if you don't move the heat can't get you

blogged: Astro is fine I guess dbushell.com/2026/07/10/a... I built and shipped a damn fine website (to localhost)

nobody told me "The Pitt" was incredible TV so I'm telling you

me: "I can code that shape in SVG without looking 😏" also me:

getting a bit warm today...

it's hilarious, and then you remember people are hearing this and saying: "yes! replace my entire life with that please" ??? bsky.app/profile/bell...

<h4> — really? nobody reads past <h3> these days, fix your content.

It's been a week and the VC's aren't biting... I guess this economy is tougher than I gave it credit 😰 dbushell.com/2026/07/02/t...

Astro / Zed nerds - how do I fix this "error"? I just want to write HTML in peace. I have the astro plugin installed.

eww i accidentally clicked a Facebook link, time to give my browser a wash

blogged: Select your starter class dbushell.com/2026/07/08/s... we have fun here, but I really do need to work on those secret plans and stop messing about!

i can't believe Messi fumbled that touchdown in the first quarter

This is so welcome in a sea of slop. Lovely video www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLPA...

so I created a new Astro project and chose "Use minimal (empty) template" and it added a SLOP.md you guys are trolls 😠 bsky.app/profile/dbus...

11ty or Astro?

Ya know what that's enough social media for me today i'm not gonna get myself in trouble before breakfast bsky.app/profile/nico...

True. How do we get Bluesky to redesign the UX here? bsky.app/profile/ikbe...

I've got an absolute beast of a blog post in the pipeline, but for now here's something stupid: dbushell.com/2026/07/06/b...

is this the month I finally set up my Limited company? been agonising over a name/branding for months lol (and i frequently get hit with waves of "why bother, I'd rather retrain to clean real toilets if this industry is going down the shitter")

man life hack: put your chocolate PROTEIN milk on your PROTEIN Weetabix sometimes I outdo myself

it pains me to see my timeline hurting I know it sounds trivial to say "hang in there" but I really believe the good times will return for web developers I know a lot of big tech/web AI boosters follow me: go fuck yourself

blogged: Fixing full-bleed CSS dbushell.com/2026/07/03/f... (obvs it depends, I already regret using the word "fixing" here!)

when you use keyboard shortcuts but the wrong window is focused

finally beat Slay the Spire 2 ascension 10 with The Regent this deck absolutely melted act 3! dbushell.com/notes/2026-0...

Better late than never, I've finished off my game for the month of June! Introducing "Wire Loop". A game where you drag a loop around a wire, and try not to touch the wire. It has a level editor for you to share new levels among friends! k9l.io/wire-loop

"As of today, the lemon is not worth the squeeze." - bit of a chicken and egg, innit? Can't go wrong with good ol' RSS that's for sure. pawelgrzybek.com/my-blog-is-n...

blogged: The modern app dbushell.com/2026/07/02/t... — anyone care to test my new code editor?

👍-driven development

July, on a Wednesday?

devastated I left a superfluous double space in a README code example live with the knowledge for the rest of my life, or do a shame commit?

it needs to be easier to create little Svelte islands i don't need Vite and 50 dotfiles i just wanna do `npx sv bundle main.js`

it said 128 questions but it keeps going (and repeats questions, I think...) I got 78% accuracy from 130, not bad? 🤔 a11y.quest?s=a130c101k8...

browsing the shit web is one of two outcomes: 1. inert page because ublock hid the dialog 2. "we and our 9000 partners care about your privacy..."

when you're supposed to be delivering static templates but the web can't do HTML includes

what is this "chuffed[dot]whatever" spam I'm seeing all over Bluesky? is this a legit charity, or a scam? are they reply bots, or some kind of crowd sourced campaign? 😐

There are plenty of things I'd love to see added to the web platform or improved in browsers. Especially things I want in CSS. While we've already got so much great stuff and a lot more on the way, there are still some assorted little bits I'd love. Here is my wishlist: vale.rocks/posts/web-pl...

hell yeah mindfuldesign.xyz/by-humans/

oh this looks interesting www.w3.org/community/no...

blogged: ARIA, anti-patterns, and you dbushell.com/2026/06/26/a...

I quit. Rehiring myself on Monday.

some days I wonder what I was doing

tell you one thing, I ain't staying up to 10pm to watch Declan Rice slow roll Panama, wake me up for round of 32

anyone know a good collection of modern laptop photos for design mock-ups? (ideally free license)

dbushell.com (testing standard publication avatar)

in hindsight a 5k run was not the play 🥵

i remain convinced no one at Figma has ever built a website today's struggle: read-only access locks down way too much, I have to export as base64 embedded SVG and manually remove a crop 🤦‍♂️ www.reddit.com/r/FigmaDesig...

noted: Slay the Spire 2 - block build for Ironclad ascension 10 💪 dbushell.com/notes/2026-0...

tanking 30°C in my office like it's nothing 🥶 mind over matter innit