Often on Twitter, we’ll hear stuff like this: Best practices don’t actually work Or: TypeScript has won, and it’s only a matter of time you’re using it whether you like it or not. These may be true for a tiny minority of cases, such as in a code-factory: full of developers, independently working on small pieces of […]
I just had a power cut and wanted to check how long it would be out for. The UK Power Networks power outage tool is handy for that, but there’s a problem: I only had a 3G network connection and the site is heavily dependent on JavaScript. Can you guess what happened? Yep: I couldn’t […]
On Monday, the first issue of the Set Studio newsletter: The Index will be going live! You may remember the newsletter that I used to run a few years ago: the Piccalilli Newsletter. Back then, I used to feature lovely websites, inspiring articles, helpful tutorials and signal-boost content from writers who weren’t getting nearly enough […]
There’s only one day left to find your pals on Mastodon via Twitter before the free Twitter API gets shut down. Even if you’re not planning on leaving Twitter, it’s probably worth doing it anyway. Services that are still working: https://pruvisto.org/debirdify https://fedifinder.glitch.me