I know it's a contentious topic, but I've been thinking about AI (specifically Proc-Gen & GenAI) for storytelling in game development. Here's my write up on building a prototype in TypeScript with thousands of universes, characters and dialogue trees, all generated locally. dev.to/thisisjofran...

Next #btconf video is up. It is the wonderful @thisisjofrank.bsky.social and her presentation “RoleplAI”, given at #btconf Berlin 2025. youtu.be/EDpXdAKTydA

And here it is – in full monochromatic glory – my documentation of beyond tellerrand 2025 in Berlin: florian.photo/gallery/btco... #btconf #monochrome #documentary #photography / cc @beyondtellerrand.com Reposts appreciated. 🙏

Hope everyone has an incredible time at @beyondtellerrand.com today! So sad I can't be there, but had just the best day yesterday! 💖🦕

Oh gods, why did I decide to give a talk which covers procedural generation when I can't say the word "procedural"?! I'm so sorry @beyondtellerrand.com audience! 😅

Spent a long weekend playing D&D with some wonderful friends. Because I have the too-much gene, and because we were in this beautiful house, I made myself a suit of armour. It would have been rude not to pose it up.

An extremely well-organised event with an amazing atmosphere! And just look at the lineup for this edition: @bradfrost.com, @thisisjofrank.bsky.social, @nerdy.dev, @ohhelloana.blog, @sachajudd.com, etc. 🤩 Tickets are super affordable as well, so get yourself over to Berlin! 🇩🇪

Fantastic insights shared by @thisisjofrank.bsky.social on #Deno's built-in test runner. From principles of effective testing to writing assertions, you'll gain valuable knowledge to optimize your testing workflow. https://gitnation.com/contents/testing-the-waters-with-deno

Wonderful to welcome @thisisjofrank.bsky.social to #btconf in Berlin. One of the people making tech feel understandable and fun. Developer advocate, educator, and community builder, explaining complex topics in a way that feels approachable and exciting. Hi Jo! beyondtellerrand.com/events/berli...

Curious about Fresh? 🍋 Explore the delightful web framework in this tutorial, or get your own example running on Deno Deploy in a couple of clicks. docs.deno.com/examples/fre...

Fell foul of an interesting issue with @tailwindcss.com 4 and my fancy schmancy Surface Studio laptop, where I wasn't seeing any hover state styling. @collinsworth.dev worked out it was likely this tailwindcss.com/docs/upgrade... and the touchscreen being detected, even tho I'm in "desktop" mode.

I wrote a code-along tutorial to get you started building games for the web! Learn how to move shapes on a canvas, do collision detection and add a database for global high scores storage! 🦕 🌵 🌵 🌵 Also, check ma new hairdo and @deno.land earrings💁‍♀️ (also @philhawksworth.dev is here 💚)

Some Friday fun — @thisisjofrank.bsky.social made a cute code-along game engine demo for you to play around with and deploy. deno.co/game-tutorial

The brave @devdevcharlie.com building a gesture controlled home automation system, live on stage at #JSNation. "I'm going to do a gesture, and we'll see if the LLM can recognize it". The temptation to flip the bird must be strong...

Watching @philna.sh make a very cool, offline-first bablefish tool at #JSNation. Not sure about his choice of the Karen voice! Don't need a bablefish that constantly wants to talk to the manager...

My team 💖🦕 Good times were had at our recent offsite! I am an old lady so I went to bed at 10pm 🛌💤, the last thing I expected to learn in the morning was that they'd started skipping with an extension cord at 1am... www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCZd...

Hello everyone at @cityjsconf.bsky.social! Get your @deno.land nuggies while they're hot!

Hello everyone at @cityjsconf.bsky.social! Get your @deno.land nuggies while they're hot!

Looking forward to speaking about @deno.land at @cityjsconf.bsky.social in London tomorrow. Will I see you there? 💖🦕

When your boss understands that you're just three balls of anxiety in a trenchcoat...

We're living in the future, and the computers aren't afraid to read us to filth. I was expecting some "You procrastinate too much, or, you don't have the courage of your convictions" vagueness, not "Your love of liminal space may stop you from living in the now".

Can't tell if Pickle approves or not. But the Mr Bingo print definitely got her attention... (Zoom in to read)

Putting the lol in propranolol.

Heads up to anyone who is on Bupa health insurance. They don't cover *anything* to do with ADHD apparently. Which seems like a massive oversight or a cruel decision. I went private last year for an ADHD diagnosis because of the 3 year wait on the NHS, was seen and diagnosed in weeks.

Made another gift for another DM friend. This time a privacy screen. The brief was "art deco with a dragon, and he likes Huxley". It is laser cut bamboo. Lined with felt and edged with gold foil.

Its my @deno.land Denoversary today and I'm feeling incredibly thankful to have landed amongst such a brilliant team of folks. They've made me feel welcome, taught me loads and celebrated wins with me. I'm making cool things, at a company that wants to make their ecosystem better for everyone.

It's happening now!

My pettest of peeves: Receiving a comment in a PR review that tells me that something is wrong or should be changed that doesn't use the "suggestion" functionality.

Heard of Deno but haven't had the time to try it out? Join @thisisjofrank.bsky.social at TheJam.dev where she'll give an introduction to the runtime and its built in tooling to make your developer experience delightful. Tickets are free, so what are you waiting for? cfe.dev/events/the-j...

Very much looking forward to talking at cfe.dev/events/the-j... in a week. What an all-star lineup to be amongst! I'll be giving an intro to Deno for those of you who have 'heard of Deno but not had time to try it yet'. Tickets are free, so what are you waiting for?!

Friend: How was your day? Me: Oh you know, cried over JavaScript. Friend: On a Saturday?! She gets it.

For today's standup - I'll be continuing with the work from yesterday. Current blockers: Puff.

I got my #coderclaws upgraded. 💅

I feel like there is probably no tasteful way to advertise cremation services, but "start 2025 off with some good news" is likely not one of them...

Alongside the dice box, I made some glowing inspiration tokens for my regular D&D GMs. They have laser etched guild sigils in acrylic and an LED filament which is powered by a coin battery. @mattgrayy.es and I massively over-engineered a 3D printed battery case/built in switch for the back.

Where was that boat going?! #nosferatu

when I asked @deno.land if they’d be interested in being the official nuggie sponsor for Leet Heat, they weren’t just immediately down for a fun and silly idea — they ALREADY HAD a mockup of a Deno Nuggies landing page check the first “commercial break” for Pure Art codetv.link/leet-heat/s1e2

I made a gift for my D&D GM because we're coming to a finale of a story. It's a dice box with the sigils of the guilds in the world she's created etched on the sides and a moon on the top because her name is Luna. Felt lined with magnets to keep the lid in place and a lil dice tray inside.

The place where I've been training rings is closing down and they're selling off their stuff 😭 (by the end of the week) If you're based around east London and looking for a bargain on training equipment. Take a look docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

TFW you're personally invited to submit a proposal to a conference, submit three options and then receive a generic "We had so many submissions" rejection. 🧂🧂🧂😅🥲

Gain insights at JSNation from @thisisjofrank.bsky.social: jsnation.com 🦕Engineer at Deno 💙Spreading the TypeScript love 🌍Mentor, teacher & champion for diversity in tech Jo's mission? Making the web better for everyone!

Happy "don't forget to do your Duolingo before midnight" day. 💖

Needed a "back to top" button for the docs. Made this little example, cos I'm loving the scroll-timeline CSS property allowing for a CSS only, appear on scroll, smooth scrolling, back to top. (chromium/edge only for now) codepen.io/thisisjofran...

Is this: "z-index" a "zed index" or a "zee index"?

My "top faces for 2024" according to Google Photos... Puff, Pickle, myself and Puff's butt. Seems about right.

And, if you're interested @jsconf.bsky.social Chile, here are also the slides (with full speaker notes) for the @deno.land talk that you didn't get because it was too long! 😅 🦕 #JSConfCL docs.google.com/presentation...

Hola #JSConfCL, here are the notes from my talk on @deno.land if you'd like to go over what we covered 💖🦕 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

¡Hola @jsconf Chile!

Have some inspiration for your day ✨

If you're wondering how to set up a @react.dev + @vite.dev project with a @deno.land deno.json file (instead of a package.json), I've made a template which will set you up a React + Vite + TS project - github.com/denoland/rea.... Let me know if it is helpful!