Jonny Buchanan
@jbscript.dev
Programmer/web developer from Norn Iron living in Australia. I make the Control Panels for the Twitters and the YouTubes, whaddya gonna do? 🤷♂️
🌏 https://jbscript.dev 🛠️ https://soitis.dev
🌏 https://jbscript.dev 🛠️ https://soitis.dev
fetch() happened
Need a Fetch refresher? ⛲
Fetch API offers cleaner, promise-based syntax, better error handling, and async/await support. You can:
🔒 Add tokens & content types
📮 Make POST requests
🚅 Manage large data sets efficiently
Learn more 👇
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/...
Fetch API offers cleaner, promise-based syntax, better error handling, and async/await support. You can:
🔒 Add tokens & content types
📮 Make POST requests
🚅 Manage large data sets efficiently
Learn more 👇
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/...
Using the Fetch API - Web APIs | MDN
The Fetch API provides a JavaScript interface for making HTTP requests and processing the responses.
developer.mozilla.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM
fetch() happened
For me the, the day I decided to stop making everything open source by default was the most important day of my life
But for you... it was Tuesday
But for you... it was Tuesday
December 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
For me the, the day I decided to stop making everything open source by default was the most important day of my life
But for you... it was Tuesday
But for you... it was Tuesday
Welp, it's been too long so I'm just going to have to restart Couch to 5K
flutter-workout-timers.netlify.app
flutter-workout-timers.netlify.app
Workout Timers
Simple workout timers.
flutter-workout-timers.netlify.app
December 3, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Welp, it's been too long so I'm just going to have to restart Couch to 5K
flutter-workout-timers.netlify.app
flutter-workout-timers.netlify.app
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The first #AdventOfCode 2025 puzzle comes out in about five hours! What's your plan? What language(s?!) are you using? What's your IDE of choice and why is it Vim? Do you have a comfy chair? Did you check out the beta release of Lua 5.5? How much sleep have you gotten? Drinking enough water? 🌟 ❤️ 🎄
November 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The first #AdventOfCode 2025 puzzle comes out in about five hours! What's your plan? What language(s?!) are you using? What's your IDE of choice and why is it Vim? Do you have a comfy chair? Did you check out the beta release of Lua 5.5? How much sleep have you gotten? Drinking enough water? 🌟 ❤️ 🎄
It would be incredibly helpful for the "AI" discourse if people got into the habit of saying "LLM" when they specifically mean LLM and "GenAI" when they specifically mean generative AI
November 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
It would be incredibly helpful for the "AI" discourse if people got into the habit of saying "LLM" when they specifically mean LLM and "GenAI" when they specifically mean generative AI
The forcing of tech which still needs "hey, this might be completely wrong and we have no way to tell" disclaimers into every place we can will continue until the number of yachts we can buy improves
November 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The forcing of tech which still needs "hey, this might be completely wrong and we have no way to tell" disclaimers into every place we can will continue until the number of yachts we can buy improves
ALDI sell an ice cream called Little Spoon and until somebody eats it I'm going to hear Your Best American Girl in my head every time I open the freezer (complementary) www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hD...
Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video)
YouTube video by MitskiVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
ALDI sell an ice cream called Little Spoon and until somebody eats it I'm going to hear Your Best American Girl in my head every time I open the freezer (complementary) www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hD...
Specifics of how A16Z ended up publishing some Clanker-written nonsense
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4607...
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4607...
A Remarkable Assertion from A16Z | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Specifics of how A16Z ended up publishing some Clanker-written nonsense
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4607...
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4607...
The most underrated LLM skill is knowing when to do nothing but skim-read and laugh while shaking your head at the statistically likely completion, and when not to
November 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The most underrated LLM skill is knowing when to do nothing but skim-read and laugh while shaking your head at the statistically likely completion, and when not to
Wanted: a universal TV remote which does nothing but turn off motion smoothing in any screen you point it at
November 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Wanted: a universal TV remote which does nothing but turn off motion smoothing in any screen you point it at
The last time Google was forcing an unwanted thing into places nobody wanted it, lots of people accidentally ended up with 2 YouTube accounts
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The last time Google was forcing an unwanted thing into places nobody wanted it, lots of people accidentally ended up with 2 YouTube accounts
Spec driven development challenge (unsolveable): create a bug-compatible renderer for YouTube video description markup
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Spec driven development challenge (unsolveable): create a bug-compatible renderer for YouTube video description markup
Good news: there are ways to remove all the Recommended/All crap from the Windows 11 start menu
Bad news:
Bad news:
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Good news: there are ways to remove all the Recommended/All crap from the Windows 11 start menu
Bad news:
Bad news:
There is so much bad React code in the training set
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
There is so much bad React code in the training set
Whoever decided to call them "influencers" was really playing the long gsme
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Whoever decided to call them "influencers" was really playing the long gsme
My local Subway was playing "Touch In The Night" by Silent Circle on loop when I was in there earlier
I was looking around to see if anyone who works there was doing the Synchronised Knee Move, but none were that I could see
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifyj...
I was looking around to see if anyone who works there was doing the Synchronised Knee Move, but none were that I could see
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifyj...
Hi NRG Silent Circle Touch In The Night 1985 italo disco
YouTube video by ITALO DISCO G S
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
My local Subway was playing "Touch In The Night" by Silent Circle on loop when I was in there earlier
I was looking around to see if anyone who works there was doing the Synchronised Knee Move, but none were that I could see
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifyj...
I was looking around to see if anyone who works there was doing the Synchronised Knee Move, but none were that I could see
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifyj...
Clothing and physical problems, I'd have to say... flat bust
November 21, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Clothing and physical problems, I'd have to say... flat bust
Is "incredible journey" the equivalent of a warrant canary for acquisition blog posts?
November 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Is "incredible journey" the equivalent of a warrant canary for acquisition blog posts?
Reposted by Jonny Buchanan
Control Panel for Twitter v4.15.1 has a workaround for Twitter breaking redirecting the Chat nav item to Messages
It also fixes the back button in Message requests bringing you back to chat
Release notes: github.com/insin/contro...
It also fixes the back button in Message requests bringing you back to chat
Release notes: github.com/insin/contro...
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Control Panel for Twitter v4.15.1 has a workaround for Twitter breaking redirecting the Chat nav item to Messages
It also fixes the back button in Message requests bringing you back to chat
Release notes: github.com/insin/contro...
It also fixes the back button in Message requests bringing you back to chat
Release notes: github.com/insin/contro...
Reposted by Jonny Buchanan
Control Panel for YouTube v1.23.0 fixes the new giant thumbnails in Related videos for those who are getting them on desktop
Release notes and screenshots: github.com/insin/contro...
(GIF to show the fix working, but it's enabled by default)
Release notes and screenshots: github.com/insin/contro...
(GIF to show the fix working, but it's enabled by default)
November 16, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Control Panel for YouTube v1.23.0 fixes the new giant thumbnails in Related videos for those who are getting them on desktop
Release notes and screenshots: github.com/insin/contro...
(GIF to show the fix working, but it's enabled by default)
Release notes and screenshots: github.com/insin/contro...
(GIF to show the fix working, but it's enabled by default)
Reposted by Jonny Buchanan
"I can't believe I watched YouTube for so long without this extension" (Control Panel for YouTube)
www.howtogeek.com/control-pane...
www.howtogeek.com/control-pane...
I can't believe I watched YouTube for so long without this extension
I can finally fully control my YouTube experience.
www.howtogeek.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"I can't believe I watched YouTube for so long without this extension" (Control Panel for YouTube)
www.howtogeek.com/control-pane...
www.howtogeek.com/control-pane...
FSD (Fully Slap-Drones) will be available 6 months from now *
* 6 months from now, forever
* 6 months from now, forever
in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
FSD (Fully Slap-Drones) will be available 6 months from now *
* 6 months from now, forever
* 6 months from now, forever
Other than em-dash, what are your go-to LLM tells as a quick check if reading a long document or article would involve more effort than was expended writing it?
This..it's seems to be pretty consistent
This..it's seems to be pretty consistent
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Other than em-dash, what are your go-to LLM tells as a quick check if reading a long document or article would involve more effort than was expended writing it?
This..it's seems to be pretty consistent
This..it's seems to be pretty consistent