Blog

What started in 2019 as a place to document things I was learning as a web developer has since grown into a journal of sorts. It is, after all, a personal blog. Use the filters to find whatever brought you here.

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Picture of the audience in an Iron Maiden concert in the San Siro stadium

Infinite Dreams

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Not even in my wildest dreams did I think I'd hear this song live.

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A cluster of terracotta-roofed houses with chimneys and antennas in Feltre's old town, set against a large green mountain under a cloudy sky.

A trip through Veneto (and history)

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We didn't have a tight plan, just a list of towns and surnames, but that was more than enough for a good time.

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Carousel Pilot — Your CSS carousel, enhanced.

A pilot for your CSS carousels

5 min read

I didn't like any carousel/slider library, so I built my own

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Screenshot of the home page of this website

I did it again: Meet fantinel.dev version 6!

6 min read

Hopefully you can see why I'm really proud of it

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The overall layout of Google's "ten blue links" layout with a vintage filter applied over it

You don’t have to put up with Google

7 min read

If the recent headlines annoyed you, you gotta know there are better options out there.

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I hate that I like Dia now

I hate that I like Dia now

4 min read

Dia is better than I expected, but with a huge turn-off (or lack thereof).

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Multiple leaves hanging on a thread. First leaf is green and each leaf gets progressively more red. Photo by Chris Lawton.

Four Seasons

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One of the small things that surprised me the most after moving from Brazil to Italy is how the seasons of the year are very clearly defined over here.

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Vivaldi logo with text "Follower Tabs"

Give any website a two-pane layout with this new Vivaldi feature

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The new "Follower Tabs" in Vivaldi 7.9 makes navigating link-heavy pages way easier without losing your attention span.

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Screenshot of the Maple Mono font. It's an elegant rounded monospaced font.

I have a new favorite coding font

2 min read

Maple Mono is free, easy to read, has ligatures, and most importantly is incredibly cute.

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iPhanpy logo beside a mockup of iPhanpy on an iPhone

The best Mastodon client now has an iOS version!

7 min read

Meet iPhanpy, the best way to use Phanpy on iOS.

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The One Ring from Lord of the Rings on top of a feed of posts

One Feed to Rule Them All

2 min read

And in my website bind them

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Open laptop with apps on screen

My Default Apps: 2025

2 min read

Updated list of my apps of choice for daily activities!

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Picture of the woods, with sparse tall trees and the ground covered by brown leaves

A Walk in the Woods

3 min read

Just a quick blog about a cool day in Civiasco, Italy. With pictures!

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A Mad
A marble statue of a man with his hand on his head

A Madman's Ramblings on Craft and Obsidian

4 min read

Why won't my brain ever give me a break?

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Person holding hands with the Arc icon at a crossroads. To the right, a dark castle in a storm with the major browser logos. To the left, a castle in the sunset with the Vivaldi logo sneaking behind it.

The Quest for a Good Arc Replacement

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I’ve been trying to find a good replacement for Arc and got reminded of how hard it is to find a good option for a browser.

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New Website Section: Quick Reviews!

New Website Section: Quick Reviews!

5 min read

A special place to dump my unsolicited opinions of pieces of media!

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Fanti
Screenshot of website being revealed between red curtains

Fantinel.dev v5 is here!

10 min read

Out with the green waves, in with the rainbow of pastel colors!

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Setting up Storybook on an Astro project

Setting up Storybook on an Astro project

7 min read

I really, really thought this was gonna be easy.

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“Special Interests” and Negativity

“Special Interests” and Negativity

2 min read

Finding a community that loves something is getting increasingly harder.

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Open laptop with apps on screen

My Default Apps: 2024

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My apps of choice for most of my daily activities.

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Three dots on a flat background

text-overflow: ellipsis on multi-line text

2 min read

Adding an automatic ellipsis to some text if it overflows its content is simple enough. But what if you want your text to have multiple lines?

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JOMO

JOMO is a Beautiful Thing

4 min read

JOMO is the opposite of FOMO. It's the Joy of Missing Out on stuff that's bad for you.

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