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@samkapila.com
Three hungry puppies in a trench coat and author of Inclusive Design Communities. Leading Design & Research at @netlify.com. Food motivated. She/her.
https://samk.app
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My latest pieces online, and I expect to add a few more over the coming week. If you're thinking about holiday gifts, consider some handmade pottery!

If you like it, I want you to have it. #pottery #art

art.miriamsuzanne.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Our Mindful Design course is now live!

With hours of elite video and practical exercises, Scott Riley will transform you for the better, whether you’re a beginner, a developer or an experienced designer.

Save £60 and get a 50% discount coupon for our other courses with our launch deal.
Mindful Design
A high quality, expansive video course that will elevate your design skills to a level you never thought was achievable.
piccalilli.link
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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PSA: Today's Day 4️⃣ of the Black Friday sale.

This is the lowest you can get the course for and it's for a limited time—next year's sales won't be the same.

Price goes back up on December 4th. ⏳

🔗 practical-accessibility.today

#a11y
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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We're trying to do some good with this Black Friday period for Mat's course.

We've got an alternative coupon that will put £20 in Resilient Coders' pockets which both Mat and @piccalil.li match, turning that into a £60 donation.

A great org getting people into tech *for free*.

Use this link!
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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For the next two weeks you can save £60 (about $80) on any Piccalilli course, and you'll get a coupon code that gives you 50% off future courses. If you've been waiting to grab a copy of JavaScript for Everyone, this is the time to do it:
piccalil.li/javascript-f...
JavaScript for Everyone
A high quality, expansive written course that will elevate your JavaScript skills to a level you never thought was achievable.
piccalil.li
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Haven’t promoted my book much this year but today’s a good day to share:

The Design for Developers eBook is 50% off.

It’s written to be evergreen — UX foundations, visual principles, color, typography, and more. A reference you can return to again and again.

🛍️ www.manning.com/books/design...
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Our Black Friday deals and Mindful Design go live tomorrow!

Buy a course: save £60 and get a 50% discount code you can use at any time. That'll save you over £180 vs full price if you get two courses!
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Congratulations to Curaçao for becoming the smallest nation to ever qualify for the World Cup! With a population of only 116,000, they've beaten Iceland's record
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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CURAÇAO BECOME THE SMALLEST NATION TO EVER QUALIFY FOR THE WORLD CUP 🫡🇨🇼

THE ISLAND NATION ONLY HAVE A POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 160,000 🤯
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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CURAÇAO HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THEIR FIRST-EVER WORLD CUP ❤️

WHAT A MOMENT FOR THE BLUE WAVE 🌊
November 19, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Not me crying during the national anthems of the Jamaica-Curaçao world cup qualifier.
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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why do storks only bring babies why can’t one bring me a cannoli
November 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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ah yes, put the `mailto:` link behind a button so I can't copy the email address and instead open the default desktop mail application that I don't use.
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
There's not a single bad song on the new Lily Allen album.
November 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
People in tech need to take notes on how to write alt tags like WRD.
My goodness. Please don’t send in ghosts. They are very frightening. We only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: theodore.goldenvelt)
October 28, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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React Router 7's new middleware feature is now supported on Netlify.

You can even access fully type-safe Netlify request context:

const country =
context.get(netlifyRouterContext).geo?.country?.name
console.log(`${request.url} from ${country ?? "🤷"}`)

Read more: www.netlify.com/changelog/re...
React Router 7 middleware now supported | Netlify Changelog
Get the latest updates on Netlify products and features to meet your developer needs.
www.netlify.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
resharing!
samkapila.com Sam @samkapila.com · Oct 17
You've probably see other @netlify.com peeps look for feedback from you all. Add me to that list :), especially if its related to UX, UI, and front end things! DMs open, too!
October 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
You've probably see other @netlify.com peeps look for feedback from you all. Add me to that list :), especially if its related to UX, UI, and front end things! DMs open, too!
October 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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At last, today is the day. I am immensely proud to announce that JavaScript for Everyone is here.

Tell a friend, tell a Slack channel — write it on a slip of paper, fold it once, and slide it across your boss' desk without breaking eye contact. _It's time to get weird._

piccalil.li/javascript-f...
JavaScript for Everyone
A high quality, expansive written course that will elevate your JavaScript skills to a level you never thought was achievable.
piccalil.li
October 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Vercel ➝ Netlify migration made simple.

✅ Checklist
✅ Next.js tips
✅ Best practices

Start here → docs.netlify.com/resources/ch...
Vercel to Netlify migration checklist
A comprehensive guide for migrating your projects from Vercel to Netlify, including Next.js setup, configuration migration, and production readiness steps.
docs.netlify.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Oops, haven't been on Blue Sky for a while, but also here if you need help migrating to Netlify.
I hope people who know me have always known this, but I'll say it to be clear: If anyone ever needs help migrating a project to Netlify, I'm always willing to get you help if the standard steps of: connect the repo, update the env vars, change the DNS is not working. (This works for 90% of users.)
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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today's a great day to make sure "require alt text before posting" is enabled in your settings and to continue to make bluesky more accessible and inclusive bsky.app/settings/acc...
July 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
What I’ve seen online the last few days: “Texas deserves it”.

What I’ve seen in person in areas affected: everyone from individuals to volunteers to neighbors to kids to restaurants to our beloved H-E-effing-B (❤️) all mobilizing to protect, support, and heal each other.
July 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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ATTN: Austin

See below for a way to help flood victims
July 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM