Just finished up a 3D print of a chess set for my son to take to school 😍
Zach Leatherman 8 replies 46 likes2 reposts Original on Mastodon Zach Leatherman 8 replies 46 likes2 reposts Original on Mastodon“The 12-month Amazon Web Services Free Tier period associated with your Amazon Web Services account will expire on January 31”
In related news, the @11ty.dev Screenshots service moved again yesterday 😅
Zach Leatherman 13 replies 58 likes2 reposts Original on BlueskyOriginal on MastodonWrite it down.
https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-02-1-write-it-down/ from @dansinker
Zach Leatherman 11 likes7 reposts Original on Mastodonwho scheduled this to go out at 3am on Saturday 🤔😅
Eleventy Import v1.0.10 adds the `--within` CLI option to filter imported items to those created or updated within a specified time frame.
npx @11ty/import [type] [target] --within=7d
Release Eleventy Import v1.0.10 · 11ty/eleventy-import
Adds within CLI option to filter entries to only include those created or updated with a recent time frame. Uses the same syntax as Fetch duration (e.g. "24h", "7d"). Also supported as a options pr...
@11ty/import@1.0.11
Utility to import content from multiple services (and a CLI, too)
@11ty/import@1.0.10
Utility to import content from multiple services (and a CLI, too)
@11ty/eleventy-utils@2.0.1
Low level internal utilities to be shared amongst Eleventy projects
Had a little time at my son’s basketball practice so I converted my 18 year old blog from CommonJS to ESM 😅
Zach Leatherman 5 replies 15 likes Original on Mastodonit is not bad maintenance it is a honeypot
Zach Leatherman 3 replies 20 likes Original on Blueskycia.gov has been running an outdated version of Gatsby.js with two active high severity CVE’s for at least 3 weeks — I’m sure it’s fine!
Zach Leatherman 15 replies 67 likes4 reposts1 quote Original on Bluesky@11ty/eleventy-plugin-vite@6.0.0
A plugin to use Vite as a development server and run Vite to postprocess your Eleventy build.
@KiwiKilian just moving forward (to be clear) not retroactively
@KiwiKilian I wonder if I might humbly ask that you name your releases on GitHub with an Eleventy Vite prefix (or similar)?
They show up on the Firehose with only the version number: https://www.11ty.dev/firehose/?type=github
Here’s a super early look at the Eleventy Font Awesome plugin https://github.com/11ty/eleventy-plugin-font-awesome (requires the very latest core canary release)
It’s working so well that it’s already in use on the 11ty documentation 👀
Build Awesome (11ty) 2 replies 19 likes3 reposts Original on Bluesky90 in the corner
@11ty/font-awesome@1.0.0-beta.6
Optimized per-page tree-shaken SVG spritesheets for Eleventy.
@11ty/font-awesome@1.0.0-beta.5
Optimized per-page tree-shaken SVG spritesheets for Eleventy.
@11ty/font-awesome@1.0.0-beta.4
Optimized per-page tree-shaken SVG spritesheets for Eleventy.
@11ty/font-awesome@1.0.0-beta.3
Optimized per-page tree-shaken SVG spritesheets for Eleventy.
@11ty/font-awesome@1.0.0-beta.1
Optimized per-page tree-shaken SVG spritesheets for Eleventy.
11ty/font-awesome-plugin
Optimized per-page tree-shaken SVG spritesheets for Eleventy with Font Awesome icons.
@11ty/eleventy@3.0.1-alpha.4
A simpler static site generator.
New on the docs, more help for beginners:
Installing a JavaScript Runtime
Installing a JavaScript Runtime (like Node.js)
A docs page for Eleventy, a simpler static site generator.
Build Awesome (11ty) 2 replies 17 likes1 repost Original on Blueskyfork in the road: happy to announce that I will compensate any CEO currently on a one-dollar salary a full year’s pay to resign
Zach Leatherman 6 replies 20 likes Original on BlueskyDelighted: I’m finishing up an experimental @11ty.dev plugin for @fontawesome.com icons that uses per-page tree-shook (tree-shaken? tree-darmok-and-jalad-at-tanagra) SVG sprite-sheets (with zero CSS or JS)
Zach Leatherman 11 replies 60 likes2 reposts Original on BlueskyOriginal on Mastodonone thing the telephone game is known for (especially when played by LLMs) is accuracy of output
Zach Leatherman 24 likes Original on Bluesky@11ty/eleventy-plugin-bundle@3.0.1
Little bundles of code, little bundles of joy.
@11ty/eleventy-plugin-bundle@3.0.1-beta.2
Little bundles of code, little bundles of joy.
@11ty/eleventy-plugin-bundle@3.0.1-beta.1
Little bundles of code, little bundles of joy.
@11ty/eleventy-plugin-webc@0.12.0-beta.3
WebC support for Eleventy adds for Single File Web Components
if they had used this web component from @scottjehl, it would have solved the problem quite nicely! https://scottjehl.com/posts/q-r/
Zach Leatherman 4 likes Original on MastodonFriends of Slack, a couple desktop-client things:
1. Huddles should prevent the screen saver — I am talking on the computer.
2. Defaulting to “Automatically leave huddles” when the screen saver starts (when paired with above) is a very bad software default
(please fix one of the above, thx)
Zach Leatherman 6 replies 14 likes2 reposts Original on Mastodonlook, did I mess up this reference the first time, yes — but I didn’t lose $1T market cap today so
Zach Leatherman 2 replies 27 likes Original on Blueskypreact is react’s deepseek*
Zach Leatherman 10 replies 47 likes4 reposts Original on Bluesky@11ty/eleventy-plugin-webc@0.12.0-beta.2
WebC support for Eleventy adds for Single File Web Components
is… is this where we’re at now?
instead of a hyperlink to the app store (which was already not particularly web-friendly) we’re obfuscating links as smartphone-first QR-codes?
Zach Leatherman 23 replies 6 likes3 reposts Original on Mastodonhow dare my personal web site not undergo a vigorous and lengthy code review process
Zach Leatherman 6 likes Original on Blueskycasually replacing <svg display="none"> with <svg style="display: none"> this morning
I don’t need to git blame the commit from 5 years ago — I already know who did it
(…it me)
Zach Leatherman 25 replies 42 likes1 quote Original on Blueskywhat is apple’s beef with SVG https://fediverse.zachleat.com/@zachleat/113114654283999351
The episode of Arrested Development from which this quote originates aired in November, 2003 — and $10 in 2003 is roughly the same as $17 in 2025.
Zach Leatherman 5 replies 11 likes1 repost Original on Mastodon“It's one SVG, Michael — what could it cost, $10?”
Zach Leatherman 9 replies 12 likes1 repost Original on Mastodonthe browser support for SVG favicons in 2025 is *wild* https://caniuse.com/link-icon-svg
Zach Leatherman 24 replies 9 likes2 reposts Original on MastodonTIL I needed to opt-in to an allow-list of domains for `fediverse:creator` on my profile (in addition to the `<meta>` tag on my web site)
Edit Profile -> Verification (tab) -> Author attribution (section) -> Websites allowed to credit you (textarea)
Read more about fediverse:creator here: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/07/highlighting-journalism-on-mastodon/
Zach Leatherman 1 reply 21 likes12 reposts Original on MastodonFound some unnecessary twitter metadata still sitting around on my web site and it’s always a good time to delete code (*especially* now).
Might be worth checking your web sites to see if you can delete it too?
Zach Leatherman 40 replies 152 likes31 reposts2 quotes Original on MastodonOriginal on BlueskyI’ve been to far too many family funerals in the past couple of years.
When my time is up (far, far from now) I hope that whoever speaks offers the listeners a message of acceptance and peace — not one of fire and brimstone, not one of conditional love through unconditional allegiance.
Take care of each other, y’all ❤️
Zach Leatherman 8 replies 55 likes2 reposts Original on MastodonA few Eleventy build server image optimization tests for the project I’m currently working on (×1088 images):
formats: webp, auto =>
❄️ cold cache: 4m 33s
🔥 warm cache: 36s
formats: avif, webp, auto =>
❄️ cold cache: 11m 32s
🔥 warm cache: 38s
Do y’all think the AVIF build cost is worth it if the build server cache is ~always warm?
we did it, web performance folks — it’s done. time to close up shop and go home — I just loaded up a 1.3GB text-based web app
(using a client-side LLM)
Zach Leatherman 21 replies 29 likes7 reposts Original on Mastodon@zachleat/heading-anchors@1.0.2
Adds and positions sibling anchor links for heading elements (h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6) when they have an `id` attribute.
For the record, the creator of the Remix JavaScript framework posted in defense of Elon’s fascist salute yesterday.
Zach Leatherman 21 replies 60 likes54 reposts Original on MastodonAlways keep receipts.
Zach Leatherman 6 replies 18 likes Original on Mastodonerrant.quest is #BuiltWithEleventy by @strange.website 🏆
last year i turned my travel diaries for the month i spent in switzerland and italy into a website photo-journal, hope you think it’s nice.
long pressing on the left side of the screen on bluesky but the skeets aren’t doomscrolling at 2×
Zach Leatherman 13 likes Original on BlueskyI’ll admit I haven’t kept up on the tiktok ban: what specifically about tiktok’s infrastructure is going to be affected? The app in the app store? The web site? Why not just move the TikTok servers overseas?
if there is not yet a product called eye masculiner FOR MEN that comes in a titanium case, capitalism has failed
dear marc zuckemborg what color is the masculine energy card in pokemon card game
Zach Leatherman 5 replies 18 likes1 repost Original on Blueskyimg:not([alt]) {
visibility: hidden;
}
Zach Leatherman 7 replies 37 likes15 reposts Original on MastodonEleventy Ecosystem Small Release Smorgasbord №2
1️⃣ Image https://github.com/11ty/eleventy-img/releases/tag/v6.0.1
2️⃣ PostHTML URLs https://github.com/11ty/eleventy-posthtml-urls/releases/tag/v1.0.1
3️⃣ RSS https://github.com/11ty/eleventy-plugin-rss/releases/tag/v2.0.3
In the past month my kids and I have played (on all the original *never-repaired* hardware):
1️⃣ 30+ year old Super Nintendo
2️⃣ 15+ year old Wii
3️⃣ 5+ year old Switch
Nintendo is an incredibly special company — looking forward to the next iteration.
Zach Leatherman 15 replies 69 likes1 repost Original on BlueskyOriginal on Mastodon@11ty/eleventy-plugin-rss@2.0.3
Generate an Atom, RSS, or JSON feed with Eleventy.
@11ty/posthtml-urls@1.0.1
PostHTML plugin for transforming URLs. A fork of posthtml/posthtml-urls.
New on the 11ty YouTube channel:
Start Your Escape from WordPress Using 11ty (in 3 minutes!):
Start Your Escape from WordPress Using 11ty (in 3 minutes!)
It’s time to think about getting off of WordPress for more stable blogging pastures. In this video we’ll talk about using 11ty to do just that!Read the docs:...
Build Awesome (11ty) 13 replies 45 likes19 reposts2 quotes Original on BlueskyStart Your Escape from WordPress Using 11ty (in 3 minutes!)
It’s time to think about getting off of WordPress for more stable blogging pastures. In this video we’ll talk about using 11ty to do just that!
Read the docs: https://www.11ty.dev/docs/migrate/wordpress/
Eleventy Import: https://github.com/11ty/eleventy-import
Eleventy Base Blog: https://github.com/11ty/eleventy-base-blog
Poster image by Berni Wittmann: https://unsplash.com/photos/black-wooden-bench-on-green-grass-field-near-mountains-during-daytime-xEjWEkSagLg
@11ty/eleventy-img@6.0.1
Low level utility to perform build-time image transformations.
Eleventy Ecosystem Tiny Release Smorgasbord
1️⃣ Dev Server github.com/11ty/elevent...
2️⃣ Import github.com/11ty/elevent...
3️⃣ ESM Dependency Tree github.com/11ty/elevent...
4️⃣ Prelease: Eleventy github.com/11ty/elevent... and github.com/11ty/elevent...
Build Awesome (11ty) 10 likes1 repost Original on Bluesky@11ty/eleventy-dev-server@2.0.6
A minimal, modern, generic, hot-reloading local web server to help web developers.
@11ty/eleventy@3.0.1-alpha.3
A simpler static site generator.
@11ty/eleventy@3.0.1-alpha.2
A simpler static site generator.
@11ty/import@1.0.9
Utility to import content from multiple services (and a CLI, too)
I am very unserious but also simultaneously extremely serious
multitudes wish they contained me
Zach Leatherman 2 replies 11 likes2 reposts Original on Mastodonyour nose is 3d printer for boogers, think about it
Zach Leatherman 23 replies 15 likes5 reposts Original on Mastodonwe’ve formalized this process here: https://www.11ty.dev/blog/certification/
Zach Leatherman 28 replies 41 likes12 reposts Original on MastodonThe Eleventy Super Professional Linkedin Certification Program is in full swing: www.11ty.dev/blog/certifi...
Build Awesome (11ty) 17 replies 46 likes10 reposts6 quotes Original on Bluesky*wakes up in hospital*
“we’ve given you a blood transfusion in your left arm and we didn’t even need a blood donor because we used blood that we took out of your right arm”
Zach Leatherman 7 likes Original on Blueskythe irony of a strongly typed superset of JavaScript that doesn’t follow semantic versioning is *wild* — we see that, right?
Zach Leatherman 11 replies 17 likes Original on Bluesky“tsc does not follow semantic versioning, so even minor updates can introduce changes to type checking that may break existing code.” — @satanacchio.bsky.social
Zach Leatherman 17 replies 18 likes2 reposts2 quotes Original on Bluesky9 y/o tried to say that I was middle aged but instead said that I was from the Middle Ages
Zach Leatherman 22 replies 62 likes1 repost Original on Mastodon10,785 files deployed in 2m 57s
3,935 files deployed in 2m 45s
12 seconds of build time saved, y’all — **incredible** gains 😅
Zach Leatherman 7 likes Original on Blueskyit was this PR — some avatar image optimization tech debt with origins in the long, long ago github.com/11ty/11ty-we...
mistakes were made
mistakes were fixed
Zach Leatherman 9 replies 69 likes1 repost1 quote Original on Blueskyif you want one of these on your linkedin — I dub thee officially certified
Zach Leatherman 58 replies 79 likes18 reposts Original on Mastodonhoping my midlife crisis will be to build increasingly unhinged web sites
Zach Leatherman 8 replies 51 likes9 reposts Original on Mastodonlook — all I’m saying is that when I type `bs` in the URL bar it should autocomplete to bluesky even if I’ve never used that computer before
Zach Leatherman 8 replies 13 likes Original on BlueskyNew proposal on the issue tracker to add first-party support for TypeScript in Eleventy core (in pairing with Node’s upcoming type stripping feature)
Proposal: Add first-party core support for TypeScript configuration, data, and template files · Issue #3616 · 11ty/eleventy
In preparation for Node.js stable to ship TypeScript stripping as an unflagged feature https://nodejs.org/api/typescript.html We already provide support for TypeScript via tsx, documented here: htt...
After 7 years, it was time to update the ol’ avatar. This is your one and only warning — I look different now
react is 4 years older than my old profile pic
Zach Leatherman 12 likes Original on Blueskymy profile picture was from 2017 — it’s time for an update.
Zach Leatherman 9 replies 29 likes Original on BlueskyNew Quick Tip on the YouTube Channel: an Eleventy Image Quickstart!
Learn how to get up and running with Eleventy Image in 2 minutes!
Learn how to Optimize your Web Site’s Images with Eleventy Image (in 2 minutes!)
Eleventy Image documentation: https://www.11ty.dev/docs/plugins/image/Eleventy Image v6.0.0 Release Notes: https://github.com/11ty/eleventy-img/releases/tag/...
Build Awesome (11ty) 27 likes7 reposts Original on Bluesky@11ty/dependency-tree-esm@1.0.2
Finds all JavaScript ES Module dependencies from a filename.
Learn how to Optimize your Web Site’s Images with Eleventy Image (in 2 minutes!)
Eleventy Image documentation: https://www.11ty.dev/docs/plugins/image/
Eleventy Image v6.0.0 Release Notes: https://github.com/11ty/eleventy-img/releases/tag/v6.0.0
Unsplash image by Nadine Marfurt: https://unsplash.com/photos/a-bench-sitting-on-top-of-a-snow-covered-slope-dYViWsqO62E
11ty Bundle Issue №64 from @bobmonsour.com
Build Awesome (11ty) 5 likes1 repost Original on BlueskyEleventy — 2024 in Review: https://www.11ty.dev/blog/review-2024/
How did we do this year?
Build Awesome (11ty) 13 likes3 reposts Original on BlueskyCurious about the State of JS survey, did y’all participate in 2024?
Eleventy Image v6 is already in use on www.11ty.dev
🖼️ Eleventy Image v6.0.0 has just shipped!
1️⃣ Better p3 color support
2️⃣ Native `fetch()`
3️⃣ `transform` hooks for advanced `sharp` usage
4️⃣ sizes="auto"
Full release notes: https://github.com/11ty/eleventy-img/releases/tag/v6.0.0
New, simplified docs:
Image
A docs page for Eleventy, a simpler static site generator.
Build Awesome (11ty) 8 replies 24 likes3 reposts Original on Bluesky@11ty/eleventy-img@6.0.0
Low level utility to perform build-time image transformations.
you know clarence thomas would look absolutely stunning in a baja blast mountain dew robe with a nascar-inspired taco bell logo on the sleeve—c’mon there is more money to be made on the back end of corporate sponsorships
@11ty/eleventy-img@6.0.0-beta.5
Low level utility to perform build-time image transformations.
burrito surpreme court™ justices, sponsored by taco bell™
Zach Leatherman 8 replies 13 likes Original on BlueskyNew minor release: 🐶🦴 Fetch v5.0.2
Use this package to add a configurable cache layer around any remote fetch.
Release notes: https://github.com/11ty/eleventy-fetch/releases/tag/v5.0.2
Official docs: https://www.11ty.dev/docs/plugins/fetch/