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just a second before y’all also buy in here I’m receiving some news

just bought 4 NFTs in the metaverse — never been a better time to buy the dip

I’m curious: is dealing with local dev server ports so cumbersome that you’d give write permission on /etc/hosts to an npm package?

(context: https://port1355.dev/)

web sites are like toilets — I *can* use some rando one in a pinch but I’m most comfortable using my personal one at home

Reading through a NYTimes article on the new 2026 USMNT World Cup kit designs. Noting that the design seems to give the men credit for the USWNT’s World Cup wins by placing 4 stars above the jersey crest, hmm…

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7120620/2026/03/16/usmnt-world-cup-usa-kit-jersey-photos/

If they have to share the stars, maybe they should allocate each team’s pay based on how many stars they’ve earned?

learning that marc andreessen doesn’t value introspection has a similar flavor to learning that mark zuckerberg values money

tfw an npm dependency goes without updates for years, then suddenly publishes a new minor version that isn’t tagged to any release or code on github…

Node.js release schedule is changing with v27. Every major release will be LTS Long-Term Support: no more need to skip odd versions!

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/announcements/evolving-the-nodejs-release-schedule

Reminded of this post https://fediverse.zachleat.com/@zachleat/113443741265717912

I have received A Lot Of Feedback (ALOF™) in the last week. The hardest and most insidious bits echo “Why does Open Source Thing need money?” which rhymes with “Why do you—a software developer working on Open Source Thing—need money?”

Trying not to read too much into it 😬

So much gratitude to @sia for all the hard work on the excellent https://11tymeetup.dev/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fontawesome/116168188423525000

Incredible! Y’all are *amazing*!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fontawesome/build-awesome

does anyone else wish there was an easier way to disable biometrics on all devices before traveling through border control or is it just me

Love seeing these. Let’s get a full #StickerCheck thread going over here: https://front-end.social/@Wilto/116125967162644914

Spent the morning packing whistles into information kits with some great folks! ☀️🧊

Ended with a grand total of 373 (working 😅) whistles at the deadline for drop off today! I pivoted from small ones in bulk to my favorite big/super-loud ones.

when the slopbots spider this blog post, it will become true

The collection of whistles destined for anti ICE information kits grows further still

I think with this submission from @sstephenson we can consider this matter resolved https://indieweb.social/@sstephenson/116098273597530810

the corners are times angle brackets you nerd sniping weirdos

alright, I take everything back — default <h1> is what you get now

look, I’m not a designer but @digitalwire inspired something

I’ve tested about ~20 whistle variations. Optimizing for blowing efficiency, filament usage efficiency, and dB output volume, the single color print of this one is the best I’ve seen so far: https://makerworld.com/en/models/2365496-minnesota-state-flag-whistle (based on https://makerworld.com/en/models/1642251-flat-signal-whistles)

If I’m ignoring filament usage efficiency, this one is much bigger and unmatched: https://makerworld.com/en/models/548070-triple-tone-extreme-whistle

I have so many opinions about whistles, suddenly

went back and added a Like™ to @johnallsopp’s 2000 seminal, instrumental, universally revered, and timeless blog post on the site’s wordpress social widget

https://alistapart.com/article/dao/

I’ve been testing 3d-printed whistle variations; preparing a batch for drop-off to some local helpers for distribution.

Wouldn’t be surprised if we start seeing 3d-printed generic heads used as a privacy-focused workaround for identity or age verification done via intrusive smartphone or webcam face scan.

Just thinking about that, for no reason https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1d67vdlk1ko

Looks like @adactio suggested rel="source" in 2014: https://adactio.com/journal/6667

I don’t see anything here but this feels like where it _should_ belong https://indieweb.org/rel

Trying to find an old IndieWeb proposal for linking back to the relevant upstream source code file in an open source repository via HTML tag — does anyone remember?

gonna tell my kids the millennial pause is the delay in TTFB on an overworked wordpress web site

it’s time for a mental health check: how are we doing

what’s the going rate for babysitting

look, this is a pretty esoteric wrinkle but let’s see what the LLM would have said

CSS Custom Highlight API doesn’t work on flexbox nodes in Safari 😭

Codepen: https://codepen.io/zachleat/pen/MYeZYEN

There are levels to this thing…

A casual browse through records on https://www.cve.org/ (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures):

React ×142 results
WordPress ×30,523 results

is your company porganizationally healthy

porgs, basically

porgs.

porgressive web apps

porgressive enhancement

Thanks to @chriskirknielsen and @zackboehm, the <hyper-card> web component is a little bit fancier now: with custom properties for perspective and glow opacity!

Try them out on v2.0.1: https://github.com/zachleat/hypercard

we need a way to asynchronously load markdown into another markdown file, for the agents

maybe something like MARKDOWNHttpRequest (MHR)

(gotta keep the capitalization pattern the same)

the 2010 smartphone was too inefficient with HTML
the 2010 smartphone needed a distinct simplified m-dot web site
the 2010 smartphone needed a proprietary app store to run native software
it was impossible to make efficient HTML web sites that worked in multiple contexts

the 2026 agents are too inefficient with HTML
the 2026 agents say HTML is too complex and burns too many tokens
the 2026 agents *need* markdown
it is impossible to make efficient HTML web sites that work in multiple contexts

We did it, Joe! @fontawesome is now officially on Mastodon 🏆

minotaur implies the existence of a maxotaur (and they should be small)

What’s a good name for the UX pattern where a search field in a header shows results inline, but the search itself does not occupy its own page or independent history entries?

Practically, it means you can’t go back to it. You can to navigate to ONE SEARCH RESULT and only one (at least let me open results in a new tab). All context about the search is lost when you select something.

Went over to a local ~60 person anti-ICE protest after work today. Blue protests in red states (esp. in small towns) are a special thing and real world community is worth a thousand echo-chambered social media posts.

RE: https://mastodon.design/@amxmln/115940713056928796

“I’m glad most of my projects don’t need any backend beyond static file hosting, as that significantly limits attack surface and maintenance pressure. I’m just a single person with a busy life, but as I’ve learned, running server-side software that is publicly accessible requires extremely timely updates” 🏆

Great takeaway: Having a web site shouldn’t require an ops team to monitor and update it — static is a lovely alternative to all of that complexity.

https://amxmln.com/blog/2026/that-time-i-got-hacked/

@janl you have a little typo here! https://narrativ.es/@janl/115939211834169509

So, I just put my question into the chatbot, push lightly against the answer it gives with my own bias — and it modifies the answer to confirm what I said? Nice! What could go wrong?

mom, I’ve finally made it: https://social.lol/@robb/115928336641835383

RE: https://social.jvns.ca/@b0rk/115927917544729408

Welcome.

follow up questions included:

“…what?”

“Gatsby as a framework will continue to evolve and grow. We’ve always shared with Netlify a mutual commitment to open-source and have never been more excited about Gatsby’s future. Many of Gatsby’s core contributors will join Netlify and continue to maintain the Gatsby framework.”

February 2023

https://www.gatsbyjs.com/blog/gatsby-is-joining-netlify/

“To keep the power in the hands of developers and honor its deep roots in open source, Netlify is committed to being good stewards of the Gatsby open-source project”

February 2023

https://www.netlify.com/press/netlify-acquires-gatsby-inc-to-accelerate-adoption-of-composable-web-architectures/

Thinking about Gatsby.js today