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molly ✨ @brat.fm · 11h

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TetraLogical @tetralogical.com · 21h

We've created a tool called the "Screen reader support look up tables" designed to help people quickly check how screen readers interpret HTML elements and attributes across multiple combinations of browser and screen reader.

HTML/SR Support lookup

tetralogical.github.io

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Dave Rupert @davatron5000.bsky.social · 1d

Avoid "functional absolutism" by spending time and energy on things that don't matter. Love this sentiment by @aaadaaam.com.

Bonus: A wonderful little `` web component in the header.

aaadaaam.com/notes/lowrid...

Lowriders & websites | Adam Stoddard

The case for investing in things that “don‘t really matter”.

aaadaaam.com

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John Kreitlow @john.kreitlow.rocks · 2d

1. Mrs. Krabbapel's class looks at Bart. Milhouse says, "Say the line, Claude!"
2. Bart looks down in disappointment and says, "You're absolutely right."
3. The class cheers

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Dave Rupert @davatron5000.bsky.social · 2d

Josh died doing what he loved: Over-spiced takes.

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Dave Rupert @davatron5000.bsky.social · 2d

I think that was another fix by our team that was needed. But maybe connected? Was pretty specific to attr parameters tho iirc.

Will keep digging. My hunch is something changes on the TS-to-Node end.. but hard to track down.

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Dave Rupert @davatron5000.bsky.social · 2d

Naw... enjoy your evening! Was hoping something obvious came to mind. We're happy to have found a fix, but it's that itchy feeling of "yeah, but why did that fix it!?"

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Dave Rupert @davatron5000.bsky.social · 2d

@passle.dev @stuffbreaker.bsky.social hey, had a weird one with CEM analyzer where...

```ts
class FooComponent extends FASTElement {
\**\@attr
optionalFooAttr?: FooAttr;
}
```

...wouldn't write the optional Enum type values but upgrading Node v20 to v22 fixed it! Any clue why? DMs open.

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Dave Rupert @davatron5000.bsky.social · 2d

Looks delicious! I’ll have to try it. But I probably have enough whiskey right now to get me to my 60s.

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𝕮 @chrisshank.com · 3d

You can just make things on the web collaborative by adding a single HTML attribute...

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Dave Rupert @davatron5000.bsky.social · 3d

Kancho the Ancient Japanese Art of Probing Personal Privacy

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Dr. Wes Robertson @scriptingjapan.bsky.social · 3d

[X] the Ancient Japanese Art of [Y]: The Mobilization of #Japanese Metalinguistic Fantasies in Self-Help Literature

Recording of a lecture I gave at JSAA2025

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TElW...

X the Ancient Japanese Art of Y: The Mobilization of Linguistic Fantasies in Self-Help Books

YouTube video by Scripting Japan

www.youtube.com

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Dave Rupert @davatron5000.bsky.social · 5d

As far as infra creep, I like to set artificial limits/incentives for yourself (“after 10 blog posts/podcasts, I can update the site or buy new gear“).

Happy to chat more.

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Dave Rupert @davatron5000.bsky.social · 5d

It’s definitely a muscle you have to build up. Start small and try to keep some regularity. 1 post/wk is A LOT of blog posts a year. 1 post every 2wks is a lot too.

Best advice I got was: take 10mins to write down all the ideas you’d like to write/talk about.

Then decide the pace you wanna go.

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Chris Coyier @chriscoyier.net · 5d

I feel like how we feel about smoking on airplanes is how the next generation will feel about us just mainlining social media.

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Dave Rupert @davatron5000.bsky.social · 5d

I like this analogy of #DesignSystems as language with different dialects. alistapart.com/article/desi...

Embracing Design Dialects: Enhancing User Experience

Discover how design systems can evolve into living languages, embracing dialects for flexibility and improved user experiences.

alistapart.com

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Dave Rupert @davatron5000.bsky.social · 6d

I love that. “here’s rough rending of what it might look like… still interested?”

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Tyler Sticka @tylersticka.com · 6d

#Colorpeek, my free web app for simply sharing, previewing and converting #CSS colors without muss or fuss, turned 12 years old this year! 🤯

Today I published a long overdue update 🚀

More info: tylersticka.com/journal/colo...
Give it a spin: colorpeek.com

#WebDesign #WebDev

Colorpeek 2 – Tyler Sticka

An overdue update to my web app for simply sharing CSS colors. New design, features and compatibility!

tylersticka.com

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Dave Rupert @davatron5000.bsky.social · 6d

Such a thrill to be on Whiskey Web and Whatnot. Thanks for having me.

Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Web Development Neat @whiskey.fm · 6d

In this week's episode we chat with @davatron5000.bsky.social AKA "Macho Man Randy Standards" about the decline of the web, the rise of AI, and ask burning questions like: "could you code on a horse"?

whiskey.fm/talkshop-sho...

TalkShop Show w/ Macho Man Randy Standards - Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Web Development, Neat - Episode 212

This week, Robbie and Adam talk with Dave "Macho Man Randy Standards" Rupert about whiskey, web culture, and the quirks of building side projects. They dive into the shifting landscape of the web—AI-d...

whiskey.fm

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Dave Rupert @davatron5000.bsky.social · 6d

great post. but what i really came to say is that i like your link preview cards.

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Dave Rupert @davatron5000.bsky.social · 6d

When people who work on browsers say there's old chunks of the platform that need maintenance ... I feel like it's worth listening to.

Brian Kardell @bkardell.com · 6d

New blog post: Under-investment

A few weeks ago I made a comment on the socials about how surprising it is that there's so much stuff in the web platform that needs more attention than it gets. @davatron5000.bsky.social asked if I could expand on that, here's something

bkardell.com/blog/underin...

Under-investment

A lot more words on a short statement I made last week on social media...

bkardell.com

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Dave Rupert @davatron5000.bsky.social · 6d

Bah,,,,, i'm no help. sorry. At laptop now and can try to tinker. now i'm curious.

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Dave Rupert @davatron5000.bsky.social · 6d

it could be my Texas accent, but for a hot minute "spelllang" looked and sounded right to me.

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Dave Rupert @davatron5000.bsky.social · 6d

Imagine a world with no unread tabs.
A world where the daily mini and the big crossword are free.
A world where you get to meet and know the trans furries behind anime avatars of the open source projects that nearly every company in the world depends on.

That's the kind of world I want to live in.

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