Stephanie Tuerk
@stephanietuerk.net
I design and develop interfaces for data. Past lives in arch/history of arch. Generally interested in: ∩ of data/image/language; history of most things; frontend dev/web/TS; learning; dad jokes. Camberville, MA
Music:
Sooo many blog sites with tag clouds that looked like this, from that amazing era when the internet made global dance/beats music have a real moment and dj/rupture had a show on WFMU.
This is from soundgoods.wordpress.com
Sooo many blog sites with tag clouds that looked like this, from that amazing era when the internet made global dance/beats music have a real moment and dj/rupture had a show on WFMU.
This is from soundgoods.wordpress.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Music:
Sooo many blog sites with tag clouds that looked like this, from that amazing era when the internet made global dance/beats music have a real moment and dj/rupture had a show on WFMU.
This is from soundgoods.wordpress.com
Sooo many blog sites with tag clouds that looked like this, from that amazing era when the internet made global dance/beats music have a real moment and dj/rupture had a show on WFMU.
This is from soundgoods.wordpress.com
How it started / how it's going
(details later, but...it has been a journey)
(details later, but...it has been a journey)
January 9, 2026 at 8:46 PM
How it started / how it's going
(details later, but...it has been a journey)
(details later, but...it has been a journey)
Cleaning out a computer and found the only cat meme/pun I've ever made. Feel like it needs to go on the internet somewhere, though I should probably post in some discord for engineers with a Gaudi fetish. (It is a catenary arch. In the words of Bojack Horseman, do you get it? do you get my joke?)
January 6, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Cleaning out a computer and found the only cat meme/pun I've ever made. Feel like it needs to go on the internet somewhere, though I should probably post in some discord for engineers with a Gaudi fetish. (It is a catenary arch. In the words of Bojack Horseman, do you get it? do you get my joke?)
Sure, it's my fault for engaging in this convo in the first place. (The first part of the movie was so hard to watch that I asked if the film got easier to watch, since I had used ChatGPT to get the film rec.)
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Sure, it's my fault for engaging in this convo in the first place. (The first part of the movie was so hard to watch that I asked if the film got easier to watch, since I had used ChatGPT to get the film rec.)
Getting some new-to-me levels of bad hallucinations from GPT 5.1.
This thing is like a student in a class who writes a whole essay about the book they didn't read. Except 10x more awful.
This thing is like a student in a class who writes a whole essay about the book they didn't read. Except 10x more awful.
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Getting some new-to-me levels of bad hallucinations from GPT 5.1.
This thing is like a student in a class who writes a whole essay about the book they didn't read. Except 10x more awful.
This thing is like a student in a class who writes a whole essay about the book they didn't read. Except 10x more awful.
If you are a dev + a Chrome user, have you enabled side-by-side view yet? It is SO GOOD. (chrome://flags)
It is split-screen but in one browser tab so you can maximize your browser + not do the thing where for 5 seconds you have perfectly split screen windows + then have to move one and ruin it.
It is split-screen but in one browser tab so you can maximize your browser + not do the thing where for 5 seconds you have perfectly split screen windows + then have to move one and ruin it.
October 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
If you are a dev + a Chrome user, have you enabled side-by-side view yet? It is SO GOOD. (chrome://flags)
It is split-screen but in one browser tab so you can maximize your browser + not do the thing where for 5 seconds you have perfectly split screen windows + then have to move one and ruin it.
It is split-screen but in one browser tab so you can maximize your browser + not do the thing where for 5 seconds you have perfectly split screen windows + then have to move one and ruin it.
I also am still (after a few mins of looking) confused by the 'API Reference' page. :) That link does not lead to documentation? Maybe this is a work in progress?
Is this supposed to be for an endpoint where you can programmatically access docs? or the docs themselves?
Is this supposed to be for an endpoint where you can programmatically access docs? or the docs themselves?
October 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I also am still (after a few mins of looking) confused by the 'API Reference' page. :) That link does not lead to documentation? Maybe this is a work in progress?
Is this supposed to be for an endpoint where you can programmatically access docs? or the docs themselves?
Is this supposed to be for an endpoint where you can programmatically access docs? or the docs themselves?
Your 'active' underline on the top navbar (Start/Products/etc) is really visually faint and far away from the label itself - it's the same weight as links in text. So, easy for someone to miss. If it could be heavier (3px+) and not coincident with the bottom of navbar I think it would read better.
October 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Your 'active' underline on the top navbar (Start/Products/etc) is really visually faint and far away from the label itself - it's the same weight as links in text. So, easy for someone to miss. If it could be heavier (3px+) and not coincident with the bottom of navbar I think it would read better.
So, for webkit browsers/Safari, it looks like there IS antialiasing, applied via a WP theme. (Toggling it changed nothing here).
Otherwise the properties are pretty vanilla?
Otherwise the properties are pretty vanilla?
October 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
So, for webkit browsers/Safari, it looks like there IS antialiasing, applied via a WP theme. (Toggling it changed nothing here).
Otherwise the properties are pretty vanilla?
Otherwise the properties are pretty vanilla?
Yeah, you are the second person to report that. I'm in Chrome (on windows) but what is weird is that in the foundry's page for the font, it is way better, even on the same machine/browser.
October 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Yeah, you are the second person to report that. I'm in Chrome (on windows) but what is weird is that in the foundry's page for the font, it is way better, even on the same machine/browser.
Are there any typography people out there who can speculate about the thinking behind this font?
This is one of those times where I'm like, "I don't get it and I'm pretty sure its me."
This is one of those times where I'm like, "I don't get it and I'm pretty sure its me."
October 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Are there any typography people out there who can speculate about the thinking behind this font?
This is one of those times where I'm like, "I don't get it and I'm pretty sure its me."
This is one of those times where I'm like, "I don't get it and I'm pretty sure its me."
Look at how much more legible this is by changing just 3 CSS properties in DevTools -- give containing element for each method a different background color and a border, and turn off internal borders. And lots more could be done -- with spacing, color choice, and typography -- to improve this.
October 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Look at how much more legible this is by changing just 3 CSS properties in DevTools -- give containing element for each method a different background color and a border, and turn off internal borders. And lots more could be done -- with spacing, color choice, and typography -- to improve this.
I realize everyone is trying their best so I don't really like calling people out, but like, here's an example. Literally the *styling choices* here are making this impossible to read.
October 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I realize everyone is trying their best so I don't really like calling people out, but like, here's an example. Literally the *styling choices* here are making this impossible to read.
Some thoughts from the Tallinn airport:
1. Truly not ready to go back to the US.
2. Odd to me how much Tallinn reminds me of Singapore -- ungodly clean, very safe (8 yr old kids without parents everywhere), very e-convenient. Also uncomfortable weather for the most part (though still nice now).
1. Truly not ready to go back to the US.
2. Odd to me how much Tallinn reminds me of Singapore -- ungodly clean, very safe (8 yr old kids without parents everywhere), very e-convenient. Also uncomfortable weather for the most part (though still nice now).
October 3, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Some thoughts from the Tallinn airport:
1. Truly not ready to go back to the US.
2. Odd to me how much Tallinn reminds me of Singapore -- ungodly clean, very safe (8 yr old kids without parents everywhere), very e-convenient. Also uncomfortable weather for the most part (though still nice now).
1. Truly not ready to go back to the US.
2. Odd to me how much Tallinn reminds me of Singapore -- ungodly clean, very safe (8 yr old kids without parents everywhere), very e-convenient. Also uncomfortable weather for the most part (though still nice now).
In Riga and actually shed a tear over the Art Nouveau architecture here.
The first one is by Mikhail Eisenstein, Sergei's father. Other two I don't know...the little green guy is among the more quotidien of the AN buildings here but checkout those little I-beams! (And how the web is scalloped)
The first one is by Mikhail Eisenstein, Sergei's father. Other two I don't know...the little green guy is among the more quotidien of the AN buildings here but checkout those little I-beams! (And how the web is scalloped)
September 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
In Riga and actually shed a tear over the Art Nouveau architecture here.
The first one is by Mikhail Eisenstein, Sergei's father. Other two I don't know...the little green guy is among the more quotidien of the AN buildings here but checkout those little I-beams! (And how the web is scalloped)
The first one is by Mikhail Eisenstein, Sergei's father. Other two I don't know...the little green guy is among the more quotidien of the AN buildings here but checkout those little I-beams! (And how the web is scalloped)
How long before companies start rolling out a new editing bar paragraph style button that bolds the first semantic unit of your line of text to easily match ChatGPT outputs?
September 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
How long before companies start rolling out a new editing bar paragraph style button that bolds the first semantic unit of your line of text to easily match ChatGPT outputs?
The semi-let down of a conclusion, also mildly funny.
September 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The semi-let down of a conclusion, also mildly funny.
Omg, this happened!!!!!
(Pretty sure I have never recommended to my boomer parents and if I have, it was in like 2021.)
CC: @weisenthal.bsky.social
(Pretty sure I have never recommended to my boomer parents and if I have, it was in like 2021.)
CC: @weisenthal.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Omg, this happened!!!!!
(Pretty sure I have never recommended to my boomer parents and if I have, it was in like 2021.)
CC: @weisenthal.bsky.social
(Pretty sure I have never recommended to my boomer parents and if I have, it was in like 2021.)
CC: @weisenthal.bsky.social
Thankful for when people get back from PTO in a good mood and decide to take initiative and submit PRs for things they think are important. :)
September 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Thankful for when people get back from PTO in a good mood and decide to take initiative and submit PRs for things they think are important. :)
I always like this "look up" moment of the Boston Architectural College and Prudential Building behind it. Finally took a pic today.
September 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I always like this "look up" moment of the Boston Architectural College and Prudential Building behind it. Finally took a pic today.
What are you talking about, you could get this 500 SF gem for only $575k!!!! 😜
(Just saw this listing and your post crossed paths with my, "this is madness" sentiment, sorry!) www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
(Just saw this listing and your post crossed paths with my, "this is madness" sentiment, sorry!) www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
August 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
What are you talking about, you could get this 500 SF gem for only $575k!!!! 😜
(Just saw this listing and your post crossed paths with my, "this is madness" sentiment, sorry!) www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
(Just saw this listing and your post crossed paths with my, "this is madness" sentiment, sorry!) www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
Looking at the global Strava heat map for the first time in forever (I guess it's the default background now) and WOW these two clipped views say so much.
August 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Looking at the global Strava heat map for the first time in forever (I guess it's the default background now) and WOW these two clipped views say so much.
In React, that same(-ish) control is literally written as the dependency array at the bottom of the hook. The mental model this creates is so different!
(PS this is my non-optimized code where I'm avoiding using most libs so that I focus on the fundamentals)
(PS this is my non-optimized code where I'm avoiding using most libs so that I focus on the fundamentals)
![A screenshot of the following code:
useEffect(() => {
setState((prev) => ({ ...prev, articles: [], isLoading: true }));
let url = API_ROOT + ARTICLES_ENDPOINT[access];
if (profileFeed && user) {
url += `?${profileFeed}=${encodeURIComponent(user)}`;
}
authenticatedCall<{
articles: ArticleMetadata[];
articlesCount: number;
}>(url)
.then((data) => {
const articles = getSortedArticles(data);
setState({
articles,
isLoading: false,
currentAccess: access,
currentProfileFeed: profileFeed,
});
})
.catch((error) => {
console.log('Error in useArticles:', error);
setState((prev) => ({ ...prev, articles: [] }));
});
}, [access, profileFeed, user]);](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4rkfr6itosfuzomjrg4kxtsl/bafkreier6vrhdxsrad75aabmjh35fmd3bhoq666q7xyrequtyyubwrtzji@jpeg)
August 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In React, that same(-ish) control is literally written as the dependency array at the bottom of the hook. The mental model this creates is so different!
(PS this is my non-optimized code where I'm avoiding using most libs so that I focus on the fundamentals)
(PS this is my non-optimized code where I'm avoiding using most libs so that I focus on the fundamentals)