your terminal will never be: "an interface designer" "an accessibility expert" "a design engineer" "a frontend wizard" these jobs are for humans, stop trying to take them from us

jp game developer in the 90's: so we're making a bass fishing game composer: oh hell yeah i got you [adds "drop the bass" sample] jp game developer: no no like the fish composer: what fish?

After all… why not? Why shouldn't I build a new website?

You're the Reason I Don't Want the World to End

My book, Accessibility For Everyone, is now free and online as a website. accessibilityforeveryone.site The book was first published by A Book Apart in 2017 but it holds up! It covers web accessibility for designers, developers, content folks, and really everyone who works in tech.

I love this thoughtful and beautifully presented piece by @terry.social.godier.me.ap.brid.gy (found via @tyfromtheinternet.com’s newsletter), on the anxiety of unread counts and the questionable evolution of app design. “Phantom obligation — the guilt you feel for something no one asked you to do.”

Chekhov's technical debt

This is what peak physical Media looks like.

Hey folks - I unexpectedly have some availability from next week onwards, so give me a shout if I can help you with : - Ux/ui design - Design direction - Visual identity - Inclusive design - Design systems Find out more at damoncharles.com

I have been messing about with Elixir and Phoenix again and I have to say it's oddly refreshing to use a convention-based batteries-included framework after so many years of the JS ecosystem. Have yet to give Liveview a proper go though

Nice platform you get there. Would be a shame if someone were to use it

“it's curious how, in those liminal moments as a season of your life draws to a close, you feel as if you might live forever.” new warmth in the dead of winter, a special guest appearance on the blog by our friend @robbowen.digital. i hope you enjoy it 🤍 strangersbyspring.com/2026-01-20

Who else is up buying silly domain names in the hopes that it will fix them.

See also, this series www.eloiserapp.com/soft-focus of objects behind Japanese security glass

I’m really honoured to guest the inimitable @robbowen.digital on Strangers by Spring this morning. It’s been such a joy to make this project with people who are so perceptive, and creative and thoughtful. It might be my favourite yet. strangersbyspring.com/2026-01-20

🦊 We got some snow this weekend, which thankfully made for light shoveling. And I met a neighbor, right when I needed to. ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/i-find...

the only way to stay sane while working in tech is to aggressively pursue hobbies and interests that are grounded in analog mediums and/or the natural world

"I write to you haunted. Or, perhaps, I am doing the haunting. These days I'm scarcely able to tell the difference" I've been so taken with this project that I was truly moved when @likethecolour.red & @strange.website asked if I might like to contribute. An absolute pleasure to write with them

Proud to announce TechConf.Directory, a directory of tech conferences around the globe. I've found it quite difficult to find conferences. That is true no more! I've made all the data fully open and available via a fully queryable API as well. techconf.directory #Conferences #Tech #Programming

Last year, we highlighted our favorite showcase submission every month in the GSAP newsletter. With a full year of incredible sites behind us, it only feels right to crown one Site of the Year. Voting's now open! Who will take home the very first GSAP Site of the Year trophy? 💚 gsap.com/SOTY-2025/

Would you like to work with me? 👋🏻 I’m currently helping to strengthen the existing design systems team at Kesko and we’re looking for a nice & talented designer/developer to join us. arielsalminen.com/2026/hiring-...

I made a new thing! Introducing DRUMSAUCE. DRUMSAUCE is catalogue of free PDF drum transcriptions, created by my own human ears and hands.

aaaand it's live eva.town

As a [ grown adult working in tech ] I need my messaging app to [ obliterate the water supply of a small town ] so that I can [ chuckle about being an armadillo ]

It is 2026 and I just successfully synced music to a Zune

Continuing some planning for a potentially semi-bonkers near-future idea, so: Folks in (or near) London, Paris, Berlin, and The Hague, do you know of any nice indie bookshops — ones that stock design books *and* host events — and would you mind sending those recommendations my way, please?

📝 Case Study: lynnandtonic.com 2025 refresh lynnandtonic.com/thoughts/ent...

Hello friends. In a world where 5 websites control everything we see and hear, Emily and I have decided to carve out our own section of the Weird Wide Web for a little creative writing project. We’d love you to join us. vonkirschnell.haus/1st-edition

This redesign is so damn good omg

time is an illusion

Drop your RSS feeds in the replies so people (including me) can find them 👇

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...

The first two hours this morning

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/ 🙏🖤

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

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!

"Give them a moment, for fucks sake"

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! 🎄

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 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

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-...

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

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 💛

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.

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

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

The handmade, human qualities of your work are more valuable than they've ever been. Don't doubt that for a second.