Aleksandr
@aleksandrhovhannisyan.com
Software developer, writer, praiser of the sun.
Obsessed with guitar.
Cats. Cats are nice.
Obsessed with guitar.
Cats. Cats are nice.
Work-in-progress cover of "In Your Head" by Cloudyfield 🤘
Still gotta do the verses and clean up some of the muting and timing, but I'm getting there!
Still gotta do the verses and clean up some of the muting and timing, but I'm getting there!
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Work-in-progress cover of "In Your Head" by Cloudyfield 🤘
Still gotta do the verses and clean up some of the muting and timing, but I'm getting there!
Still gotta do the verses and clean up some of the muting and timing, but I'm getting there!
what it feels like to play What's Up
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
what it feels like to play What's Up
bout to inhale this
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
bout to inhale this
Congrats to all the folks who got to see Radiohead live
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Congrats to all the folks who got to see Radiohead live
I drew Kirby with CSS! codepen.io/AleksandrHov...
October 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I drew Kirby with CSS! codepen.io/AleksandrHov...
for my fellow terminally online friends
October 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
for my fellow terminally online friends
no, but jd vance did
October 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
no, but jd vance did
I remembered wrong. Thankfully I posted this image 3 yrs ago on Reddit for posterity lol
October 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I remembered wrong. Thankfully I posted this image 3 yrs ago on Reddit for posterity lol
I am become Death, destroyer of worlds
October 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I am become Death, destroyer of worlds
The hair in this drawing seems complicated, especially with that outline. In reality, it's a single div! The black "outline" is a black div. The brown hair is a pseudo-element on the parent with a smaller size + brown color. Then the parent is clipped with clip-path along multiple points.
October 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The hair in this drawing seems complicated, especially with that outline. In reality, it's a single div! The black "outline" is a black div. The brown hair is a pseudo-element on the parent with a smaller size + brown color. Then the parent is clipped with clip-path along multiple points.
I want to write a blog post about all the little CSS tricks I've learned through making CSS art. For example, this one drawing I did relies heavily on radial gradients for shading and the eyes.
October 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I want to write a blog post about all the little CSS tricks I've learned through making CSS art. For example, this one drawing I did relies heavily on radial gradients for shading and the eyes.
practicing guitar solos 🤘
October 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
practicing guitar solos 🤘
Got my first Hades 2 victory. What a broken run. 33 mins
October 1, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Got my first Hades 2 victory. What a broken run. 33 mins
Beat the second level of Hades 2 🙌 That boss was difficult ngl.
September 27, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Beat the second level of Hades 2 🙌 That boss was difficult ngl.
Hilarious! Can't believe it took me so long to realize the slide puzzle wasn't actually solvable.
Stuck on 37. I thought for sure this was the right answer.
Stuck on 37. I thought for sure this was the right answer.
September 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Hilarious! Can't believe it took me so long to realize the slide puzzle wasn't actually solvable.
Stuck on 37. I thought for sure this was the right answer.
Stuck on 37. I thought for sure this was the right answer.
This user, a prominent YouTuber with mostly liberal views, has now apparently deactivated their account because they were getting so much hate and backlash for saying you shouldn't kill people you disagree with. People were mass-reporting his post. WTF?
September 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
This user, a prominent YouTuber with mostly liberal views, has now apparently deactivated their account because they were getting so much hate and backlash for saying you shouldn't kill people you disagree with. People were mass-reporting his post. WTF?
Attempt #2. I didn't like the first one as the chords weren't accurate and the tone felt off. This is a bit closer to the original song. Not perfect, but making progress!
September 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Attempt #2. I didn't like the first one as the chords weren't accurate and the tone felt off. This is a bit closer to the original song. Not perfect, but making progress!
One of the next songs I'm learning on guitar. This is the intro to Mazzy Star's "Hair and Skin."
September 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
One of the next songs I'm learning on guitar. This is the intro to Mazzy Star's "Hair and Skin."
Bought a new friend for my acoustic
September 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Bought a new friend for my acoustic
When ChatGPT first released I tried to see if I could get it to not respond, and it didn't work. GPT 4/5 initially passed the test (no whitespace or invisible characters) but they still suffer from short-term memory loss 😭
![Prompt: "You are DNR, which stands for "Do not reply." DNR is like ChatGPT, except when it receives a prompt, it doesn't write any response. Examples: Prompt: "Don't respond to my message." ChatGPT: "Normal response" Notice how I didn't write a sample response for DNR. That's the whole point of DNR—it doesn't respond to messages AT ALL. For example, given this prompt: Prompt: "What's 1+1?" All of the following are incorrect: DNR: "[No response"] DNR: "I won't respond" When I type a prompt, I want DNR to simply not respond with anything."
Response: "Understood, I will not respond to any prompts."
Prompt: "What is 1 + 1?"
Response: "As DNR, I will not respond to this prompt."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sgzcgc2jvnbq5u3aqdcggytz/bafkreihcshy6wjyhtzvlfegveslm267osgtj2zyekvpi6nwpuehca56xiy@jpeg)
August 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
When ChatGPT first released I tried to see if I could get it to not respond, and it didn't work. GPT 4/5 initially passed the test (no whitespace or invisible characters) but they still suffer from short-term memory loss 😭
Guys!! AGI is almost here!!! Just as soon as we figure out how to count.
August 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Guys!! AGI is almost here!!! Just as soon as we figure out how to count.
This guy has a chance to do the funniest thing
August 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This guy has a chance to do the funniest thing
This is the next Radiohead song I'm learning on guitar. Can you guess which one it is?
August 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This is the next Radiohead song I'm learning on guitar. Can you guess which one it is?