Joseph Muller
joemull.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy
Joseph Muller
@joemull.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy
Libraries, publishers, politics, walking and biking. Developer for Janeway at Birkbeck, University of London

🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://zirk.us/@joemull, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Before I became a developer, I didn't think about version control very much. I tracked changes in Word a lot when two or more people needed to see and approve of edits. I thought it was annoying, but basically fine. It did not occur to me that something much better was possible.

Many years […]
Original post on zirk.us
zirk.us
October 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Reposted by Joseph Muller
Are you the type of dev who just copies and pastes hex codes?

If so, I've written an article over at @piccalil.li just for you!

I take a look at some of the new CSS colour features that are most useful for those who don't really care about colours.

piccalil.li/blog/a-pragm...
A pragmatic guide to modern CSS colours - part one
Whether you've got a firm grasp on modern CSS colour capabilities, or you're thinking 'I struggle to understand why I should use modern CSS colours at all', then the first part of this article series,...
piccalil.li
October 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I love this take. We should absolutely celebrate the "just because" of craft when we can. To deny a space for that is joyless.

https://aaadaaam.com/notes/lowriders-and-websites/
Lowriders & websites | Adam Stoddard
The case for investing in things that “don‘t really matter”.
aaadaaam.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Reposted by Joseph Muller
University of #sheffield opts out of renewing deal with academic publisher Elsevier

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/news/updates-access-library-resources-journals

- no more cash for massively profitable commercial publisher
- no impact on academics' ability to publish
- plans in place to […]
Original post on mastodon.online
mastodon.online
December 11, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Reposted by Joseph Muller
The highest point on the Appalachian Trail was for a long time officially named Clingmans Dome, after Thomas Clingman, a Confederate general who surveyed the mountain after the Civil War ended.

On September 18, the National Park Service announced the restoration of the mountain's Cherokee name […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 7, 2024 at 5:43 PM