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Todd Sundsted
toddsundsted@epiktistes.comBetter dead than bored.
toddsundsted@epiktistes.comBetter dead than bored.
| Introduction | https://epiktistes.com/introduction |
|---|---|
| GitHub | https://github.com/toddsundsted/ktistec |
| Pronouns | he/him |
| 🌎 | Sector 001 |
Todd Sundsted posted Dec 3, 2025
Todd Sundsted posted Dec 2, 2025
would a "more from this actor" button be helpful on #ktistec? the use case is 1) navigate to an actor you're thinking of following, 2) click on "more from this actor" to fetch ~10 additional, recent posts. is there another feature that would be more useful?
Todd Sundsted posted Nov 30, 2025
I've streamlined theme development in Ktistec. The theming system uses a hierarchy of CSS custom properties and fallbacks. Theme authors can customize a theme at multiple levels:
Base Colors Only
Define only base colors like --text-primary, --bg-primary, --bg-input, --semantic-primary, etc. Derived colors will auto-generate using color-mix formulas. For example:
:root { --semantic-primary: #ffa500; }From this one line, theme-appropriate colors like --bg-accent-code, --anchor-color, etc. auto-generate.
Base Colors Plus Derived Colors
Define base colors and derived colors. Derived colors use custom values when defined. Undefined derived colors auto-generate. For example:
:root {
--text-primary: #333;
--text-primary-2: #ff0000; /* red for this specific shade */
}Given this theme, derived shades like --text-primary-1, --text-primary-3, and --text-primary-4 auto-generate. --text-primary-2 is red.
The simplest possible interesting theme redefines the primary semantic color. The single line above (in Base Colors Only) would result in the following, with button color, link color, disabled, selected, and hover states all derived automatically:
These changes will be in the upcoming release. Existing themes will continue to work, as is.
Todd Sundsted posted Nov 28, 2025
Experimenting with x-ray mode for ktistec.
Todd Sundsted posted Nov 27, 2025
Release v3.2.1 of Ktistec
Release v3.2.1 of Ktistec adds support for bookmarking posts. This was so immediately useful I don't know why it took me so long to get around to it!
Pinned/featured posts are in the works for the next release.
The full changelog:
Added
- Support for bookmarking posts.
Fixed
- Invalidate user's sessions after changing password.
- Ignore supplied languages that don't conform to expected format.
Changed
- Upgrade Kemal.
In other thoughts... I'd like to make followed hashtags more consumable. I follow ~10 hashtags and: 1) it's hard to tell what's new, 2) it feels like they arrive in large batches that are difficult to digest, and 3) the reading experience is meh.
Todd Sundsted posted Nov 26, 2025
I just discovered Pirate Weather.
Todd Sundsted posted Nov 23, 2025
It’s never the compiler or standard library.
It’s never the compiler or standard library.
Sometimes it’s the standard library…
Todd Sundsted posted Nov 21, 2025
commits b9e0658d to d42482bb cut the time required to run all #ktistec tests from ~35 seconds to ~26 seconds, a savings of about 25% (there are currently 5114 tests). the faster tests run, the more you run them, so this is a good outcome.
Todd Sundsted posted Nov 21, 2025
emacs comes with dunnet. i've never played it. today i am going to play it.
Todd Sundsted posted Nov 20, 2025
no #ktistec release this week. i have been working on bookmarked posts, pinned/featured posts, as well as some minor performance improvements, but i need to spend time fixing an issue with my libxml extensions that is preventing me from moving to the latest release of #crystallang. i've been putting it off but it's gotta get done, so...