Ad hoc thoughts from an ad hoc mind.
Are you fed up of having the outcome of a World Cup match spoiled whilst trying to find the highlights on BBC Sport? I was, so I wrote a Stylus overlay to hide all of the scores, stats, and even the video thumbnail.
I'm really enjoying Andy's coverage of his latest personal site build; it's always super interesting to see inside the development habits of other people, particularly those as thoughtful of the …
A beautifully argued and designed essay on how modern life has become too full , and how that isn't your fault. It's not your fault that every single thing ‒ from your toaster to your watch …
The desire to have letters animate into frame on the web has existed for decades, but we still don't have a good mechanism for it ‒ even if some seem to exist.
I've thoroughly enjoyed this series of redesigned political party sites ahead of the upcoming UK general election, and a round up is the ideal bookmark of that journey. Politics aside, these are just …
I quite like the idea of the "artisanal web". I may even prefer it to the "indie web", particularly as a moniker for the kind of thing I want to do and prioritise around …
How you theme your IDE ‒ the font you choose, the colours you pick, dark vs light mode, speciality glyphs and ligatures ‒ is an incredibly deep well of content. Wars have been fought with less …
When it comes to GenAI and LLMs, I think a lot of people have this feeling of something not quite adding up. Tante has perfectly summarised that feeling, and done so in an eloquent and frequently …
Another superb breakdown of a common HTML element by Heydon, but this has the added benefit of also being a solid introduction into hypertext, markup structure, and the web in …
An interesting look into Jeremy's relationship with star ratings. Lots of valid …
An extremely quotable analysis of some of the risks that we are (unwittingly?) courting through increased use of "AI agents" and …
A rebuttal of the No Kings organisation, not in terms of refuting their claims and goals, but in pointing out that they don't really have any. We desperately need a strong Civil Rights movement; we …