oh no ;;

this pressure is mostly something i've put on myself— I don't like it when things I make break

you're great and you shouldn't feel like that

if by fix everything you mean custom css for dw then

don't do it yet

some of how things are displaying is linked to a couple bugs they're gonna be rooting out over the next week or so

though lmao that ppl are railing at dw admins to fix random third party css I wrote 8 years ago, that's not on them

so some of them might fix themselves and some of the things you fix might get broken again by your fixes if you do it RIGHT NOW

I know, it's mostly getting my own, previously-existing extensions working properly, which is very much a trial and error thing

I WILL say it is frustrating and I have been frustrated by the fact that whenever I do make coding things I do public someone always shows up to ask why I or someone else hasn't made some other thing, instead

sometimes people wonder why there isn't more of a layout/coding community here and I suspect this is why, occasionally people randomly DM me demanding I fix their broken css/adjust things I've made more to their liking

well, why DON'T you make everything shaped like hearts instead of bubbles!!!! and i don't want to hear why you can't!!!!!

(idk why people are such jerks about things so often)

this is an unrealistic demand

anyway mostly making this a plurk to hold myself accountable for not fixating on this!! i will do things when I have the focus/time/energy and that's okay.

<3

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i was just about to say, i wish you weren't like the ONLY PERSON to go to for this expertise because it does feel like asking a lot of you when you're not even a dw volunteer

I am far from the only person with this expertise (at least from what I recall of anon comms many claim to be "professional web designers") but I do want to contribute, give back to the community, &c

you're such a good, alex

anyway, I'm also far from the only person who codes stuff for dw, it is a community

I'm grateful for what you've done but yeah you shouldn't be pressured into it

I AM GLAD and to be clear it's an internal pressure… like we all get, sometimes, I just gotta realize when I'm doing it

It sure is a fucking mystery why more people don't volunteer to be shouted at, insulted, and belittled for spending their free time working on something to make a service better

(This is not snark at you it's me being real frustrated about behavior)

indeed

Like I've been psyching myself up to actually use my DW hack and start contributing and then this and. Oooooof

I'm sorry!! It's rough out there

I wanna encourage you but I'm not sure the best way to do it

but the most recent post is full of kind words & comments

Yeah I just need to Be Brave and stop thinking I don't know what I'm doing because I do