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Designer, developer, tinkerer. Head of Data & Engineering: bamboonine.co.uk Chief Tinkerer: gethorseman.app / defaced.dev
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This is the content we need to be reading now in response to AI spreading through our industry like an illness. As Salma says, “The maths isn’t mathsing”. whitep4nth3r.com/blog/the-pro...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Setting up redirects from 404 responses because LLMs hallunicated source URLs feels like something we really shouldn't have to be doing. 😑

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

👀 Coming to Chrome DevTools in Chrome 138: CSS Value Tracing When you hover a --custom-prop in a `var()`, DevTools currently shows you the computed value. From Chrome 138 onwards, you can hover the `var` part to see how CSS actually got to that value.

submitted 9 days ago • 9 comments

More educational and amusing HTML content from Heydon here. heydonworks.com/article/the-...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Just because I've not been putting out public work lately doesn't mean I haven't been keeping busy with personal projects. 👀 Here's a glimpse at my personal self-hosted web app that automatically keeps track of what I'm playing on Steam and lets me organise my library.

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

[New blog post] Are CSS Carousels accessible sarasoueidan.com/blog/css-car... In this post, I share some important insights from examining the accessibility of CSS-only carousels that use new features introduced in the #CSS Overflow Module Level 5 spec. #a11y

submitted 32 days ago • 10 comments

Why has no-one created a "slop or not" website where you rank content based on if you think it's AI slop.

submitted 29 days ago • 4 comments

SEO burnout is real. After over two decades in the trenches, I’ve seen how it creeps in & how to stop it before it wrecks your momentum. In this new video, I explain mastering SEO without burning out. No fluff. Just strategies that actually work. 📹 Watch here: brianharnishseo.com/mastering-ar...

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Is there anyone still using a Psion MX? The absolute peak of the PDA era.

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Every time I see a Cybertruck I think of this being it's fate in 10 years

submitted 34 days ago • 8 comments

🥳 It's an exciting day! 🥳 Thanks to Webflow GSAP is now 100% FREE - including ALL of the bonus plugins like SplitText, MorphSVG, and all the others that were exclusively available to Club GSAP members. We can't wait to see what you make! gsap.com/blog/3-13

submitted 38 days ago • 8 comments

I built a Playstacean!

submitted 77 days ago • 356 comments

Spent 2 hours writing, 4 hours editing, and 2 days spiraling about whether anyone would care. finally hit publish anyway. ashley.dev/posts/fear-o...

submitted 46 days ago • 79 comments

Does anyone have a good course recommendation to give to somone for learning JS fundamentals, with the focus on vanilla and not frameworks.

submitted 53 days ago • 4 comments

Hope everyone had a great #BrightonSEO! Sorry I couldn't be there, I was busy getting married. 🥳

submitted 55 days ago • 5 comments

Let’s talk about placeholder, format indication and accessibility. Short and simple version: don't placeholders to communicate input format indication.

submitted 66 days ago • 2 comments

My car engine has died after only 60k miles at the same time as the clutch has failed, and the manufacturer won't replace either as a gesture of goodwill. I cannot afford a new car and I'm getting married in less than two weeks. 😭

submitted 66 days ago • 3 comments

📝 New Blog Post: Poisoning Well I have started publishing nonsense content on my blog, to mess with LLM crawlers. Here is the article, all about it: heydonworks.com/article/pois... And here is the nonsense companion article, all about *whatever*: heydonworks.com/nonsense/poi...

submitted 68 days ago • 11 comments

Does Android expose the currently selected Material You system colours to Chrome or PWAs at all?

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

My Pixel 4XL finally gave up the ghost, so I've replaced it with a 9 Pro. The buttery smooth scrolling has now got me looking up 120hz desktop monitors. 🫣

submitted 76 days ago • 1 comment

Researched Google's New AI Mode So You Don't Have To 🚀 Evaluated hundreds of AI Mode outputs across user intents & here's what you NEED to know: 🔍 It's genuinely AI-powered - the same query "cheap flights" produced seemingly endless variations of output text ranging from 370 to 449 words!

submitted 80 days ago • 4 comments

Ever wanted to get the number of auto-fit columns in CSS? ``` --u: 5em; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(var(--u), 1fr)) ``` It's now possible! Using registered #CSS vars, the tan division hack and container query units! Here's a little test on @codepen.io: codepen.io/thebabydino/...

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment

Do I know anyone who is an engineer on Google Analytics?

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments