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Katie Sylor-Miller

@ksylor.bsky.social

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Principal Frontend Engineer at Square, formerly Etsy. Fairy Gitmother at ohshitgit.com. Thoughts are mine not my employer’s #GNUTerryPratchett

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Katie Sylor-Miller @ksylor.bsky.social · Feb 4

Interrupting your doomscrolling with a fun project I did to prevent myself from doomscrolling: a LEGO MOC of the world map from The Legend of Zelda: a Link to the Past video game. I used bricks we had on hand, so the colors and shapes aren’t perfect, but pretty dang close for small scale!

On the left is a 1 foot by 1 foot Lego MOC (my own creation) that recreates the iconic world map from the Legend of Zelda: a Link to the Past video game in Lego. On the right is a printout of the 8-bit map from the game itself. The Lego version is a fairly close approximation, albeit much much blockier!

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Katie Sylor-Miller @ksylor.bsky.social · 18h

I did a spit take at this lmao

Honestly that’s only half of what I’m pissed about lol

Katie Sylor-Miller @ksylor.bsky.social · 19h

Some days I just really really really want to subtweet how pissed I am about stupid work bullshit but I know I shouldn't so I don’t.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 1d

"WE MAKE NEWS LOUDER. IF STORY GOOD ON ONE SIDE, SHOW OTHER SIDE TOO. OTHER SIDE WRONG? OTHER SIDE WANT BLEACH IN VEINS? ANIMAL RUN BOTH. REPORT BOTH SIDES. EVEN WHEN ONE SIDE THINK HEAD MEDS MAKE QUIET BABIES."

“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief

“[Editor-in-chief of CBS News] Bari Weiss told network staffers in a morning editorial call that she wants to ‘win’ before delivering a rallying cr...

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Katie Sylor-Miller @ksylor.bsky.social · 1d

I’m a straight up atheist, and I am praying for her too

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Anna E. Cook @annaecook.com · 1d

Accessibility is popular, it's rare I meet anyone who thinks it doesn't matter.

Usually it's the systemic failures that make us de-prioritize it, things like perceived tight timelines, low budgets, lack of resources.

Regardless, the future world is accessible. There's too many of us that want it

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Katie Sylor-Miller @ksylor.bsky.social · 1d

Doing the lord’s work

Katie Sylor-Miller @ksylor.bsky.social · 2d

The best JavaScript is the JavaScript you never write

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 3d

lots of people know Łink from what he did to promote alt text usage here. this tip about pretending you’re describing an image over the phone has been burned in my brain since i saw it

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@knilirabaj.bsky.social that says

It's pretty cool you're using that alt text accessibility feature. It's not cool that you're not really describing the image though. Nice and simple is a good start. Descriptive and accurate is the way to go. You'll get the hang of it. Try pretending you're describing the picture over the phone.

July 1, 2023 at 10:33 PM Everybody can reply

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Katie Sylor-Miller @ksylor.bsky.social · 2d

I have reached the “stress dreams” stage of preparing for my upcoming talk 😱

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 3d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Katie Sylor-Miller @ksylor.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks, I hate it

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Sarah Drasner @sarahedo.bsky.social · 3d

💥 did a small drawing explaining the JS execution model including the event loop. I hope it’s helpful to folks. Debugging is always easier when the underlying implementations are understood.

Drawing explaining the JS execution model and event loop

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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 4d

My son Max and I are joining Team 49 (I see you, @tcaron.bsky.social!) today in The Jimmy Fund Walk, honoring the legacy and commitment of Tim and Stacy Wakefield to the work of The Jimmy Fund. Please consider joining the fight and donating here! danafarber.jimmyfund.org/site/TR?fr_i...

I am walking for Dana-Farber patients

Together against cancer at the Jimmy Fund Walk

danafarber.jimmyfund.org

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Katie Sylor-Miller @ksylor.bsky.social · 4d

How is Max so big!!!???!?! could have sworn our kids were babies just a few years ago

Katie Sylor-Miller @ksylor.bsky.social · 7d

I just.. what the… what? No?

Katie Sylor-Miller @ksylor.bsky.social · 7d

Oh lol shoot I meant I want to speak there *someday*

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Katie Sylor-Miller @ksylor.bsky.social · 7d

Well and also I love love love Scandinavia

Katie Sylor-Miller @ksylor.bsky.social · 7d

You know it!

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Katie Sylor-Miller @ksylor.bsky.social · 7d

New life goal unlocked: speak at @nordicjs.com

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Jake Lazaroff @jakelazaroff.com · 7d

show this to anyone else you know who also assumed DHH was just a normal conservative dude rather than a raging white supremacist lunatic

DHH Is Way Worse Than I Thought | jakelazaroff.com

DHH's politics are not normal. Maybe they used to be, I don't know, but as of right now the dude is_way outside of what most people would consider moral or acceptable.

jakelazaroff.com

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Todd @toddl.dev · 8d

Day 2 of posting this with hopes we can cross that line in 30 days.

My partner is in need of some medical assistance and future surgery and treatments.

We are 6% of the way there. More details and you can donate if you can here. gofund.me/231d524bb

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Donate to Fundraiser for Paula Johnson's Medical & Recovery Fund, organized by Todd Libby

My name is Todd Libby, and I am starting this on the behalf of my pa… Todd Libby needs your support for Fundraiser for Paula Johnson's Medical & Recovery Fund

gofund.me

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Katie Sylor-Miller @ksylor.bsky.social · 8d

@horsejs.com coming back with a vengeance and I am here for it

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Katie Sylor-Miller @ksylor.bsky.social · 9d

I have been a very happy Netlify user for many years now! Ohshitgit.com has served millions of people on their infra and I’ve never had an issue.

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Youval Vaknin @youvalvaknin.com · 9d

And in depth

bsky.app/profile/netl...

Netlify @netlify.com · 9d

Vercel ➝ Netlify migration made simple.

✅ Checklist
✅ Next.js tips
✅ Best practices

Start here → docs.netlify.com/resources/ch...

Vercel to Netlify migration checklist

A comprehensive guide for migrating your projects from Vercel to Netlify, including Next.js setup, configuration migration, and production readiness steps.

docs.netlify.com

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Youval Vaknin @youvalvaknin.com · 9d

No need for a migration, it works seamlessly. Just link your NextJS (or any other framework you have on Vercel) repo to Netlify and it works. If it doesn’t reach out to me directly and I’ll make sure the team will check it

Katie Sylor-Miller @ksylor.bsky.social · 10d

Now would be a great time for Netlify to create and/or heavily market an automated way to migrate to their platform from the fashier parts of the internet

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