Angelika Cathor / is on Nostr

⌨️ web developer (#html #css #a11y #javascript #elixir)
📸 takes amateur photographs
🎲 board game geek
🇩🇪🇵🇱 an immigrant in Berlin

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2025-04-04 11:52:43

What are some easy product substitutions one can do to migrate away from American products and support #Europe instead? In literally any area of life.
For example, I recently switched from Google Translate to #DeepL

2024-12-20 09:58:37

Writing HTML has to be the most Dunning-Kruger-effect-exposing field of software development. Y'all claim to know how to write HTML and put that skill on your CVs, and then you nest an <a> inside of a <button> or some other nonsense 🤷‍♀️. Finding a website with well-written, valid HTML in the wild is quite the challenge. #HTML #WebDev #A11y

2024-12-16 19:51:22

Well well well, look who FINALLY decided to release a vegan version of their product #vegan
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/664/194/692/394/916/original/91787bced36d8b2d.jpg

2024-12-01 18:11:49

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I can be excited again 🥳. After reading more carefully, I found the right @support rule that makes clamping color lightness work in all browsers. Here's a quick blog post about it: https://angelika.me/2024/12/01/how-to-clamp-relative-color-lightness/
Isn't CSS just awesome? 🦄
#CSS #WebDev

2024-12-01 15:40:54

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@nprofile…383v works on both Chrome and Firefox

2024-12-01 15:32:56

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@nprofile…383v Thanks for experimenting with me! Unfortunately your version does not work in Safari 😢
I guess Ubuntu vs macOS would explain the differences in how our Chrome installations behave 🤷‍♀️

2024-12-01 15:19:54

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@nprofile…383v Really? I'm on Chrome Version 131.0.6778.86 (Official Build) (arm64), on macOS. It doesn't work for me (attaching gif as proof). Do you have some experimental flags turned on? I'm really curious what would cause this difference between your and my Chrome installations 🤔
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/578/229/512/798/427/original/4db9d1452b1b14d0.mp4

2024-12-01 14:55:04

I got excited at the idea of calc/clamping color lightness in hsl() only to discover that there is no way to do it that will work in all browsers 😢.
Adding percentages works in Safari, doesn't work in FF and Chrome:
background-color: hsl(from #ff00ff h s calc(l + 30%))
Adding numbers works in FF and Chrome, doesn't work in Safari:
background-color: hsl(from #ff00ff h s calc(l + 30))
Here's a code pen: https://codepen.io/angelikatyborska/pen/MYgwJyv
Please somebody tell me that I'm wrong?
#CSS #WebDev

2024-09-03 06:51:23

I find Germany's disregard for personal document safety INSANE. In my time in Berlin, I had to leave as deposit the following items:
- an ID to rent a tiny boat
- a set of keys to rent a key to a gym locker at a squash place (they also asked for my home address)
- any personal document to order drinks at a bar on a tab instead of paying immediately
In all those cases, I didn't. But one of my friends did.
This shit is ILLEGAL in Poland because it can get you your identity stolen #InfoSec

2024-08-18 11:31:13

My grandma is a small-scale dairy farmer. Visiting her is emotionally challenging for me. Last time I was there, this young lady was locked up, isolated from the rest of the herd in this small concrete room. She spent most of the day mooing loudly, and the heard was mooing back.
The worst part is knowing that my grandma's cows, however distressed they are, they still have 10x better lives than any cow at a factory farm 💔 #photography
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/982/762/595/463/814/original/ea009a9bbc04214e.jpg

2024-04-15 06:58:29

Based on my experiences in various frontend codebases that were written without a frontend expert on the team (including my own old projects 💩), I compiled a list of 9 most common signs of frontend code quality issues that affect users https://angelika.me/2024/04/13/9-signs-your-frontend-code-has-quality-issues/
#Frontend #HTML #CSS #WebDevelopment

2024-03-08 14:15:11

@npub1dc2…ddsu the SecureGo Plus app by Atruvia AG that you integrate with has a new security vulnerability. The passphrase input is no longer a password input, but a regular text input, and the system keyboard does autocomplete on it, reveling the password (see photo: you can guess which letters I typed by the suggestions). This also leads to the passphrase being remembered in the user's dictionary as a frequently used word. I hope you have a way to put some pressure on Atruvia AG to fix it.
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/060/451/067/253/402/original/c4691f0a758849f7.jpg

2024-01-26 07:25:38

TIL (from @npub18aa…d4hv) that you can republish just the documentation of a hex package with `mix hex.publish docs`, which does not require bumping your package's version!
This is exactly what I wanted after ex_doc got a bunch of accessibility and ux improvements, and I wanted to have them, but I'm unlikely to release a new version of my package any time soon.
#Elixir is such a well thought through ecosystem 💜

2023-11-24 09:36:30

New #CSS art piece finished 👩‍💻 https://css-art.angelika.me/14-segment
https://media.mas.to/masto-public/media_attachments/files/111/464/837/009/753/962/original/75d659f59ca68c7a.mp4

2023-09-10 11:25:26

TIL the `content` property supports adding alt text to the added content. This could be useful for hiding purely decorative content by using an empty alt text like this `content: "\25bc" / "";`,
Unfortunately, it's not yet supported in Firefox or Safari.
https://media.mas.to/masto-public/media_attachments/files/111/040/593/736/844/080/original/e24cbc5cbc2650ea.png

2023-08-18 10:37:16

My current employer @npub1tmf…s3ag is looking for mid and senior level #fullstack web developers with #Elixir, fully #remote anywhere in Europe or #hybrid in Berlin. Work on a meaningful product in a small autonomous team with nice and talented people 🙂
#FediHire #FediJobs
https://steady.factorialhr.com/

2023-08-05 12:02:43

Hello Fediverse friends! My partner, who has total 16 years of experience in software in an impressive array of various technologies, is looking for new opportunities. What he's looking for:
- #Rust (#web or #embedded or anything really)
- 100% #remote in Germany or hybrid in #Berlin
- German employment contract
- meaningful work (no nonsense like web3, cars, or gambling)
Do you know anyone hiring for positions that would fulfill those expectations?