Hey, random question, but…what are you doing April 30 and May 1? 👀

So whose turn is it for the Code Red now? Tag, you're it? Is it me?

Hey Friends. A question for you. I'm planning to launch a series of videos in the new year, probably on a new YouTube channel. What topics in particular would you like me to cover? I see myself teaching, demoing, doing critiques/deep-dives, maybe interviews. Thanks! ✌️

ogkit is nice

The interview Taylor Swift gave to Stephen Colbert... Perfection. Colbert somehow got her to show the full workaholic creative genius nerd side of her.

I know the Skywalker saga is considered complete. But Episode IX is begging for a round up to Episode X.

Hey Ruby friends! 👋 Keep an eye out, we are hoping to make an announcement here in the next couple days. 🫢😊

Had a "people like us do things like this" moment today and boy it feels like I want to pull this new thread harder now.

Beware originality for your product. Because we are social animals, we do as others around us do. That is, until it no longer works, we say "enough is enough", and then we tempt something new. Mimetic pressure has been around a long time. everyonewantsprogress.com/0095-progres...

This seems like a cool opportunity in Amsterdam. "Deliver full‑stack features using Rails views, Turbo, and Stimulus, and contribute to the Ember.js to Hotwire migration." railshotwirejobs.com/jobs/full-st...

It is a waste of imagination, to me, to mainly use your AI assistants to build CRUD apps.

I'm digging Gruber's commentary on Alan Dye's departure from Apple. What a juicy story 🍿

Being stuck, not being able to make progress, has an odd relationship with your ability to ask good questions. Small, lightweight questions. Progress wants a question. everyonewantsprogress.com/0094-a-quest...

Hey friends! OG Kit is off 30% for Black Friday week 🎁 Check out the video below, tell a friend, or just go buy it really! It's pretty cool, if you haven't seen it 😆

You think your product's features should be front-and-center, but maybe something else should be featured. It might be better that your buyer be featured, instead. everyonewantsprogress.com/0093-what-yo...

Seriously though… Where _is_ Raye’s husband? What _is_ taking him so long. Get on it guys come on.

Brian is fast

It was not mobile-responsive. It was not accessible to screen readers. It was never published live. But! It had a table-based layout (that car was spliced to work). It had spacer gifs. It has transparent gifs. It used Verdana. It was a lot of fun to design in Photoshop 6.0.

A great product does two things well. It helps with the main thing it's supposed to do for the buyer, and it does a second job too. That second job is "help me be seen by my crowd". Help me have status. "If I tell others, it'll help me be seen." everyonewantsprogress.com/0092-progres...

Just dug up an old design for a site a buddy of mine and I were working on in 2001

Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope. Yes, THAT Pope.

and while i'm at it, use BF35 to save 35% on speakflow.com annual plans. best teleprompter in the game 🫡

On Tesla working on bringing CarPlay support: Friend of mine who owns a Tesla came into my car: "Oh you have CarPlay" he exclaims with a tinge of envy. My car has a small CarPlay screen though comparatively. But even then, CarPlay is nice.

Plot twist, this was not their final episode of The Panel.

This is what happens when you just try things. Fun things can happen! @thepanel.bsky.social #livenow

In the AI revolution, incumbents are embracing new tech instantly, spending big and innovating. Unlike previous tech revolutions. Startups don’t get a multi-year head start. So, you have to follow a different playbook.

My favorite weather app...

Posting loudly, or frequently? When your posts don't get reach, consider simply contributing of what matches your values, of what you'd like to see. To the noise, you'll add a signal. everyonewantsprogress.com/0091-signal-...

This is unbelievably well done.

Coming up next week. For managers, I was told this offering is a no-brainer. Want to send a few folks from your team? Good value to: - get unstuck on a structural turbo-frame/stream decision - tackle a complex UI component - level-up everyone's Hotwire skills - spar on upcoming feature strategies

Cursor—a tool company—getting into the model game is super interesting. Purpose-built LLMs that are far superior at the job-to-be-done of the tool is a trend I'm sure we haven't seen the last of—especially from makers of tools for builders/creators.

AI is an offshoring event. Jobs that come back, as with the previous offshoring events, will be because culture gave the job an edge. Avoid offshoring skills which give you a culture edge. everyonewantsprogress.com/0090-efficie...

[Video of an outdoor survivalist ruining his only knife by cutting through a tin can he probably didn’t bring to turn it into a makeshift camp stove.] I click and watch this stuff every time. And every time I wish he wouldn’t ruin his knife’s edge.

I'm being told I'm running a "very old version of Cursor". I don't want to update Cursor now, that message is so adorable.

For Rails Hotwire apps, I don’t believe I’ve seen a better more long-lasting option for front-end components. You can pick only the components you want. And they’ll be around a while.

Congrats to @webawesome.com for their 3.0.0 release! I'm a believer in using these web components when your design system crosses that threshold of needing one, two, or ten nicely-styled components. webawesome.com

Hotwire Office Hours: The next week of office hours will be Nov 10-14, covering American timezone (December will cover Europe). Part group training, part accountability, part hanging out with industry friends. Get on the email list and receive an early bird discount. hotwiresupport.pascal.works

An ode to longer loops: All attention can’t be given to the shortest feedback loops. If you want to progress on the hard new skills, you’ll have to move to some longer loops. everyonewantsprogress.com/0089-ode-to-...

Shielding Chart xkcd.com/3158/

Friends don’t let friends use this privacy violating nightmare. Just say no! Not even once!

Will send this out to the list later today. An early-bird discount, exclusive to people on the email list, for the week in November. hotwiresupport.pascal.works

I enabled Stripe on a project, with a healthy subscription. And it was exciting. I'm ready. 🦗🦗

Is there a product here? You hear someone complaining about a product, about not having the right features. Maybe not. Look out for the second dissatisfaction, further along in their purchase journey, for better clues. everyonewantsprogress.com/0088-two-dis...

Just dropped the first clip from The Expert Bench podcast 🎙️ Greg Molnar want to bypass a project for 37signals!!! And learned a lesson about responsible disclosure. Jorge's response? Pure class. This is why Rails community > drama Watch youtube.com/shorts/Z_CzS...

There's something robust about a good framework. Good generators are still reliable - Check out BT's super-scaffolding Less code is still better - Check out BT's authorization + roles abstractions built on cancancan A core Team/Membership model is still a good minimum - Check out BT's core models

Last week was the first one of these: "A week of office hours, so you can finally tweak your Hotwire-based app to a place you like." I'll be preparing a newsletter post with: - a recap of what we covered - the dates of the next group - an early bird discount Sign up below

Bullet Train, the opinionated kit on top of Ruby on Rails, has had a few new additions this year: - Light/Dark User Preference - Docker support - Outgoing Webhook Signatures Check it out to learn Rails, or build on top of solid Team model, or come for the great theme. bullettrain.co Open-source!

The real cost of driving isn't in the fuel cost but in the time cost. And the time cost has continued obeying Marchetti’s Constant, a fixed number of hours per day we tolerate allocating to travel, has stayed fixed across history (from pedestrian societies to industrialized). Probably no disaster.

I really needed to hear this episode today. Thanks for these stories @anthonyeden.bsky.social. ❤️ (Also, framing!)