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Andy Young
@anerdguy.now
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Principal software engineer. I post about code, frontend stuff, web components, MCP, my career in tech, various nerdery.

PC gaming, math, music, Simpsons, astrophotography, dad/married life.

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Andy Young @anerdguy.now · Feb 18
If your semicolon key ever breaks, you can always copy a fresh one from MDN's article on the "Empty statement".

developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...
A screenshot from the MDN article on "Empty statement". It has a header that says "Syntax", a JavaScript textarea with a single semicolon and a clipboard icon allowing you to copy the semicolon.
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A Range Rover with its liftgate open slowly drove by my house the other day. A couple kids were sitting in the cargo area. I thought this was a bit strange until I realized they were just taking pictures of the McLaren behind it. Carry on, dudes.
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Anybody else's dad raise them on the song "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" by George Thorogood?
November 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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So nice of Kim Davis to remind us of how much of a piece of shit she continues to be even 10 years later. Fuck that bitch.
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Having a sinus infection is a great diet. Can't taste anything, so why bother eating?
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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Even my antibiotics are getting in on this meme.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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"From zero to hero, like Donald Trump."

I'll take things a barber can say to me that lowers my tip % for 200, Alex.
November 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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I think one of my airpods is busted. With noise cancelling enabled whenever I speak, it sounds like there's a kazoo in my ear.
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Me, as I'm cleaning the same gutter for the 3rd time this week: "man, Fall is so pretty"
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Ever since I got a Steam Deck I haven't gamed on my gaming PC once. Do I even need one anymore?
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Windows is so broken I don't even know why I even bother using it anymore. This kind of crap is a daily occurrence for me.

Delete operation stalls, try to cancel... explorer.exe crashes. Open Task Manager... it stalls too. Wtf am I even supposed to do here other than go nuclear?
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Sure, I'll get right on catching up on these 2 MILLION Slack messages I missed.
Your team has sent 1,992,196 messages recently View all unread messages
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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One of my work pet peeves is when someone posts a question on a Slack channel, but immediately posts a followup comment as a NEW POST instead of in the thread of the first one.

I will often start a thread on the 1st post with a reply that links to the 2nd post. 🫠
November 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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How is it my most popular posts were some fleeting political thoughts I made in jest while drunk?
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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The hopecore is hopecoring tonight
November 5, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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I like the woke because it's the right mindset to have. Also because it pisses off the Christian nationalists, which is a bonus.
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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Getting serious 2009 vibes tonight with these election results. Is America finally waking back up or are the boomers just dying off?
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Picked up a couple OLED Steam Decks. Bigger than I had imagined!

Feels well-built but first boot took forever with no progress bar. Thought it was a lemon but the OS finally loaded.
A Steam Deck with my Steam Profile loaded on it
November 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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I don't think there's anything I despise more than online shopping for gifts. Just a god awful experience all around.
November 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Baseball is the greatest sport in the world and nothing else comes close.
November 2, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Today in diabolical frontend interview questions:

Draw the Sierpiński carpet fractal using <table>s.
function getTable(n) { const table = document.createElement("table"); for (let r = 0; r < 3; r++) { const tr = document.createElement("tr"); for (let c = 0; c < 3; c++) { const td = document.createElement("td"); if (r === 1 && c === 1) { td.classList.add("white"); } else if (n > 0) { td.appendChild(getTable(n - 1)); } tr.appendChild(td); } table.appendChild(tr); } return table; } div.appendChild(getTable(3));
November 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Twix left > Twix right.
November 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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I keep seeing diagrams that look like this, with this specific font and "hand-drawn" feel. What software is used to create these?
October 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Here's another fun little TypeScript Builder pattern trick you can use if you want to require a specific execution order on its methods using the "Pick" utility type. While the generated JS is fine, tsc will yell at you.
class Builder { private constructor() {} static create(): Pick<Builder, 'step1'> { return new Builder(); } step1(): Pick<this, 'step2'> { console.log('step 1'); return this; } step2(): void { console.log('step 2'); } } // ✅ Builder.create().step1().step2(); // 🚫 Builder.create().step2(); // Property 'step2' does not exist // on type 'Pick<Builder, "step1">'. // Did you mean 'step1'?
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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I promise this is not a social engineering attack, but...

- do you remember your first password?

- how strong is it by today's standards?

- what service was it for?

Mine was for my family's dialup ISP and could be cracked in about 3 hours these days. 😬
October 31, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Isn't WhatsApp a chat app? Wtf is happening
Find the channels you love From MLB to Netflix to Minecraft, follow your interests on WhatsApp.
October 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM