Christmas bread

Every year the whole team at Kit takes around a week and a half off for the holidays as one of the perks outside of normal PTO. I'm adding a few extra days and making it about 2 weeks. Ready for the recharge, thankful for the time.

The Holiday is so good and you can't convince me otherwise.

Everyone who talked about how AI would give us freedom to be creative and push humanity forward with how we would have more time to make things...yeah it was a lie. This Is what we get instead.

The pattern of downloading a free app, going through a small tutorial, then being faced with a subscription requirement is one of the worst things to come out of the last decade. I'd rather buy the app up front. Now I'm just gonna delete it.

I mean, the internet is measurably worse now, right? Everything is AI, everything is ads, everything is monetized, everything is shortcuts, everything is quick shitty low-effort content to try and become the next big thing... Am I crazy or has it just not always been quite like this? Am I old?

They'll change it when it effects them personally, in a way that only benefits them personally. Another day, another same old story. Unbelievable.

This is hilarious. replaceyourboss.ai

first episode of the latest season of stranger things and 1. Wow this writing is bad 2. wow these people have never heard of "show don't tell"

On vacation and I get a ping that Cloudflare is down. Oh no.

Genuinely two of the most helpful "cheat-sheet" tools for development that I use more than I probably should admit: - Operator Lookup by @joshwcomeau.com. I blanked on !! today and look at that, it's there! joshwcomeau.com/operator-lookup - keycode.info by @wesbos.com. Does what it says on the tin.

why even call it black friday anymore

I've been thinking a lot about what makes a good photograph, especially when it comes to self critique of our own work. New video up. Bring your coffees or whiskies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3Oh...

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This is fantastic. Free hosting for people that want a place on the internet that is their own as a throwback to the 90s. public.monster

I'm slowly coming around to the idea of killing my streaming subscriptions again and rebuilding the physical library. Spotify doesn't give a shit about artists, and it's more and more clear with every price increase and every CEO bonus. It's more important than ever to directly support art.

Got no replies so I got a guitar.

I don't need another guitar right? Just checking.

Let's make AI jealous. Write what Al can't touch. Humans can think with their heads, hearts, and bodies. Try moving your hands. It's fine if your mind remains a jumble. Ideas scattered across the paper. Sometimes they connect by chance, and something new is born.

Apparently VC backing can't buy class.

type "geocities" into google

Still so amazed by the amazing talks at @perfnow.nl last week 😁 Big thanks to all amazing insights and knowledge shared! @csswizardry.com @tunetheweb.com @michael-hladky.bsky.social I wrote down my learnings and key takeaways, hope they’ll benefit you too! www.tbeeren.com/talks/perfor...

First talk of #perfnow day 2 and @timkadlec.bsky.social is already attacking me 🥲

An absolute monster of a day consisting of several files of full of notes and a browser bookmark folder packed with links from #perfnow conference in Amsterdam...and it's only Day 1 😅

@danabra.mov Is it possible to change my justjavascript login email address? Can't find a spot to update it. Cheers.

bring back guestbooks

If your article has an AI-generated image, I'll assume it's not a good article and that you're not a good writer 🤷

Your irregular reminder that push notifications are other peoples' agenda for you and they are killing your productivity and happiness. Disable notifications === happiness. PSA complete.

It makes me sad when people say an idea then admit it was from ChatGPT or whatever. No, YOU have good ideas. YOUR opinion and creativity is what I want. If I wanted some shitty computer generated idea I would have typed it myself. This horseshit is robbing the world of badly needed humanity.

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I've been cradling a bit of a creative itch recently, and I've decided it's time to get back into making some videos. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tei...

Rush? Back on tour? With Anika Nilles on drums? Ok time to start saving my nickels. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_gi...

I swear the internet is just wholly cheap hacks and product flipping at this point. Can't even try to find something handmade without having to weed through thousands of Temu-level mass produced shite with 100% false product descriptions.

It's not perfect. And maybe it doesn't have to be. corydhmiller.com/blog/its-not...

"Technology has a history of making effortful things effortless, and there is sometimes a hidden loss in that advancement." - @weakty.bsky.social Definitely a visitor to this type of feeling of loss myself in the last year or so. weakty.com/posts/efforts/

This version of iOS was absolutely rushed out the door under insane crunch pressures, I assume?

A few more

Some photos from this morning's photo walk, unedited

8 years later I still get comments on a video I posted about switching from an Apple Watch to an analog watch. Mostly positive, some who lack tact and social skills, some who are just mean. Doesn't bother me, just interesting.

Nah Owl City was dope and we didn't deserve him

Josh is one of the best development educators making stuff right now hands down. All his content is top tier. Highly recommend giving this one a look.

I think I'm definitely old because any time I open a video and the first thing is some shitty AI-voice speaking the title of what I'm about to watch, I close it down immediately. This is quite possibly the stupidest thing that has become popular in the last couple years.

cancelling Disney+ and Hulu is well and good but it’s not a huge hit on an individual level but Disney adults? people who spend real money at the parks? you guys can make a dent, call ‘em up and tell them your vacation is postponed until they pull their heads out of their asses

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

I don't know, I kind of wanna go back to iOS 7 design

Honestly serious: JUST DON'T UPDATE PACKAGES RIGHT NOW. It is unclear to me yet, but this is looking pretty wide spread. Better be safe than sorry, just go touch some grass.

You know what, I'm gonna start using em dashes even harder. First things first though: I need to figure out when it's good to use them.

If you ever feel like you don't know what you're doing, just keep in mind Spotify sent out an email today with an image that is 8736x11648 in dimensions and 19.6MB in filesize. So. You're fine.

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