This continues to be *extremely* relevant:
webventures.rejh.nl/blog/2024/histor…
Just yesterday in the Web Performance Slack, folks were trading advice about how beat the keep-Safari-from-fucking-up-scrolling challenge (impossible)
Rachel Lee Nabors on stage telling us all about “being an adult in professional relationships” (much funnier than it sounds!)
Phew, made it to #halfstackconf
Missed the morning (thanks, aeroplane mechanics), but I’m here in time to catch @nearestnabors.com Woohoo! 🎉
A screenshot of my GitHub contribution graph for 2012. The yearly grid (where every day is a square) has been used to draw a pixel-art version of Pacman chasing two ghosts.
I am a professional and take my work profiles very seriously.
I’ve spent much of the last year examining car bloat, the process through which smaller vehicles are being replaced by increasingly massive SUVs and trucks.
What I’ve learned: Huge cars are terrible for society, often in ways that are hidden.
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What’s the ramp-up time like?
Just joined yesterday, and so far my Discover feed is all politics and furries 😂
Took a long time to get Mastodon to a point where I enjoy it. Assumed here would be quicker because *waves hands* algos, but guess I just need to follow more people?
And tips for noobs?
A screenshot of an amorphous blob outlined in ASCII style with colons, periods, commas, etc. It looks kind of like an embryo if you squint? Green and white text on a black background inside a code-block UI labelled “bash”
A screenshot of an amorphous blob outlined in ASCII style with repeated “a”s Maybe this one looks like an onion? Or a squashed owl, perhaps? White text on a black background inside a code-block UI labelled “markdown”
My new favourite thing is to get ChatGPT to generate ASCII art. Spoiler alert: it’s really bad at it.
These are both world maps 🤣:
I tend to hyper-focus on a topic/hobby/amazing-business-idea, so it’s hard to know how best to introduce myself…
Should I tell you about the RSS reader I’m currently building? (rssisawesome.com)
Or should I shout about my modular synthesiser? Or my JS SSG? Too many projects to choose from!
Took me a while to get here, but hi! 👋
Currently in tire-kicking mode, but first impressions are that there are a lot more familiar faces than elsewhere. We’ll see how it goes
