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The online home of Jeremy Keith, an author and web developer living and working in Brighton, England.
IndieWeb
codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/01/30/coding-is-when-were-least-productive/
I’ve seen so many times how 10 lines of code can end up being worth £millions, and 10,000 ends up being worthless.
Thursday session
Wednesday session
Tuesday session
Jemima runs through just some of the exciting new additions to CSS:
Replacing 150+ lines of JavaScript with just a few CSS features is genuinely wild. We’re able to achieve the same amount of complexity that we’ve always had, but now it’s a lot less work to do so.
And Jemima will be opening the show at Web Day Out in Brighton on the 12th of March if you want to hear more of this!
I really enjoyed this chat with Marc:
I recently sat down with Jeremy Keith for a spontaneous conversation that quickly turned into a deep dive into something we both care a lot about: events, community, and why we keep putting ourselves through the joy and pain of running conferences.
Carlingford mussels and oysters
Carlingford
Going to Carlingford. brb
Wednesday session
Appealing to data as the ultimate authority — especially when fueled by engineered desire — isn’t neutrality, it’s an abdication of responsibility.
Some neat CSS from Tess that’s a great example of progressive enhancement; these book covers look good in all browsers, but they look even better in some.
joshtumath.uk/posts/2026-01-27-try-text-scaling-support-in-chrome-canary/
There’s a new meta tag on the block. This time it’s for allowing system-level text sizing to apply to your website.
Laura’s classic book is now a web book that you can read for free online.
This episode of the Shop Talk Show is the dictionary definition of “rambling” but I had a lot of fun rambling with Chris and Dave!
People use “enshittification” to describe platform decay. What I’m describing here is one of the mechanisms that makes that decay feel personal. It’s the constant conversion of your attention into a KPI.
A fascinating talk looking at the history of the intersection of knitting and stitching with wartime cryptography and resistance.
Reading The Morrigan by Kim Curran.
I’m sick. I think it‘s manflu. Symptoms include aches, pains, pouts, and petulance.
Please send pics/videos of your dogs and cats to cheer me up.
Wednesday session
This is clever, and seems obvious in hindsight: use an anonymous @layer for your CSS reset rules!
Well, this is horrifying.
Monday session
Sunday session
The best thing about the cold weather is seeing all the good doggos out walking in their winter outfits.
Saturday afternoon kitchen session
