.

When you click unsubscribe at the bottom of an email and the resulting page hangs. (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ social.lol/@bw/115271339508255546

Met up with someone from the internet for coffee and she turned out to be a real person (or an android that has achieved AGI)!

Sometimes I think about how we place mental models on top of reality.

I find myself disgusted with all the glorification of killing as a means of progress over the last few weeks. social.lol/@bw/115186105303657744

I’ll be speaking at MagnoliaConf in Jackson, MS in October.