Chronological Feed

A chronological view of *everything* I've posted here, since the beginning of time (or the blog's inception, whichever comes first).

16 Jun 2024

Matt Fantinel
Matt published a Blog Post
Separ

Separating my website's content from its code

4 min read

Having an open source website is great, but having the content stored in the same spot as the code has some issues. On this post I walk through what I did to keep them separated.

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Matt Fantinel
Matt posted a Quick Review
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Anatomy of a Fall

Reviewed on Jun 16, 2024

Didn't like it
Decent
I like it
Loved it!

Mesmerizing movie that hooked me from start to finish. Might not be for everyone, but I just love when movies don’t give you all the answers and make you think about what happened. It makes you part of the story in away.

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29 May 2024

Matt Fantinel
Matt published a Blog Post
Best
A road leads into the horizon with no clear end.

Best longterm goal? Not having one

5 min read

I consider myself a pretty happy person. I do think a lot of it comes from me never really expecting much from myself. That's not as bad as it sounds.

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05 May 2024

Matt Fantinel
Matt published a Blog Post
Autom
Automating Social Media Preview Images

Automating Social Media Preview Images

6 min read

Social media preview images are very useful if you want to attract people to your website. They're sometimes a pain to create, though. Let's automate it!

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29 Mar 2024

Matt Fantinel
Matt published a Blog Post
Think

Thinking of a redesign

2 min read

I want my personal website to reflect a bit of who I am. Am I the same person I was 3-4 years ago?

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08 Mar 2024

Matt Fantinel
Matt published a Blog Post
5 Yea
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5 Years of Fantinel.dev!

7 min read

My website has existed for half of my professional life now. In this post I look back at some snapshots of its history and talk about what's next.

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29 Feb 2024

Matt Fantinel
Matt published a Blog Post
Ownin

Owning your stuff is pretty cool, actually

6 min read

Let's talk a bit about Obsidian, VC-funded apps, the appocalypse and how awesome Markdown life can be.

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30 Jan 2024

Matt Fantinel
Matt published a Blog Post
Strip

Stripping the web of its humanity

2 min read

A less human web is no good for anyone.

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23 Jan 2024

Matt Fantinel
Matt published a Blog Post
Progr

Progressive Enhancement (and why it matters)

8 min read

Progressive Enhancement isn't just another web jargon; it's a guiding principle shaping modern web development.

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21 Dec 2023

Matt Fantinel
Matt published a Blog Post
2023
Picture of the sunset. Scattered clouds painted with the sunset colors spread over a still blue sky. Below, a building and some trees, and a gathering of people drinking and talking.

2023 In Retrospective

16 min read

A quiet year, but still with lots to talk about.

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24 Nov 2023

Matt Fantinel
Matt published a Blog Post
CSS's

CSS's "isolation" property is pretty cool

1 min read

I had never heard about it before, but it's a pretty clean way of solving z-index related issues.

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07 Nov 2023

Matt Fantinel
Matt published a Blog Post
My De
AI-generated image of a boy building a tower of apps

My Default Apps: 2023

2 min read

I'm jumping on the trend of posting my default apps!

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