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elliot hopkins
@ellioth.co
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I like to make things that feel personal using design, tech, and storytelling. Expect posts about technology, coding, LLMs, pop culture, and a lot of bad jokes :P

16 / high school

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sometimes you forget ai is goofy and then it does something like this
Screenshot of a web interface with the text "what are the pros and cons of using tailwind vs raw css?" followed by a search result box from "Kimi K2" that says "Searched with Kagi" and then "tailwind vs raw css pros cons". Below that is the text "Got it — Jeff will call 615-919-[redacted] as soon as he can."
November 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
ellioth.co
this is so cringe ... jeff bezos companies crossover moment
The Washington Post webpage," featuring a Perplexity-sponsored advertisement offering "Get FREE access to The Post in the Comet browser through November 13" with text describing free article access and an email signup field labeled "Enter email address" and a "Create account and continue" button, followed by an "Or, subscribe" link.
October 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
ellioth.co
xan post bald haircut:

OR alternate post...

some inspo for your next haircut xan:
mr clean, a very bald guy
October 15, 2025 at 1:43 AM
ellioth.co
some ai I had fixing a bug on my website thought my mastodon link was an email and "protected" it on my website LMAO
Mastodon (bridged) @[email protected]
October 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
ellioth.co
he deleted it lol

maybe he realized how stupid it looked
A screenshot of a social media thread. The first post by "Theo - t3.gg" says, "You're welcome" in response to "wukko" saying, "cloudflare workers are really fast as of late god damn." Jack (@jglypt) then responds, "taking credits for more random things i see," followed by another post from Jack that reads, "i do actually, thanks." The last visible post from Jack says, "sorry i don't spend my time funding people my age vibe coding lol."
October 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
ellioth.co
this is a pretty impressive svg then
picture of a blue morpho butterfly from shutterstock
October 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
ellioth.co
jack i have a feeling your post is not in french
info box from bluesky app "The post you're replying to was marked as being written in French by its author. Would you like to reply in French?"
October 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
ellioth.co
here, i fixed it
A chat message, "AI is pathetic Nad steals, your evil, you should kill yourself," is displayed with red edits correcting "Nad" to "and" and inserting "and" before "your evil." Sent Today at 11:34 PM via blacksky.app.
October 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
ellioth.co
they also seemed to make this hover lighter
hover on a button with a gray background hover on a button with a slightly lighter gray background
October 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
ellioth.co
production chatgpt code, btw
ChatGPT "explore GPTs" page with a background scrolling visibly behind a search box in an awkward way it shouldn't
October 7, 2025 at 4:47 AM
ellioth.co
but also... making numbers go up? 💀

this is actually what it says on his linkedin
linked in experience for lovable that says making numbers go up
October 6, 2025 at 6:08 AM
ellioth.co
this is so funny
Screenshot of a social media post by Xavier (@atlou_) that reads, "seems like native apps are all using different chevron weights for the back button". Below the text is a grid of four iOS app screenshots, each showing a different thickness for the left-pointing "back" chevron icon in the top-left corner. The top-left screenshot of the Notes app shows a thin chevron. The top-right screenshot of a settings-like screen shows a slightly thicker chevron. The bottom-left screenshot of an unknown app shows a chevron similar in thickness to the top-right. The bottom-right screenshot of an Apple Notifications screen shows the thickest chevron.
October 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
ellioth.co
@gork look
super epic glasswing butterfly. a butterfly with a translucent wing super epic glasswing butterfly. a butterfly with a translucent wing super epic glasswing butterfly. a butterfly with a translucent wing
October 2, 2025 at 5:58 AM
ellioth.co
Reddit being reddit lol
Screenshot of a Reddit post from r/BlueskySocial titled, "Jay is actively driving users away with this unfunny shit". The post includes a "News/Updates" flair and an embedded image of a Bluesky thread. The Bluesky thread shows: A post by "Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team" that reads, "Too real. We're going to try to fix this. Social media doesn't have to be this way." A reply from "Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social" that reads, "(bluesky user bursts into Waffle House) OH SO YOU HATE PANCAKES??" A reply from "lucas, ho chi minh thot @antioccident.bsky.social" that reads, "have y'all banned Jesse Singal yet or". A post by "Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team" dated October 1, 2025, that reads, "WAFFLES". This post has 22 reposts, 565 quotes, 194 likes, and 44 saves. Replies to Jay's "WAFFLES" post include: "Bogus Logus Gravy Sommelier @thejollycrank.bsky.social" saying, "Pretty shitty." "♡Aunt Tifa (Kate, actually) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 FREE 🇵🇸 @katespeace.bsk..." saying, "I'm a latecomer, but by many accounts, this app wouldn't have gotten anywhere without the marginalized people you mock. I know you resent that. Please grow up." "sfoong łysbeth 🏳️‍⚧️ @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social" saying, "...and we'll build up the next place too once we abandon this one." Below the image, a Reddit comment reads, "Honestly, this makes me want to abandon Bluesky. This is THE C E O acting like this. Why would I want to give her my content for free when she acts like not banning a raging transphobe is some LOLrandom joke? I'm so done with Bluesky now."
October 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
ellioth.co
early access to epic features thanks to @aylac.top :))
Bluesky edit profile settings with new Pronouns and Website categories
September 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
ellioth.co
dude this is ridiculous. i literally pay for youtube premium
YouTube Premium screen with message: "VPN/Proxy Detected. To continue, turn off your VPN/Proxy. This will allow YouTube to locate the best content."
September 28, 2025 at 6:41 AM
ellioth.co
what do you think of this image
A teal butterfly floats above misty blue mountains and white clouds.
September 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
ellioth.co
@skylight.social @buildwithtori.com i’m having problems logging into skylight

i’m using a custom pds but i was able to log into skylight with it before
Authentication failed on skylight login page
September 23, 2025 at 7:08 AM
ellioth.co
i did it :) pds.ellioth.co
September 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
ellioth.co
does anyone know how you can customize this page on your PDS?
AT Protocol PDS homepage featuring "atproto" in ASCII art.
September 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
ellioth.co
the only thing about @leaflet.pub i don't like is this little popup

i frequently highlight text as i'm reading it to focus on what i'm reading and make sure i don't skip a line (otherwise that happens for me often) so this popup kind of gets in the way of that :(
Share pop-up on leaflet that appears when highlighting text
September 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
ellioth.co
also this is really cool, saw this in dev tools
Screenshot of text. It begins with '<!--'. Below this is ASCII art forming the letters 'NPR' using repeated 'n', 'p', and 'r' characters. Below the ASCII art, the text reads: 'We are hiring!' followed by a URL: 'https://boards.greenhouse.io/nationalpublicradioinc'. The text ends with '-->'.
September 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
ellioth.co
lol someone at npr forgot to capitalize the tab title
Web browser tab that says in all lowercase "pope leo first interview"
September 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
ellioth.co
Joanna put this very nicely (and similarly!) a little over a year ago on twitter and mastodon (but i can't find the mastodon link right now)
x.com/AuthorJMac/s...
Post by Joanna Maciejewska (@AuthorJMac) on X. The post reads: "You know what the biggest problem with pushing all-things-Al is? Wrong direction. I want Al to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for Al to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes." The post was posted March 29, 2024
September 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
ellioth.co
proof
Screenshot of a messaging conversation. The contact "jack" sent "But lul 1:21 AM". The sender replied "oh lmao 1:21 AM". A date separator reads "Thu, Sep 4". The sender then sent a screenshot of a Twitter draft with a profile picture of a cartoon person with green hair. The draft text reads: "my favorite part of heartstopper was when nick nelson decided to also date me". Above the text are "Cancel" and "Post" buttons. Below the text, it says "Anybody can interact", and shows icons for media, GIF, poll, location, and a plus sign, followed by "English 223" and a character count circle. Below the screenshot, the sender's message reads "born to press the post button, forced to press cancel", followed by three wilting rose emojis. Jack then sent "LMAO" and "Post ittt 1:11 AM". The sender's final message reads "what if i post the screenshot of my text to you lmao 1:12 AM".
September 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM