Robb Owen
@robbowen.digital
Independent Designer and full stack web developer from South Wales. Serial language botherer. Made Synthwave '84. 日本語ＯＫ
https://robbowen.digital
※写真はイメージです
https://robbowen.digital
※写真はイメージです
This redesign is so damn good omg
New year, new website.
Here's a little (big) write up about the evolution of my website, and some of the new fun things I built in the redesign.
p.s. please don't find any bugs, thank you
Here's a little (big) write up about the evolution of my website, and some of the new fun things I built in the redesign.
p.s. please don't find any bugs, thank you
I redesigned my website (again)
It's been almost 3 years since my last website redesign. Read about its evolution, new things in the redesign, and my quest to make my website more personal.
whitep4nth3r.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:28 PM
This redesign is so damn good omg
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time is an illusion
weird_wide_web_hole_101
time is an illusion a new year, a newwhat?a new goal?a new routine?a new fucking outlook on life?there is no pastthere is no futurethere is no timebut the...
buttondown.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:56 AM
time is an illusion
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tidy little bash alias you can use to keep yourself from eternally googling how to kill the hanging process at :3000 :)
henry.codes/writing/a-on...
henry.codes/writing/a-on...
January 6, 2026 at 5:43 PM
tidy little bash alias you can use to keep yourself from eternally googling how to kill the hanging process at :3000 :)
henry.codes/writing/a-on...
henry.codes/writing/a-on...
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The first two hours this morning
January 5, 2026 at 11:21 AM
The first two hours this morning
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The dust of decades settles on your keyboard as you push aside lines of vendor prefixes
Your fedora casts shadows over cryptic CSS hacks from another era. "This belongs in a museum" you mutter
ReliCSS: The front-end archaeologist's tool for navigating legacy CSS
www.alwaystwisted.com/relicss/
🙏🖤
Your fedora casts shadows over cryptic CSS hacks from another era. "This belongs in a museum" you mutter
ReliCSS: The front-end archaeologist's tool for navigating legacy CSS
www.alwaystwisted.com/relicss/
🙏🖤
ReliCSS - Web Interface
www.alwaystwisted.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The dust of decades settles on your keyboard as you push aside lines of vendor prefixes
Your fedora casts shadows over cryptic CSS hacks from another era. "This belongs in a museum" you mutter
ReliCSS: The front-end archaeologist's tool for navigating legacy CSS
www.alwaystwisted.com/relicss/
🙏🖤
Your fedora casts shadows over cryptic CSS hacks from another era. "This belongs in a museum" you mutter
ReliCSS: The front-end archaeologist's tool for navigating legacy CSS
www.alwaystwisted.com/relicss/
🙏🖤
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happy new year bluesky!!
i made a recap of everything i made in 2025
thank you to everyone who ive met along the way-every comment, share, and message has meant the world to me
here's to a prolific 2026 for all of us
i made a recap of everything i made in 2025
thank you to everyone who ive met along the way-every comment, share, and message has meant the world to me
here's to a prolific 2026 for all of us
January 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
happy new year bluesky!!
i made a recap of everything i made in 2025
thank you to everyone who ive met along the way-every comment, share, and message has meant the world to me
here's to a prolific 2026 for all of us
i made a recap of everything i made in 2025
thank you to everyone who ive met along the way-every comment, share, and message has meant the world to me
here's to a prolific 2026 for all of us
Back in October Henry delivered a version of this as a lightning talk at WDC and it was already so damn strong. This new longform version is an instant must-read
you’re right! it feels mostly awful to Go Online™, these days. the internet in a sad state, for reason after reason after reason. but there is a way to fix it; to trade the voidful howling for a quiet & joyful song.
here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
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 1, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Back in October Henry delivered a version of this as a lightning talk at WDC and it was already so damn strong. This new longform version is an instant must-read
This morning I drove home from spending NYE at a friend's house and, carved in huge letters into the bracken on a nearby hillside were the words "daw eto ddail ar fryn" – Welsh for "leaves will come again to the hills"
Damn if that isn't a mood. Happy new year!
Damn if that isn't a mood. Happy new year!
January 1, 2026 at 3:37 PM
This morning I drove home from spending NYE at a friend's house and, carved in huge letters into the bracken on a nearby hillside were the words "daw eto ddail ar fryn" – Welsh for "leaves will come again to the hills"
Damn if that isn't a mood. Happy new year!
Damn if that isn't a mood. Happy new year!
"Give them a moment, for fucks sake"
December 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
"Give them a moment, for fucks sake"
The Holdovers is an immediate classic Christmas movie
December 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The Holdovers is an immediate classic Christmas movie
Wine is open and @evadage.co.uk and I are about to sit down to celebrate Latvian Ziemassvētki with roast venison. Tomorrow we roll further into the hills for a proper turkey roast with the Welsh contingent.
Happy Christmas to all who celebrate tonight! 🎄
Happy Christmas to all who celebrate tonight! 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Wine is open and @evadage.co.uk and I are about to sit down to celebrate Latvian Ziemassvētki with roast venison. Tomorrow we roll further into the hills for a proper turkey roast with the Welsh contingent.
Happy Christmas to all who celebrate tonight! 🎄
Happy Christmas to all who celebrate tonight! 🎄
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new on Strangers, By Spring 🤍
“I remember feeling like demigods as we paraded up Dean St ... and I remember envy deep in my muscles at the infinite life that flowed out of you and your glamorous lover. I remember your laughter and ours echoing like gunfire percussion through the city.”
“I remember feeling like demigods as we paraded up Dean St ... and I remember envy deep in my muscles at the infinite life that flowed out of you and your glamorous lover. I remember your laughter and ours echoing like gunfire percussion through the city.”
Strangers By Spring
Strangers, By Spring is a blog about escapism, romance, and rebirth. Consider: I reckon there’s a lot of writing to be done. I...
strangersbyspring.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:57 AM
new on Strangers, By Spring 🤍
“I remember feeling like demigods as we paraded up Dean St ... and I remember envy deep in my muscles at the infinite life that flowed out of you and your glamorous lover. I remember your laughter and ours echoing like gunfire percussion through the city.”
“I remember feeling like demigods as we paraded up Dean St ... and I remember envy deep in my muscles at the infinite life that flowed out of you and your glamorous lover. I remember your laughter and ours echoing like gunfire percussion through the city.”
I just heard one of those royalty-free Christmas songs that they only ever play in shops and the main refrain was just "Christmas will find you" over and over again. Now all I can think of is a festive Taken spin-off
December 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I just heard one of those royalty-free Christmas songs that they only ever play in shops and the main refrain was just "Christmas will find you" over and over again. Now all I can think of is a festive Taken spin-off
With work wrapped for the year, it's time to continue a pre-christmas tradition running since '98
December 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
With work wrapped for the year, it's time to continue a pre-christmas tradition running since '98
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Less of a wrap up and more of a call to action this year.
TL;DR we need to take these motherfuckers down
bell.bz/wrapping-up-...
TL;DR we need to take these motherfuckers down
bell.bz/wrapping-up-...
Wrapping up 2025 (sort of) - Andy Bell
Less of a retrospective and more of a call to action.
bell.bz
December 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Less of a wrap up and more of a call to action this year.
TL;DR we need to take these motherfuckers down
bell.bz/wrapping-up-...
TL;DR we need to take these motherfuckers down
bell.bz/wrapping-up-...
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the thing that drives me insane about genAI/chatgpt bullshit is that brother, the process IS the work IS the entire thing. no artist comes to art for the final result. the final result is inextricable from the fucking labor that came into making it
December 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
the thing that drives me insane about genAI/chatgpt bullshit is that brother, the process IS the work IS the entire thing. no artist comes to art for the final result. the final result is inextricable from the fucking labor that came into making it
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Alright, first wrap up of the year.
It's been a stellar year at @piccalil.li. We've published *so much* and introduced so many great things.
I wanted to reflect on that and let you know what's coming up in 2026.
A massive thank you to everyone who has supported us this year 💛
It's been a stellar year at @piccalil.li. We've published *so much* and introduced so many great things.
I wanted to reflect on that and let you know what's coming up in 2026.
A massive thank you to everyone who has supported us this year 💛
Wrapping up 2025
We don't normally do one of these, but I think 2025 has been a stellar year for Piccalilli, so we wanted to get into what we've done and what we're planning for next year.
piccalil.li
December 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Alright, first wrap up of the year.
It's been a stellar year at @piccalil.li. We've published *so much* and introduced so many great things.
I wanted to reflect on that and let you know what's coming up in 2026.
A massive thank you to everyone who has supported us this year 💛
It's been a stellar year at @piccalil.li. We've published *so much* and introduced so many great things.
I wanted to reflect on that and let you know what's coming up in 2026.
A massive thank you to everyone who has supported us this year 💛
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Delighted to contribute to the HTMLHell advent calendar. I explained how screen readers don’t always announce what’s visually on screen - through the medium of burritos:
www.htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
Thanks to experts @matuzo.at and @hidde.blog for making sure the burrito was structurally sound.
www.htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
Thanks to experts @matuzo.at and @hidde.blog for making sure the burrito was structurally sound.
Don't leave the screen reader hungry - HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
www.htmhell.dev
December 18, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Delighted to contribute to the HTMLHell advent calendar. I explained how screen readers don’t always announce what’s visually on screen - through the medium of burritos:
www.htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
Thanks to experts @matuzo.at and @hidde.blog for making sure the burrito was structurally sound.
www.htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
Thanks to experts @matuzo.at and @hidde.blog for making sure the burrito was structurally sound.
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Friends fear he has once again made The Computer do his bidding.
I built a little site for all my photos away from any social media. Had a little fun with it, yanno?
konnai.re/leisuredome
I built a little site for all my photos away from any social media. Had a little fun with it, yanno?
konnai.re/leisuredome
🍹 welcome to the leisuredome executive lounge 💳
✺ we hope you enjoy your stay ✺
konnai.re
December 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Friends fear he has once again made The Computer do his bidding.
I built a little site for all my photos away from any social media. Had a little fun with it, yanno?
konnai.re/leisuredome
I built a little site for all my photos away from any social media. Had a little fun with it, yanno?
konnai.re/leisuredome
Next week my wife and I doing a sort of pre-xmas supper club thing with our neighbours so I'm doing a test flight of the main – smoked gnocchi with beef shin ragù. I have our little smoker going and the beef has been cooking in wine & tomatoes for about 2 hours. Pretty sure these smells are illegal
December 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Next week my wife and I doing a sort of pre-xmas supper club thing with our neighbours so I'm doing a test flight of the main – smoked gnocchi with beef shin ragù. I have our little smoker going and the beef has been cooking in wine & tomatoes for about 2 hours. Pretty sure these smells are illegal
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The handmade, human qualities of your work are more valuable than they've ever been. Don't doubt that for a second.
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The handmade, human qualities of your work are more valuable than they've ever been. Don't doubt that for a second.
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I love overflow clip, but I never knew these specifics! Its also very helpful when working with position sticky or scroll driven animations. The hidden value breaks position sticky and scroll driven animations that are set on children but the clip value does not
Mini demo: codepen.io/Sidstumple/p...
Mini demo: codepen.io/Sidstumple/p...
overflow-clip vs hidden
...
codepen.io
December 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I love overflow clip, but I never knew these specifics! Its also very helpful when working with position sticky or scroll driven animations. The hidden value breaks position sticky and scroll driven animations that are set on children but the clip value does not
Mini demo: codepen.io/Sidstumple/p...
Mini demo: codepen.io/Sidstumple/p...
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You can fundamentally rewire your brain to properly understand CSS layout... for $34.50. Can’t say fairer than that! One day left.
Oh I forgot to mention on here, Every Layout is doing the annual 50% discount too! every-layout.dev
Relearn CSS layout
every-layout.dev
December 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
You can fundamentally rewire your brain to properly understand CSS layout... for $34.50. Can’t say fairer than that! One day left.
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So happy to have this out there. I've dreamt of a new home for the GSAP demos for so long.
I can't wait to get cracking with some more uploads, framework collections and integrated tutorials for more complex techniques. 🤘
I can't wait to get cracking with some more uploads, framework collections and integrated tutorials for more complex techniques. 🤘
December 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
So happy to have this out there. I've dreamt of a new home for the GSAP demos for so long.
I can't wait to get cracking with some more uploads, framework collections and integrated tutorials for more complex techniques. 🤘
I can't wait to get cracking with some more uploads, framework collections and integrated tutorials for more complex techniques. 🤘