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Dan Q

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Blogs at https://danq.me. Founded https://threerings.org.uk. Based between Oxford and Witney, UK. Queerer than the average bear.

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Dan Q @dan@m.danq.me · Jul 09, 2026

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Fucking "app culture" drives me crazy. I got asked to install a mobile app just to look at the itinerary and accommodation information for a trip I'm going on. Why isn't it just a web page? So obviously I said "fuck that noise, hold my beer", reverse-engineered the app, and re-implemented it as a web page generator. It does all the same things as the "app" except now there's no tracking, no ads, and you get all the Web's features "for free" (deep links, copy-pasting, search-in-page, printing, works on anything, etc.). Here's the full story: 🔗 https://danq.me/your-app-could-have-been-a-webpage #appCulture #app #android #web #webPage #openStandards #reverseEngineering

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Dan Q @dan@m.danq.me · May 12, 2026

🥐 I woke up with this image in my head and had to draw it. 🤣

🔗 Via: https://danq.me/two-croissants

#armor #armour #croissant #comic

Dan Q @dan@m.danq.me · May 12, 2026

Replying to @josh@vickerson.me

@josh@vickerson.me @annaecook@mastodon.social Wow. I mean: yes, you can't use certain ingredients. If you're only cooking one dish, and you want everybody to be able to eat it, then you need to account for everybody's dietary requirements. A good chef will either cook multiple dishes, or adapt a dish to all the people who might be served it. It's a terrible chef who says "nah, I've always made this with peanuts, I'm just gonna serve peanuts to everybody, what's the worst that can happen?"

Dan Q @dan@m.danq.me · May 10, 2026

Replying to @hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange

@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange https://hachyderm.io/@selfcaregentle/116548949297410238 might have been inspired by you, today.

Dan Q @dan@m.danq.me · May 02, 2026

Replying to @ariel@front-end.social

@ariel's new #javascript microframework/library Elena looks amazing and you should absolutely consider if you're looking for a scaffolding shortcut for your next #webComponent project. Here's my take on it: 🔗 https://danq.me/elenajs

Dan Q @dan@m.danq.me · May 01, 2026

Replying to @Edent@mastodon.social

@Edent I don't see anything in the article about writing to your MP. 😔 But I've done so anyway. And echoed your concerns at https://danq.me/nhs-england-rushes-to-hide-software-over-ai-hacking-fears

Dan Q @dan@m.danq.me · Apr 21, 2026

Replying to @pbarker@social.afront.org

@pbarker @q My cohabiting polycule feels more FDMA than TDMA.

Dan Q @dan@m.danq.me · Apr 15, 2026

Replying to @adactio@mastodon.social

@adactio Nice! I've shared my salary history too. A few more different employers than you, and a lot more of a rollercoaster-like profile with the ups-and-downs that come with that! 🔗 https://danq.me/2026/04/15/my-salary-history/ #salary #salaryTransparency

Dan Q @dan@m.danq.me · Mar 25, 2026

Replying to @Misofist@girlcock.club

@Misofist Even if you don't reach out, know that you've done good by sharing this. I, for one, have been guilty of doing this: simply using the word as one I'd learned from hearing it as a child and growing up never thinking about the actual meaning or how misusing it is harmful, until today. So if nothing else, you won a (contrite) ally today. And that's a path to a better world: by making it better, one step at a time.

Dan Q @dan@m.danq.me · Mar 18, 2026

Replying to @vagina_museum@masto.ai

@vagina_museum Excellent! I'd love to know where all of the pictured grotesques were found, if you know?

Dan Q @dan@m.danq.me · Mar 10, 2026

Replying to @davew@mastodon.social

@davew@mastodon.social @susam@mastodon.social Seconded. Big love for a #blogroll. Max love for one that includes an #OPML. Mine's gotten... a little out of control. But hey, the OPML still works! 🔗 https://danq.me/blogroll/

Dan Q @dan@m.danq.me · Feb 18, 2026

With news that the #UK is considering #ageGating #VPNs, here's your periodic reminder that you don't need to pay a #VPN service (and potentially have to do an age-check, in future) to have a VPN.

For the last ten years, I've just been spinning up cheap VMs running #WireGuard on cloud providers when I need a VPN, and then throwing them away afterwards, for a cost of usually less than 8 cents (USD) per hour.

🔗 Here's how: https://danq.me/run-your-own-wireguard-vpn

Dan Q @dan@m.danq.me · Feb 17, 2026

Replying to @ChanceyFleet@mas.to

@ChanceyFleet What I'm hearing is that I should be using emoji in my alt-text, right? 😆

Dan Q @dan@m.danq.me · Oct 18, 2025

You know those old "best at: [some resolution]" #88x31 buttons you used to see?

What if you could dynamically generate them so that the resolution shown was the one the visitor was actually using? Like... a fun #easterEgg version of a "best at any resolution" button?

So I made it.

🔗 Blog post: https://danq.me/best-viewed-at-your-resolution

🔗 Site about it: https://best-resolution.danq.dev

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