Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
People and blogs involved with and about the IndieWeb community, the fediverse, and/or the open web in general.
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
How to hide a painting
WordLand v0.50
Adding and deleting categories are part of WordLand 0.50, released earlier today. These are the same categories you can edit in the WordPress user interface. But I learned that you need to be able to add categories when you're writing. You want this functionality to be close-by.
Two columns in the Categories dialog. More efficient use of space.
Context menu with two new commands.
Change notes are here.
Totoro. 🌳
Chilling with Coco. #NotMyCat
Chilling with Coco. #NotMyCat
Cool native HTML elements you should already be using · Harrison Broadbent
dialog, details, datalist, progress, optgroup, and more:
If this article helps just a single developer avoid an unnecessary Javascript dependency, I’ll be happy. Native HTML can handle plenty of features that people typically jump straight to JS for (or otherwise over-complicate).
In the way
This sums up my experience of companies and products trying to inject AI in to the products I use to communicate with other people. It’s always just in the way, making stupid suggestions.
Ten years ago today I coined the shorthand “js;dr” for “JavaScript required; Didn’t Read”. - Tantek
tantek.com/2025/069/t1/ten-years-jsdr-javascript-required-didnt-read
Practice Progressive Enhancement.
Build first and foremost with forgiving technologies, declarative technologies, and forward and backward compatible coding techniques.
All content should be readable without scripting.
If it’s worth building on the web, it’s worth building it robustly, and building it to last.
Way over yonder in the low-key
Build It Yourself | Armin Ronacher’s Thoughts and Writings
“Wait, not like that”: Free and open access in the age of generative AI
citationneeded.news/free-and-open-access-in-the-age-of-generative-ai/
Teacher, it’s too difficult
Refurbished a Game Boy
Fog from liquid nitrogen ice cream.
Text notebooks with editable outputs
Matt Mullenweg
• Matt
Dalio & Benioff in Singaore
With the world changing so quickly, it’s hard to find alpha, but the best way is by following the brightest thinkers. This CNBC interview with Ray Dalio and Marc Benioff is good, but it’s way better if you go to the livestream about 25 minutes in and see the full discussion without the editing. You … Continue reading Dalio & Benioff in Singaore →
Kicking off St. Patrick’s weekend with a spice bag and Murphy’s!
Kicking off St. Patrick’s weekend with a spice bag and Murphy’s!
Manuel Moreale — Everything Feed
• Manuel Moreale
A moment with snow and trees
I wasn’t planning to find snow this weekend but snow we indeed found. Dog was having a blast.

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