🐴 Alex Trost
@trost.codes
💫 I make a weekly web dev news show: The Callback
🌈 I lead DevX @ Prismic.io
🐴 Created Frontend.Horse
💙 he/him
trost.codes
New Haven, CT
🌈 I lead DevX @ Prismic.io
🐴 Created Frontend.Horse
💙 he/him
trost.codes
New Haven, CT
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🐴 Alex Trost
@trost.codes
· Oct 24
Did they fix Next.js?
YouTube video by Prismic
youtu.be
It's week 2 of The Callback and I've only managed to make it weirder.
Check it out to learn:
- The three scariest acronyms in Web Dev
- How we're finally going to get people to practice accessibility
- How to be maximally bathroom efficient
youtu.be/GYUVIe8xCr4
Check it out to learn:
- The three scariest acronyms in Web Dev
- How we're finally going to get people to practice accessibility
- How to be maximally bathroom efficient
youtu.be/GYUVIe8xCr4
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built a Wrapped-style Highlights microsite for a few thousand customers with Astro + Netlify edge functions, @gsap-greensock.bsky.social ScrollTrigger + Observer, Cloudinary image transformations for social sharing and a whole lotta vanilla JS- @polypane.app came clutch for QA
January 7, 2026 at 4:03 PM
built a Wrapped-style Highlights microsite for a few thousand customers with Astro + Netlify edge functions, @gsap-greensock.bsky.social ScrollTrigger + Observer, Cloudinary image transformations for social sharing and a whole lotta vanilla JS- @polypane.app came clutch for QA
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Enjoy this masterpiece and let it fuel you to make your own, personal space on the internet.
henry.codes/writing/a-we...
henry.codes/writing/a-we...
A Website To End All Websites | Henry From Online
How to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
henry.codes
January 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Enjoy this masterpiece and let it fuel you to make your own, personal space on the internet.
henry.codes/writing/a-we...
henry.codes/writing/a-we...
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This has been in the making for over a year, and I'm super excited about the new Web Weekly site!
Check it out if you're into Frontend news about browser APIs, CSS features, and web standards. 🥰
webweekly.email
There are still some rough edges here and there, but it's about time to get it out. 🫣
Check it out if you're into Frontend news about browser APIs, CSS features, and web standards. 🥰
webweekly.email
There are still some rough edges here and there, but it's about time to get it out. 🫣
January 5, 2026 at 1:51 PM
This has been in the making for over a year, and I'm super excited about the new Web Weekly site!
Check it out if you're into Frontend news about browser APIs, CSS features, and web standards. 🥰
webweekly.email
There are still some rough edges here and there, but it's about time to get it out. 🫣
Check it out if you're into Frontend news about browser APIs, CSS features, and web standards. 🥰
webweekly.email
There are still some rough edges here and there, but it's about time to get it out. 🫣
Whoops I need reading comprehension skills. Someone take my phone from me.
December 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Whoops I need reading comprehension skills. Someone take my phone from me.
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Spotted in the @smashingmagazine.com newsletter ... congrats @kilianvalkhof.com; Well deserved! 👏
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Spotted in the @smashingmagazine.com newsletter ... congrats @kilianvalkhof.com; Well deserved! 👏
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Just finished up a very silly side project. Poking fun at AI, using the idea of rubber ducking: rubber-ai.davidfitz.dev
#ai #generative #dontfallbehind
#ai #generative #dontfallbehind
Rubber AI
The worlds most advanced AI, and it's all yours.
rubber-ai.davidfitz.dev
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Just finished up a very silly side project. Poking fun at AI, using the idea of rubber ducking: rubber-ai.davidfitz.dev
#ai #generative #dontfallbehind
#ai #generative #dontfallbehind
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🌧️ hey yeah it’s launch day. had a blast making this website with the inimitable @likethecolour.red, a Bluesky Account & in many ways a dear friend whose outlook on life inspires me deeply :)
this is a project made with love for the web, friends, and reiselust. i'm excited to share it with you.
this is a project made with love for the web, friends, and reiselust. i'm excited to share it with you.
Strangers By Spring
Strangers, By Spring is a blog about escapism, romance, and rebirth.
strangersbyspring.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🌧️ hey yeah it’s launch day. had a blast making this website with the inimitable @likethecolour.red, a Bluesky Account & in many ways a dear friend whose outlook on life inspires me deeply :)
this is a project made with love for the web, friends, and reiselust. i'm excited to share it with you.
this is a project made with love for the web, friends, and reiselust. i'm excited to share it with you.
Amazing, thanks so much for the clear explanation!
December 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Amazing, thanks so much for the clear explanation!
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Alright, final call. Today is the last day you can take advantage of the @piccalil.li Black Friday deals. Once today is up, they are *done*.
Normal service resumes from then. Thank you all for your patience and support!
piccalil.li/black-friday
Normal service resumes from then. Thank you all for your patience and support!
piccalil.li/black-friday
Black Friday Deals
piccalil.li
December 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Alright, final call. Today is the last day you can take advantage of the @piccalil.li Black Friday deals. Once today is up, they are *done*.
Normal service resumes from then. Thank you all for your patience and support!
piccalil.li/black-friday
Normal service resumes from then. Thank you all for your patience and support!
piccalil.li/black-friday
Are you running the prompt a thousand times and then batching the answers? Or does the model give you this information some other way?
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Are you running the prompt a thousand times and then batching the answers? Or does the model give you this information some other way?
This is so much worse than I would have predicted.
December 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This is so much worse than I would have predicted.
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how would you improve online shopping if you could? in the latest Web Dev Challenge, @openrouter.bsky.social challenged @dayhaysoos.bsky.social, Dom, @traksaw.bsky.social, Vic, @shrutikapoor08.bsky.social, and Mark to build a better e-comm experience
streaming now! codetv.link/wdc/s2e12
streaming now! codetv.link/wdc/s2e12
December 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
how would you improve online shopping if you could? in the latest Web Dev Challenge, @openrouter.bsky.social challenged @dayhaysoos.bsky.social, Dom, @traksaw.bsky.social, Vic, @shrutikapoor08.bsky.social, and Mark to build a better e-comm experience
streaming now! codetv.link/wdc/s2e12
streaming now! codetv.link/wdc/s2e12
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6 years of thinking I can make a better portfolio.
1 year of actually building it.
My new portfolio is LIVE 🚀
Please, don't break anything!
👉 bruno-simon.com
1 year of actually building it.
My new portfolio is LIVE 🚀
Please, don't break anything!
👉 bruno-simon.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
6 years of thinking I can make a better portfolio.
1 year of actually building it.
My new portfolio is LIVE 🚀
Please, don't break anything!
👉 bruno-simon.com
1 year of actually building it.
My new portfolio is LIVE 🚀
Please, don't break anything!
👉 bruno-simon.com
Thank you so much, Bonnie! That’s super kind. So glad you’re enjoying it
December 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Thank you so much, Bonnie! That’s super kind. So glad you’re enjoying it
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If you aren’t watching the Callback, you aren’t enjoying life as much as you should
This week on The Callback, we look at:
- the Bun acquisition
- AI deleting hard drives
- 90's commercials
It's everything you've asked for and more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLeU...
- the Bun acquisition
- AI deleting hard drives
- 90's commercials
It's everything you've asked for and more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLeU...
The real reason Anthropic bought Bun...
YouTube video by Prismic
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
If you aren’t watching the Callback, you aren’t enjoying life as much as you should
Coming from you, this is a skeet I'm gonna have to print out and put on the wall.
December 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Coming from you, this is a skeet I'm gonna have to print out and put on the wall.
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This week on The Callback, we look at:
- the Bun acquisition
- AI deleting hard drives
- 90's commercials
It's everything you've asked for and more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLeU...
- the Bun acquisition
- AI deleting hard drives
- 90's commercials
It's everything you've asked for and more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLeU...
The real reason Anthropic bought Bun...
YouTube video by Prismic
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This week on The Callback, we look at:
- the Bun acquisition
- AI deleting hard drives
- 90's commercials
It's everything you've asked for and more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLeU...
- the Bun acquisition
- AI deleting hard drives
- 90's commercials
It's everything you've asked for and more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLeU...
Haha thanks so much man!
I’ll get to working on point number 3 right away.
I’ll get to working on point number 3 right away.
December 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Haha thanks so much man!
I’ll get to working on point number 3 right away.
I’ll get to working on point number 3 right away.
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This episode checks almost everything on my list.
✅ Delivers cheeky jokes about web development trends
✅ Talks about silly LLM tools' latest shenanigans
🟩 Hired me to write these and do other dev rel stuff despite not having an opening
Well, can't win them all, but it's still a great episode!
✅ Delivers cheeky jokes about web development trends
✅ Talks about silly LLM tools' latest shenanigans
🟩 Hired me to write these and do other dev rel stuff despite not having an opening
Well, can't win them all, but it's still a great episode!
This week on The Callback, we look at:
- the Bun acquisition
- AI deleting hard drives
- 90's commercials
It's everything you've asked for and more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLeU...
- the Bun acquisition
- AI deleting hard drives
- 90's commercials
It's everything you've asked for and more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLeU...
The real reason Anthropic bought Bun...
YouTube video by Prismic
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This episode checks almost everything on my list.
✅ Delivers cheeky jokes about web development trends
✅ Talks about silly LLM tools' latest shenanigans
🟩 Hired me to write these and do other dev rel stuff despite not having an opening
Well, can't win them all, but it's still a great episode!
✅ Delivers cheeky jokes about web development trends
✅ Talks about silly LLM tools' latest shenanigans
🟩 Hired me to write these and do other dev rel stuff despite not having an opening
Well, can't win them all, but it's still a great episode!
Reposted by 🐴 Alex Trost
You too can make a tiny, fixed-width website in the year of our lord 2025 ⚡️ lynnandtonic.com
Lynn Fisher
Lynn Fisher is a web designer, CSS developer, and artist from Phoenix, Arizona.
lynnandtonic.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
You too can make a tiny, fixed-width website in the year of our lord 2025 ⚡️ lynnandtonic.com
This week on The Callback, we look at:
- the Bun acquisition
- AI deleting hard drives
- 90's commercials
It's everything you've asked for and more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLeU...
- the Bun acquisition
- AI deleting hard drives
- 90's commercials
It's everything you've asked for and more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLeU...
The real reason Anthropic bought Bun...
YouTube video by Prismic
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This week on The Callback, we look at:
- the Bun acquisition
- AI deleting hard drives
- 90's commercials
It's everything you've asked for and more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLeU...
- the Bun acquisition
- AI deleting hard drives
- 90's commercials
It's everything you've asked for and more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLeU...
Been pirating to a souped up Plex NAS server for a few months now and it’s wonderful. So smooth once it’s up and running and my family and friends stream from it.
Highly recommend.
Highly recommend.
everyone needs to start pirating movies and TV shows again NOW
Netflix Wins the Warner Bros. Discovery Bidding War, Enters Exclusive Deal Talks (Netflix offering $30 a share and a $5 billion break-up fee) www.thewrap.com/netflix-wins...
December 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Been pirating to a souped up Plex NAS server for a few months now and it’s wonderful. So smooth once it’s up and running and my family and friends stream from it.
Highly recommend.
Highly recommend.
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🎈 The Black Friday sale of my two flagship courses has officially begun!
The best deal is on the “Joy for JavaScript Developers” bundle, which is a whopping $500 off during this sale. 😄
I’m also running sales on each course individually, they’re both ~40% off. ✨
More info in-thread. 🧵
The best deal is on the “Joy for JavaScript Developers” bundle, which is a whopping $500 off during this sale. 😄
I’m also running sales on each course individually, they’re both ~40% off. ✨
More info in-thread. 🧵
Joy for JavaScript Developers
Grab both of my flagship courses — CSS for JavaScript Developers and The Joy of React — in one delightful bundle 😄
www.joyforjs.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🎈 The Black Friday sale of my two flagship courses has officially begun!
The best deal is on the “Joy for JavaScript Developers” bundle, which is a whopping $500 off during this sale. 😄
I’m also running sales on each course individually, they’re both ~40% off. ✨
More info in-thread. 🧵
The best deal is on the “Joy for JavaScript Developers” bundle, which is a whopping $500 off during this sale. 😄
I’m also running sales on each course individually, they’re both ~40% off. ✨
More info in-thread. 🧵
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It’s published!
www.joshwcomeau.com/css/subgrid/
www.joshwcomeau.com/css/subgrid/
Brand New Layouts with CSS Subgrid • Josh W. Comeau
Subgrid allows us to extend a grid template down through the DOM tree, so that deeply-nested elements can participate in the same grid layout. At first glance, I thought this would be a helpful conven...
www.joshwcomeau.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It’s published!
www.joshwcomeau.com/css/subgrid/
www.joshwcomeau.com/css/subgrid/
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✨ Our Black Friday sale starts NOW.
Get a 22% lifetime discount on yearly plans (individuals and teams!)
This is the *only* promotion we run all year. If you’ve been waiting, now is the time. polypane.app/black-friday/
Get a 22% lifetime discount on yearly plans (individuals and teams!)
This is the *only* promotion we run all year. If you’ve been waiting, now is the time. polypane.app/black-friday/
Polypane Black Friday | Polypane
Get the browser for devs who care
polypane.app
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
✨ Our Black Friday sale starts NOW.
Get a 22% lifetime discount on yearly plans (individuals and teams!)
This is the *only* promotion we run all year. If you’ve been waiting, now is the time. polypane.app/black-friday/
Get a 22% lifetime discount on yearly plans (individuals and teams!)
This is the *only* promotion we run all year. If you’ve been waiting, now is the time. polypane.app/black-friday/