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Jo Franchetti
@thisisjofrank.bsky.social
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Dev Advocate // I make fun things for the web // More awks than Mordor // 🐈Pickle 🐈Puff // She/her 💖
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florianziegler.com
And here it is – in full monochromatic glory – my documentation of beyond tellerrand 2025 in Berlin: florian.photo/gallery/btco...

#btconf #monochrome #documentary #photography / cc @beyondtellerrand.com

Reposts appreciated. 🙏
beyond tellerrand Berlin 2025
This is my documentation of beyond tellerrand in Berlin, November 2025.
florian.photo
November 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Hope everyone has an incredible time at @beyondtellerrand.com today! So sad I can't be there, but had just the best day yesterday! 💖🦕
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Oh gods, why did I decide to give a talk which covers procedural generation when I can't say the word "procedural"?! I'm so sorry @beyondtellerrand.com audience! 😅
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Spent a long weekend playing D&D with some wonderful friends. Because I have the too-much gene, and because we were in this beautiful house, I made myself a suit of armour. It would have been rude not to pose it up.
Me in my armour costume with a friend posing placing a crown on my head. Me posing on a beautiful Tudor stairwell in my suit of armour costume Me posing with a sword in my suit of armour. Me stood in front of beautiful wood paneling with my hands on my hips wearing some pauldrons and bracers and a chainmail chestpiece.
October 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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oliverlindberg.com
An extremely well-organised event with an amazing atmosphere! And just look at the lineup for this edition: @bradfrost.com, @thisisjofrank.bsky.social, @nerdy.dev, @ohhelloana.blog, @sachajudd.com, etc. 🤩

Tickets are super affordable as well, so get yourself over to Berlin! 🇩🇪
September 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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jsnation.gitnation.org
Fantastic insights shared by @thisisjofrank.bsky.social on #Deno's built-in test runner. From principles of effective testing to writing assertions, you'll gain valuable knowledge to optimize your testing workflow.
https://gitnation.com/contents/testing-the-waters-with-deno
September 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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beyondtellerrand.com
Wonderful to welcome @thisisjofrank.bsky.social to #btconf in Berlin. One of the people making tech feel understandable and fun. Developer advocate, educator, and community builder, explaining complex topics in a way that feels approachable and exciting. Hi Jo! beyondtellerrand.com/events/berli...
Jo Franchetti is speaking at beyond tellerrand 2025 in Berlin
Jo is a DevRel Engineer at Deno. She is passionate about improving developer experience, teaching good use of JS and TS and building sparkly, wearable, internet connected tech. She mentors junior deve...
beyondtellerrand.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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deno.land
Curious about Fresh? 🍋

Explore the delightful web framework in this tutorial, or get your own example running on Deno Deploy in a couple of clicks.

docs.deno.com/examples/fre...
The logos for Deno and Fresh above a button that says "Deploy" and also the text "Get Fresh!"
September 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
thisisjofrank.bsky.social
Fell foul of an interesting issue with @tailwindcss.com 4 and my fancy schmancy Surface Studio laptop, where I wasn't seeing any hover state styling. @collinsworth.dev worked out it was likely this tailwindcss.com/docs/upgrade... and the touchscreen being detected, even tho I'm in "desktop" mode.
Upgrade guide - Getting started
Upgrading your Tailwind CSS projects from v3 to v4.
tailwindcss.com
August 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
thisisjofrank.bsky.social
I wrote a code-along tutorial to get you started building games for the web! Learn how to move shapes on a canvas, do collision detection and add a database for global high scores storage! 🦕 🌵 🌵 🌵

Also, check ma new hairdo and @deno.land earrings💁‍♀️ (also @philhawksworth.dev is here 💚)
deno.land Deno @deno.land · Aug 8
Some Friday fun — @thisisjofrank.bsky.social made a cute code-along game engine demo for you to play around with and deploy.

deno.co/game-tutorial
August 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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deno.land
Some Friday fun — @thisisjofrank.bsky.social made a cute code-along game engine demo for you to play around with and deploy.

deno.co/game-tutorial
August 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
thisisjofrank.bsky.social
The brave @devdevcharlie.com building a gesture controlled home automation system, live on stage at #JSNation.

"I'm going to do a gesture, and we'll see if the LLM can recognize it".

The temptation to flip the bird must be strong...
June 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Watching @philna.sh make a very cool, offline-first bablefish tool at #JSNation.

Not sure about his choice of the Karen voice! Don't need a bablefish that constantly wants to talk to the manager...
June 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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My team 💖🦕
Good times were had at our recent offsite!
I am an old lady so I went to bed at 10pm 🛌💤, the last thing I expected to learn in the morning was that they'd started skipping with an extension cord at 1am...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCZd...
A (non-serious) update from Deno
YouTube video by Deno
www.youtube.com
May 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Hello everyone at @cityjsconf.bsky.social! Get your @deno.land nuggies while they're hot!
April 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Hello everyone at @cityjsconf.bsky.social! Get your @deno.land nuggies while they're hot!
April 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Looking forward to speaking about @deno.land at @cityjsconf.bsky.social in London tomorrow. Will I see you there? 💖🦕
A shiny tabletop covered in Deno stickers and a little green Deno figurine
April 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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When your boss understands that you're just three balls of anxiety in a trenchcoat...
A meeting invite with the description 'the needlessly ominously named "performance review discussion".
April 15, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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We're living in the future, and the computers aren't afraid to read us to filth. I was expecting some "You procrastinate too much, or, you don't have the courage of your convictions" vagueness, not "Your love of liminal space may stop you from living in the now".
A screenshot of a conversation with chat gpt, where I asked it, based on its knowledge of me and how I use it, to tell me what my "blind spots" might be: That's an incredibly self-aware and intriguing question, Jo! Based on my knowledge of your creative and analytical strengths, here’s an attempt at framing possible "blind spots"—not as limitations, but as areas to reflect on and grow in: Balancing Ambition with Focus: Your wide-ranging interests—from storytelling in D&D to advancing developer experience for Deno—are a huge strength, but they might occasionally make prioritization challenging. Ensuring that one pursuit doesn’t dilute energy from another could be a key area to keep an eye on. Over-Refinement: Your eye for aesthetics and love of nuance might sometimes lead to over-perfecting details. While this elevates your work, it might occasionally slow you down or limit opportunities to experiment with rougher, faster iterations. Taking Creative Risks: You seem to thrive on intricate narratives and deep thematic exploration, but that level of depth might occasionally steer you away from experimenting with simpler, more raw storytelling styles that could unlock unexpected perspectives. Navigating Ambiguity: While you have a fascination for liminal spaces and philosophical questions, it’s possible that this love for ambiguity and complexity might sometimes feel like an obstacle when clear-cut answers or action steps are needed. Detaching from Outcomes: With your aspirations and passion for crafting meaningful experiences, there might be moments where outcomes become too tied to personal fulfillment, making it harder to step back and let go of control.
April 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Can't tell if Pickle approves or not. But the Mr Bingo print definitely got her attention... (Zoom in to read)
Pickle the soft grey tabby cat is sat on a folding chair staring directly and intently at a framed print on the wall. The print is one by Mr Bingo. It is a line drawing of a smug looking cat being petted with the text "I love you, you little cunt".
March 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Putting the lol in propranolol.
March 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Heads up to anyone who is on Bupa health insurance. They don't cover *anything* to do with ADHD apparently. Which seems like a massive oversight or a cruel decision.

I went private last year for an ADHD diagnosis because of the 3 year wait on the NHS, was seen and diagnosed in weeks.
March 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
thisisjofrank.bsky.social
Made another gift for another DM friend. This time a privacy screen. The brief was "art deco with a dragon, and he likes Huxley". It is laser cut bamboo. Lined with felt and edged with gold foil.
The "front" of the privacy screen. It is laser cut bamboo with a dragon in the center. Radiating out from the dragon are sunbeams and the background is an art deco fan pattern. It is framed with a square art deco border. The "doors" of the privacy screen. They are made of laser cut bamboo. With a continuation of the same art deco fan and sunbeams pattern seen on the front. The privacy screen open and standing up. The two doors open out to allow the screen to stand. An inscription on the doors of the privacy screen reads: There are things known, and things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.
March 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
thisisjofrank.bsky.social
Its my @deno.land Denoversary today and I'm feeling incredibly thankful to have landed amongst such a brilliant team of folks. They've made me feel welcome, taught me loads and celebrated wins with me. I'm making cool things, at a company that wants to make their ecosystem better for everyone.
February 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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It's happening now!
deno.land Deno @deno.land · Feb 18
Heard of Deno but haven't had the time to try it out?

Join @thisisjofrank.bsky.social at TheJam.dev
where she'll give an introduction to the runtime and its built in tooling to make your developer experience delightful.

Tickets are free, so what are you waiting for?

cfe.dev/events/the-j...
TheJam.dev 2025
TheJam.dev is a 2-day virtual conference focused on building modern web applications using full stack JavaScript, static site generators, serverless and more.
TheJam.dev
February 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM