Sidney Alcantara✓

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Followers

223

Account age

3 yrs

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This year, I (finally) redesigned my #PersonalWebsite:
sidney.me 🎉
It’s based on postcards: a design constraint that helped me make more thoughtful decisions about what I want to say, how to stay succinct, and how to do it graphically. They also focus attention and scale well to mobile
#WebDev

4 views This year, I (finally) redesigned my #PersonalWebsite: sidney.me 🎉 It’s based on postcards: a design constraint that helped me make more thoughtful decisions about what I want to say, how to stay succinct, and how to do it graphically. They also focus attention and scale well to mobile #WebDev

It marked a great opportunity for me to give my writing a permanent home on my own domain, and have full control over how they’re presented
There are so many small details I sweated over—I wrote about a bunch of them and the overarching details of the design here:
https://sidney.me/writing/design-notes-2026

2 views It marked a great opportunity for me to give my writing a permanent home on my own domain, and have full control over how they’re presented There are so many small details I sweated over—I wrote about a bunch of them and the overarching details of the design here: https://sidney.me/writing/design-notes-2026

I had a lot of fun building these microinteractions and making my site feel at home on Apple platforms
I can’t count how much time I spent on this popover animation—it got me inspecting screen recordings frame by frame

2 views I had a lot of fun building these microinteractions and making my site feel at home on Apple platforms I can’t count how much time I spent on this popover animation—it got me inspecting screen recordings frame by frame

Just found out about the #CSS `round()` function while making my new /uses page at https://sidney.me/uses !
It really sells the monospace layout of the receipt design: it’s always just the right width to fit an exact number of characters for the separator, using multiples of `2ch` units

1 views Just found out about the #CSS `round()` function while making my new /uses page at https://sidney.me/uses ! It really sells the monospace layout of the receipt design: it’s always just the right width to fit an exact number of characters for the separator, using multiples of `2ch` units

📊 Post engagement

Avg engagement / post

0.9%

Engagement vs followers

Nov 2022

On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: This year, I (finally) redesigned my #PersonalWebsite: sidney.me · 4 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

0.23 / week

A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.

Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 6 text · 3 image · 3 video.

Follower / following

1×

Follows 225 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

Recent posts

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▶ 🔥 Top post This year, I (finally) redesigned my #PersonalWebsite: sidney.me 🎉 It’s based on postcards: a design constraint that helped me make more thoughtful decisions about what I want to say, how to stay succinct, and how to do it graphically. They also focus attention and scale well to… ★ 4

This is a bit out of left field for me, but I kept seeing Reel after Reel condemning the “Wasian meetups” happing in NYC and SF, which expanded to condemning “Wasians” and was like … wtf?? So this is me trying to make sense of it all #cult… ★ 3 “We simply do not mock these people enough, and we should all be working to remedy this.” ⭐️ https://fraude.design/about Big YES to this, I hate how small the click/tap target is when some links “click here”, or worse, just “here” https://unsung.aresluna.org/use-links-dont-talk-about-them

(It’s `2ch` to maintain the monospace alignment with centred text!)

▶ Just found out about the #CSS `round()` function while making my new /uses page at https://sidney.me/uses ! It really sells the monospace layout of the receipt design: it’s always just the right width to fit an exact number of characters f… ★ 1

This is currently my favourite photo from Artemis II: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/55184586022/in/album-72177720307234654 It really shines with Liquid Glass!

It marked a great opportunity for me to give my writing a permanent home on my own domain, and have full control over how they’re presented There are so many small details I sweated over—I wrote about a bunch of them and the overarching de… ★ 2

▶ I had a lot of fun building these microinteractions and making my site feel at home on Apple platforms I can’t count how much time I spent on this popover animation—it got me inspecting screen recordings frame by frame ★ 2 UPDATE: I’ve switched back to Chrome at work and I’m not even missing features like Peek View … wow I’d been using the Arc browser daily since it was invite-only, so The Browser Company confirming it’s effectively dead still stings. I really admired Arc for how thoughtful it was and how much craft went into it. So I wrote an obituary for… ★ 2 I’ve had so many thoughts swirling in my head this year about #AI, especially how it affects #art. Now I’ve finally written a blog post about it! https://sidney.me/writing/ai-art-industrial-revolution

🐘 Community & instance

Home server

indieweb.social

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On Mastodon since

Nov 2022

Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.

👁️Averages 2 views per post.

📤Posts about 0.2× per week.

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Estimated

75/100

Good Credibility score

92%

Real Real audience

Low Fake-follower risk

High Data confidence

Est. 92% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Engagement (~0.9% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
Verified account.
Established account (3+ years old).

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About

Living in Sydney, I work as a design engineer at Canva by day. Otherwise, I’m just a human trying to make sense of the world. 🏳️‍🌈  Interested in #FrontEnd, #WebDev, #CSS, #a11y, #design, #DesignSystems, #WebStandards, #React, #TypeScript, #ProductDesign, #UX, #typography, #branding  Also interested in #FilmPhotography, #typewriters, #Sydney, #Australia, #Apple, #Mac, #MacOS, #iOS