Can’t wait!

I could watch @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social all day.

Unsurprising revelation from #perfnow: @rich-harris.dev really is ruddy good at demonstrating interesting concepts. His @svelte.dev is demo is terribly compelling.

“Simple to use, progressive enhancement, built in APIs are the best” A timeless quote from @barrypollard.bsky.social at #perfnow, (given with a deliciously timely self-reference) I love this.

Brilliant talk from @tkadlec.bsky.social at #perfnow including thoughtful and data-driven caution about the impact of agentic web, enthusiasm for “delight” and celebrations of browser progress.

When you make a glib comment in your announcement to encourage people to take their seats at a conference and throw unjustified shade at @tkadlec.bsky.social which is then committed to writing. #perfnow

🥳 All too rare mention of progressive enhancement. Yay, @inesakrap.bsky.social! It still amazes me how this approach is so often sacrificed due to less conscientious use of fashionable frameworks. #perfnow

“Very often, what sustainability looks like is also what good performance looks like” — @inesakrap.bsky.social at #perfnow Yes! Nice to think that a better experience for users can also be better for the planet.

This doesn’t get discussed enough IMO. But sadly, the signals from the more frivolous uses of AI with its environmental impact aren’t a great sign for our direction of travel.

“If your web project was bridge, would you drive across it?” — asks @inesakrap.bsky.social at #perfnow in her great talk about rigorous and responsible web development.

“We should treat accessibility as something that is structural or baked in or part of the DNA, if we want to be successful” — says @marcysutton.com at #perfnow “Don’t treat it like trying to put chocolate chips into a cookie after it is baked” I love this framing!

Loving @tammyeverts.com positioning of performance and experience on the web, and the desire to make the gap between pragmatism and magic as small as possible. 🌈 #pragmagical 🦄 Great start here at #perfnow.

Oooh. WebC and Vento are my two current t favourites. Yes, I have a favourite templating systems. INVITE ME TO YOUR PARTIES!🎈

There is a nice summary of my recent whirlwind tour of the refreshed @deno.land Deploy in this episode of @typescript.fm (And I’m adding the phrase “config dancing” to my repertoire) Thanks @erikonarheim.com and @kamranicus.com!

It’s almost @perfnow.nl time! Heading to Amsterdam for this excellent conference. Who will I see there?

Happy to see this feature land... BYODB or Let @prisma.io do that for you

Our Deploy platform continues to ramp up, and after exploring it for while @philhawksworth.dev has some highlights to share. deno.com/blog/deno-de...

This is a great trip down memory lane / into internet history

Hooray! #Diablo! @hertfordshirechorus.org.uk will be performing this next year at London's Royal Festival Hall. I can't wait to sing this! Our last gamemusic.net concert there was amazing. Based on last time, tickets will sell out really rather fast. www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/gam...

Getting nostalgic

I say: "By accident" and "On purpose" I've heard lots of Americans say: "On accident" and "on purpose" But I'm right, right? The rule is, there ain't no rules.

Thanks spellcheck. I'll pop your suggestion in my bra inbox.

Hahaha. All conference speakers need this.

My friend @designthinking.lol made this amazing illustration back in 2009 to make a point when I would argue with him about flash vs HTML. Seeing it again now and thinking how tailwind had been used to homogenise the aesthetic of so many sites and now it is in my head rent free.

I think that @nordicjs.com is the first conference where I’ve heard the MC say, “Good news, the sauna is now open. Please don’t be naked”, and has a tattoo booth where people can (and do) get inked with the conference logo. We’re not at an O’Reilly conference any more.

Live-coding and demos have come a long way. @nico.dev shows off making an interactive AI interface with voice recognition in the browser at @nordicjs.com… and then tries to give it a sense of humour. Very cool demo. Comedians livelihoods are safe for now.

The moment I mimed squeezing an invisible clown’s nose perfectly captured. BYO sound effects.

Pssst. @nordicjs.com is proving to be a pretty wonderful event. Having a great time here! Heartily recommended.

“Friends don’t let friends build calendars” says Christophe Porteneuve at @nordicjs.com, as he goes on to talk about how great Temporal is as a replacement for JavaScript’s Date. Yes!

Loads of great speakers at @nordicjs.com. Mopping up a few I didn’t already follow.

Huge thanks to everyone at @nordicjs.com for listening to me speed through some history of JavaScript. Slides available for you to explore at your own pace (Bolero optional) findthat.at/time

Heading to Stockholm for @nordicjs.com, and excited about all the lovely folks I’ll see there. The event is sold out which is lovely to see. Anticipation mounting!

Pssst. It's also not mandatory to use a framework if your site doesn't need one.

The arbiter of good taste

We’re in the discovery phase to #FreeJavaScript from Oracle: depositions, surveys, evidence, expert testimony. Costly, but vital to protect "JavaScript" for all. Help us put forward the strongest case possible👇 deno.com/blog/javascr...

Spiralling into self reflection and a crisis of confidence when asked nicely by a conference: "What walk-on music would you like?" I might need a FigJam board, a Notion document, and some focus groups to help me figure this one out. Help me Bluesky friends. You're my only hope.

🤔 "may have lunched on mollusks" Came for the Fresh example. Stayed for the dinosaur trivia. bsky.app/profile/deno...

Felling the love from this online service today 🥰

AI: Describe an idea for an app and let me build it, design a logo for it, and generate a video for a marketing campaign for it with a cast of atletic models I conjured from society's collective consciousness. My spellcheck: "atletic"? I have literally no idea and cannot hazard a guess

Doing this is so weird to me. Replyguys be like...

I had to randomise the the submitted colours on Crocss after some cheeky folks tried to use them as a giant pixel wall. Sorry to spoil your fun, digital graffiti friends! crocss.philhawksworth.deno.net

LOL Some attempts seem a little better than others. Close, but no cigar. crocss.philhawksworth.deno.net/croc/cyber-y...

Idiot! Should totally have called this "What the heck's the hex?" crocss.philhawksworth.deno.net/croc/orange-...

Yay! KV support landed on @deno.land Deploy, which means I can make important things like this site where you guess the colour of your favourite Crocs. crocss.philhawksworth.deno.net/croc/bright-...

My inner child always wanted dinosaur wallpaper! My outer adult needed some on-brand desktop wallpaper for use in videos, so I made some @deno.land wallpapers. Plus it gave me a chance to play with @11ty.dev on @deno.land deno-wallpapers.philhawksworth.deno.net

By thunder I've been sleeping on the EleventyImage plugin! It's so convenient! Messed with it while seeing how well @11ty.dev played with @deno.land and on Deno Deploy ("Swimmingly" is the answer to that) Made a toy site to experiment: github.com/philhawkswor...

Testing something coming soon and pretty handy in @deno.land today.

Breaking one of my rules about being critical of a competitor in public... but I hate this imagery they feature on twitter so much. Especially in the current climate. I don't care how cute the character is.

That we didn't feature the @deno.land earrings prominently in this video can only be seen as a huge failure.

Tinkering with this by @thisisjofrank.bsky.social was fun!