Carrie Dils
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Carrie Dils
@cdils.bsky.social
I make the internet. And nachos.

Talking about
#a11y
#CSS
#WordPress
#FAIRPM
#WebDev
#SSDGM
#Menopause
and random things

https://linktr.ee/cdils
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👋🏼 quick intro:

Built my first site in 1995 and immediately fell in love the power to publish online. Stumbled into open source in 2011 (#WordPress)

Currently teaching #FrontEndDev at LinkedIn Learning, trying to keep my clients happy, and figuring out what I want to be when I grow up.

Let’s chat
My brain is so tired (in a good way) from today’s @cloudfestusa.bsky.social hackathon, I don’t have the energy to post something unique here, so I just give you my post on LinkedIn. 🤓

#CFHack #CloudFestUSA

www.linkedin.com/posts/carrie...
#cfhack #oss #openweb #openwebsecurity | 🤠 Carrie Dils
What a fantastic (and mentally exhausting) day! I truly enjoyed working alongside some folks I already knew and others I’ve just met to put our collective brains together to create the first iteration...
www.linkedin.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Also, if you're curious what we're building at #CFHack, @fair.pm and @patchstack.com are teaming up on the FAIR Software Security Assistant, an open-source tool that automates vulnerability checks and policy enforcement for FAIR repositories.

@raemorey.bsky.social has a great writeup. 👇
FAIR and Patchstack Joining Forces at CloudFest USA Hackathon to Build New Security Integration
www.therepository.email
October 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I'm really looking forward to @cloudfestusa.bsky.social next week as well as participating in my first hackathon. If you're going to be at the event, reach out and say hi! 👋

#CloudFestUSA #CFHack
October 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
He came in like a wrecking ball 🎵
October 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I've used Clarity.fm for years as a pay-by-the-minute consulting platform, but the service is meh. Phone call quality is consistently poor and there's no online meeting option (gimme some screen share ability!).

I don't do a ton of these calls, but I need a better solution. What do you use?
October 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Menopause isn’t an ending — it’s a powerful threshold.
In Episode 20, we talk with Elena Rego (@theholywitch.com) about magic, ritual, and reclaiming the sacred feminine through life’s transitions.

✨ “Play for pleasure, not purpose.”

🎧 Tune in -> themenoposse.show/ep20/

#SacredFeminine #Menopause
October 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
@briangardner.com watching the Lilith Fair documentary. I assume it’s on your watch list. Sarah McLachlan: an OG badass and rising tide that lifted all boats.
September 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
My #murderino self is squealing with glee to attend the @myfavoritemurder.bsky.social live show in Denver tonight.
September 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Spending the week in Denver with my partner and considering a relocation here. So far the only red flags are the paper straws.
September 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Listening to Stanley Tucci’s “What I Ate In One Year.” Good grief I love listening to that man talk about food.
August 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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ICYMI you can catch the VoD of my conversation with @rmccue.io about FAIR on the @pantheon.io YouTube page

www.youtube.com/live/PpVqbp_...
A Decentralized Future for WordPress Distribution
YouTube video by Pantheon
www.youtube.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Current status.
August 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I love spending time with my partner. I love spending time with my friends. But dadgum, I love spending time with myself.

Happy Saturday from the lakeside!

#Introvert #IntrovertsUniteButSeparately
August 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'm in the mood to grill and was looking for new recipes when I came across - I kid you not - a recipe for a Grilled Carrot Dog, in which a grilled carrot replaces the traditional wiener.

Just no.

www.simplyrecipes.com/grilled-carr...
August 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Not-so-fun fact: Safari blocks autoplay on muted background videos (hi, Low Power Mode 👋) and slaps on a giant play button you can’t remove with CSS or JS. Bonus: the button doesn’t even work.

WebKit lives in its own reality.
July 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Writers have been using me long before the advent of AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actually cold, and worn year-round by screenwriters. I am not new here. I am not novel. I’m the cigarette you keep saying you’ll quit.

🤣
July 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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🌟 We’re excited to announce the first wave of LoopConf London speakers:

– Ivelina Dimova (Awesome Motive)
– Rashmi Nagpal (Patchstack)
– Ross Wintle (WP Engine)
– Ryan McCue (Human Made / Altis)

Get to know them → loopconf.com
More speakers coming soon!
#LoopConf
WordPress Developer Conference – 25 September 2025 – London, UK
The premier conference for developers who choose WordPress.
loopconf.com
July 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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In case you're not familiar with the #WeDoNotCareClub or haven't seen Melani's post that inspired this episode, here it is!

www.tiktok.com/@justbeingme...
July 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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$8.8T is the conservative value of open source—and most of it’s held up by overworked volunteers.

Just dropped a post on what I saw at #OpenSourceSummit: FAIR, OSPOs, Gen Z, governance, and more.

Feat. @marucchi.com & @joost.blog
👇
rogerwilliamsmedia.com/the-8-8-tril...

#opensource #wordpress
The $8.8 Trillion Wake-Up Call: Notes from Open Source Summit NA 2025 - Going forward by looking back
I landed in Denver just after 7am, headed straight to the Convention Center, and found a seat up front for the opening keynote of the Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit North America. By 9:00, I wa...
rogerwilliamsmedia.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Now that my blog post got the thumbs up from @zeldman.bsky.social, I can die a happy evangelist 🥰

Check out my intro to scroll-driven animations, hope you like it too ❤️ webkit.org/blog/17101/a...
A guide to Scroll-driven Animations with just CSS
CSS animations have come a long way since Apple first introduced them to the web in 2007.
webkit.org
June 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Learn more about @fair.pm and how it creates a sustainable future for #WordPress in our interview with @michellefrechette.bsky.social!
June 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Just gotten off stage presenting about @fair.pm at the Linux Foundation’s #OSSummit together with @marucchi.com - we’re starting the conversations with funders of our project today.
June 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM