amber.vision

I'm Amber, sometimes amberstarlight, always she/her; a software and operations engineer by day and 'everything hobbyist' by night, this is my personal web zone - go ahead and click around.

Latest writings:

17 April 2026

331 words

    Now

    Previously on I don't quite know how we're already halfway through April. Every year seems to get faster and faster and I'm burned out far more quickly. Before you know it it'll be 2027 and I'll be...Read more

    16 April 2026

    272 words

    Browser Extensions I Consider Essential

    One weird trick to improve your Internet experience

    For this post, I am assuming that you use Firefox. I would strongly recommend you do use Firefox; its mobile port supports browser extensions - so you can use the same configuration across platforms,...Read more

    06 February 2026

    1,586 words

    Silicon Valley Sold Us Convenience

    But at what cost?

    Ever since I first read Noah Smith's Honestly, it's probably the phones, I've been unable to stop the feeling that there's a link between Internet use (namely via the ubiquity of the smartphone) and...Read more