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Web geek since forever • He/him • Head of Technology at Evans Hunt • https://dmcb.dev Sharing what I know about building the web for humans.

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a man with long hair and a beard says we will meet them in battle nonetheless wing . Alt: Theoren King of Rohan says we will meet them in battle nonetheless wing

My energy going into tonight’s WBC matchup knowing the odds against Team USA

13.03.2026 21:19 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

This is a good article and a solid take-away: be deliberate about where you're willing to take on cognitive debt.

02.03.2026 15:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Three.js Conf Paris The first Three.js conference in Paris. Join the community, discover the lineup, and be part of the event.

Love this site threejs.paris! (and would love to go!) #threejs

27.02.2026 20:40 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A radar graph of a spellbook showing its composition of Damage, Control, Support and Utility spells.

A radar graph of a spellbook showing its composition of Damage, Control, Support and Utility spells.

Did a fun thing with my 5e Spellbook Builder — categorized all 410 spells in the game with what kind of spell they actually are (5e-spellbook.app/blog/categor...) and you can see your spellbooks' composition.

23.02.2026 18:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Canadians you are not prepared for the temperature he tells you he is experiencing here.

21.01.2026 22:21 👍 1250 🔁 273 💬 400 📌 568

One of the best ways I know to sort Gen Xers/old Millennials into levels of trustworthiness is to take note of which beloved 80s/90s comic strip they never shut up about. Calvin & Hobbes? That's a good-hearted normie. Far Side? Probably annoying, plays hours of RPGs. Bloom County? Fully radicalized.

19.01.2026 16:58 👍 378 🔁 41 💬 81 📌 44

The updates came to the iPhone and it's even worse there. What a headache of visual noise.

Modelling your OS after the UI of your least popular product (by many orders of magnitude) is a choice.

08.12.2025 22:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Build vs Buy In The Age Of AI: A Developer’s POV For Marketing Leaders Head of Technology in Calgary, Derek McBurney shares how AI assistants, no-code tools and pragmatic guardrails help all teams innovate faster without drowning in slop.

I've had a podcast-like set up in my home office for years. Finally I recorded a podcast. 😬
www.modop.com/podcasts/bui...

29.11.2025 21:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
dodgers and blue jays fans all making grimacing faces

dodgers and blue jays fans all making grimacing faces

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28.10.2025 04:08 👍 212 🔁 31 💬 10 📌 15
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American Truck Simulator - British Columbia on Steam Experience the stunning landscapes and vibrant culture of Canada’s westernmost province. From rich history to breathtaking scenery, British Columbia offers truckers an unforgettable journey through on...

I am unreasonably excited about this. store.steampowered.com/app/4057480/...

27.10.2025 04:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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At Yonge & Dundas Jays fans are obeying the pedestrian scramble, as is the custom & returning to sidewalk each light cycle.

21.10.2025 04:00 👍 2338 🔁 569 💬 65 📌 194

[after every single pitch] that’s baseball for ya

17.10.2025 23:23 👍 2034 🔁 269 💬 27 📌 5
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"Start spreading the news, bitches!"

09.10.2025 02:50 👍 802 🔁 275 💬 19 📌 63

This is what's fun about the Postseason, folks. The tension, the nerves, the sweating, the vomiting

08.10.2025 01:57 👍 79 🔁 14 💬 6 📌 3
A round door knob.

A round door knob.

A door handle.

A door handle.

As a metaphor, I'm fortunate enough to have dexterity to use the door knob shown, but I still prefer using that more accessible handle that I can use with slippery hands, hands full or even an elbow.

MacOS 26 / #liquidglass is a door knob.

19.09.2025 17:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I downloaded Wikipedia to my local machine to kick off my new Information Furnace.

19.09.2025 17:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Really disappointed with the "Liquid Glass" in the new MacOS.

More accessible design is better design for everyone. I'm fortunate enough to not have vision challenges (for now!), but these new interfaces are now much harder to see for no reason. A terrible step back.

19.09.2025 17:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

WANT

17.09.2025 13:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

That’s the G-rated version of a typical day.

12.09.2025 02:53 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Typical day in life of a web dev

12.09.2025 02:30 👍 95 🔁 9 💬 8 📌 0
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Wikipedia is under attack — and how it can survive The site’s volunteers face threats from Trump, billionaires, and AI.

Great read and a good reminder of how vulnerable and ephemeral the web can be www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

12.09.2025 01:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot from Reddit comments:

Lonely-Ad8184: i really don't understand how the fuck this team gets to two strikes and  every fucking hitter becomes barry bonds what in the fuck!

Purplebuzz: Kirk hitting over 300 with 2 strikes WTF.

Lonely-Ad8184: yeah i rely don't get it they swing and miss on the first two strikes but magically become tony gwynn with 2 strikes

Screenshot from Reddit comments: Lonely-Ad8184: i really don't understand how the fuck this team gets to two strikes and every fucking hitter becomes barry bonds what in the fuck! Purplebuzz: Kirk hitting over 300 with 2 strikes WTF. Lonely-Ad8184: yeah i rely don't get it they swing and miss on the first two strikes but magically become tony gwynn with 2 strikes

Love this for us

06.09.2025 02:21 👍 47 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 2
A screenshot of a PDF generated by 5e-spellbook.app that shows 9 spell cards per page for printing.

A screenshot of a PDF generated by 5e-spellbook.app that shows 9 spell cards per page for printing.

I added PDF generation for printing D&D spellbooks you build in 5e-spellbook.app, entirely in the browser with ekoopmans.github.io/html2pdf.js/ and was surprised at how little I had to fight it and how good the result appears to be. #5e #webapps

02.09.2025 19:29 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Tweet reading, “Fantastic Four skins are coming to Fortnite
It is one of the most wanted collabs ever”

Tweet reading, “Fantastic Four skins are coming to Fortnite It is one of the most wanted collabs ever”

fantastic what now

15.07.2025 22:15 👍 772 🔁 196 💬 20 📌 40
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Should Developers Really Code with AI? A Dos and Don’ts Guide to Improve Your Developer Experience Love it or hate it, AI coding isn’t going away — using it wisely can improve your developer experience, but risks the opposite if you’re…

Should developers code with AI? I’ve got thoughts, some surprises, warnings and recommendations.

medium.com/@d.mcburney/...

15.07.2025 15:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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TIL: The launch of USB-A is closer to the moon landing than to today (via @christianselig)

08.07.2025 15:20 👍 403 🔁 106 💬 14 📌 18

This analogy doesn’t quite work, but there is some merit to it. I am enjoying the replies.

04.07.2025 13:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Transitioning from D&D's 2014 edition to the 2024 ruleset The differences between D&D's 2014 edition and the 2024 ruleset have changes big and small. 5.5e Spellbook Builder now highlights them.

I finally got around to adding the 2014 rules (for PHB spells) and you can flip between those and the 2024 rules easily.
5e-spellbook.app/blog/transit...

03.07.2025 22:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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People outside tech starting to realize how quality software and typing/generating code fast are not correlated

27.06.2025 00:55 👍 974 🔁 207 💬 14 📌 27