Jeff Couturier
@jeffcouturier.com
Pixel mage and command-line sorcerer, multiclassing art & code since web 1.O
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This should make your blood boil. Please contact your reps (@resist.bot is a great way to do it) and keep the pressure on to stop this.
No kid, no matter where they or their parents are from, should be imprisoned like this.
No kid, no matter where they or their parents are from, should be imprisoned like this.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:22 PM
This should make your blood boil. Please contact your reps (@resist.bot is a great way to do it) and keep the pressure on to stop this.
No kid, no matter where they or their parents are from, should be imprisoned like this.
No kid, no matter where they or their parents are from, should be imprisoned like this.
Look at this horror show. This is just one span tag from high-profile production site. I won't say Tailwind is inherently bad, but it sure is a crutch that's used poorly more often than not.
February 13, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Look at this horror show. This is just one span tag from high-profile production site. I won't say Tailwind is inherently bad, but it sure is a crutch that's used poorly more often than not.
I built a free #dnd tool that lets you add all of your character's available actions, set how many actions you can use per turn, and then easily plan your next turn. Runs in any browser (including your phone), no login or sign-up.
jeffcouturier.com/blog/dd-acti...
jeffcouturier.com/blog/dd-acti...
January 20, 2026 at 3:54 AM
I built a free #dnd tool that lets you add all of your character's available actions, set how many actions you can use per turn, and then easily plan your next turn. Runs in any browser (including your phone), no login or sign-up.
jeffcouturier.com/blog/dd-acti...
jeffcouturier.com/blog/dd-acti...
It's the tail end of 2025 and I'm still seeing UI's with iconography that isn't descriptive at all. I have no idea what that weird box with an off-center circle inside is supposed to mean. "But it's our brand style." Then your brand style is a lack of clarity. Be clear first, then be fancy.
December 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It's the tail end of 2025 and I'm still seeing UI's with iconography that isn't descriptive at all. I have no idea what that weird box with an off-center circle inside is supposed to mean. "But it's our brand style." Then your brand style is a lack of clarity. Be clear first, then be fancy.
It's been years and years, and I still despise React's JSX camel case for HTML properties. I get it, that's how the DOM API works, but React leans in to wacky convention-breaking quirks like this. It still feels dirty and things like Svelte have proven it doesn't have to be like that.
December 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
It's been years and years, and I still despise React's JSX camel case for HTML properties. I get it, that's how the DOM API works, but React leans in to wacky convention-breaking quirks like this. It still feels dirty and things like Svelte have proven it doesn't have to be like that.
Seeing designers use shoddy AI art as heroes for their blog posts is disappointing. We can and should do better, pressure be damned. Selling out your own craft doesn't reflect well on you.
December 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Seeing designers use shoddy AI art as heroes for their blog posts is disappointing. We can and should do better, pressure be damned. Selling out your own craft doesn't reflect well on you.
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As promised earlier, for your weekend joy: @ohhelloana.blog and her talk about "Maintaining and Modernising CSS" given at #btconf Berlin 2025. Have a wonderful weekend everyone! youtu.be/6ZP1e8iQtBQ
Ana Rodrigues – Maintaining and Modernising CSS – beyond tellerrand Berlin 2025
YouTube video by beyond tellerrand
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December 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
As promised earlier, for your weekend joy: @ohhelloana.blog and her talk about "Maintaining and Modernising CSS" given at #btconf Berlin 2025. Have a wonderful weekend everyone! youtu.be/6ZP1e8iQtBQ
Big tech has convinced most people that they *have to* use their walled gardens and pay for their apps. But you don't. That's the beauty of the web, and it's very easy and cheap (free options too!) to have your own site/blog/whatever.
Take advantage of offers like this.
Take advantage of offers like this.
If you would like help moving your substack to WordPress and use their MailPoet newsletter platform I'm available for consulting and development work.
January 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Big tech has convinced most people that they *have to* use their walled gardens and pay for their apps. But you don't. That's the beauty of the web, and it's very easy and cheap (free options too!) to have your own site/blog/whatever.
Take advantage of offers like this.
Take advantage of offers like this.
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Google changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to Lake Dump Truck just means it isn't a trusted source of information anymore. Geography isn't named by the POTUS.
January 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Google changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to Lake Dump Truck just means it isn't a trusted source of information anymore. Geography isn't named by the POTUS.
The web has cancer, and this is a carcinogen.
January 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The web has cancer, and this is a carcinogen.
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I really like this from @simonwillison.net
"I realized that one of the best things about open source software is that you can solve a problem once and then you can slap an open source license on that solution and you will never have to solve that problem ever again"
"I realized that one of the best things about open source software is that you can solve a problem once and then you can slap an open source license on that solution and you will never have to solve that problem ever again"
A selfish personal argument for releasing code as Open Source
I’m the guest for the most recent episode of the Real Python podcast with Christopher Bailey, talking about Using LLMs for Python Development. We covered a lot of other topics …
simonwillison.net
January 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I really like this from @simonwillison.net
"I realized that one of the best things about open source software is that you can solve a problem once and then you can slap an open source license on that solution and you will never have to solve that problem ever again"
"I realized that one of the best things about open source software is that you can solve a problem once and then you can slap an open source license on that solution and you will never have to solve that problem ever again"
I was about to rant about unordered lists, and then I turned my volume up...
😂
😂
You know the _real_ reason why there isn't an <accordion> element? It's because we've never truly been able to accurately depict it in code… until now 🪗
A 'real' accordion [AUDIO WARNING]
...
codepen.io
January 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I was about to rant about unordered lists, and then I turned my volume up...
😂
😂
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January 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
For young adults everywhere…
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It is the year 2025. I should not be landing on your conference website and seeing a line up of only men.
January 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
It is the year 2025. I should not be landing on your conference website and seeing a line up of only men.
If you're a front-end dev, you need to be watching HTMX closely right now.
htmx.org/essays/future/
htmx.org/essays/future/
</> htmx ~ The future of htmx
htmx gives you access to AJAX, CSS Transitions, WebSockets and Server Sent Events directly in HTML, using attributes, so you can build modern user interfaces with the simplicity and power of hypertext...
htmx.org
January 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If you're a front-end dev, you need to be watching HTMX closely right now.
htmx.org/essays/future/
htmx.org/essays/future/
This is *critically* important when our attention is the real commodity now, and the opposition has mastered getting attention and manufacturing outrage to divide and distract.
one underrated skill I learned from actual organizing experience is choosing the best person to be mad at
January 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is *critically* important when our attention is the real commodity now, and the opposition has mastered getting attention and manufacturing outrage to divide and distract.
Where is the innovation and out-of-the-box thinking they keep crowing about, and why can't they use that to build ethical systems. Can't, or won't?
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
Pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their productsBusiness live – latest updatesThe developer OpenAI has said it would be impossible to create tools like its groundbreaking chatbot ChatGPT without access to copyrighted material, as pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their products.Chatbots such as ChatGPT and image generators like Stable Diffusion are “trained” on a vast trove of data taken from the internet, with much of it covered by copyright – a legal protection against someone’s work being used without permission. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Where is the innovation and out-of-the-box thinking they keep crowing about, and why can't they use that to build ethical systems. Can't, or won't?
If you need to write half a dozen articles to outline your neato process for using JSON, npm packages, build scripts, and five other abstraction layers to just output some SCSS and CSS, then I don't think you understand CSS at all. All that needless complexity is crazy.
December 13, 2024 at 3:11 PM
If you need to write half a dozen articles to outline your neato process for using JSON, npm packages, build scripts, and five other abstraction layers to just output some SCSS and CSS, then I don't think you understand CSS at all. All that needless complexity is crazy.
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Today, the W3C's Ethical Web Principles became a W3C Statement.
They include sustainability, privacy, internationalisation and accessibility… all aspects of the web that are commonly under threat and need our full attention.
Tnx @torgo.com and @hadleybeeman.bsky.social!
www.w3.org/TR/ethical-w...
They include sustainability, privacy, internationalisation and accessibility… all aspects of the web that are commonly under threat and need our full attention.
Tnx @torgo.com and @hadleybeeman.bsky.social!
www.w3.org/TR/ethical-w...
December 12, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Today, the W3C's Ethical Web Principles became a W3C Statement.
They include sustainability, privacy, internationalisation and accessibility… all aspects of the web that are commonly under threat and need our full attention.
Tnx @torgo.com and @hadleybeeman.bsky.social!
www.w3.org/TR/ethical-w...
They include sustainability, privacy, internationalisation and accessibility… all aspects of the web that are commonly under threat and need our full attention.
Tnx @torgo.com and @hadleybeeman.bsky.social!
www.w3.org/TR/ethical-w...
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I created a “Women in Tech” Starter Pack! Highly recommend to follow these incredibly talented women. 💖✨
go.bsky.app/PNKtkEe
(Feel free to suggest edits, of course!)
go.bsky.app/PNKtkEe
(Feel free to suggest edits, of course!)
November 21, 2024 at 5:47 PM
I created a “Women in Tech” Starter Pack! Highly recommend to follow these incredibly talented women. 💖✨
go.bsky.app/PNKtkEe
(Feel free to suggest edits, of course!)
go.bsky.app/PNKtkEe
(Feel free to suggest edits, of course!)
It's Thursday which is usually relatively quiet and therefore prodiuctive, but I haven't been sent a single chat message today and I'm getting suspicious.
fry from futurama is shown with a very serious look on his face
ALT: fry from futurama is shown with a very serious look on his face
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December 12, 2024 at 7:27 PM
It's Thursday which is usually relatively quiet and therefore prodiuctive, but I haven't been sent a single chat message today and I'm getting suspicious.
This seems like basic 101 stuff, but it's surprising how many devs don't know about this feature and others like it. And yes, Firefox has it too (also had it first, and does it better).
Good morning Bluesky 👋🏼 🦋
Web Dev / Dev tools tip 🔥
Did you know there is a 'changes' tab in the browser dev tools?
It keeps track of changes that you make and presents it in git style diff UI.
You can even copy changes when you're finished! 🤯
Never lose those unknown CSS changes again 🎉
Web Dev / Dev tools tip 🔥
Did you know there is a 'changes' tab in the browser dev tools?
It keeps track of changes that you make and presents it in git style diff UI.
You can even copy changes when you're finished! 🤯
Never lose those unknown CSS changes again 🎉
December 12, 2024 at 5:09 PM
This seems like basic 101 stuff, but it's surprising how many devs don't know about this feature and others like it. And yes, Firefox has it too (also had it first, and does it better).
2025 LLM/AI challenge: build something humanity actually needs that improves the lives of real people, not whatever snake oil you think you can sell if you market it enough.
There are plenty of real problems to solve. "What if books but with virtual avatars of deceased authors" is not one of them.
There are plenty of real problems to solve. "What if books but with virtual avatars of deceased authors" is not one of them.
December 12, 2024 at 4:33 PM
2025 LLM/AI challenge: build something humanity actually needs that improves the lives of real people, not whatever snake oil you think you can sell if you market it enough.
There are plenty of real problems to solve. "What if books but with virtual avatars of deceased authors" is not one of them.
There are plenty of real problems to solve. "What if books but with virtual avatars of deceased authors" is not one of them.
I work with some really, really cool people.
December 11, 2024 at 9:07 PM
I work with some really, really cool people.