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Design for Real Humans / ACAB / Buy my fuckin book https://scott.is https://mindfuldesign.xyz

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Scott Riley @scott.is · 24d

PREORDERS ARE LIVE YOOOOO

£149 is ridiculous value, if I can be so bold to say about my own shit. Dozens of hours of content and exercises, a deep dive into every aspect of product design, and you get to stare at my face for the duration.

Get on it xoxo

Piccalilli @piccalil.li · 24d

Pre-orders for Mindful Design are available now.

Get a pre-order copy for £149, saving £100 off the full price of £249 for two weeks only.

Pre-orders close again after September 30

Mindful Design

A high quality, expansive video course that will elevate your design skills to a level you never thought was achievable.

piccalilli.link

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WDC @webdevconf.com · 23h

It's great to see everyone on their way to Bristol for WDC2025 tomorrow!

There is still time to grab a ticket if you want to be there!

webdevconf.com

WDC2025 - October 10 2025, Watershed, Bristol, UK

WDC is the web conference based in Bristol, taking place in autumn each year. With great speakers and attendees alike.

webdevconf.com

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 1d

"decentralized" means that you no longer have to rely on a large, complex system run by a few unreachable elites! instead, you get to rely on one guy who has to leave his computer on all day, and will never abuse his tiny amount of power

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Scott Riley @scott.is · 1d

literally half my support network, dozens of people i adore, i met through shitposting on twitter. part of why i'm so sad at how everything got turned into magic kpi-delivering skinner boxes that erode community instead of building it.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Scott Riley @scott.is · 1d

Fuzzy one for me because it’s more a group of folks who kinda saw the path Arc was going down releasing an open source lift-and-shift. Pretty sure the only money they make is through Patreon/Kofi donations towards maintenance. Not sure how I feel about it, but I like it more than Big Atlassian.

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Scott Riley @scott.is · 2d

Switched from Arc to Zen, which is basically a Firefox copy of Arc.

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Scott Riley @scott.is · 2d

This is gonna fuckin rule

Piccalilli @piccalil.li · 2d

Set your alarms and clear your inboxes: JavaScript for Everyone launches in 7 days, on October 14th.

The drafts are done, the editing is *nearly* complete and let us tell you, Mat has written a masterpiece.

Get alerted on launch day by signing up for updates: piccalil.li/javascript-f...

JavaScript for Everyone. A new course by Mat Marquis. Launching in 7 days

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Stuart Robson @sturobson.com · 3d

Hello World

I'm nearing the end of my current contract and on the lookout for my next adventure.

I'm a Front-End Developer and Design Systems specialist, excited to dive into new projects and tackle new challenges!

Let’s make some rocking websites!

[email protected]

🙏🖤

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Scott Riley @scott.is · 3d

alright hacker news

Scott Riley @scott.is · 3d

it's engineered to fall forwards she's like 72% fine

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Scott Riley @scott.is · 3d

Director of Photography overseeing the last few course videos.

A white and ginger dog sat on a blue couch looking dolefully into the camera. She is cute as heck. Her name is Lorna. I wish you could meet her and give her belly rubs.
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WDC @webdevconf.com · 3d

WDC2025 takes place on Friday!

We don't have any official plans for Thursday night. If you're in Bristol the night before why not hop on our discord and see who else is around?

discord.gg/c2X7p8Mq

We have a handful of tickets left for the conference and we'd love to see you there!

webdevconf.com

WDC2025 - October 10 2025, Watershed, Bristol, UK

WDC is the web conference based in Bristol, taking place in autumn each year. With great speakers and attendees alike.

webdevconf.com

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Scott Riley @scott.is · 4d

Honestly forums were peak social media. No other platform has got close to that level of potential belonging and connectedness.

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ghost crab @crabbydaddy.bsky.social · 6d

when life knocks you down, make sure you stay there and take a nap

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Scott Riley @scott.is · 5d

that's it i am logging the heck off

Scott Riley @scott.is · 5d

i'm still not sure if everyone on linkedin writes like a milquetoast AI or if milquetoast AIs write like everyone on linkedin. it's so transparently glib and voiceless. just the most pointless people repeating the most pointless shit in template format. like someone fucking rationed personalities.

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Scott Riley @scott.is · 5d

if someone ever said "let's get real for a moment" in the real world i would push them into a river. can conclude that linkedin people don't get pushed into enough rivers.

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Scott Riley @scott.is · 5d

spelled want as wan't and honestly think i'm onto something here @merriam-webster.com

Scott Riley @scott.is · 5d

iconic

Scott Riley @scott.is · 5d

got myself some fleece-lined crocs and am feeling extremely 36 today

Scott Riley @scott.is · 5d

new midnight dropped lets bop to retro gloom music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Syndicate - Album by The Midnight

Listen to Syndicate by The Midnight on YouTube Music - a dedicated music app with official songs, music videos, remixes, covers, and more.

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Aunt Mrgladys @mrgan.com · 7d

I’m gonna say something controversial: I actually don’t think chickpea anxiety is real

Screenshot of NYT YouTube channel introducing a recipe with “chickpea anxiety is real.”

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Scott Riley @scott.is · 6d

oh yeah 100% i am absolutely not sticking around there. it's just the most obvious get-out (given netlify's weird pricing) from vercel rn for static sites and SPAs. plan is to get off vercel asap then spend some time trying alternatives.

Scott Riley @scott.is · 6d

aaaaand @supabase.com account cancelled. pretty sure they won't miss my measly $20/mo after raising $100m but if they wanna platform genocide shaggers they can get fucked too.

Scott Riley @scott.is · 6d

okay so i'm fully switched from vercel to cloudflare pages. took literally seconds per project.

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Scott Riley @scott.is · 6d

Absolute masterpiece.