Alan Lavender
@lavenderlens.bsky.social
✍ author
⚛️trainer: JS/React/Java/Python
💟#WorldwideWalkingWounded
🎬photographer/filmmaker
🎹musician
🚹he/him
🙏🏻Jer29:1
https://qoto.org/@lavenderlens
IE☘️/ UK🇬🇧 https://frontendcookbook.com
⚛️trainer: JS/React/Java/Python
💟#WorldwideWalkingWounded
🎬photographer/filmmaker
🎹musician
🚹he/him
🙏🏻Jer29:1
https://qoto.org/@lavenderlens
IE☘️/ UK🇬🇧 https://frontendcookbook.com
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No.4 Newsletter October 2025
Deireadh Fómhair (As Gaeilge) "Deireadh Fómhair" is an Irish phrase meaning the "end of harvest," and it is the Irish name for the month of October. The Irish calendar is traditionally based on the ha...
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New Meadow Cottage newsletter out with exclusive 5m video "OF SOULS AND SOLAR".
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New Meadow Cottage newsletter out with exclusive 5m video "OF SOULS AND SOLAR".
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No.4 Newsletter October 2025
Deireadh Fómhair (As Gaeilge) "Deireadh Fómhair" is an Irish phrase meaning the "end of harvest," and it is the Irish name for the month of October. The Irish calendar is traditionally based on the ha...
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October 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
New Meadow Cottage newsletter out with exclusive 5m video "OF SOULS AND SOLAR".
www.linkedin.com/pulse/no4-ne...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/no4-ne...
A dear friend of mine has started this petition for long term support on Win10. Please support. From tiny oaks grow mighty acorns.
chng.it/J6ZgDQSfs8
@windowsonwindows.com
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@windowsonwindows.com
Sign the Petition
Microsoft, please continue to support Windows 10
chng.it
September 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
A dear friend of mine has started this petition for long term support on Win10. Please support. From tiny oaks grow mighty acorns.
chng.it/J6ZgDQSfs8
@windowsonwindows.com
chng.it/J6ZgDQSfs8
@windowsonwindows.com
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Some incredibly good news:
One year ago this week, The Onion returned to print.
In that one year, we’ve grown to the 13th largest print newspaper in the United States, just ahead of the Boston Globe, and growing fast.
In short, it’s working.
So… thank you. Thank you for helping save this thing.
One year ago this week, The Onion returned to print.
In that one year, we’ve grown to the 13th largest print newspaper in the United States, just ahead of the Boston Globe, and growing fast.
In short, it’s working.
So… thank you. Thank you for helping save this thing.
Exclusive | The Onion Brought Back Its Print Edition. The Gamble Is Paying Off.
Publications turn to the old-style products to appeal to nostalgic readers and stand out in a crowded digital-media landscape.
www.wsj.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Some incredibly good news:
One year ago this week, The Onion returned to print.
In that one year, we’ve grown to the 13th largest print newspaper in the United States, just ahead of the Boston Globe, and growing fast.
In short, it’s working.
So… thank you. Thank you for helping save this thing.
One year ago this week, The Onion returned to print.
In that one year, we’ve grown to the 13th largest print newspaper in the United States, just ahead of the Boston Globe, and growing fast.
In short, it’s working.
So… thank you. Thank you for helping save this thing.
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Me too.
I got into tech because it’s fun to take things apart, see how they work, and put them back together — or rearrange the parts into something brand new. it definitely feels like the new ethos is “bro why bother to learn? caring about that stuff is cringe, just go FAST bro” and that bums me out
the main thing that makes me uneasy about llms is the cultural backdrop of global war on knowledge. the war on knowledge isn’t new but now it’s cheered on from tech too. tools for thought pivoted to slot machines because that’s what people want. “how things work” is buried under opaque indirections
August 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Me too.
The singularity of stupid. Are we past that horizon already?
the singularity i’m most worried about right now is the singularity of stupid. layers and layers of fixing the wrong thing in the wrong place for a wrong reason. we’re entering the age of compounded stupidity because pushing back on passable is too much effort and requires arcane skill
August 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The singularity of stupid. Are we past that horizon already?
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I made a typeface, it's called Flexflex 🔠
I've been working on this project on-and-off for many months. Very happy to finally release it!
Flexflex is a typeface that responds to spatial requirements rather than imposing them.
Website: ronikaufman.github.io/flexflex
I've been working on this project on-and-off for many months. Very happy to finally release it!
Flexflex is a typeface that responds to spatial requirements rather than imposing them.
Website: ronikaufman.github.io/flexflex
July 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I made a typeface, it's called Flexflex 🔠
I've been working on this project on-and-off for many months. Very happy to finally release it!
Flexflex is a typeface that responds to spatial requirements rather than imposing them.
Website: ronikaufman.github.io/flexflex
I've been working on this project on-and-off for many months. Very happy to finally release it!
Flexflex is a typeface that responds to spatial requirements rather than imposing them.
Website: ronikaufman.github.io/flexflex
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huh!
@bsky.app overtaking X for desired AND admired community platform for devs!
Technology | 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey
survey.stackoverflow.co
July 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
huh!
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Big news! I'm available for hire! If you have JavaScript/TypeScript you want written, and you have budget for an ambitious and highly skilled practitioner with over 20 years of experience doing that, including leading teams, communities, and execs, hit me up.
izs.me
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izs.me
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Isaac Z. Schlueter
izs.me
July 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Big news! I'm available for hire! If you have JavaScript/TypeScript you want written, and you have budget for an ambitious and highly skilled practitioner with over 20 years of experience doing that, including leading teams, communities, and execs, hit me up.
izs.me
(RT please)
izs.me
(RT please)
This is nothing short of heinous. It’s browser wars all over again.
July 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is nothing short of heinous. It’s browser wars all over again.
My mate singer/songwriter Paul Archer has a new web site and new album out soon. He’s one to watch. 🙄🎸
paularcherofficial.com
paularcherofficial.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
My mate singer/songwriter Paul Archer has a new web site and new album out soon. He’s one to watch. 🙄🎸
paularcherofficial.com
paularcherofficial.com
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You may know that a new popover type recently landed. But what is it exactly? And why did we need it?
I wrote a post all about it!
Learn about popover=hint, how to use it today, and how it'll be even more handy with interest invokers in the future!
una.im/popover-hint/
I wrote a post all about it!
Learn about popover=hint, how to use it today, and how it'll be even more handy with interest invokers in the future!
una.im/popover-hint/
una.im | What is popover=hint?
Learn about what exactly this new popover feature does and how it relates to interest invokers.
una.im
July 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
You may know that a new popover type recently landed. But what is it exactly? And why did we need it?
I wrote a post all about it!
Learn about popover=hint, how to use it today, and how it'll be even more handy with interest invokers in the future!
una.im/popover-hint/
I wrote a post all about it!
Learn about popover=hint, how to use it today, and how it'll be even more handy with interest invokers in the future!
una.im/popover-hint/
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Today in Josh’s Nonsense, I animated the little notch in my slider component so that the slider thumb doesn’t cover it up. 😄
July 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Today in Josh’s Nonsense, I animated the little notch in my slider component so that the slider thumb doesn’t cover it up. 😄
@tweetinggoddess.bsky.social thanks for the follow back, Sam!
July 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
@tweetinggoddess.bsky.social thanks for the follow back, Sam!
Awesome use of a novel tech stack to achieve a very performant and innovative tool.
July 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Awesome use of a novel tech stack to achieve a very performant and innovative tool.
TailwindCSS. My favourite way of writing CSS…
… without writing any CSS. 🧑🏻💻
Plays perfectly nice with your own custom CSS too.
… without writing any CSS. 🧑🏻💻
Plays perfectly nice with your own custom CSS too.
Finally launched a sponsorship program for Tailwind CSS, with a bunch of cool perks ✨
💬 Private Discord community
🤖 Cursor/Claude rules
🎨 Beautiful VS Code themes
🔍 Raycast extension
📚 Early documentation
🫣 Behind-the-scenes source code + Figma files
We're calling it Tailwind Insiders 🚀
💬 Private Discord community
🤖 Cursor/Claude rules
🎨 Beautiful VS Code themes
🔍 Raycast extension
📚 Early documentation
🫣 Behind-the-scenes source code + Figma files
We're calling it Tailwind Insiders 🚀
July 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
TailwindCSS. My favourite way of writing CSS…
… without writing any CSS. 🧑🏻💻
Plays perfectly nice with your own custom CSS too.
… without writing any CSS. 🧑🏻💻
Plays perfectly nice with your own custom CSS too.
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I am endlessly fascinated by the stories behind the obscure songs that became the foundation samples that hip hop was built on.
How An Obscure B-Side Became The Most Sampled Song Ever
YouTube video by El Train | Loop Kitchen
youtu.be
July 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I am endlessly fascinated by the stories behind the obscure songs that became the foundation samples that hip hop was built on.
Just enjoyed the quietly confident ensemble playing of Kelly Macdonald and cast in Puzzle (2018, Marc Turtletaub) m.imdb.com/title/tt6933... on Netflix. A slow and lingering self actualisation and eventual emancipation.
Puzzle (2018) ⭐ 6.7 | Drama, Mystery, Romance
1h 43m | R
m.imdb.com
June 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Just enjoyed the quietly confident ensemble playing of Kelly Macdonald and cast in Puzzle (2018, Marc Turtletaub) m.imdb.com/title/tt6933... on Netflix. A slow and lingering self actualisation and eventual emancipation.
@sporfickle.bsky.social tx for the follow. As my welcome present to you I present one of the finest sons of Ireland:
www.youtube.com/@Garron_Music
www.youtube.com/@Garron_Music
Garron
www.youtube.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
@sporfickle.bsky.social tx for the follow. As my welcome present to you I present one of the finest sons of Ireland:
www.youtube.com/@Garron_Music
www.youtube.com/@Garron_Music
Artwork from some of the rising stars at Belfast art school degree show ‘25.
June 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Artwork from some of the rising stars at Belfast art school degree show ‘25.