Going to Madrid. brb
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Me and Julio down by Shaka when the walls fell.
Me and Julio down by Shaka when the walls fell.
Wednesday session
Wednesday session
Harry Roberts is speaking at Web Day Out
I was going to save this announcement for later, but I’m just too excited: Harry Roberts will be speaking at Web Day Out!
Goddamn, that’s one fine line-up, and it isn’t even complete yet! Get your ticket if you haven’t already.
There’s a bit of a story behind the talk that...
React Won by Default – And It’s Killing Frontend Innovation | Loren Stewart
React is no longer winning by technical merit. Today it is winning by default. That default is now slowing innovation across the frontend ecosystem.
Dancing about dancing
I read recently read two books that had writers as their main protagonists:
Death Of The Author by Nnedi Okorafor, and
Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang.
They were both perfectly fine. But I found it hard to get really involved in either narrative. The stakes just never fe...
Monday night
Monday night
When All You Have Is a Robots.txt Hammer – Pixel Envy
I write here for you, not for the benefit of building the machines producing a firehose of spam, scams, and slop. The artificial intelligence companies have already violated the expectations of even a public web. Regardless of the benefits they have created — and I do believe there are benefits to these technologies — they have behaved unethically. Defensive action is the only control a publisher can assume right now.
Come to Web Day Out in Brighton on 12 March 2026 to learn all about what you can do in browsers today: https://webdayout.com/ Tickets are just £225+VAT
Come to Web Day Out in Brighton on 12 March 2026 to learn all about what you can do in browsers today:
Tickets are just £225+VAT
In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen – Random Thoughts
A microwave isn’t going to take your job; a chef who knows how to use a microwave is going to take your job.
Sitting out on the porch feasting on peel’n’eat shrimp, corn on the cob, and tomato salad.
Sitting out on the porch feasting on peel’n’eat shrimp, corn on the cob, and tomato salad.
Rob Weychert | Art & Design
Rob has redesigned his site and it’s looking gorgeous.
I really like the categories he’s got for his blog.
Stormy weather
Stormy weather
Met this little cutie on the beach.
Met this little cutie on the beach.
My requests for Interop 2026 | Clagnut by Richard Rutter
Every one of these five proposals is worth a vote.
Mind you, Rich’s cynicism is understandable.
Reading Nobber by Oisín Fagan.
Reading Nobber by Oisín Fagan.
I’m sure the people who stayed in Omelas had lots of earnest discussions about harm reduction.
I’m sure the people who stayed in Omelas had lots of earnest discussions about harm reduction.
My first book was published twenty years ago: https://domscripting.com/ Back then, I never could’ve imagined that it might one day be ripped off to train a hallucinating autocomplete. Follow your dreams, writers!
My first book was published twenty years ago:
Back then, I never could’ve imagined that it might one day be ripped off to train a hallucinating autocomplete.
Follow your dreams, writers!
Some nightmare fuel in the attic of the beach house.
Some nightmare fuel in the attic of the beach house.
Cat’s Paw Marina, Saint Augustine, Florida.
Cat’s Paw Marina, Saint Augustine, Florida.
Going to Saint Augustine. brb
Going to Saint Augustine. brb
> All the big boys, all the Berties, all the envelopes, yeah, they hurt me. I was 12 when the das started killing themselves all around me. https://www.rte.ie/news/presidential-election/2025/0905/1531932-bertie-ahern-presidency
All the big boys, all the Berties, all the envelopes, yeah, they hurt me. I was 12 when the das started killing themselves all around me.
https://www.rte.ie/news/presidential-election/2025/0905/1531932-bertie-ahern-presidency
Thursday session
Thursday session
Speaking at Web Day Out
Half of the line-up of speakers for Web Day Out is already on the site. One more is already confirmed.
I’m ridiculously excited about the way the line-up is taking shape, and judging by the zippiness of ticket sales, so are lots of my peers. Seriously, don’t wait to get you...
I’m seeing more and more companies referring to their tech stack as using “traditional machine learning” …presumably to distance themselves from the slopaganda of “AI” grifters before the bubble pops.
I’m seeing more and more companies referring to their tech stack as using “traditional machine learning” …presumably to distance themselves from the slopaganda of “AI” grifters before the bubble pops.
Wednesday session
Wednesday session
Walking the walk with https://webdayout.com/
Walking the walk with https://webdayout.com/
Reading Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang.
Reading Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang.
Tuesday session
Tuesday session
I am very, *very* excited about this …Web Day Out! https://webdayout.com/ A one-day event all about what you can do in web browsers today: Brighton, 12 March 2026!
I am very, very excited about this …Web Day Out!
A one-day event all about what you can do in web browsers today: Brighton, 12 March 2026!