Stratovarius' Black Diamond is apparently a song about the cat of Timo Kotipelto. Now it all makes sense.

I've been sketching out the program for this year's #FutureFrontend conference (8-9.6, Dipoli, Espoo, Finland) and it looks like we'll have a good range of design and development topics. To understand where the space is headed, join us at the conference. futurefrontend.com

Time to gain some Winter weight.

So far we've received 20 minutes of sunlight during December at Helsinki. It's possible we might receive a couple of hours today so you know what to do.

#FutureFrontend 2026 (8-9.6, Espoo, Finland) tickets are available now. More info: futurefrontend.com/blog/ff26/

Finnish railways in action. www.reddit.com/r/Suomi/comm...

There is critical vulnerability in React Server Components disclosed as CVE-2025-55182 that impacts React 19 and frameworks that use it. A fix has been published in React versions 19.0.1, 19.1.2, and 19.2.1. We recommend upgrading immediately. react.dev/blog/2025/12...

Say what you say about LLMs, but they are handy wrangling gnarly LaTeX syntax in place.

In Finland we do only Black Friday, no thanks given.

Writing scientific papers is as easy as ABC.

The fallacy of "PhD level intelligence" is that a PhD tells less about intelligence than persistency.

It turns out if you take down Cloudflare, you take down half of the internet.

I think I just got nerdsniped to research hypermedia and HATEOAS. It seems there's a lot to it.

If you don't like iPadOS Preview app, Zotero (free!) is far superior especially if you want to annotate what you are reading.

I have a new favorite English word - generalizability.

What if English was spoken with German grammar? youtu.be/50jkO2s4Sp0

Zaap is a hidden thai gem opposite of Oodi at Helsinki. I'll be back.

I managed to get a cheap 5k LG from an auction. It's still a sweet monitor even though the model is quite old.

Not the Pollock you might think it is.

Almost a hockey stick but not quite.

Undefined, not a function.

If you want to understand how past civilizations thrived and collapsed, Goliath's Curse by Luke Kemp is the book to read. It's highly interesting as it's framing the modern age. www.penguin.co.uk/books/321192...

Finnish instructional video from 1979 with subtitles - how to open a door. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wof0...

The good/bad thing about shaving the yak is that there's always another yak to shave.

When life gives you potatoes, make potato bread.

YouTube Premium is pretty cool deal since it comes with YouTube Music so for the price of a music subscription you get rid of YouTube ads without hacks. I have been using the attached app as my client on desktop. Tidal has better quality but YT Music is good enough for many.

Meanwhile, back in reality, global ocean heat content just updated through June 2025 and set a new record high. Time to wake up! Data (anomalies) & methods from www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...

I’m looking for my next role! Ideally in tech/web leadership. I’m very interested in web accessibility, privacy & standards as leader. I’m also open to mid-level browser engineering roles. My full CV is: docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🧵Below is a thread of cool things I’m currently doing

Whoever invented the word "queueing" wasn't short on vowels.

Does anyone know a good alternative to Slideshare? It's saturated with ads between slides these days making it barely usable.

Fast, Thinking, Pro. Why not BSc, MSc, PhD?

Two bees or not two bees is the "to be or not to be" of our era.

I looked into how to approximate energy consumption of websites with Janne Kalliola and now the paper is available. TLDR; Use Firefox Profiler for the most accurate results. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

This is an extremely cool concept imho. @advanced-eschatonics.com lehrgarden.com

CBC's "Understood: Who broke the internet?" is a great listen (esp. season 5 with Cory Doctorow). www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

In the era of AI, you are the average of your ten fake friends.

fun news! I was laid off from Twilio. going to take this weekend to chill out, and will start looking for roles next week. if you or someone you know is looking for staff/principal level Developer Advocacy, OSPO, dev infra, or similar roles pass them along! reposts from tech folks appreciated <3

Grilled potatoes and vendace are true Summer food.

Fahrenheits make sense for grilling. Go for 400.

Oklahoma burgers aren't too bad.

If you missed this year's #FutureFrontend, read our recap of the event (includes videos and short descriptions of the sessions). futurefrontend.com/blog/ff25-re...

The mood video for the 2025 edition of #FutureFrontend conference is available now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xadj...

Grilled salmon is decent party food.

AI has always promised to help people spend more time doing valuable work by automating the manual, repetitive, toilsome tasks so that software developers can be free to use their time on "something better". That's not what's happening.

Tactile sound at #futurefrontend @stephaniecodes.bsky.social

Conference starter kit. Just add water.

My dissertation titled "Emergence of hybrid rendering models in web application development" is available now. aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/e5e67c...

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You know Spring is near when your squirrel comes back.

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