Thomasorus

"Dr. Hypertext" according to beastiger (npub18xx…kf0e)
"based html wizard" according to Alexander's Intestines (npub10jj…82vv)

Sometimes I draw stuff.

website: http://thomasorus.com

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2026-02-19 19:04:36 GMT

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You know what is even more confusing than EU light switches? Spain speed limits. They absolutely doesn't make sense. Too bad I couldn't meet both of you during a rare europe trip, I hope one day we can cross paths!

2025-12-26 16:43:51 GMT

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To be fair the option of letting non-logged users see posts is set by users themselves, not the platform (unsure how it’s set by default tho)

2025-10-30 23:17:40 GMT

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omg NOOOO :sadlinux:

2025-10-05 17:42:00 GMT

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4/31 Flower study. Flower harvesters are tasked by their masters with finding giant flowers that could, in a few hundred years and with the right conditions, become habitable like the existing ones. Unfortunately, most giant flowers die before reaching a decent size, mostly due to brambles suffocating them.
https://thomasorus.com/drawtober-2025
#drawtober
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/115/322/782/679/708/396/original/dbc92dc3420b2fb5.jpeg

2025-10-05 15:56:33 GMT

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Added some lore in the post, will do the same for the previous one :blob_cat_peek:

2025-10-05 15:41:28 GMT

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3/31 Creature concept research
https://thomasorus.com/drawtober-2025
#drawtober
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/115/322/315/020/068/616/original/9a524f5831676c19.jpeg

2025-10-02 11:15:57 GMT

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2/31 Character concept research but with reference and better anatomy lol
https://thomasorus.com/drawtober-2025
#drawtober
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2025-10-01 21:08:43 GMT

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Thanks, I've remade the website PRECISELY for this reason! :moar:

2025-10-01 20:47:27 GMT

1/31 Character concept research
https://thomasorus.com/drawtober-2025
#drawtober
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/115/300/863/580/385/007/original/a97edbfe0ca46d39.jpeg

2025-08-12 16:17:53 GMT

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Yeah, the number of time an old copy of anything left on an old server or hard drive saved my butt. :puppycat_saying_butt:

2025-08-11 21:10:42 GMT

Gonna have to speed up my migration from GitHub to the Merveilles git, maybe also host a backup myself?

2025-08-10 18:15:49 GMT

New journal entry: I tried coding with AI, I became lazy and stupid
https://thomasorus.com/i-tried-coding-with-ai-i-became-lazy-and-stupid

2025-08-04 18:21:10 GMT

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welcome to the club, 39 here achieved the same thing this year by others means.

2025-07-02 17:04:33 GMT

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I read it more than 20 years ago and loved it for the lore it gave to the lord of the rings, but I don’t think I would enjoy it now. As you described perfectly, it would probably feel dry and detached and I’m not into that kind of books anymore.

2025-07-02 11:31:57 GMT

@npub1z8r…mrq6 What did you think about the Silmarilion?

2025-05-17 17:06:59 GMT

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omg

2025-05-17 11:36:12 GMT

My apple pencil suddenly died. The weekend I need to finish everything before printing on monday/tuesday. faaaaaaaak :ohnobubble:

2025-05-14 15:37:15 GMT

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ciboooooo

2025-04-22 18:03:51 GMT

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More Dunand I took inspiration for a $dayjob project. :tealheart:
The last one reminds me a bit of stacked windows in an operating system. :popuko_doesnt_get_it:
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/114/382/918/805/491/430/original/882136aca1468084.jpg
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2025-04-21 12:32:57 GMT

Getting closer to the editing workflow I wanted:
1. Press "nnn" to create a new page.
2. Fill the required fields, press enter to submit the form.
3. You are redirected to the newly created page.
4. Press "eee" to edit the currently visited page, do your modifications.
And that's it! Once I combine this with a search, I'll be able to visit and edit any page very fast. No back-office required!
I'll have to replace the keyboard shortcuts with something else on mobile. Got a few esoteric ideas, but dunno if I'll take the time to explore them. :blobpats:
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/114/375/965/752/547/222/original/8140a0dd879dc349.mp4

2025-04-12 16:19:33 GMT

Grabbed this sticker at a conference, but no idea who made it or for what it’s for. Google image didn’t return anything. Any idea?
Edit: lol just noticed my legs behind
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/114/325/893/741/053/333/original/af5fe870116c0b54.jpeg

2025-04-02 12:00:00 GMT

Recent discovery: the beautiful black and white vases of Jean Dunand (Art Deco, 1877 - 1942). https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Dunand
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/114/268/244/561/311/819/original/d3216734eb970656.jpg
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2025-03-30 19:57:21 GMT

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UNDERSTAND UNDERSTAND
UNDERSTAND UNDERSTAND
UNDERSTAND UNDERSTAND
THE CONCEPT OF LIVE
UH

2025-03-22 23:05:03 GMT

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:ohnobubble:

2025-03-22 21:22:17 GMT

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Yeaaaah, congrats!

2025-03-22 18:45:35 GMT

I now don’t get muscles soreness when doing musculation. :cooldog: #theGym #MerveillesMusclé

2025-03-18 07:08:05 GMT

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I’ve done a similar length a few years ago and it was great. After that I settled into not having « generic » alcoholic beverages at home (beer, wine) and forbid drinking alone, especially after a hard day of work. It helped a lot.

2025-03-13 12:43:36 GMT

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Everything worked, thanks again!

2025-03-12 23:22:04 GMT

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ça pour piquer ça pique olala

2025-03-12 22:11:27 GMT

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thanks a lot, will take a look tomorrow morning!

2025-03-12 21:58:13 GMT

My trainer really took seriously that I have no strength in my arms, my triceps are aching so much all the time it's becoming an habit #theGym #leMusclé

2025-03-12 20:42:15 GMT

@npub1hr7…jxyc sorry to bother with this, I bought your bundle (books plus course) a while back and was wondering if I was eligible for the second edition of the intelligence illusion? I don’t even remember where i bought the bundle, for some reason I can’t find a trace of them in my mailbox. 😅

2025-03-02 23:57:30 GMT

Merveilles musclé, how do you recover faster from training? I’ve had my session last Friday and I’m still hurting bad in my muscles. Help. :sadlinux:

2025-02-25 10:40:56 GMT

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Devine Lu Linvenga era is over, time to become Schiff
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/114/064/098/136/770/312/original/20817faf037b8c0e.webp

2025-02-25 08:27:06 GMT

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Damn. I’m hitting the gym 3 times a week starting next week (a program made by a coach). Is 2025 the day of ripped merveillians???

2025-01-13 08:52:01 GMT

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and yet you two are still such COOL people :cooldog: :cooldog: :cooldog:

2025-01-12 23:27:32 GMT

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You're right but that requires way more discipline than I currently have unfortunately. And I fear that what may happen is I turn the short monthly thing into a not-so-short monthly thing :ouroboros:

2025-01-12 22:32:12 GMT

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it's useful to me, I have terrible memory and can't remember in what state or what I was doing two years ago. I can go back to them and gain some perspective, same thing as tracking. So yeah I'm not into it right now, but I'll regret even more later if I don't do it. :thisisfine:

2025-01-12 20:33:20 GMT

Still haven't finished 2024 recap and I'm so annoyed at the though of writing it. :angy:

2025-01-06 21:06:54 GMT

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For what it's worth, the reason I follow you is because you add some social and political context to software that most bloggers/writers refuse to touch, preferring to grind the tech solutionism and the constant novelty of web dev tools and APIs. Good luck with 2025!

2024-12-14 21:31:17 GMT

Found a new brush I like, still working on this one but I already enjoy where this is going. :tealheart:
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/113/653/303/953/818/729/original/2cda351222f915e7.jpeg

2024-12-09 14:15:36 GMT

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Your point about "shoddy front-ends to highly reliable back-ends" resonated with me a lot. I also wrote about it earlier this year (https://thomasorus.com/where-do-i-code-from-here.html) and I'm trying to move to a more fullstack road for this reason.

2024-12-06 15:30:33 GMT

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Damn Devine you just hit me with the meme :sadlinux:
(You are right of course, thanks ahah)
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/113/606/583/698/546/367/original/87ee65c34629ddc1.jpg

2024-12-06 11:50:34 GMT

Hey artists, I have a question. As you maybe saw, I have a very "rough" style of drawing. I'd like to work towards something cleaner, perceived as more professional and less random.
Do you have any tips?
I feel like I need to draw less but with more commitment ; also take more time ; but I feel like I'm removing the dynamism and "honesty" of the drawings by doing so, so it's hard. :columbo:

2024-11-03 20:26:42 GMT

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considering the previous one was a drawing from 2007, that I picked in a rush more than I 5 years ago, it can only be better!

2024-11-03 20:10:13 GMT

Moderation doesn’t joke around with color so here’s my new avatar from one of my inktober, I’ll make a new proper one later :saddercat:

2024-10-15 22:24:17 GMT

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I forgot the one for Tuesday :oh_no:

2024-10-15 12:00:12 GMT

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:coelacanth:

2024-10-12 14:49:41 GMT

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it was so freaking good, thanks!

2024-10-12 08:26:20 GMT

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didn’t he delayed the publication of the lord of the rings for months because he wasn’t sure about the moon cycles in the book and had to read and count time for all actions so he could fix them? Or is that just a legend. :columbo:

2024-10-07 18:22:06 GMT

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initially I wanted to redo Cibo in front of the :coelacanth: but then thought wait what if you could RIDE the :coelacanth:

2024-10-07 18:17:00 GMT

Yolotober 7
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/113/267/504/567/618/855/original/777c1647b838c009.png

2024-10-06 17:58:38 GMT

[@neauoire](https://merveilles.town/@neauoire ) i was wondering if you have a « règle de cras » on Pino? I recently realized its inventor was from my city and I walk near its grave regularly. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A8gle_Cras
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2024-10-01 15:18:43 GMT

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I nervously had to suppress a loud giggle at the coffee shop, I hope you're proud of you. :blob_cat_peek:

2024-10-01 15:15:32 GMT

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it very quick and lazy in my opinion :popuko_doesnt_get_it:

2024-10-01 15:11:34 GMT

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Why are so many of you liking this doodle :popuko_doesnt_get_it:

2024-10-01 08:44:12 GMT

Yolotober day 1
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