Vadim Makeev

Frontend developer in love with the Web, browsers, bicycles, and podcasting. He/him, MDN Web Docs (npub1azl…tw5z) technical writer, [@webstandards_dev](https://mastodon.social/@webstandards_dev ) editor, Google Developer Expert📍Berlin

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2025-10-18 19:57:26 UTC

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It sounds like there’s a story behind this post. I’m very curious to hear it 😉

2025-06-07 14:44:18 UTC

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No vowels 😬 https://shwr.me/

2025-03-18 18:20:49 UTC

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Oh, this is where the mal- prefix is coming from!

2025-01-14 09:06:20 UTC

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Yep, it makes it easier to go back through the slides at the end of the talk during QA sessions. But also: you’ve already revealed them, what’s the point? 😁

2025-01-13 22:14:03 UTC

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Still using my good old Shower I built a while ago https://shwr.me
There are two built-in themes:
https://shwr.me/shower/themes/ribbon/
https://shwr.me/shower/themes/material/

2025-01-06 19:16:45 UTC

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Once you get used to the convenience of quickly editing a markdown file on GitHub in your phone’s browser while you’re on vacation and seeing the result on your website in a few minutes… it’s hard to look back 🥲

2024-12-13 12:53:00 UTC

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Since the beginning of the year, you can now technically ship your own browser engine in Europe. Unfortunately, it’s not as simple as it sounds, especially with the limited market.

2024-12-12 21:26:07 UTC

Happy browser choice day to those in Europe who celebrate! This is a second attempt to get it right. Brought to you by the iOS 18.2 update and the fine folks from @npub1kn4…3asa
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2024-12-09 11:12:37 UTC

Gather around the fire, kids. Today, I will tell you an HTMHell story about native HTML color scheme switching. It’s getting dark early in Berlin in the winter…
https://htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2024/9/
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2024-12-08 08:51:47 UTC

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Oh my! You might want to use special plugs IKEA sells to cover those extra holes. It takes some time, but it looks nicer after, and now I know another good reason to do it 🥲
https://www.ikea.com/de/en/p/variera-cover-cap-white-00226315/

2024-11-27 20:56:40 UTC

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Congrats on the launch! I figured you might only discover this in the evening: the banner’s colors are a bit off in the dark mode, unfortunately.
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2024-11-12 10:02:59 UTC

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I also recently realized that popovers are not dropdowns, at least not in Chrome 😭 https://mastodon.social/@pepelsbey/113385103374423675

2024-11-11 10:04:43 UTC

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You can transpile light-dark function for older browsers with a PostCSS plugin https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/tree/main/plugins/postcss-light-dark-function or Lightning CSS https://lightningcss.dev/

2024-10-07 15:20:38 UTC

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I discovered that "not all" value is less hacky and works the same. Since it has nothing to do with printing, we just don’t want it to apply.

2024-10-01 16:04:43 UTC

TIL there’s a .mml file extension for standalone MathML files (like there’s .svg for SVG, you know), and only Firefox supports MML rendering! Chrome shows it as plain text. Safari doesn’t even bother with that. Naturally, I filed feature requests, but I’m not holding my breath: it’s MathML, after all.
Safari https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=280682
Chrome https://issues.chromium.org/u/2/issues/370694822
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2024-09-27 16:17:38 UTC

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I learned how to navigate dialogs with Tab (next/prev), Esc (close), Enter (confirm primary action), and Space (confirm secondary action), and now my macOS UI navigation looks like I’m a hacker or something. But when I have to deal with non-native apps built with Qt or Electron, I often swear a lot.