I’m somewhat obsessed with CMAT’s Euro Country. An opening verse in Irish and a blistering bridge that might single-handedly scupper Bertie Ahern’s presidential ambitions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SVNTv44C4g

Thursday session

There was a time when you needed to make a native app in order to take advantage of specific technologies. That time has passed. Now you can do all of these things on the web: push notifications, offline storage, camera access, and more. Take a look at the home screen o...

Wednesday session

The web is just people. Lots of people, connected across global networks. In 2005, it was the audience that made the web. In 2025, it will be the audience again.

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Tuesday session

I’m almost certainly preaching to the choir here because I bet you’re reading these very words in a feed reader, but what Molly White has written here is too good not to share:

RSS offers readers and writers a path away from unreliable, manipulative, and hostile platforms and intermediaries. In a media landscape dominated by algorithmic feeds that aim to manipulate and extract, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is choose to read what you want, when you want, without anyone watching over your shoulder.

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When you vibe code, you are incurring tech debt as fast as the LLM can spit it out. Which is why vibe coding is perfect for prototypes and throwaway projects: It’s only legacy code if you have to maintain it!

The worst possible situation is to have a non-programmer vibe code a large project that they intend to maintain. This would be the equivalent of giving a credit card to a child without first explaining the concept of debt.

If you don’t understand the code, your only recourse is to ask AI to fix it for you, which is like paying off credit card debt with another credit card.

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• Building HTML pages is easy
• Pure HTML is evergreen
• Bloated web pages are too slow
• I can host it anywhere, often for free
• Accessibility and SEO benefits are automatic
• It won’t need security patches
• There are no build steps

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1. Install Stuff Indiscriminately From npm
2. Pick a Framework Before You Know You Need One
3. Always, Always Require a Compilation Step

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SPAs were a clever solution to a temporary limitation. But that limitation no longer exists.

Use modern server rendering. Use actual pages. Animate with CSS. Preload with intent. Ship less JavaScript.

adactio.com/links/22067

Monday session

Ceol sa cultúrlann i mBéal Féirste

Substack willingly platforms and allows bad actors to monetize, hate speech and misinformation.

Says who?

Here are some well-reasoned pieces on the subject for you to educate yourself and decide.

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Saturday afternoon session in Belfast

Táim i gaeltacht Bhéal Feirste!

Saturday morning session in Belfast

Friday afternoon session in Belfast

Thursday night session in Belfast

Thursday evening session in east Belfast

Thursday afternoon session in Belfast

Feeling a little verklemt at Belfast Trad Fest …thank you to everyone from thesession.org who made this possible!

Wednesday night session in Belfast

Wednesday evening session in Belfast

Wednesday afternoon session in Belfast

Tuesday afternoon session in Belfast

Monday afternoon session in Belfast

Reading Doggerland by Ben Smith.

Dervish in the Ulster Hall

Checked in at Ulster Hall for NOTIFY, Dervish, Cormac McCarthy, MGCE Concert Orchestra, and 5 more…. Dervish!