Brian LeRoux
@brianleroux.bsky.social
AWS hero blogging at webdev.rip, building sanity.io, arc.codes and enhance.dev ... loves Nanaimo, Vancouver, programming, JavaScript, cloud functions, infra-as-code, synths, drum machines, and outdoors-y stuff. 🇨🇦
think we (programmers) tend to underestimate "not much work" esp when compared to "no work at all whatsoever"
(eg having a build step vs not)
(eg having a build step vs not)
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
think we (programmers) tend to underestimate "not much work" esp when compared to "no work at all whatsoever"
(eg having a build step vs not)
(eg having a build step vs not)
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
that small sadness knowing tonight I will finish a book currently enjoying very much
November 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
that small sadness knowing tonight I will finish a book currently enjoying very much
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This is Link. His ball suddenly went missing and then reappeared trapped under his bed. He called his brother Otto in for backup, knowing they'd need all three of their collective brain cells to get it back. 12/10 for both (IG: thegoldenbruvs)
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This is Link. His ball suddenly went missing and then reappeared trapped under his bed. He called his brother Otto in for backup, knowing they'd need all three of their collective brain cells to get it back. 12/10 for both (IG: thegoldenbruvs)
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New blog post: “Faking Two-Phase View Transitions with the Navigation API’s precommitHandler”
www.bram.us/2025/11/17/f...
By using two View Transitions when intercepting links with the Navigation API – one in the precommitHandler and one in the regular handler – you can fake a Two-Phase VT today!
www.bram.us/2025/11/17/f...
By using two View Transitions when intercepting links with the Navigation API – one in the precommitHandler and one in the regular handler – you can fake a Two-Phase VT today!
Faking Two-Phase View Transitions with the Navigation API’s precommitHandler
By using two sequential View Transitions when intercepting links with the Navigation API – one in the precommitHandler and one in the regular handler – you can fake a Two-Phase View Transition today!
www.bram.us
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
New blog post: “Faking Two-Phase View Transitions with the Navigation API’s precommitHandler”
www.bram.us/2025/11/17/f...
By using two View Transitions when intercepting links with the Navigation API – one in the precommitHandler and one in the regular handler – you can fake a Two-Phase VT today!
www.bram.us/2025/11/17/f...
By using two View Transitions when intercepting links with the Navigation API – one in the precommitHandler and one in the regular handler – you can fake a Two-Phase VT today!
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EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
November 16, 2025 at 3:57 AM
EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
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I've been building my own algorithmic music production studio thing based off of Autechre's live Max/MSP rig, and it's starting to come together 👹
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I've been building my own algorithmic music production studio thing based off of Autechre's live Max/MSP rig, and it's starting to come together 👹
Rational thinking about dependency selection. In this economy? Especially in this economy...
Journal: Providers
Web browsers provide you with great features for free. Why would you choose to use tools that stop you taking advantage of that?
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22235
Web browsers provide you with great features for free. Why would you choose to use tools that stop you taking advantage of that?
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22235
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Rational thinking about dependency selection. In this economy? Especially in this economy...
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The frustrating thing is these custom controls could just be regular HTML inputs, styled for the UI, and everything would work perfectly. Focusable, operable, announced correctly.
Here's example of this in the wild: davedavies.dev/reviews/acce...
Here's example of this in the wild: davedavies.dev/reviews/acce...
Are your product options blocking customers from buying?
See why custom product option components fail for keyboard and screen reader users — and how fixing their semantics helps more customers choose what they want and buy with confidence.
davedavies.dev
November 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The frustrating thing is these custom controls could just be regular HTML inputs, styled for the UI, and everything would work perfectly. Focusable, operable, announced correctly.
Here's example of this in the wild: davedavies.dev/reviews/acce...
Here's example of this in the wild: davedavies.dev/reviews/acce...
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📝 New post continuing this weeks' theme about a guy who walks around NYC wearing a prouction studio on his back and then he passes a mic around and people rap and how it brings me a lot of joy.
daverupert.com/2025/11/aria...
daverupert.com/2025/11/aria...
ARIatHOME
The personal blog of Dave Rupert, web developer and podcaster from Austin, TX.
daverupert.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
📝 New post continuing this weeks' theme about a guy who walks around NYC wearing a prouction studio on his back and then he passes a mic around and people rap and how it brings me a lot of joy.
daverupert.com/2025/11/aria...
daverupert.com/2025/11/aria...
TypeScript breaking downstream on a patch is getting old.
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
TypeScript breaking downstream on a patch is getting old.
wish we still had cool confs in north america. it's all vendor stuff now.
I was fully conferenced out after Converge, but @beyondtellerrand.com has cured me.
Amazing talks, amazing friends (old and new) and amazing vibes.
Now, I’m really done for the year ✈️
Amazing talks, amazing friends (old and new) and amazing vibes.
Now, I’m really done for the year ✈️
November 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
wish we still had cool confs in north america. it's all vendor stuff now.
friends i respect who remain active on twitter: we need to have a chat.
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
friends i respect who remain active on twitter: we need to have a chat.
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Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
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Twelve Days of Christmas performed by Bob and Doug McKenzie
YouTube video by VinnyG113
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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just between us, it’s a web component
November 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
just between us, it’s a web component
underground music ppl hearing AI might completely destroy the popular music industrial complex
a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table with a can of soda and says yes very sad anyway ..
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table with a can of soda and says "yes very sad. anyway .."
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
underground music ppl hearing AI might completely destroy the popular music industrial complex
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that none of these photos are of the moose implies the moose itself is the photographer
A Biologist Shares His 4 Favorite ‘Nature’s Best Photography Contest’ Shots
These four images capture various starkly different realities within the animal kingdom — from family and play to survival and migration.
www.forbes.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
that none of these photos are of the moose implies the moose itself is the photographer
chimps: smarter than most ppl
I need to get off the internet and start hanging out with chimps more
www.sciencealert.com/chimps-can-r...
www.sciencealert.com/chimps-can-r...
Chimps Can Revise Their Beliefs When Shown New Evidence, Study Finds
Chimpanzees can change their minds when the facts no longer support their previous beliefs – a rational level of thinking that was once considered uniquely human.
www.sciencealert.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
chimps: smarter than most ppl
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THE SIMPSONS BART VS. THE SPACE MUTANTS
November 1, 2025 at 5:55 AM
THE SIMPSONS BART VS. THE SPACE MUTANTS
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Reminder: Treat your trick-or-treaters well.
OR ELSE!
OR ELSE!
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Reminder: Treat your trick-or-treaters well.
OR ELSE!
OR ELSE!
3:40p and already regret how many tiny chocolate bars eaten
October 31, 2025 at 10:41 PM
3:40p and already regret how many tiny chocolate bars eaten
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🥳
All too rare mention of progressive enhancement.
Yay, @inesakrap.bsky.social!
It still amazes me how this approach is so often sacrificed due to less conscientious use of fashionable frameworks.
#perfnow
All too rare mention of progressive enhancement.
Yay, @inesakrap.bsky.social!
It still amazes me how this approach is so often sacrificed due to less conscientious use of fashionable frameworks.
#perfnow
October 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🥳
All too rare mention of progressive enhancement.
Yay, @inesakrap.bsky.social!
It still amazes me how this approach is so often sacrificed due to less conscientious use of fashionable frameworks.
#perfnow
All too rare mention of progressive enhancement.
Yay, @inesakrap.bsky.social!
It still amazes me how this approach is so often sacrificed due to less conscientious use of fashionable frameworks.
#perfnow
wherein @nonfigurativ.bsky.social asks, and perhaps answers:
"what would be like to be inside the mind of an artificial intelligence?"
this talk completely changed my stance on the ai hype today. much interesting nuance in this discussion. worth your time!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7sp...
"what would be like to be inside the mind of an artificial intelligence?"
this talk completely changed my stance on the ai hype today. much interesting nuance in this discussion. worth your time!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7sp...
mem_brane: AI as Artistic Medium with Bjørn Staal | Everything NYC 2025
YouTube video by Sanity
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
wherein @nonfigurativ.bsky.social asks, and perhaps answers:
"what would be like to be inside the mind of an artificial intelligence?"
this talk completely changed my stance on the ai hype today. much interesting nuance in this discussion. worth your time!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7sp...
"what would be like to be inside the mind of an artificial intelligence?"
this talk completely changed my stance on the ai hype today. much interesting nuance in this discussion. worth your time!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7sp...