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Zach Leatherman

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🔗 https://zachleat.com 🎈 Creator/Maintainer of @11ty.dev 🧰 Builder at @fontawesome.com 🏳️‍⚧️ Listen to Trans Folks 👋🏻 He/him/they 🐘 https://zachleat.com/@zachleat 🐟 out of 🌊 ✅ Front of the Front-end ✅ Static Sites 🚾 Web Components ✅ Web Performance

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Álvaro Montoro @alvaromontoro.com · 1d

Practical visualization of how using robots.txt works to prevent AI bots from going through your site.

A cheeto/potato chip used to lock a door

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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 1d

Oh hell yeah—what a crew

Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 5d

(fwiw) I believe the original was a pun joke 😅 needed brackets around <picture>

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Jake Archibald @jakearchibald.com · 5d

Folks who want to see JPEG-XL supported in more browsers, what is it about the format that attracts you to its use on the web?

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Piccalilli @piccalil.li · 6d

Set your alarms and clear your inboxes: JavaScript for Everyone launches in 7 days, on October 14th.

The drafts are done, the editing is *nearly* complete and let us tell you, Mat has written a masterpiece.

Get alerted on launch day by signing up for updates: piccalil.li/javascript-f...

JavaScript for Everyone. A new course by Mat Marquis. Launching in 7 days

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keith kurson @keith.is · 11d

i'm doing 👻 weird web october 👻

i'm joining the creative people who reach for month long prompt based creativity in the fall months. weirdweboctober.website is perfect for that. a word every day is just enough to do a TON, or just a little

Weird Web October

A challenge to try and make a website every day of October, based on the theme for each day

weirdweboctober.website

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Oliver Drotbohm @odrotbohm.de · 10d

After I lost a lot more hair over software, I thought it was time to get my online avatar updated. As for the previous one, I reached out to the fabulous @reverentgeek.com. If you need artwork with heart and soul, reach out to him! reverentgeek.com/avatars/ 🫶

https://reverentgeek.com/avatars/🫶

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scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social · 10d

Written 55 years ago, Schulz's heartfelt clarity cuts through the noise, even today.

h/t @tisserand.bsky.social

Scan of a typed letter from 1970, from Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, addressed to "Joel Lipton, 622 N. Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210"

It reads:

"Dear Joel:

I think it is more difficult these days to define what makes a good citizen than it has ever been before. Certainly all any of us can do is follow our own conscience and retain faith in our democracy. Sometimes it is the very people who cry out the loudest in favor of getting back to what they call "American Virtues" who lack this faith in our country.

I believe that our greatest strength lies always in the protection of our smallest minorities.

Sincerely yours,

Charles M. Schulz"

At bottom is an illustration of Charlie Brown and Snoopy, a kite wrapped around the dog house.

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Jacques @jacquesfavreau.com · 10d

One of the neat* things about adding +companyName every time you sign up for something, is that you can tell when @adobe.com sells your info to recruiters.

An email from the Kimbel Group headhunters that has been sent to my_email_address+adobe@gmail.com

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jenn schiffer 🕷️🕯️ @jennschiffer.com · 10d

i am catching up on the moderation discourse and it’s really annoying that this episode basically goes back to leadership trying to have a goof and a gag. there’s not a lot of room-reading happening which comes across as immature and unprofessional

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Eric Portis @ericportis.com · 10d

If you work in web standards, you RFC 2119 MUST read this article. alice.boxhall.au/articles/a-t...

A threat model for accessibility on the web - Alice

A explanation of the primary threat to accessibility on the web, and a call to action for the web standards community

alice.boxhall.au

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Kevin Powell @kevinpowell.co · 10d

Do you have any smaller/under-the-radar CSS sites/people that you follow?

Looking for blogs, YouTube channels, or anyone who just shares cool CSS stuff.

Reply if you know any, and look at the replies for new people/sites to follow 😊

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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 11d

the joke is on you: my brain is already goo

Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 11d

you’re right

Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 11d

what’s your beef with crepes

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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 11d

I won’t let this yoghurt my feelings

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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 11d

when the paywall CSS is accessible but also inaccessible

.a-article-nl-fade * {
color: transparent !important;
text-shadow: 0 0 5px #000 ! important;
}

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Web Awesome @webawesome.com · 11d

Web Awesome makes drawers easy. And with declarative invokers, you can open and close them without writing any JavaScript.

Screenshot of a Web Awesome drawer from the docs.

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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 11d

wilhelm doesn’t make other noises: only screams

Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 11d

look, as a fellow Zach I think we both know what’s happening here

Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 11d

some drafts are just for me and my superfan premium subscribers

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Todd @toddl.dev · 12d

Day 2 of posting this with hopes we can cross that line in 30 days.

My partner is in need of some medical assistance and future surgery and treatments.

We are 6% of the way there. More details and you can donate if you can here. gofund.me/231d524bb

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Donate to Fundraiser for Paula Johnson's Medical & Recovery Fund, organized by Todd Libby

My name is Todd Libby, and I am starting this on the behalf of my pa… Todd Libby needs your support for Fundraiser for Paula Johnson's Medical & Recovery Fund

gofund.me

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Burton Smith @stuffbreaker.bsky.social · 11d

I'm very excited to announce the release of the #WebComponents CLI validator! Now you can validate your web components in your build pipelines.

#html #javascript

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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 12d

bacteria gonna bacterize

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Josh Collinsworth @collinsworth.dev · 12d

Well that's just parfait the course!

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