I vibe coded this accessibility tool but I hand-made its website. scrollmymac.blakewatson.com
I vibe coded this accessibility tool but I hand-made its website. scrollmymac.blakewatson.com
I vibe coded for the first time. This is what happened.
I think the landscape of assistive technology software is about to be completely transformed.
blakewatson.com/journal/i-us...
Looks like I have access to Bluesky again. It was previously blocked in Mississippi (long story) but weβre back with age verification.
Thanks for the shoutout!
Iβll be speaking at MagnoliaConf (@magnolia.boo) in Jackson, MS in October. My talk, "No build tool? No problem!" is all about skipping frontend build steps and instead using the cool features supported by modern browsers.
You can get 10% off tickets with this code: SPEAKER10
2025.magnoliaconf.com
So, all Bluesky users in Mississippi (e.g., me) are blocked from using the app. I'm posting this by using a VPN. I hope Mississippi's government can come to a more practical solution for its stated goal of child safety, but I'm not optimistic.
bsky.social/about/blog/0...
@nona.zone This thread makes me super happy. Shoutout to @andycarolan.bsky.social who did the excellent artwork on this project.
Hey, thanks for the shoutout!
I havenβt played this game in 20+ years but this song lives rent-free in my head. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lhb...
My website turned 20 today! blakewatson.com/journal/blak...
I'm just seeing this, but thanks for the shoutout and the share!
If you want to learn how to create and edit webpages (and you should, itβs fun!) HTML For People is a great modern learning resource.
www.htmlforpeople.com
Ha, I think I'm good at this too and judging from your replies I'm guessing this is a common thing people feel like theyβre good at. Probably just easier being the third party like @spencercolaco.com said.
Hypothetical. Someone who doesn't code and doesn't want to learn asks you what is a good service for making a personal website and/or blog. Where would you point them?
Quick, I need some blog posts! I'm looking for blog posts/articles about why people should have a personal website.
I'm putting a list of them in a blog post. Both classic must-reads as well as little known posts from new web authors are fine.
It took two hours of debugging, one of which included 3 developers on a screenshare... to find a misspelled attribute.
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CFP for Magnolia Conf 2025 is now open! submit your talk by August 15(ish)!
if you're part of an underrepresented group in tech, we especially want to hear from you!
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Think Iβm going to stop cross-posting from Mastodon. I donβt love having a bunch of truncated posts.
Can confirm these are rad!
https://iconfactory.world/@Iconfactory/114916100504750898
https://social.lol/@bw/114983446851550327
My favorite suggestion so far is Moegi Dawn (it's one of the light variants) github.com/moegi-design...
You'll never have to chase down small breaking changes in your dependency chain you download the CDN versions and commit them directly to your repo.
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Any weirdos out there have a favorite light theme for VS Code? There aren't nearly as many quality light themes as dark themes I've noticed.
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I just said "bro, cope" out loud to webpack running in my terminal because it was showing me an error I already fixed.
https://social.lol/@bw/114972098507528943
At certain levels, your D&D character has the option to take an ability score improvement or a feat.
Ability score improvements are great but sound boring, while Feats have cool names like "War Caster" or "Crusher" (and tbf feats are great too).
I just ... https://social.lol/@bw/114971829307993583
Made a bunch of updates to Minimal Character Sheet.
- Print mode
- Collapsible spells
- UI tweaks
- Bug fixes
https://minimalcharactersheet.com
https://social.lol/@bw/114967252818793092
Like synthwave? I just added a bunch of mixes to https://synthwave.live.
https://social.lol/@bw/114954447888139317
Found this website which is similar to the HTML for People vibe. Love it! https://www.htmlhobbyist.com/
https://social.lol/@bw/114943644522991487
If you are reading this, you can do it. I believe in you! https://htmlforpeople.com/
https://mastodon.social/@ethanschoonover/114939346322019002
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Spent nearly all day yesterday refactoring the autosave function on my digital character sheet app. It handles edge cases more betterly and shows a save-status indicator so that you can have the warm fuzzies of knowing everything is saved (and know when s... https://social.lol/@bw/114931682387589515