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LukyVj - A$AP Luky @lukyvj.bsky.social · Jul 3

Thanks man!!

LukyVj - A$AP Luky @lukyvj.bsky.social · Jul 3

What’s next? Some rest.
Some fun side projects.
And most importantly…
👶 Preparing for fatherhood.
This isn’t farewell, it’s just goodbye, for now.
If you ever need a creative dev or frontend brain, my inbox is open 👋

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LukyVj - A$AP Luky @lukyvj.bsky.social · Jul 3

Grateful to @julienLemoine, @NicolasDessaigne, @sylvainUtard & @Kevin_Granger for giving 23-year-old me a chance.
Thank you to every colleague, friend, and mentor along the way.
You shaped me — professionally and personally.
If I could do it all again, I would. 💙

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LukyVj - A$AP Luky @lukyvj.bsky.social · Jul 3

From Paris to SF & London, from silly experiments to serious launches:
🖌️ Drawing canvas with Algolia
🎥 Saving videos
📦 Using it as a backend
✨ SwagSearch.com
👾 AlgoCraft, a 3D voxel world
I was free to create. And I gave it my all energy!

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LukyVj - A$AP Luky @lukyvj.bsky.social · Jul 3

The day has come. After 9.5 years, today marks my last day at @algolia.com 💙
I joined in 2016 as employee #22 and grew from junior frontend dev to senior DevRel engineer.
It’s been an incredible ride, full of passion, growth, and unforgettable memories.

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LukyVj - A$AP Luky @lukyvj.bsky.social · Jun 26

If you’ve missed it, you can watch my demo “From Query to Cube: Visualizing Search in a 3D voxel world”

I talk:
- @algolia.com
- @threejs.org
- Minecraft
- And lots of other things!

Check it out to see a fun and playful Algolia demo!

Lmk what you think!

youtu.be/E6XtviDPcJw?...

From Query to Cube: Visualizing Search in a 3D Voxel World

YouTube video by Algolia

youtu.be

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LukyVj - A$AP Luky @lukyvj.bsky.social · Jun 26

Wait, why would people pay for your power bill ?

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Chuck Meyer (🥑 @ Algolia) @chuckm.bsky.social · Jun 25

DevBit is in 45 minutes! Some great presentations around MCPs, Collection pages, scaling search, and of course @lukyvj.bsky.social's wild UI adventure. I hope you can join us!

events.ringcentral.com/events/algol...

Algolia DevBit #8 - Summer edition

Get tickets to Algolia DevBit #8 - Summer edition, taking place 25/06/2025. RingCentral Events is your source for engaging events and experiences.

events.ringcentral.com

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Chuck Meyer (🥑 @ Algolia) @chuckm.bsky.social · Jun 23

Hee hee hee! 😂 @lukyvj.bsky.social is up to his usual shenanigans, blowing up search interfaces. 💥

This is for a presentation he's giving at #AlgoliaDevBit on Wednesday.

events.ringcentral.com/events/algol...

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LukyVj - A$AP Luky @lukyvj.bsky.social · Jun 12

Sadly this isn't possible to define, and will most likely be.

However, the one and only @css-only.dev gave us a potential way to achieve that:

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LukyVj - A$AP Luky @lukyvj.bsky.social · Jun 12

Which would make:

```
selector { background: url('foo/1')}
selector.modifier { background: url('foo/2')}
```

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LukyVj - A$AP Luky @lukyvj.bsky.social · Jun 12

There's something I have on my CSS wishlist, idk if it's utopian, but hear me out: Template literals in CSS.

Like:

```
selector {
--a: 1;
background: url(`foo/${var(--a)}`)

.modifier {
--a: 2;
}
}
```

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LukyVj - A$AP Luky @lukyvj.bsky.social · Jun 6

✨I liked AlterTable.ai cards so much that I had to recreate them in #CSS with advanced modern CSS!

Took the opportunity to test out the new CSS if() syntax, the new attr() capabilities, and of course, made a light mode version just because 😁

codepen.io/LukyVj/full/...

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LukyVj - A$AP Luky @lukyvj.bsky.social · Jun 6

Quentin!!! @qu-ntin.bsky.social

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LukyVj - A$AP Luky @lukyvj.bsky.social · Jun 6

Oops, it'll be of course 11th & 12th of June 2026! @cssday.nl

LukyVj - A$AP Luky @lukyvj.bsky.social · Jun 6

Oh look! That's @algolia.com

CSS Day @cssday.nl · Jun 6

During the afternoon break, teams attending the conference together get to use our stage to take a group photo. 📸 Some of them even show up in custom matching t-shirts, like the team of Total Onion pictured here. 👕👕👕 Kudos!

Group of people posing for a photograph on a conference stage

LukyVj - A$AP Luky @lukyvj.bsky.social · Jun 6

PS: The CSS is kinda messy, don't hesitate if you have question!

PS2: I used @\supports not (color: attr(data-color type(<custom-ident>))) {} to create the fallbacks for Firefox and Safari

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LukyVj - A$AP Luky @lukyvj.bsky.social · Jun 6

✨I liked AlterTable.ai cards so much that I had to recreate them in #CSS with advanced modern CSS!

Took the opportunity to test out the new CSS if() syntax, the new attr() capabilities, and of course, made a light mode version just because 😁

codepen.io/LukyVj/full/...

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LukyVj - A$AP Luky @lukyvj.bsky.social · Jun 6

Is that christmas yet? Every year at CSSDay you guys announce incoming CSS features, it's just 🤯

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LukyVj - A$AP Luky @lukyvj.bsky.social · Jun 6

I SAID WE'RE IN FOR A TREAT!!! Damn, @amitsheen.bsky.social casually building a CPU with CSS at #CSSDAY

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LukyVj - A$AP Luky @lukyvj.bsky.social · Jun 6

You gotta be on stage one of these days

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LukyVj - A$AP Luky @lukyvj.bsky.social · Jun 6

Can’t wait to watch the talk of @amitsheen.bsky.social at #CSSDAY !! Huge fan of his amazing demos and skills !!

We’re in for a treat folks!

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LukyVj - A$AP Luky @lukyvj.bsky.social · Jun 6

Please please please Google need to follow this! Amazed by the demo! :)

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Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · Jun 6

Josh is doing great live recaps of #cssday if you want to follow along!

Josh Tumath @joshtumath.uk · Jun 6

Here we go, day 2! @chriscoyier.net.

'I knew a Dutch sound guy, once. I knew a Check one, two.'

What a pun to start off with. Anyway, on to Scope in CSS. #CSSDay

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LukyVj - A$AP Luky @lukyvj.bsky.social · Jun 6

Thanks for sharing! Despite following the event on the live stream, I’ll need to dive back on some presentations to get the details! That helps !

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