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“A World Without Apps” by Michel Beaudouin-Lafon (2019) m.youtube.com/watch?v=ntau...

The International Space Station moves 5 miles per second. 😐

What tech conferences/expos do you recommend attending in 2025? I'm looking for events that can inspire, showcase cutting-edge tech, bridge higher-level ideas into business practices, and are not focused on one specific framework or tool. Suggestions?

Driving without my left-side rearview mirror was a bit terrifying. I did my best to only make right turns until we fixed it. 😄

Latest Blog Post: Make Real Friends parker-codes.dev/blog/make-re...

It also makes it harder for them to ban books.

Oh, no. ChatGPT is now asking me to do things before it answers?!

most interesting framework for the sixth year running, most positively viewed for the second (usual caveats apply! but, like... the people have spoken. if you're starting a new web project, use @svelte.dev)

New blog post: Top Tips for Freelance and Agency Developers: Hourly Billing and Beyond parker-codes.dev/blog/freelan...

Testing a system as an angry customer persona is so much fun

Code performance tip: In programming, "short-circuit evaluation" refers to how logical operators like && and || evaluate from left to right and stop as soon as the result is determined. Do you see what could be slow about this code?

What a fun site! www.whoisricky.lol

Here's an example of using :not(:has(*)) in @css instead of the :empty pseudo-selector, because that one doesn't work if there is any markup inside such as an empty HTML comment..

The latest issue of Own Your Web (by Matthias Ott) is a great reminder of how many sites are always "under construction". buttondown.com/ownyourweb/a...

Back before Father's Day, I made this Yes/No Button for any of you with kids who are Bluey fans (sound on): yes-no.parker-codes.dev

The implementor should not be the tester nor the marketer.

"Nothing about us without us is for us" I'm not hired because I'm disabled, but I'm proud to use my life experience of working with a disability (hearing loss) to improve others' experience as they use the web. #disability #accessibility

I get my best ideas on the go (which I record on mobile) and do my best writing at my desk (on desktop).

Why do presidential candidates have (or pretend to have) so much power? So much propaganda around "deciding the fate of the country" feels like middle-school student council all over again. Keep the power distributed and keep checks and balances.

So should we move some of our most important post history over here?