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
Talking about
#a11y
#CSS
#WordPress
#FAIRPM
#WebDev
#SSDGM
#Menopause
and random things
https://linktr.ee/cdils
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Carrie Dils
@cdils.bsky.social
· Nov 27
👋🏼 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
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
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Reposted by Carrie Dils
If you wanted to see the Inside CECOT segment from 60 Minutes, it aired in Canada 🇨🇦 Thank you, Canada, for sharing! 💚
December 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If you wanted to see the Inside CECOT segment from 60 Minutes, it aired in Canada 🇨🇦 Thank you, Canada, for sharing! 💚
What's a word you reliably misspell?
One of mine is "palette."
One of mine is "palette."
December 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
What's a word you reliably misspell?
One of mine is "palette."
One of mine is "palette."
It's the last day of Open Enrollment for healthcare plans in the US. My monthly premium is 50% higher starting in January. That's cool. Cool cool.
December 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It's the last day of Open Enrollment for healthcare plans in the US. My monthly premium is 50% higher starting in January. That's cool. Cool cool.
Holiday Shopping #ProTip: If you have an Amazon Echo Show/Hub (or other device with a screen), scrub settings so that your unfinished cart, recently browsed items, or recently shipped items don't display right there for everyone to see. 🤦♀️ #SpoilerAlert #AskMeHowIKnow
December 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Holiday Shopping #ProTip: If you have an Amazon Echo Show/Hub (or other device with a screen), scrub settings so that your unfinished cart, recently browsed items, or recently shipped items don't display right there for everyone to see. 🤦♀️ #SpoilerAlert #AskMeHowIKnow
Liquid Glass. Just no, Apple. Make it stop.
December 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Liquid Glass. Just no, Apple. Make it stop.
It’s not just #LGBTQ, it’s suspended protections based on race and religion as well.
This is a city I grew up in and I’m ashamed of it.
No stops. No shops. No gas or food.
#BoycottArlingtonTX
This is a city I grew up in and I’m ashamed of it.
No stops. No shops. No gas or food.
#BoycottArlingtonTX
The Arlington, TX, city council voted last night to cave to Abbott’s hate and suspended protections for LGBTQ residents that were part of the anti-discrimination ordinance. Cowards.
December 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
It’s not just #LGBTQ, it’s suspended protections based on race and religion as well.
This is a city I grew up in and I’m ashamed of it.
No stops. No shops. No gas or food.
#BoycottArlingtonTX
This is a city I grew up in and I’m ashamed of it.
No stops. No shops. No gas or food.
#BoycottArlingtonTX
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If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege.
December 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege.
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🎉 CSS Wrapped 2025 is here!
Once again, it has been an AMAZING year for CSS and UI.
Go check out chrome.dev/css-wrapped-... to see all CSS/UI features Chrome shipped this year.
Each features comes with a small explanation and demo for you to play with.
Once again, it has been an AMAZING year for CSS and UI.
Go check out chrome.dev/css-wrapped-... to see all CSS/UI features Chrome shipped this year.
Each features comes with a small explanation and demo for you to play with.
December 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🎉 CSS Wrapped 2025 is here!
Once again, it has been an AMAZING year for CSS and UI.
Go check out chrome.dev/css-wrapped-... to see all CSS/UI features Chrome shipped this year.
Each features comes with a small explanation and demo for you to play with.
Once again, it has been an AMAZING year for CSS and UI.
Go check out chrome.dev/css-wrapped-... to see all CSS/UI features Chrome shipped this year.
Each features comes with a small explanation and demo for you to play with.
Kicking off my day with @thewpminute.com and @webcami.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Kicking off my day with @thewpminute.com and @webcami.bsky.social
Web UX question: When you see a drop-down menu, do you ever click the parent menu item expecting to go to a page or do you click just expecting it to open a submenu?
- Parent menu item (example.com/parent/)
--- Child
--- Child
VS
- Parent menu item (https://#)
--- Child
--- Child
#WebUX #UX
- Parent menu item (example.com/parent/)
--- Child
--- Child
VS
- Parent menu item (https://#)
--- Child
--- Child
#WebUX #UX
example.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Web UX question: When you see a drop-down menu, do you ever click the parent menu item expecting to go to a page or do you click just expecting it to open a submenu?
- Parent menu item (example.com/parent/)
--- Child
--- Child
VS
- Parent menu item (https://#)
--- Child
--- Child
#WebUX #UX
- Parent menu item (example.com/parent/)
--- Child
--- Child
VS
- Parent menu item (https://#)
--- Child
--- Child
#WebUX #UX
Enjoying Brandi Carlile singing some of her new songs on @npr.org's Tiny Desk. As always, Sista Strings bringing incredible backing vocals and instrumentation.
youtu.be/BoQctt3WEy8?...
youtu.be/BoQctt3WEy8?...
Brandi Carlile: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Enjoying Brandi Carlile singing some of her new songs on @npr.org's Tiny Desk. As always, Sista Strings bringing incredible backing vocals and instrumentation.
youtu.be/BoQctt3WEy8?...
youtu.be/BoQctt3WEy8?...
I've worked with a lot of talented designers that come from a traditional media/print background and struggle to adjust to web.
🧵
🧵
December 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I've worked with a lot of talented designers that come from a traditional media/print background and struggle to adjust to web.
🧵
🧵
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November 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I'm starting a vinyl collection and want to buy a turntable. I'm not sure whether I want to connect to bluetooth or go with a wired speaker, but I want it to *sound* like vinyl and not just another digital track.
Important: I value minimalism.
Recommendations? #vinyl #TwoTurnTablesAndAMicrophone
Important: I value minimalism.
Recommendations? #vinyl #TwoTurnTablesAndAMicrophone
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I'm starting a vinyl collection and want to buy a turntable. I'm not sure whether I want to connect to bluetooth or go with a wired speaker, but I want it to *sound* like vinyl and not just another digital track.
Important: I value minimalism.
Recommendations? #vinyl #TwoTurnTablesAndAMicrophone
Important: I value minimalism.
Recommendations? #vinyl #TwoTurnTablesAndAMicrophone
So relaxing! Really set the mood for those last few hours of work.
Love seeing the sun set at 3 in the afternoon
November 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
So relaxing! Really set the mood for those last few hours of work.
Trans lives matter.
In the past year, Advocates for Trans Equality counted 27 violent deaths of trans people in the United States, as well as 21 suicides. Read more here:
On Trans Day of Remembrance, advocates call on politicians to halt anti-trans rhetoric
In the past year, Advocates for Trans Equality found 27 violent deaths of trans people in the United States, as well as 21 suicides.
19thnews.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Trans lives matter.
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I just updated my interactive blog post on CSS Grid! It now includes explanations for the `span` keyword, as well as a brief look at `grid-auto-flow`:
An Interactive Guide to CSS Grid • Josh W. Comeau
CSS Grid is an incredibly powerful tool for building layouts on the web, but like all powerful tools, there's a significant learning curve. In this tutorial, we'll build a mental model for how CSS Gri...
www.joshwcomeau.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I just updated my interactive blog post on CSS Grid! It now includes explanations for the `span` keyword, as well as a brief look at `grid-auto-flow`:
And here's to hashtags I never thought I'd find myself using on social media. All the same, go get yourselves checked, ladies!
Guess where I am? Just a friendly reminder to schedule your annual well woman visit if you haven’t already. Keep those tatas and hoohahs healthy! #womenshealth #breastexam #papsmear
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
And here's to hashtags I never thought I'd find myself using on social media. All the same, go get yourselves checked, ladies!
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 #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
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 #CloudFestUSA
www.linkedin.com/posts/carrie...
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. 👇
@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
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. 👇
@raemorey.bsky.social has a great writeup. 👇
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
#CloudFestUSA #CFHack
October 29, 2025 at 8:53 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
#CloudFestUSA #CFHack
He came in like a wrecking ball 🎵
October 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
He came in like a wrecking ball 🎵
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I have been nominated for the #WomenTech Global Awards 2025! Share to raise awareness!
#womenintech #womeninstem #womenwhocode #WTGA2025
www.womentech.net/nominee/all/...
#womenintech #womeninstem #womenwhocode #WTGA2025
www.womentech.net/nominee/all/...
Michelle Frechette nominated for the Women in Tech Global Awards 2025
WomenTech Network is a community that promotes gender diversity in tech and connects talented and skilled professionals with top companies and leading startups that value diversity, inclusion and s...
www.womentech.net
October 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I have been nominated for the #WomenTech Global Awards 2025! Share to raise awareness!
#womenintech #womeninstem #womenwhocode #WTGA2025
www.womentech.net/nominee/all/...
#womenintech #womeninstem #womenwhocode #WTGA2025
www.womentech.net/nominee/all/...
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?
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
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?
I don't do a ton of these calls, but I need a better solution. What do you use?