After a short pause while things were busy, I'll finally have time to put into developing Turbo Admin again. Hooray! (Turbo Admin, if you don't know, is my magical WordPress browser extension that adds a command palette and other customisations to ALL your WP sites) rosswintle.uk/2026/03/turb...

Want to learn all about web components this week? My 8-hour online course, Web Components Demystified, is on sale for $10 through March 13th. Use the code JUST10 scottjehl.com/learn/webcom...

Someone posted up the old joke shop catalogue which you used to be able to send off for in the 80s, in its entirety. I used to adore this thing. Getting that mad rush all over again. drive.google.com/file/d/1SR-g...

They don't make technology like they used to. I found an old hand-held Garmin GPS device. At least 18 years old. Takes 2 AA batteries - no problem powering it. But it was stuck showing the wrong date and time from 2006. Garmin released an update for this device at some point that fixes this. 1/2

It was so good to head to my local WordPress Meetup today. Such a kind and smart and generous bunch of people. It was really refreshing. Thank you, @bristolwpmeetup.bsky.social !

I get a ton of this SendGrid spam. Doesn't seem to get filtered. But this is new. Current-affairs-specific phishing attacks? Wow.

Is anyone talking about the fact that privatising knowledge and skills in a paywalled AI system, AND having that system drive up the prices of tech, could increase inequality? I’ve been thinking about this. Is this a problem?

A thought. We hold “I love you” up as the ultimate phrase of affirmation. But I often find something more specific is more powerful. “I trust you” “I feel safe with you” “You make me laugh” “You are a kind person” “I enjoy hanging out with you”

Oh no. The school found AI generated images for the newsletter!! 🤦‍♂️

What’s that you say? Ben Folds is playing Bristol in November? BOOK THE BABYSITTER NOW!!!!!

This is a very good essay on LLM coding and one that I kinda align with. I’d add hesitations about the maturity of LLM tools, potential rug-pull/bubble-collapse and the fact that having a real human TA is more valuable. (As well as All-The-Issues). But it’s a good take. htmx.org/essays/yes-and:

Realising that most of my fears about LLM-based AI services can be summed up thus: They mega corps want to create Knowledge-as-a-Service. They made your TV, music, books and car a subscription. Now they want you to become dependent on them for knowledge for a monthly fee.

Next Tuesday March 3rd I’m speaking at the Bristol WordPress Meetup. If you’re into that kind of thing, come along and say hi and learn 25 lessons from my 25 years as a developer. www.meetup.com/bristol-word...

When I interviewed Jordan Cowan in 2021, he shared a dream of shooting the winter Olympics. If you've been watching figure skating coverage, those dramatic close-ups (including the viral Alysa Liu "that's what I'm fkn' talking about!" clip) - that's Jordan. He did it www.theverge.com/22303559/on-...

I have kept receipts for every major household purchase going back to forever… EXCEPT for the thing that is broken but still under warranty!!!

There is both diagnosed neurodivergence and probable undiagnosed neurodivergence in my household (surprised?), and I've been finding the scientific-but-practical resources of Neurodivergent Insights very helpful lately: neurodivergentinsights.com 1/2

Genuine question: Why does everyone suddenly want their website available in markdown for agents to read. What is the use case for this? It can’t be marketing sites. Or content sites with monetisation. Free content sites? Sure, just give all your content to the LLMs. 🤷 What am I missing?

I bought a £20 mini keyboard. And it's surprisingly good! Here's what it's like and how I use it with my phone. rosswintle.uk/2026/02/a-ti... I had to write about YouSky (see earlier post) as it's one of the main reasons for having this!

I made a big, long, technical post a short time back about building a 1-person "social network" app for "micro-journaling". This is a short post explaining what it is without all the technical details. rosswintle.uk/2026/02/yous...

Apple/Google/Microsoft… Here’s what we need. Parental controls but based on a simple vote among the parents. TOO MANY TIMES it’s like: “No!” “But dad said I could!!!” So we BOTH need to approve it. (Yes, this would be doubly annoying)

While I'm recommending things, I've been meaning to write a recommendation for the TickTick Todo app for ages. It's really good. rosswintle.uk/2026/02/tick... (No affiliate links here. I'm just trying to post about some things I like and use! 😃)

I got annoyed that my kitchen sponges were falling apart. I tried sustainable, plastic-free versions. And they were actually really good. rosswintle.uk/2026/02/non-...

I am finding Neurodivergent Insights incredibly helpful as we try to understand both diagnosed and undiagnosed neurodiversity in our family. Really good stuff. Much of it free. But the printable workbooks are also good. neurodivergentinsights.com

Taking up @samwho.dev's suggestion and adding some of my own thoughts on parenting when you work in tech. My kids are a bit older, so the challenges are slightly different. But here's my off-the-cuff thoughts on what it's like these days. vimeo.com/1163917608/a...

This is an amusing juxtaposition of things…

Well, the Science Museum’s warehouse that's 15 minute's drive from where I live is FASCINATING. Housing 300,000 items representing 90% of the Museum's collection (the other 10% is in exhibits). Everything from the World's Fastest Milk Float, to Stephen Hawking's “voice”!

I’m having a nerdy science night out… Hey, Robot!!

We're looking for 15 women in tech from all over the world to interview live on International Women's Day in our livestream! Sign up on our site. Let me know if you have any questions. www.underrepresentedintech.com/iwd26/

Oh the puns in my family. My son and wife made a mixed-berry preserve today. As he's into coding video games I suggested this should be called: "Game Jam" After some thinking he decided this would be bad as it would taste of meat. "Oh dear" I (accidentally!) replied.

I'm (manually) moving some side projects between VPS's. Most of these are Laravel. Some are fairly major upgrades. I'm reminded - having been away from it for a while - of just how nice it is to work with. Great docs, amazing tooling, and such a good developer experience. More please!!

Isn't it weird that it's someone's job (presumably part time?) to judge Ski Jumping? Or "Big Air" snowboarding. Can't imagine many people qualify for that role. #winterOlympics

I’ve spent my last few evenings doing some simple Laravel/PHP coding. Writing forms by hand. Making sure the validation works well. It feels good to make progress. And I learned a few things. It was very chill & satisfying. 10/10. Would recommend finding something you enjoy doing & doing it well.

As many of you know, alongside @larabelles.com, I’m also a horsey girl! I’m building a tool to solve the yard-life problems I deal with, very much scratching my own itch. It’s called YardKit. Early days, but it’s happening! If horses are your world too, I’d love your support 🫶

This is just brilliant from @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social. It's five years old. But so much resonates with me RIGHT NOW "Delinquent Telephone Activity - Let’s make a scene and rebel against Big Tech" medium.com/careful-indu...

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 should have given blood more than this. But proud to have got to 25 donations. And this is a nice recognition. I know not everyone can do it, but giving blood in the UK is quick, easy, and literally life saving!

Apparently the NYT has a new 2-player word game. So just a note that I too have a 2-player word game that’s free, no download, no login, no tracking. It won’t be as good as NYTs but it has all the benefits listed above. You play by passing web links back and forth! words.pico.games

Discovered the handmade, privacy-aware, in-browser "delphitools" by @delphi.rmv.fyi today. Generators, converters, image tools. All happens in the browser. Really good. tools.rmv.fyi (h/t @andrew.clicksnclacks.com)

I made a little private journal web app that's like a one-person social network called "YouSky”. It's free. yousky.veryuseful.app Has replies, hashtags, search. Works kinda like you expect. Basic, but does a job. It's 100% private. No server, tracking, cookies. All data stored in your browser.

I've been leaning towards Tubi being the streaming service, and now I think it's official: they have Season 1 and Season 2 of one of the best science and technology comedy shows ever made… "Look Around You". Thanks, Tubi. Thubi. tubitv.com/series/30001...

Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.

My kids are so much more excited about watching a movie on BluRay disc than streaming a movie. CAN I PUT IT IN? CAN WE WATCH THE EXTRAS? WHAT DOES IT SAY ON THE BOX? Wonderful.

I’m gonna shut up about LLMs and vibe coding now. For all my skepticism of new AIs and my many objections, I like to think I’m curious and open minded. The experiment is done. My thoughts are out of my head. Back to normal.

Despite being an AI doomer, I tried using a app-builder to make a simple, social-media-like, private, journalling web app. This post explains it, including the development process I took, and the point at which I decided AI wasn't up to it and finished it myself. 🤷 rosswintle.uk/2026/01/buil...

Do you know what? it's so good, I've spent 25 minutes writing this - www.rhyswynne.co.uk/ross-on-pers... which adds my own two thoughts on two things Ross has highlighted.

“Like ‘slop’ text, images & videos, the ability to create small, personal apps and websites with LLMs is fascinating. But I don't believe it's ultimately good for the creators or for the users.” rosswintle.uk/2026/01/trus... I've been writing this all weekend. Longer than I thought it would be.

No one I follow seems to have posted this yet, so I'm here to rob you of your entire Sunday: thomaswc.com/2025.html You're welcome!

Restarting this little project.

My brother’s gift to my sister was an Apples to Apples/CAH–style game where players match movies to Letterboxd reviews and I’m pretty sure he deserves the MacArthur

There's something wonderfully ironic about feeling like you're the only person in the world that wasn't compelled by Pluribus.