Ricardo Tavares

@viewfromtheweb.com

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💙 passionate for the open web ⌨️ blogs at https://viewfromtheweb.com 🗓️ works at https://shakeit.pt

Poll result screenshot titled ‘Disallow vibe-coded projects (Terms of Use amendment)’ asking whether to accept changes from Codeberg pull request #1253. Voting closed July 21, 2026. Out of 1,085 eligible voters, 517 votes were cast: 358 Agree, 144 Disagree, 14 Abstain.
Close-up of a shrub with narrow green leaves and small white five-petaled flowers with yellow-green throats, some blooms fresh and open while others have faded to papery brown tubes, set against a soft, sunlit bokeh background.
Comic panel of a cartoon dog wearing a brown hat, sitting calmly amid flames, holding a cup and saying "I’m okay with the events that are unfolding currently."
A screenshot of a chat interface displaying an AI interaction with a model named Fable 5. The user query, 'how many r's in strawberry?', triggered a system response stating that 'Fable 5's safety measures flagged this message for cybersecurity.' Below this, a tip suggests configuring model switch behavior in '/config,' and a status line notes the task 'Worked for 9s'."
A small, blue-and-white cartoon character sits in a miniature director's chair, holding a megaphone and pointing with one hand. A speech bubble above the character reads, "Some more .DS_Store in there!"
A variation of the classic xkcd showing a towering, precarious stack of abstract blocks and components labeled “All Modern Digital Infrastructure.” The entire massive structure balances on a single thin support at its base, which is labeled “rsync.” To the lower right, a small catapult labeled “AI” is aimed at the structure, with a dashed line indicating its trajectory toward the rsync support. A label reads “claude authored,” with an arrow pointing to a small round projectile the catapult has launched.
A six-panel comic strip featuring King Bumi and Aang from Avatar: The Last Airbender edited to discuss web browsers. Panel 1: King Bumi explains to Aang that there are different options for web browsers that change how you experience the internet. Panel 2: Aang holds up two fingers with the Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge logos above them, calling them Rainbow Chrome for Google Spyware and Blue Chrome for Microsoft Spyware. Panel 3: A close-up of a grinning Bumi with the Firefox logo next to him, captioned, And Firefox, for spyware you can disable! Panel 4: A shocked Aang, now seeing three logos, asks, There are three browsers!? Panel 5: A weary-looking Bumi is surrounded by dozens of browser icons including Safari, Opera, Brave, Vivaldi, and Internet Explorer and says, Well, technically, there are 85. Panel 6: Bumi returns to a calm smile next to the Firefox logo, concluding, But let's just focus on the third.
A person sprints and falls inside a massive, industrial-style human hamster wheel situated in the middle of a library.
A low-angle, close-up photograph looking up the trunk of a tree toward a bright blue sky. In the foreground, a tiny, vibrant green sprout emerges directly from the textured, dark brown bark, which is heavily covered in patches of orange and pale green lichen.
A screenshot of a conversation with an AI model (identified as ChatGPT 5.2 Thinking). The user asks: "The car wash is only 50m from my house. I want to get my car washed. Should i walk or drive there?" The AI responds with "Walk." It explains that at 50 meters, driving is a hassle involving cold-start wear and emissions for zero benefit. It lists exceptions for driving, such as heavy rain, carrying heavy cleaning supplies, or specific car wash queue requirements. It concludes by suggesting the user just grab their keys and stroll over.
A screenshot of a mobile interface displaying a sponsored message from "Harvest Groceries" featuring an orange shopping bag icon. The text reads, "These options may help if you’re stocking up on ingredients." Below is a product card for "Ember Co. Hot Sauce" accompanied by a thumbnail image of a hot sauce bottle. The card details state: "In stock • $5.99" and "25-35 minutes." At the bottom of the screen is a text input bar with a plus sign, a microphone icon, and a headphone icon, containing the placeholder text "Ask ChatGPT."
An old steam on a shelve in the sun.
A pop-up explaining that reduced motion was detected in a website for a course called Whimsical Animations.
Screenshot of a search through macOS apps showing Zen and Zed as close matches when entering the letter Z.
84th - MYSQL appears 771 times 2012: 16 sessions 2013: 20 sessions 2014: 22 sessions 2015: 20 sessions 2016: 16 sessions 2017: 23 sessions 2018: 16 sessions 2019: 23 sessions 2020: 20 sessions 2021: 24 sessions 2022: 21 sessions 2023: 11 sessions 2024: 4 sessions
Giants in power armor: Cloudflare, AWS. Little guy with a wooden sword: whatever SaaS we're debating this week.
CSS: cascading... CSS frameworks: ...and I took that personally.
"you folks should name your variables right" i sleep "it helps copilot" real shit
VSCode screenshot showing it understands how a model variable should be typed when hovering it, but doesn't autocomplete for its properties.