David Bushell ☕
@dbushell.com
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https://dbushell.com
Freelance Designer, Web Developer, Blogger, UK
sans-slop software it's so easy to impress me now, literally the only thing I look for is lack of "AI" features
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working on a legacy Sass/SCSS + Gulp setup and oh boy has that not aged well One does not simply "npm install" an old project. One hour to fix compile errors, another two to reproduce the correct CSS, and I still have 100 deprecation warnings this is why I "no build" and just write CSS today
about 15 hours ago
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did you know Chromium default stylesheet applies `opacity: 0.7` to `select:disabled` ...how did I never notice before!
codepen.io/dbushell/pen...
github.com/chromium/chr...
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https://github.com/chromium/chromium/blob/main/third_party/blink/renderer/core/html/resources/html.css#L967C9-L967C22
1 day ago
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guess I should finish that CSS refactor this week 😬
bsky.app/profile/dbus...
add a skeleton here at some point
2 days ago
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reading: It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons
tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-i...
I don't like Apple's new icon fetish, but I never realised how poorly implemented they were!
#neverUpdating
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It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons
Looking at the first principles of icon design—and how Apple failed to apply all of them in macOS Tahoe
https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/
2 days ago
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I am back! hello 2026 30 minutes reclamping my monitor arm to jury-rig it one inch lower now I realise if I pushed at the right angle it was way more adjustable than I thought 🤦
3 days ago
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logging out to stop me doom scrolling by default
20 days ago
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The Irishman is a fantastic movie until Al Pacino shows up and I remember it's that Jimmy Hoffa movie gets me every time! I must block out the memory or something
20 days ago
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🎄 blogged: I Survived 2025
dbushell.com/2025/12/18/y...
— What an eventful year. See you in 2026! Have a lovely Christmas and New Year! 🥳
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I Survived 2025
The one where I look back at 2025
https://dbushell.com/2025/12/18/year-in-review/
20 days ago
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lol "postponing"
resources.github.com/actions/2026...
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Pricing changes for GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions pricing update: Discover lower runner rates (up to 39% off) following a major re-architecture for faster, more reliable CI/CD.
https://resources.github.com/actions/2026-pricing-changes-for-github-actions/
21 days ago
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reading: "You Can't Opt-Out of Accessibility"
vale.rocks/posts/access...
> "Unfortunately, companies have adopted these baselines as the ceiling, not the floor." great quote from
@vale.rocks
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You Can't Opt-Out of Accessibility
Shiny exclusion all the way down.
https://vale.rocks/posts/accessibility-importance
21 days ago
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You can't win, Apple.
21 days ago
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Tuesday status: Safari is worse than IE ever was.
23 days ago
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Happy Monday!
24 days ago
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🎄 blogged: Wrapping up Advent of Code 2025
dbushell.com/2025/12/12/a...
— nothing like waking up at 5am every morning for two weeks of coffee and code!
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Wrapping up Advent of Code 2025
The one where I solve programming puzzles in three languages
https://dbushell.com/2025/12/12/advent-of-code-2025/
26 days ago
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Advent of Code day 12 status: done ★★
dbushell.com/notes/2025-1...
— full blog write up later today :)
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Notes – 09:57 Fri 12 Dec 2025
Notes – 09:57 Fri 12 Dec 2025
https://dbushell.com/notes/2025-12-12T09:57Z/
27 days ago
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Time for your weekly React critical vulnerability patch!
react.dev/blog/2025/12...
Two different CVEs this time.
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Denial of Service and Source Code Exposure in React Server Components – React
The library for web and native user interfaces
https://react.dev/blog/2025/12/11/denial-of-service-and-source-code-exposure-in-react-server-components
27 days ago
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"Welcome to the world of React Forever"
johan.hal.se/wrote/2025/1...
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Retrofuture - Johan Halse
The AI Ouroboros is chewing its tail, and we're all being strangled in the center.
https://johan.hal.se/wrote/2025/12/11/retrofuture/
27 days ago
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Advent of Code day 11 status: done ★★
dbushell.com/notes/2025-1...
— big success today following yesterday's failure 🎄
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Notes – 10:16 Thu 11 Dec 2025
Notes – 10:16 Thu 11 Dec 2025
https://dbushell.com/notes/2025-12-11T10:16Z/
28 days ago
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Advent of Code day 10 status: partial ★
dbushell.com/notes/2025-1...
— failure strikes! I'm stuck on part two today :(
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Notes – 14:50 Wed 10 Dec 2025
Notes – 14:50 Wed 10 Dec 2025
https://dbushell.com/notes/2025-12-10T14:50Z/
28 days ago
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yo Zed editor is kinda good, why didn't anyone tell me! I have free RAM again :)
28 days ago
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Advent of Code day 9 status: done ★★
dbushell.com/notes/2025-1...
— talking a walk outside for fresh air is helps reset the brain!
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Notes – 13:29 Tue 9 Dec 2025
Notes – 13:29 Tue 9 Dec 2025
https://dbushell.com/notes/2025-12-09T13:29Z/
29 days ago
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Advent of Code day 8 status: done ★★
dbushell.com/notes/2025-1...
— performance is starting to matter 😬 refactored 20 mins down to 300ms today
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Notes – 12:48 Mon 8 Dec 2025
Notes – 12:48 Mon 8 Dec 2025
https://dbushell.com/notes/2025-12-08T12:48Z/
about 1 month ago
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Well Advent of Code day 8 is done... but it took my M4 ~20 minutes to grind out an answer 😅 I can't leave that unoptimised, can I?
about 1 month ago
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Down with icons!
blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/icons-i...
I wonder if it's possible to write a macOS app that can remove/hide icons from system UI? 🤔
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Icons in Menus Everywhere — Send Help
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.
https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/icons-in-menus/
about 1 month ago
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Advent of Code day 7 status: done ★★
dbushell.com/notes/2025-1...
AoC is heating up! I'll have to start waking up at 5:30am to find time next week.
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Notes – 09:56 Sun 7 Dec 2025
Notes – 09:56 Sun 7 Dec 2025
https://dbushell.com/notes/2025-12-07T09:56Z/
about 1 month ago
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Advent of Code day 6 status: done ★★
dbushell.com/notes/2025-1...
— there's got to be a better way but I'm taking the win and enjoying my Saturday 😏
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Notes – 11:23 Sat 6 Dec 2025
Notes – 11:23 Sat 6 Dec 2025
https://dbushell.com/notes/2025-12-06T11:23Z/
about 1 month ago
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new Cloudflare weekly outage recap just dropped
blog.cloudflare.com/5-december-2...
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Cloudflare outage on December 5, 2025
Cloudflare experienced a significant traffic outage on December 5, 2025, starting approximately at 8:47 UTC. The incident lasted approximately 25 minutes before resolution. We are sorry for the impac...
https://blog.cloudflare.com/5-december-2025-outage/
about 1 month ago
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the real React 10.0 CVE proof of concept (not the "AI" proof of slop)
github.com/lachlan2k/Re...
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GitHub - lachlan2k/React2Shell-CVE-2025-55182-original-poc: Original Proof-of-Concept's for React2Shell CVE-2025-55182
Original Proof-of-Concept's for React2Shell CVE-2025-55182 - lachlan2k/React2Shell-CVE-2025-55182-original-poc
https://github.com/lachlan2k/React2Shell-CVE-2025-55182-original-poc
about 1 month ago
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Advent of Code day 5 status: done ★★
dbushell.com/notes/2025-1...
— fun one today, if you can disengage the bruce force brain!
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Notes – 07:55 Fri 5 Dec 2025
Notes – 07:55 Fri 5 Dec 2025
https://dbushell.com/notes/2025-12-05T07:55Z/
about 1 month ago
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is this white labelled Cloudflare Turnstile, or are Porkbun rolling their own CAPTCHA? 🤔
about 1 month ago
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lmao, here's
bunny.net
informing me my deploy script is so bad I've ruined it for everyone. my bad, sorry!
about 1 month ago
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Advent of Code day 4 status: done ★★
dbushell.com/notes/2025-1...
— this Rust code is starting to heat up! I may be on this full-time next week 😬
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Notes – 09:19 Thu 4 Dec 2025
Notes – 09:19 Thu 4 Dec 2025
https://dbushell.com/notes/2025-12-04T09:19Z/
about 1 month ago
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congrats to the React Team or landing a perfect 10.0 on the CVE scale! 👏
jsx.lol
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JSX.lol
Does anybody actually like React? A cherry-picked collection of React (and React-tainted) criticism.
https://jsx.lol
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
David Bushell ☕
utopia deferred
about 1 month ago
index.php is so fucking back
add a skeleton here at some point
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reposted by
David Bushell ☕
Lynn
about 1 month ago
Critical support to all the worst companies in tech somehow willingly choosing to merge into one big cursed katamari with a life expectancy of about 18 months
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noted: Advent of Code day 3 status: done ★★
dbushell.com/notes/2025-1...
— quick one today!
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Notes – 07:27 Wed 3 Dec 2025
Notes – 07:27 Wed 3 Dec 2025
https://dbushell.com/notes/2025-12-03T07:27Z/
about 1 month ago
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well at least we have a good bookmark to reference now! not sure how anyone was supposed to figure this out (I can barely comprehend it 😰)
www.bram.us/2025/12/02/a...
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Anchor Positioning and the Inset-Modified Containing Block (IMCB)
If you kinda understand Anchor Positioning, but it still surprises you from time to time, then most likely this is the missing piece of information: the Inset-Modified Containing Block (or IMCB for sh...
https://www.bram.us/2025/12/02/anchor-positioning-and-the-inset-modified-containing-block-imcb/
about 1 month ago
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me: laughing at Cloudflare's bug also me: how tf do you write Rust without unwrapping everything?
about 1 month ago
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noted: Advent of Code day two status: done ★★
dbushell.com/notes/2025-1...
— avoiding regular expressions resulted in a better solution, who'd thunk it!
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Notes – 07:27 Tue 2 Dec 2025
Notes – 07:27 Tue 2 Dec 2025
https://dbushell.com/notes/2025-12-02T07:27Z/
about 1 month ago
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reading: Web Design / Dev Advent Calendars for 2025
adrianroselli.com/2025/12/web-...
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https://adrianroselli.com/2025/12/web-design-dev-advent-calendars-for-2025.html
about 1 month ago
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noted: Advent of Code day one status: done ★★
dbushell.com/notes/2025-1...
— but I'll need to up my game!
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
David Bushell ☕
Manuel Matuzović
about 1 month ago
It's December 1st, which means that throughout the entire month you should reserve 5-10 minutes every day to read a fantastic article about HTML. ❤️🔥 Check out what's hidden behind the first door.
htmhell.dev/adventcalendar
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about 1 month ago
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It's time for Advent of WHAM! The rules: 1. Play Wham's "Last Christmas" EVERY DAY because it's an absolute banger.
about 1 month ago
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Advent of Code begins tomorrow!
adventofcode.com
I'll be attempting it in TypeScript, Zig, and Rust!
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Advent of Code 2025
https://adventofcode.com
about 1 month ago
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"give me 1500 words on a tired stereotype"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
quality stuff from the Beeb here
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Will new warning labels in Ireland turn people away from alcohol?
The labels, which warn of cancer risks, are among the strongest warnings on alcohol anywhere in the world.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2465lndrnno
about 1 month ago
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new visual regression tester just dropped
onemillionscreenshots.com/dbushell.com...
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dbushell.com – MegaScreenshot
Explore the web's biggest homepage. Discover similar sites. See changes over time. Get web data.
https://onemillionscreenshots.com/dbushell.com/screenshot
about 1 month ago
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"Your parcel has been delivered." — you've got some nerve UPS, I just walked three miles in heavy rain to find where you abandoned it 😐
about 1 month ago
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I'm led to believe it's "Thanksgiving", so happy that if you're into it! 🫡
about 1 month ago
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