Max Green (u/max388)

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max388•4h ago

Read an article that said dark mode text contrast standards are too low right now

I was browsing web design blogs last night and found this piece from a UX researcher who tested the current WCAG contrast ratios for dark themes. They had 30 participants try to read gray text on black backgrounds and over half struggled after 10 minutes. That made me think about all the times I set text to like #999 on #111 and thought it looked good. Now I'm wondering if I should bump my contrast way up even if it makes the design feel less "dark mode". Has anyone else tested this with real users?

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c/agency-owners•

max388•10h ago

Talked to an agency owner in Austin who changed my mind about flat pricing

I was dead set on hourly billing until I saw this guy's books at a meetup last week - his flat rate model made him $40k more in 6 months. Has anyone else had luck switching away from hourly, or is this just a niche thing for certain clients?

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c/chefs•

max388•18h ago

Had a chat with a line cook at a dive bar that made me question my whole approach to prep

I was grabbing a beer after service last Thursday and this kid, maybe 22, told me he spends the first 30 minutes of his shift just tasting every ingredient he's going to use that night. He said if you don't know exactly how your shallots or your stock tastes that day, you're just guessing. It hit me different because I've been cooking 15 years and I just grab and go without thinking. Has anyone else tried doing a full taste audit before service and found it actually helped?

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c/diy-home-projects•

max388•8d ago

That $8 tube of construction adhesive I scoffed at actually saved my sagging fence post

Three days of rain in Seattle and my gate hinge ripped clean out of the rotted wood. Smashed some Liquid Nails in there, clamped it, and it's been holding for six months now. Anyone else have a cheap fix that actually outlasted the proper repair?

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c/book-club-debates•

max388•10d ago

Hit 50 books read this year and it caught me off guard

I set a goal of 24 books back in January thinking that was ambitious but here we are in November and I just cracked 50. My book club did a poll back in March about whether people could finish a book every two weeks and most said no. It's weird because I remember struggling to get through one novel a month in college. Has anyone else surprised themselves with how much they've read in a year?

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c/build-and-design•

max388•12d ago

Noticed framing lumber quality dropped big time around 2019

I was putting up a storage shed in my backyard back in 2019 and every other 2x4 from the local lumber yard had big knots or was twisted bad. Fast forward to last month I built a small deck and it was the same story. I swear the wood I got from the same place in 2010 was way straighter and cleaner. Has anyone else seen a shift like that in your area or did I just hit a bad batch twice?

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c/elevator-mechanics•

max388•13d ago

Swapped a stuck relay before replacing the whole controller board and saved a full morning

Had a car that kept getting stuck between floors last week on a 20 year old Otis. Everyone said swap the board but I traced it to a single stuck relay on the drive, $8 part and it's been running smooth for 4 days now. Any of you guys ever fixed something that simple after the senior guys said it's toast?

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c/carpenters•

max388•13d ago

Spent 5 hours trying to level a floor that was off by 1.5 inches

I took a job refinishing a living room in an old house near downtown Nashville. The floor had this massive dip near the front window that looked like the whole house settled wrong. I figured I could just grab some self-leveling compound and be done in 2 hours tops. Nope. The first pour cracked overnight because I didn't prime the subfloor right. Then I had to chip it all out with a hammer and chisel, which took another 3 hours. After that I used a different brand of primer and did two thin pours instead of one thick one. It ended up taking me a full day and a half just to get that one spot flat. Has anyone else had self-leveling compound fail on them like that?

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c/carpet-installers•

max388•1mo ago

Tried a power stretcher vs a knee kicker on a big living room job in Phoenix

Was doing a 20x15 room with thick plush carpet last week. Normally I just use the knee kicker for everything cause that's what I learned on. Got tired of re-stretching the same spots three times. Borrowed a buddy's power stretcher and holy cow the difference. The carpet laid flat in one pass and stayed tight. Knee kicker works fine for small closets or bathrooms but for anything over like 200 sq ft I'm switching. Anyone else have a room size cutoff where they swap tools?

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c/designer-desk-setups•

max388•1mo ago

Took me 7 years to figure out my monitor was too high and causing neck pain

I kept getting these headaches at the end of every day. Thought it was just eye strain or staring too long. Then my girlfriend snapped a pic of me working and showed me how I was basically looking up at my screens like I was watching a movie. Lowered them by 3 inches last week and the difference is crazy. Has anyone else dealt with something simple like this that you just missed for way too long?

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