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Dmitry Chestnykh ☮️
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Founder of codingrobots.com. Created iwl.me, Mémoires, BlogJet. Author of Password Authentication for Web & Mobile Apps. 📍 Montenegro
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Dmitry Chestnykh ☮️ @dchest.com · 1d
Link: dchest.github.io/named-colors/
Closest Named Color
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Dmitry Chestnykh ☮️ @dchest.com · 1d
This is a game changer in the named color technology! 🌈

With CSS5 color-mix() function, you can get a closer match to any sRGB color you want using only named colors.

Compare this beauty:
DarkSalmon 50%, BlanchedAlmond

to this modern horror:
oklch(0.8052 0.0723 48.25)
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Dmitry Chestnykh ☮️ @dchest.com · 1d
I still don't get why web devs use custom JS-based tooltips. Stick title="Tooltip text" into any element and it will show the native tooltip, after a proper timeout.
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I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 9d
Let's see what happens when your writing goal is reached in I Write Like.

#WritingCommunity #WriteLife #Writing
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I Write Like @iwritelike.bsky.social · 13d
I Write Like is the place to write with no distractions. Or to distract yourself in a creative way, by comparing your writing to famous authors, or by cutting adverbs out, quite literally.
A screenshot of I Write Like text editor showing the text of the message edited via one of the tools of the editor that make all adverbs look like they are oozing red paint on the screen.
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EricLaw 🎻 @ericlawrence.com · 17d
The Web is the platform you are looking for. Pass it on.
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Peergos @peergos.org · Aug 14
We've been using Ed25519 in browsers for over 10 years now (every identity and writer is an Ed25519 pair in Peergos), so we really appreciate this and how much work it has been. The size of nacl.js is 30KB so not a significant benefit, but the web-crypto version is 10x faster!
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Dmitry Chestnykh ☮️ @dchest.com · Aug 8
WebCrypto API doesn't have ML-KEM yet, but I already want to use it because scary ⚛️ quantum computers are coming and will break everrrrrything ☠️! So I made a small one-file WASM-based implementation with an API from the future that I can switch later to crypto.subtle. github.com/dchest/mlkem...
GitHub - dchest/mlkem-wasm: ML-KEM in WebAssembly
ML-KEM in WebAssembly. Contribute to dchest/mlkem-wasm development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Dmitry Chestnykh ☮️ @dchest.com · Jul 20
Fun fact:

Shift+Cmd+D is a shortcut to send email in Apple Mail.
It's also a shortcut to discard email in Gmail 🤦‍♂️

Don't ask how I know.
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Sam Rose @samwho.dev · Jul 11
I made a quiz about the JS Date parser is. It's very easy and you will score very high.

jsdate.wtf
new Date("wtf")
How well do you know JavaScript's Date class?
jsdate.wtf
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Dmitry Chestnykh ☮️ @dchest.com · Jul 9
Thanks to everyone who’s been part of the journey.

Here’s to the next chapter!
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Dmitry Chestnykh ☮️ @dchest.com · Jul 9
As we celebrate 15 years, I’m more excited than ever about what’s ahead.

With new features coming and a growing community, I Write Like is becoming a home for writers — a place to grow, improve, and still enjoy the surprise of being told you write like Jane Austen.
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Dmitry Chestnykh ☮️ @dchest.com · Jul 9
This year we released native apps for 🍎 macOS, iOS, and iPadOS — IWL: Smarter Writing — making it easier than ever to edit and analyze files on your devices without losing privacy and control over your work to cloud services. Privacy is the core of I Write Like.
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Dmitry Chestnykh ☮️ @dchest.com · Jul 9
As AI takes center stage in writing, I Write Like has embraced this change by incorporating large language models as another helpful tool for authors, ensuring the human element remains central.
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Dmitry Chestnykh ☮️ @dchest.com · Jul 9
Last year, I Write Like evolved. It’s now a smart workspace for writers — a place to write, edit, and get insights into your writing.

From author comparisons to tools that help refine your voice, it’s become a creative companion — not just a curiosity.
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Dmitry Chestnykh ☮️ @dchest.com · Jul 9
It hit a nerve — part game, part curiosity, part validation. Over the years, it’s been featured in the media, discussed in classrooms, and used by authors searching for their literary twin.

I’m grateful to everyone who tried it, shared it, or built something inspired by it.
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Dmitry Chestnykh ☮️ @dchest.com · Jul 9
Fifteen years ago, I launched I Write Like — a playful website that tells you which famous author your writing resembles.

What started as a weekend experiment quickly went viral, with millions of people pasting in everything from essays to fan fiction to grocery lists.
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Dmitry Chestnykh ☮️ @dchest.com · Jun 30
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RACHMANIN(OFF|ON)
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Dmitry Chestnykh ☮️ @dchest.com · Jun 17
Wrote a post on how to store web app data in the system keychain. (Kinda)
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Dmitry Chestnykh ☮️ @dchest.com · May 31
I was craving for an open source Bloomberg Terminal font lookalike, but there was none, so here's my amateur attempt at creating one from Source Sans 3 (on the right).

Repo: github.com/dchest/bergoom
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Dmitry Chestnykh ☮️ @dchest.com · May 30
I made a *very* dark mode for I Write Like. 😁

Ooze mode, inspired by Stephen King's On Writing, helps you REALLY spot those adverbs!
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Dmitry Chestnykh ☮️ @dchest.com · May 10
Tabs save money!
THE USE OF TABS The majority of terminals being used on the SHARP APL system provide a tabbing feature which, if used properly, can save connect time costs by as much as 30%. These savings are most significant when printing columnar reports or plots. When tabs are in use, the typing element skips across the blank spaces at a much faster pace than if it were merely spacing one character at a time.
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Dmitry Chestnykh ☮️ @dchest.com · May 10
You don't need types if your program fits on one screen.
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Dmitry Chestnykh ☮️ @dchest.com · May 1
I've released the IWL app for iPhone and iPad! apps.apple.com/app/iwl-smar...
‎IWL: Smarter Writing
‎IWL is a beautiful Markdown text editor designed to help you write with focus, powered by a suite of intelligent tools that elevate your writing to a professional level. Whether you’re a novelist, j...
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Dmitry Chestnykh ☮️ @dchest.com · Apr 19
15,000 lines of verified cryptography now in Python jonathan.protzenko.fr/2025/04/18/p...
15,000 lines of verified cryptography now in Python
In November 2022, I opened issue 99108 on Python’s GitHub repository, arguing that after a recent CVE in its implementation of SHA3, Python should embrace verified code for all of its hash-related inf...
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