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1. Alesandro Ortiz 🇵🇷🏳️‍🌈 Mastodon 12 min later

   @zachleat are you subposting a whole industry? 🙃

   1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 14 min later

      @AlesandroOrtiz hah the fact that you don’t know exactly says a lot about the industry 😅

      1. Alesandro Ortiz 🇵🇷🏳️‍🌈 Mastodon 20 min later

         @zachleat This came to mind but certainly not the only case: https://toot.cafe/@slightlyoff/116748287365972893

2. naugtur Bluesky 18 min later

   shoemaker goes barefoot

   (this is a translation from my language's version of the proverb, I just learned that English version is the shoemaker's children go barefoot and I don't like it)

   1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 37 min later

      yes! “The Cobbler’s Children Have No Shoes” is the one I’ve heard

      1. naugtur Bluesky 1 hr later

         In my culture it was a sarcastic/self deprecating phrase the professional would use about themselves, kind of a humblebrag. English version is not that, it's about bad work-life balance.

         1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 2 hr later

            haha I do not like this observation — oh no 😅🫣

3. Matt Bryant Bluesky 23 min later

   Build a fast website slow.
   Build a slow website fast.
   🤷‍♂️

4. Michael Bluesky 33 min later

   This is a damned lie. They built that website with WordPress because the tool isn't ready yet.

   1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 38 min later

      is WordPress ready yet

      1. Michael Bluesky 40 min later

         Like most things it's been getting less ready somehow

         1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 42 min later

            can I interest you in an emdash or do you prefer enshittification

            1. Michael Bluesky 44 min later

               I want to go home

            2. Tobias Fedder Bluesky 2 hr later

               emdashes please. Wait, can I get them with hair spaces, or would I need to upgrade my subscription for that?

               1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 3 hr later

                  you get 3 micro spaces on the free tier

            3. Michael Bluesky 4 hr later

               Coming back to this I realize I don't know if you meant the character or the CMS. Oh god.

               1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 5 hr later

                  now I don’t know what you mean so we are even 😅

                  1. Michael Bluesky 5 hr later

                     (emdashcms.com or the supposedly AI giveaway character "—")

                     1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 5 hr later

                        oh haha should I pretend this reference was intentional

5. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 41 min later

   anyway it should be interesting to see this category fill in with data today www.speedlify.dev/group/builde...

6. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 41 min later

   anyway it should be interesting to see this category fill in with data today https://www.speedlify.dev/group/builders/

   1. Simon Cox Mastodon 1 hr later

      @zachleat

      Some seriously low scores in there - wouldn't really take much to get to the top of that list if any of them set their mind to it. And there are a few 100's so someone is trying!

      1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 1 hr later

         @simoncox yeah! it does require effort!

         1. Taylor “Tigt” Hunt Mastodon 6 hr later

            @zachleat @simoncox Including the engineering person-hours needed to somehow make static web pages this slow?

            1. Simon Cox Mastodon 6 hr later

               @tigt @zachleat

               It will the bolt on marketing and analytic scripts slowing them down!

               1. Taylor “Tigt” Hunt Mastodon 6 hr later

                  @simoncox @zachleat Extremely true. I wonder if there are other industries where marketing is allowed to make the actual product this much worse?

   2. damianwalsh Mastodon 18 hr later

      @zachleat Ironic twist: Fastly isn’t.

      1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 23 hr later

         @damianwalsh 🫣

7. Christopher Kirk-Nielsen Mastodon 2 hr later

   @zachleat It's one JavaScript, Michael. How much could it cost? 10MB?

   1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 2 hr later

      @chriskirknielsen there’s always money in bananagrams

8. Michi Mastodon 19 hr later

   @zachleat wait until you see the website of localisation libraries/companies in any language other than English

   1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 23 hr later

      @michi101 show me one!