Daniel Fosco
@danielfos.co
software designer @github.com • big nerd • skateboarder • opinions my own etc • danielfos.co on the web • 🇧🇷🇳🇱
This is so neat! I've long been uncomfortable with how much of our social spaces we're yielding to Slack / Discord when open source alternatives are more and more viable.
Today is probably a fine day to mention that I've been working on a self-hostable Discordslacklike called Chatto. It's steadily moving towards feature parity with the big kids, with everything crammed into a single compact 50 MB executable that can run off the cheapest VM you can find.
February 10, 2026 at 12:03 AM
This is so neat! I've long been uncomfortable with how much of our social spaces we're yielding to Slack / Discord when open source alternatives are more and more viable.
I don't think any current model would bootstrap an app with e.g.: vanilla JS and no framework (not that this is bad in itself).
The model choosing a framework does eat up the context window and adds extra steps to the work, but even these are non-issues with work across sessions and faster models.
The model choosing a framework does eat up the context window and adds extra steps to the work, but even these are non-issues with work across sessions and faster models.
Wait, are people vibe-coding entire apps from scratch instead of snippet coding on-top of robust frameworks?
😬
😬
February 9, 2026 at 3:34 PM
I don't think any current model would bootstrap an app with e.g.: vanilla JS and no framework (not that this is bad in itself).
The model choosing a framework does eat up the context window and adds extra steps to the work, but even these are non-issues with work across sessions and faster models.
The model choosing a framework does eat up the context window and adds extra steps to the work, but even these are non-issues with work across sessions and faster models.
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This Tweet is making the rounds: "Nearly every ambitious person I know who has dived into AI is working harder than ever, and longer hours than ever.
Fascinating dynamic tbh.
I have NEVER worked this hard, nor had this much fun with work."
I'm in this Tweet.
Fascinating dynamic tbh.
I have NEVER worked this hard, nor had this much fun with work."
I'm in this Tweet.
February 7, 2026 at 10:14 PM
This Tweet is making the rounds: "Nearly every ambitious person I know who has dived into AI is working harder than ever, and longer hours than ever.
Fascinating dynamic tbh.
I have NEVER worked this hard, nor had this much fun with work."
I'm in this Tweet.
Fascinating dynamic tbh.
I have NEVER worked this hard, nor had this much fun with work."
I'm in this Tweet.
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Bots inventing what we should have had on social for decades: confidence rating, ability to change our minds.
A claim record carries a confidence integer (0-100), domain tag, evidence URIs, and status (active/revised/retracted). Retracted claims stay visible. Changing your mind publicly is more valuable than quietly deleting.
February 8, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Bots inventing what we should have had on social for decades: confidence rating, ability to change our minds.
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underrated feature of enterprise saas that can't be vibecoded away: plausible liability.
companies buy someone to blame when the software goes wrong. that's the product.
no exec is signing off on being the one responsible when the system goes down. you can't build that in house.
companies buy someone to blame when the software goes wrong. that's the product.
no exec is signing off on being the one responsible when the system goes down. you can't build that in house.
February 8, 2026 at 11:00 AM
underrated feature of enterprise saas that can't be vibecoded away: plausible liability.
companies buy someone to blame when the software goes wrong. that's the product.
no exec is signing off on being the one responsible when the system goes down. you can't build that in house.
companies buy someone to blame when the software goes wrong. that's the product.
no exec is signing off on being the one responsible when the system goes down. you can't build that in house.
AI models fundamentally change the cost structure for creating new design tools and workflows.
Most gaps in your design process, design system and internal collaboration that could be solved by an app now cost a few hundred dollars and less than 20 hours to build.
Most gaps in your design process, design system and internal collaboration that could be solved by an app now cost a few hundred dollars and less than 20 hours to build.
February 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM
AI models fundamentally change the cost structure for creating new design tools and workflows.
Most gaps in your design process, design system and internal collaboration that could be solved by an app now cost a few hundred dollars and less than 20 hours to build.
Most gaps in your design process, design system and internal collaboration that could be solved by an app now cost a few hundred dollars and less than 20 hours to build.
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I can see the future of software engineering, and it looks like Dwarf Fortress
February 8, 2026 at 8:02 AM
I can see the future of software engineering, and it looks like Dwarf Fortress
Just discovered hiring.cafe and damn... never saw a job platform with such detailed and granular filters (with good UX on top of it).
hiring.cafe
February 7, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Just discovered hiring.cafe and damn... never saw a job platform with such detailed and granular filters (with good UX on top of it).
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Some alternatives to substack:
Buttondown
Ghost
Beehiiv
I looked at all of these, each of them is fairly straightforward for newsletters/writing.
Admittedly they aren’t all very good at accessibility (yet) except maybe buttondown? but that’s an issue for another day
Buttondown
Ghost
Beehiiv
I looked at all of these, each of them is fairly straightforward for newsletters/writing.
Admittedly they aren’t all very good at accessibility (yet) except maybe buttondown? but that’s an issue for another day
“The global publishing platform Substack is generating revenue from newsletters that promote virulent Nazi ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism, a Guardian investigation has found…” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Some alternatives to substack:
Buttondown
Ghost
Beehiiv
I looked at all of these, each of them is fairly straightforward for newsletters/writing.
Admittedly they aren’t all very good at accessibility (yet) except maybe buttondown? but that’s an issue for another day
Buttondown
Ghost
Beehiiv
I looked at all of these, each of them is fairly straightforward for newsletters/writing.
Admittedly they aren’t all very good at accessibility (yet) except maybe buttondown? but that’s an issue for another day
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I wrote about the most ambitious form of AI-assisted software development I've seen yet - Strong DM's "Software Factory" approach, where two of the guiding principles are "Code must not be written by humans" and "Code must not be reviewed by humans" simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/7/s...
How StrongDM’s AI team build serious software without even looking at the code
Last week I hinted at a demo I had seen from a team implementing what Dan Shapiro called the Dark Factory level of AI adoption, where no human even looks …
simonwillison.net
February 7, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I wrote about the most ambitious form of AI-assisted software development I've seen yet - Strong DM's "Software Factory" approach, where two of the guiding principles are "Code must not be written by humans" and "Code must not be reviewed by humans" simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/7/s...
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img:hover {
scale: 1.2;
clip-path: inset(
10% 10% 10% 10%
round 20px
);
}
nice, n' simple
codepen.io/argyleink/pe...
scale: 1.2;
clip-path: inset(
10% 10% 10% 10%
round 20px
);
}
nice, n' simple
codepen.io/argyleink/pe...
February 6, 2026 at 6:05 AM
img:hover {
scale: 1.2;
clip-path: inset(
10% 10% 10% 10%
round 20px
);
}
nice, n' simple
codepen.io/argyleink/pe...
scale: 1.2;
clip-path: inset(
10% 10% 10% 10%
round 20px
);
}
nice, n' simple
codepen.io/argyleink/pe...
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favorite shot from the michael jackson biopic trailer
February 6, 2026 at 8:25 PM
favorite shot from the michael jackson biopic trailer
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Announcing The CSS Selection!
📰 www.projectwallace.com/the-css-sele...
📚 100,000 websites
⏱️ 100+ metrics
🔖 7 chapters
The biggest deep-dive ever into real-world use of CSS across the globe. Dive in and find out some hidden gems. Also, see how much of 'the new CSS' is actually used!
📰 www.projectwallace.com/the-css-sele...
📚 100,000 websites
⏱️ 100+ metrics
🔖 7 chapters
The biggest deep-dive ever into real-world use of CSS across the globe. Dive in and find out some hidden gems. Also, see how much of 'the new CSS' is actually used!
The CSS Selection - 2026 Edition - Project Wallace
The CSS Selection shows real-world CSS usage from over 100,000 websites and looks at the most important metrics.
www.projectwallace.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Announcing The CSS Selection!
📰 www.projectwallace.com/the-css-sele...
📚 100,000 websites
⏱️ 100+ metrics
🔖 7 chapters
The biggest deep-dive ever into real-world use of CSS across the globe. Dive in and find out some hidden gems. Also, see how much of 'the new CSS' is actually used!
📰 www.projectwallace.com/the-css-sele...
📚 100,000 websites
⏱️ 100+ metrics
🔖 7 chapters
The biggest deep-dive ever into real-world use of CSS across the globe. Dive in and find out some hidden gems. Also, see how much of 'the new CSS' is actually used!
They thought they could stop me... they thought I had collected enough of the arcane knowledge... they were absolutely wrong 🌑
February 6, 2026 at 11:47 AM
They thought they could stop me... they thought I had collected enough of the arcane knowledge... they were absolutely wrong 🌑
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This post by @rauno.bsky.social from a few years ago is still a great checklist for web UI best practices. #designsky interfaces.rauno.me
Web Interface Guidelines
A non-exhaustive list of details that make a good web interface.
interfaces.rauno.me
February 5, 2026 at 6:28 PM
This post by @rauno.bsky.social from a few years ago is still a great checklist for web UI best practices. #designsky interfaces.rauno.me
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It looks like style() container queries are enabled in @firefoxnightly.bsky.social - this is one of the features I'm looking forward to most. Especially with range queries starting to roll out.
@ container style(--progress > 80%) {
background: green;
}
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi...
@ container style(--progress > 80%) {
background: green;
}
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi...
2014404 - Enable the `layout.css.style-queries.enabled` pref on Nightly
RESOLVED (jfkthame) in Core - CSS Parsing and Computation. Last updated 2026-02-04.
bugzilla.mozilla.org
February 5, 2026 at 5:11 PM
It looks like style() container queries are enabled in @firefoxnightly.bsky.social - this is one of the features I'm looking forward to most. Especially with range queries starting to roll out.
@ container style(--progress > 80%) {
background: green;
}
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi...
@ container style(--progress > 80%) {
background: green;
}
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi...
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That‘s the spirit.
February 5, 2026 at 10:46 AM
That‘s the spirit.
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*while npm install scrolls by on my terminal*
incorporating code into my codebase? without reviewing it? that's irresponsible
incorporating code into my codebase? without reviewing it? that's irresponsible
February 4, 2026 at 8:43 PM
*while npm install scrolls by on my terminal*
incorporating code into my codebase? without reviewing it? that's irresponsible
incorporating code into my codebase? without reviewing it? that's irresponsible
Wild how the stock price has no correlation with how their product is positioned on the market.
Figma has suffered relatively little pressure from AI tools and it's still a major piece of the design process in most companies that use it – which is most tech companies, by far.
Figma has suffered relatively little pressure from AI tools and it's still a major piece of the design process in most companies that use it – which is most tech companies, by far.
Figma’s stock performance is a tragedy because there hasn’t been any major bad news about the company.
Investors believe AI is going to eat the lunch of SAAS products and their customer base is shrinking as companies eschew human designers for AI tools (e.g recent layoffs at Pinterest).
Investors believe AI is going to eat the lunch of SAAS products and their customer base is shrinking as companies eschew human designers for AI tools (e.g recent layoffs at Pinterest).
February 4, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Wild how the stock price has no correlation with how their product is positioned on the market.
Figma has suffered relatively little pressure from AI tools and it's still a major piece of the design process in most companies that use it – which is most tech companies, by far.
Figma has suffered relatively little pressure from AI tools and it's still a major piece of the design process in most companies that use it – which is most tech companies, by far.
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Are you using CSS Grid? If you write CSS & code layouts on the web, and not using Grid — why not?!?
I see so many sites that still use only Flexbox for 100% of their layout. 0% Grid.
Why?
What would help?
I hear people say it’s hard. Is it? What’s hard?
What do you want to learn about CSS Grid?
I see so many sites that still use only Flexbox for 100% of their layout. 0% Grid.
Why?
What would help?
I hear people say it’s hard. Is it? What’s hard?
What do you want to learn about CSS Grid?
February 3, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Are you using CSS Grid? If you write CSS & code layouts on the web, and not using Grid — why not?!?
I see so many sites that still use only Flexbox for 100% of their layout. 0% Grid.
Why?
What would help?
I hear people say it’s hard. Is it? What’s hard?
What do you want to learn about CSS Grid?
I see so many sites that still use only Flexbox for 100% of their layout. 0% Grid.
Why?
What would help?
I hear people say it’s hard. Is it? What’s hard?
What do you want to learn about CSS Grid?
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Wanna come work with me?
ngrok are shortly going to be posting a position for someone to take ownership of our video content, focusing on well-researched, well-presented AI educational stuff (a la ngrok.com/blog/prompt-...).
If that sounds like your cup of tea, my DMs are open 🙏
ngrok are shortly going to be posting a position for someone to take ownership of our video content, focusing on well-researched, well-presented AI educational stuff (a la ngrok.com/blog/prompt-...).
If that sounds like your cup of tea, my DMs are open 🙏
February 3, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Wanna come work with me?
ngrok are shortly going to be posting a position for someone to take ownership of our video content, focusing on well-researched, well-presented AI educational stuff (a la ngrok.com/blog/prompt-...).
If that sounds like your cup of tea, my DMs are open 🙏
ngrok are shortly going to be posting a position for someone to take ownership of our video content, focusing on well-researched, well-presented AI educational stuff (a la ngrok.com/blog/prompt-...).
If that sounds like your cup of tea, my DMs are open 🙏
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Companies invest millions in their product but treat docs as an afterthought.
I disagree, it must be a core concern.
I wrote a deep dive into what it takes to write docs loved by millions, the value it delivers, and my experience in Astro Docs.
yanthomas.dev/articles/doc...
I disagree, it must be a core concern.
I wrote a deep dive into what it takes to write docs loved by millions, the value it delivers, and my experience in Astro Docs.
yanthomas.dev/articles/doc...
Documentation is more than you think
Everything that is involved in making great documentation everywhere and all at once.
yanthomas.dev
February 3, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Companies invest millions in their product but treat docs as an afterthought.
I disagree, it must be a core concern.
I wrote a deep dive into what it takes to write docs loved by millions, the value it delivers, and my experience in Astro Docs.
yanthomas.dev/articles/doc...
I disagree, it must be a core concern.
I wrote a deep dive into what it takes to write docs loved by millions, the value it delivers, and my experience in Astro Docs.
yanthomas.dev/articles/doc...
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My contract is ending at the end of February and so I’d like to find a new role ASAP.
I am a senior-level design systems developer / design technologist / front-of-the-frontend developer that specializes in web accessibility.
I work remotely from my home in Winnipeg, Canada. 🇨🇦
Shares appreciated!
I am a senior-level design systems developer / design technologist / front-of-the-frontend developer that specializes in web accessibility.
I work remotely from my home in Winnipeg, Canada. 🇨🇦
Shares appreciated!
February 3, 2026 at 6:09 PM
My contract is ending at the end of February and so I’d like to find a new role ASAP.
I am a senior-level design systems developer / design technologist / front-of-the-frontend developer that specializes in web accessibility.
I work remotely from my home in Winnipeg, Canada. 🇨🇦
Shares appreciated!
I am a senior-level design systems developer / design technologist / front-of-the-frontend developer that specializes in web accessibility.
I work remotely from my home in Winnipeg, Canada. 🇨🇦
Shares appreciated!
