Brian LeRoux
@brianleroux.bsky.social
AWS hero blogging at webdev.rip, building sanity.io, arc.codes and enhance.dev ... loves Nanaimo, Vancouver, programming, JavaScript, cloud functions, infra-as-code, synths, drum machines, and outdoors-y stuff. 🇨🇦
saw an absolutely brutal take that just begged a rational skewering..so I unfollowed and muted instead
that's growth !
that's growth !
February 17, 2026 at 11:59 PM
saw an absolutely brutal take that just begged a rational skewering..so I unfollowed and muted instead
that's growth !
that's growth !
morgin' on main
it’s important to keep caring about how things work and how they’re built
February 17, 2026 at 10:10 PM
morgin' on main
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i just discovered Stamen's Watercolor tileset and it's just beautiful! I wish all maps where this beautiful.
Bring more whimsy and beauty to websites
Bring more whimsy and beauty to websites
February 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
i just discovered Stamen's Watercolor tileset and it's just beautiful! I wish all maps where this beautiful.
Bring more whimsy and beauty to websites
Bring more whimsy and beauty to websites
Love the reply personas who see any statement and immediately jump to 'so what you're saying is [completely deranged extrapolation].'
Nah dog, that's what YOU said.
Socials should require people to pass a logical fallacy quiz before unlocking the reply button.
Nah dog, that's what YOU said.
Socials should require people to pass a logical fallacy quiz before unlocking the reply button.
February 15, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Love the reply personas who see any statement and immediately jump to 'so what you're saying is [completely deranged extrapolation].'
Nah dog, that's what YOU said.
Socials should require people to pass a logical fallacy quiz before unlocking the reply button.
Nah dog, that's what YOU said.
Socials should require people to pass a logical fallacy quiz before unlocking the reply button.
Working with LLMs has galvanized my view on dependencies.
Most tasks never needed external packages. But now we can generate vanilla solutions in mere seconds.
Deps were always convenience over necessity. Now they're not even convenient.
Most tasks never needed external packages. But now we can generate vanilla solutions in mere seconds.
Deps were always convenience over necessity. Now they're not even convenient.
February 14, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Working with LLMs has galvanized my view on dependencies.
Most tasks never needed external packages. But now we can generate vanilla solutions in mere seconds.
Deps were always convenience over necessity. Now they're not even convenient.
Most tasks never needed external packages. But now we can generate vanilla solutions in mere seconds.
Deps were always convenience over necessity. Now they're not even convenient.
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Matt's Hidden Cats contains a lot of plants and video games!
February 14, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Matt's Hidden Cats contains a lot of plants and video games!
it's funny (and sad) how DX is so often confused with aesthetics the same as UX
February 13, 2026 at 4:48 PM
it's funny (and sad) how DX is so often confused with aesthetics the same as UX
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February 12, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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gushing over the maintainability and simplicity of @jim-nielsen.com’s menu as a whole dang separate-standalone-HTML-page: blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/lots-of...
(via @dbushell.com)
(via @dbushell.com)
Building Websites With LLMS
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.
blog.jim-nielsen.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
gushing over the maintainability and simplicity of @jim-nielsen.com’s menu as a whole dang separate-standalone-HTML-page: blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/lots-of...
(via @dbushell.com)
(via @dbushell.com)
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you know what would solve all of my problems, i bet
a couple new domain names
a couple new domain names
February 11, 2026 at 2:32 PM
you know what would solve all of my problems, i bet
a couple new domain names
a couple new domain names
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Web renaissance is here if you want it.
February 6, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Web renaissance is here if you want it.
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initial authoring never was or is the bottleneck in software delivery fwiw
February 5, 2026 at 7:25 PM
initial authoring never was or is the bottleneck in software delivery fwiw
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ICYMI this is an incredible bargain — everything @annaleen.bsky.social and I have written for Tor, for $18 plus whatever you can spare. And it benefits a wonderful organization that supports Black trans people.
If you wanna discover our work and do some good, here's your chance!
If you wanna discover our work and do some good, here's your chance!
HI! Every Tor Books release from @annaleen.bsky.social and me is available thru @humblebundle.com for a few weeks!
Get 2 books for at least $3
Get 4 books for at least $10
Get all our stuff for at least $18
This bundle supports the amazing TGI Justice Project!
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
Get 2 books for at least $3
Get 4 books for at least $10
Get all our stuff for at least $18
This bundle supports the amazing TGI Justice Project!
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
February 5, 2026 at 7:02 PM
ICYMI this is an incredible bargain — everything @annaleen.bsky.social and I have written for Tor, for $18 plus whatever you can spare. And it benefits a wonderful organization that supports Black trans people.
If you wanna discover our work and do some good, here's your chance!
If you wanna discover our work and do some good, here's your chance!
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Here's a quick HTML party trick. Do you know that you can overwrite a form's behavior with a button?
You're welcome. 😅
www.stefanjudis.com/today-i-lear...
You're welcome. 😅
www.stefanjudis.com/today-i-lear...
February 4, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Here's a quick HTML party trick. Do you know that you can overwrite a form's behavior with a button?
You're welcome. 😅
www.stefanjudis.com/today-i-lear...
You're welcome. 😅
www.stefanjudis.com/today-i-lear...
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New Disney CEO is focusing on the parks, so my question is ANDORLAND WHEN
February 4, 2026 at 9:55 PM
New Disney CEO is focusing on the parks, so my question is ANDORLAND WHEN
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In the US they call it an elevator, but, here in England we call it a lift.
I guess we were just raised differently.
I guess we were just raised differently.
February 4, 2026 at 3:30 PM
In the US they call it an elevator, but, here in England we call it a lift.
I guess we were just raised differently.
I guess we were just raised differently.
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I'm waiting for this and CSS interpolate-size in Firefox so I can animate to auto.
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...
interpolate-size - CSS | MDN
The interpolate-size CSS property allows you to enable animations and transitions between a <length-percentage> value and an intrinsic size, fit-content, or max-content.
developer.mozilla.org
February 4, 2026 at 5:03 AM
I'm waiting for this and CSS interpolate-size in Firefox so I can animate to auto.
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...
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also like, declarative > procedural whenever you can
February 4, 2026 at 4:43 AM
also like, declarative > procedural whenever you can
Been saying this for a while but the really exciting stuff on the web right now is all about how things we used to need JS for can now be done with pure CSS.
There are a lot of opportunities to cut out client side bloat.
There are a lot of opportunities to cut out client side bloat.
February 4, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Been saying this for a while but the really exciting stuff on the web right now is all about how things we used to need JS for can now be done with pure CSS.
There are a lot of opportunities to cut out client side bloat.
There are a lot of opportunities to cut out client side bloat.
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February 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM