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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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Wyvern-shaped software developer and hobby vector artist. Also sometimes a fluffy werewolf alien creature (Areon).

Creator of the neofoxes, neocats and other emojis. wvrnBox
Website https://volpeon.ink/
Speaking German, English
Age 30s
Pronouns he / him
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Bonus Content @areon@icy.wyvern.rip
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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@xarvos @Notsonoble Ooh, I get it. When I say "no limit" I usually assume "max-width: 100%" as a fallback because there's really no reason not to do that. wvrnFlat
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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@xarvos @Notsonoble I'm not sure what you mean by jiggling left and right. If the viewport becomes too narrow code blocks should of course be only as wide the other other content on the screen.
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@xarvos @Notsonoble Yeah, you can scroll them. Horizontal scrolling is pretty annoying, though, so if it were up to me I'd make code blocks wider to make sure most code fits nicely. drgn__w_
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@Notsonoble Personally, I handle code blocks, tables and some other elements by allowing them to be wider than the limit. They aren't body text so there's no reason to have a limit on them, and I'm also not a fan of the issue you're pointing out. Wrapped lines would look pretty messy as well, so lifting the limit for code blocks would be the best solution. drgn__w_
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@Notsonoble

GNU doesn't make good use of the web format, that's true. It's probably intended for print so they can't include fancy menus.
The font is fine to me, but it looks like it chooses your default font for sans-serif. Mine is set to be Inter (would recommend).

I'll give you a more modern documentation which does use the horizontal space nicely while keeping the content at a comfortable width: docs.astro.build/en/concepts/why-astro/

The FreeBSD docs are okay, but they need a way larger line height. A factor of 1.8 is typically considered good at that line width, but it only uses 1.5.
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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@Notsonoble Shouldn't the readability be the deciding factor? What use is a manual if I keep stumbling over the text because the lines are too long? I checked some online documentations and they limit the content width all the same, e.g. www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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@sam It really is the worst of both worlds. neofox_googly_blep
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privTri Volpeon areonNSmol @volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
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@kaia I'm sure calling it "revenge quitting" instead of tackling the real issues will help drgn_woozy
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@sam But then TypeScript on the backend will complain because I store Dates in the database wvrnFlat
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My boss wasn't happy about me using libraries such as Zod to define interfaces because it looks confusing. To be fair, it does look like shit compared to native interfaces from other languages.

But I can't get rid of it because things like Date objects are converted to strings when put into JSON, and then my regular TypeScript interfaces would always be wrong for either frontend or backend.

I get now why some web apps send JavaScript code around. Shit would be so much easier. drgn__w_
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@sam wvrnScream THANKS ❤️
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@sam wvrnScream EEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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If you look at my website, you'll see that it's usually very wide. The art section is completely unbounded, even. But the notebook area with the text? Narrow because believe it or not, I actually care if people can read it.
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I can't stand overly airy mobile-first designs that make you scroll like a maniac either, but at least try to think if what you want is actually reasonable.
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What's the point of cramming as many words as possible on the screen if the readability drops by orders of magnitude? Boy, I sure am glad I can look at all these words, though. AAAAAAAAA wvrnScream
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@Erpel wvrnNom wvrnNom wvrnNom
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People who go "the new layout leaves so much empty space on the sides baa " are the bane of my designer existence. There are things you can scale horizontally, and there are things you can't. Reading wide text SUCKS
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I also recently set up an old-people phone for my grandma with the classic 3-letters-per-button thing and it's just agonizing to type.
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I'm not sure why people want phones with physical keyboards. I had a Palm Pre with a proper QWERTZ keyboard and the buttons were just way too small. The haptic feedback is good, but nowadays I swipe words and that just works way better.
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