A while back, I scratched my own itch for automated webpage scrolling (e.g. for AWS logs) by creating a bookmarklet that would slam the scrollbar to the bottom of the document every second. It was a ham-fisted approach, but it worked. I have recently come to find, however, that this does not work on many so-called "modern" web applications where the UI has been sliced into multiple divisions, each with their own view boundaries and scrolling-related properties. To …
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I am a software engineer and textmode artist. I worked as a web developer in higher education for almost 15 years, but I have recently moved into the private sector to build microservices and cloud-native solutions. I enjoy solving problems and sharing what I have learned with others.
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Improved "tail" bookmarklet
Tags:Bookmarklet to adjust media playback speed
Tags:If you're like me, you tend to listen to audio (e.g. podcasts) and watch videos faster than their default playback speed. However, sites like YouTube only provide you with a predetermined list of speeds to choose from, and you may find …
Blog, documented
Tags:At the risk of getting a bit meta, I'm posting about the blog… not even just about the blog, but about the blog's directory structure, configuration, and build process! I've just recently finished (and re-finished, and re-finished, …
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Do it LIVE - Discord sidebar toggle bookmarklet
Discord doesn't let you toggle the server channels list sidebar… but it's really just a webpage, and you can still (mostly) affect those with bookmarklets. So let's do that!
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Writing a Discord sidebar toggle bookmarklet on the fly
Discord doesn't let you toggle the server channels list sidebar… but it's really just a webpage, and you can still (mostly) affect those with bookmarklets. So let's do that!