Axel Valdez Design Engineer

Hello,
I'm Axel.

I'm a Design Engineer living in Hermosillo, Mexico. I've been working in the software development industry for pretty much my entire adult life, in roles related to both front-end development and design. I lived through the browser wars, the web standards movement, social media becoming mainstream, and the decay of privacy online. Today I'm very much into the indie web and the small web movements. This website is my hub on the web, from work to hobbies and everything in-between.

Hello, I'm Axel

Latest

This is a list of the most recent posts on the blog, the stream of consciousness and memories.

One Episode Left

I experience a sense of grief every time a great TV series ends. The sadness that there isn't going to be any more of it, the irrational feeling that there's never going to be anything as good, and the sensation of emptiness inside. It's a strong emotional response, not very different from losing someone you love, with the obvious differences in intensity.

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TV change reflection • Jul 04, 2026
Cafe Tinita

Stranded in Vicam

Jul 03, 2026
Yet

It was ten, maybe eleven years ago. I was picking my oldest kid from school, he was 4 or 5. When he came out, I gave him a hug. We walked to the car, I buckled him into his car seat, and hugged him again.

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life • Jul 01, 2026
The old man

Having a coffee with my dad

Jul 01, 2026
Amor Fati

In the last week I've found myself in two situations where I had to explain that despite all the crap I've been through, I wouldn't change a thing. That I love who I am, and I'm the product of everything I've lived, hence, I shall love all that past shit as much as I love past sunshine and rainbows.

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philosophy reflection life • Jun 23, 2026
The current state of spam calls and messages is ridiculous. But before, or in addition to legislation, because that’s slow, complicated and scammers just don’t care, we need immediate tools on our end. What about a way to effectively ignore any non-contact call or text on my phone? No “silence” or a special list. Just make it not exist. I don’t want them to even reach me.

Thought #42 • Jun 20, 2026
Meta update: I just added memories to the homepage list of content and to the everything page. It feels more complete.

Thought #41 • Jun 17, 2026
The most random pic of Alan

Makes me laugh every time

Jun 17, 2026
Deleting Things

I've always been a hoarder. I refuse to get rid of things, and that goes both for the box of cables and old electronics down in that cabinet in my office and for the files in my Google Drive, external hard drives, on my computers and phone.

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reflection life • Jun 15, 2026
I feel my brain dry. I call it "feeling gray". In days like this it's like I can't get any joy, and no pill is able to get me out of it.

Thought #40 • Jun 14, 2026
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Web Rings

I participate in several IndieWeb and SmallWeb webrings.

If you don't know what a webring is, you're probably too young and/or too cool. Here's an explanation.

IndieWeb Webring

A webring to find (and be found by) other folks with IndieWeb building blocks on their sites.

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Generation Lissa

People who started making websites in the late 90s/early 00s and are still here.

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CSS Joy

A webring for people who take joy in messing around with CSS.

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Retronaut Webring

"Some of us miss the messy old days of the Internet where we tried to get along and we'd link to each other's sites and it was all so much fun."

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