rem / Remy Sharp
@remysharp.com
Smart enough to know he's not smart enough.
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📍Brighton, UK
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📍Brighton, UK
Wow, I'd not used Google Home (the app) in a long, long time (Home Assistant Fan Boy right here 👋) - but wowwee. It's a total mess. It's a wall of devices, no search (I *can* use AI for it to reply saying it's confused), visual differentiation between device domains is zero, and sluggish too. Yikes.
February 11, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Wow, I'd not used Google Home (the app) in a long, long time (Home Assistant Fan Boy right here 👋) - but wowwee. It's a total mess. It's a wall of devices, no search (I *can* use AI for it to reply saying it's confused), visual differentiation between device domains is zero, and sluggish too. Yikes.
I've accidentally changed the resolution, or font size or…something on my desktop macos, and I can't for the life of me remember what was right (without the rendering being blurry).
Gah! Everything is so small 😭
Gah! Everything is so small 😭
February 10, 2026 at 9:44 AM
I've accidentally changed the resolution, or font size or…something on my desktop macos, and I can't for the life of me remember what was right (without the rendering being blurry).
Gah! Everything is so small 😭
Gah! Everything is so small 😭
Successfully cut our ethernet cable in half and reattached ethernet ports and it still works somehow.
Because I usually fuck these things up!
(The plan is to splice in a network switch which so far seems to be working)
Because I usually fuck these things up!
(The plan is to splice in a network switch which so far seems to be working)
February 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Successfully cut our ethernet cable in half and reattached ethernet ports and it still works somehow.
Because I usually fuck these things up!
(The plan is to splice in a network switch which so far seems to be working)
Because I usually fuck these things up!
(The plan is to splice in a network switch which so far seems to be working)
Not enjoying that Gmail mixes svg icons (great) with png icons (blurry) - and it's the same damn icon 🤦
February 6, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Not enjoying that Gmail mixes svg icons (great) with png icons (blurry) - and it's the same damn icon 🤦
Started reading Rivers of London based on recommendations, but from the start I could hear the narrator as Millie Bobby Brown, and given that the only woman in the story so far has been described as an object of desire, I'm going to ignore that Millie is now called "Peter".
February 4, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Started reading Rivers of London based on recommendations, but from the start I could hear the narrator as Millie Bobby Brown, and given that the only woman in the story so far has been described as an object of desire, I'm going to ignore that Millie is now called "Peter".
Oh no, just stumbled across a photo from July 2010 where I'm standing in front of a carefully stacked pile of Introducing HTML5 books hiding my modesty whilst I stand butt naked with a "cheeky" pose.
I remember with fondness making business cards with that on one side, and the other "Can't unsee" 😂
I remember with fondness making business cards with that on one side, and the other "Can't unsee" 😂
February 3, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Oh no, just stumbled across a photo from July 2010 where I'm standing in front of a carefully stacked pile of Introducing HTML5 books hiding my modesty whilst I stand butt naked with a "cheeky" pose.
I remember with fondness making business cards with that on one side, and the other "Can't unsee" 😂
I remember with fondness making business cards with that on one side, and the other "Can't unsee" 😂
Throw back Tuesday (…that's not it, is it?). 20 years ago in August I published this and watched it climb the "top" stories (back when I cared).
I remember being in our old flat, and being on the IRC with Resig and few others and feeling part of an exciting budding jQuery community.
I remember being in our old flat, and being on the IRC with Resig and few others and feeling part of an exciting budding jQuery community.
February 3, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Throw back Tuesday (…that's not it, is it?). 20 years ago in August I published this and watched it climb the "top" stories (back when I cared).
I remember being in our old flat, and being on the IRC with Resig and few others and feeling part of an exciting budding jQuery community.
I remember being in our old flat, and being on the IRC with Resig and few others and feeling part of an exciting budding jQuery community.
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Here's my (quite long) post about what happened to JS Bin last week. It's more anecdotal than technical (though there's some useful tips in there, certainly for Future Me): remysharp.com/2026/02/02/j...
JS Bin down in 2026
JS Bin went down on Jan 27th, for several days. A lot went wrong. Come along and read all about it 📰!
remysharp.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Here's my (quite long) post about what happened to JS Bin last week. It's more anecdotal than technical (though there's some useful tips in there, certainly for Future Me): remysharp.com/2026/02/02/j...
Here's my (quite long) post about what happened to JS Bin last week. It's more anecdotal than technical (though there's some useful tips in there, certainly for Future Me): remysharp.com/2026/02/02/j...
JS Bin down in 2026
JS Bin went down on Jan 27th, for several days. A lot went wrong. Come along and read all about it 📰!
remysharp.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Here's my (quite long) post about what happened to JS Bin last week. It's more anecdotal than technical (though there's some useful tips in there, certainly for Future Me): remysharp.com/2026/02/02/j...
Finished the 3,410 word blog post about jsbin being down.
I'm super sure you're all going to read every stupid word I wrote.
Publishing tomorrow. It starts with:
"I was asked: what went wrong?
Fucking, everything."
I'm super sure you're all going to read every stupid word I wrote.
Publishing tomorrow. It starts with:
"I was asked: what went wrong?
Fucking, everything."
February 2, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Finished the 3,410 word blog post about jsbin being down.
I'm super sure you're all going to read every stupid word I wrote.
Publishing tomorrow. It starts with:
"I was asked: what went wrong?
Fucking, everything."
I'm super sure you're all going to read every stupid word I wrote.
Publishing tomorrow. It starts with:
"I was asked: what went wrong?
Fucking, everything."
I've been slowly restoring access to our old iPhoto collection from 2001 to 2018 (600GB - only up to 2006 so far), but good lord, skimming over old photos of me in my mid/late-20s is horrifying. WHY IS MY FACE ALWAYS LIKE THAT?!
February 1, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I've been slowly restoring access to our old iPhoto collection from 2001 to 2018 (600GB - only up to 2006 so far), but good lord, skimming over old photos of me in my mid/late-20s is horrifying. WHY IS MY FACE ALWAYS LIKE THAT?!
For years I've been paying a Google business subscription for 2 people (by years, I mean over a decade) - and it turns out we had 4TB of storage (not using) and full "pro" Gemini, also not using. Cripes I'm good at leaking money like the Titanic.
I didn't see it creeping up in price to £28 month 🤦
I didn't see it creeping up in price to £28 month 🤦
February 1, 2026 at 8:24 PM
For years I've been paying a Google business subscription for 2 people (by years, I mean over a decade) - and it turns out we had 4TB of storage (not using) and full "pro" Gemini, also not using. Cripes I'm good at leaking money like the Titanic.
I didn't see it creeping up in price to £28 month 🤦
I didn't see it creeping up in price to £28 month 🤦
@markboulton.co.uk (not sure Brian's here or not) - I have someone on github ask what the licence is for the font that was generated for the WWW30 project - I wasn't actually sure… github.com/remy/nexus/i...
January 31, 2026 at 6:43 PM
@markboulton.co.uk (not sure Brian's here or not) - I have someone on github ask what the licence is for the font that was generated for the WWW30 project - I wasn't actually sure… github.com/remy/nexus/i...
Oh no 🙁 (also, terrible URL): www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja... /via Jan
Catherine O’Hara, actor known for Home Alone and Schitt’s Creek, dies aged 71
Actor, also known for Beetlejuice and her work with Christopher Guest, died after a brief illness
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Oh no 🙁 (also, terrible URL): www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja... /via Jan
I bought two 8TB HDD (two downsides: the sounds - like a gurgling tap and the power consumption, didn't realise - so using scheduled shutdown), but in RAID 1 - I'm now paranoid that it's not enough storage! I've got 700gb of "old photos" and a google takeout of 600gb *zipped* takeout…
January 31, 2026 at 9:46 AM
I bought two 8TB HDD (two downsides: the sounds - like a gurgling tap and the power consumption, didn't realise - so using scheduled shutdown), but in RAID 1 - I'm now paranoid that it's not enough storage! I've got 700gb of "old photos" and a google takeout of 600gb *zipped* takeout…
It was TLS 1.3 that was the final hurdle. Cripes that was hard to spot.
jsbin survives another day.
jsbin survives another day.
January 30, 2026 at 4:35 PM
It was TLS 1.3 that was the final hurdle. Cripes that was hard to spot.
jsbin survives another day.
jsbin survives another day.
I have accidentally done a Dry January (which…written down reads as something else entirely). Anyway, it was by accident. I don't really prescribe to mass group things like this, but I'm just slack and forgot to drink.
After the jsbin debacle, I'm very much looking forward to breaking it next week.
After the jsbin debacle, I'm very much looking forward to breaking it next week.
January 30, 2026 at 1:33 PM
I have accidentally done a Dry January (which…written down reads as something else entirely). Anyway, it was by accident. I don't really prescribe to mass group things like this, but I'm just slack and forgot to drink.
After the jsbin debacle, I'm very much looking forward to breaking it next week.
After the jsbin debacle, I'm very much looking forward to breaking it next week.
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A hackathon for vibecoders
January 29, 2026 at 8:26 AM
A hackathon for vibecoders
Reposted by rem / Remy Sharp
Apple is real quick to remove tracking apps warning people ICE is around but still hasn’t removed CSAM app X. Just in case you need more evidence that Big Tech fully supports this regime.
January 30, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Apple is real quick to remove tracking apps warning people ICE is around but still hasn’t removed CSAM app X. Just in case you need more evidence that Big Tech fully supports this regime.
jsbin: I might actually be out of the woods. It's nearly midnight and I'm getting increasingly older by the second.
I'm worried I'm celebrating too early, but I think sensible thing to do is get rest, check in the morning. If successful: write it up.
I'm worried I'm celebrating too early, but I think sensible thing to do is get rest, check in the morning. If successful: write it up.
January 29, 2026 at 11:51 PM
jsbin: I might actually be out of the woods. It's nearly midnight and I'm getting increasingly older by the second.
I'm worried I'm celebrating too early, but I think sensible thing to do is get rest, check in the morning. If successful: write it up.
I'm worried I'm celebrating too early, but I think sensible thing to do is get rest, check in the morning. If successful: write it up.
My blog's traffic. I find it *really* hard to believe this is real traffic and not either: a service that's gone utterly wrong, or mass scraping of content.
And then (in white) jsbin's network traffic - explains the firefighting battle I'm losing.
Explanations in the alt text.
And then (in white) jsbin's network traffic - explains the firefighting battle I'm losing.
Explanations in the alt text.
January 29, 2026 at 10:45 PM
My blog's traffic. I find it *really* hard to believe this is real traffic and not either: a service that's gone utterly wrong, or mass scraping of content.
And then (in white) jsbin's network traffic - explains the firefighting battle I'm losing.
Explanations in the alt text.
And then (in white) jsbin's network traffic - explains the firefighting battle I'm losing.
Explanations in the alt text.
If anyone is wondering about jsbin, here's the current status: github.com/jsbin/jsbin/...
📍 JS bin not working / down / It loads and takes you to a "Page not found" link · Issue #3583 · jsbin/jsbin
https://jsbin.com/qovivisile/edit?console,output The console is not working. It loads for a bit and takes you to an error page.
github.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:16 PM
If anyone is wondering about jsbin, here's the current status: github.com/jsbin/jsbin/...
Reading a very brief headline about Sex Matters, and how they're against "trans ideology", a term, for what I can gather, is used almost exclusively by anti-trans entities (also know as "fucking ugly human beings, right down to their core").
I'm always lost for words with these evil fucks.
I'm always lost for words with these evil fucks.
January 28, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Reading a very brief headline about Sex Matters, and how they're against "trans ideology", a term, for what I can gather, is used almost exclusively by anti-trans entities (also know as "fucking ugly human beings, right down to their core").
I'm always lost for words with these evil fucks.
I'm always lost for words with these evil fucks.
Anyone here using immich (for an alternative to Google photos)?
I'm trying to get suggestions for the machine and in particular, the type of drives, to run it on. I've got at least 1.5TB of images (plus would need a backup strategy)
I'm trying to get suggestions for the machine and in particular, the type of drives, to run it on. I've got at least 1.5TB of images (plus would need a backup strategy)
January 27, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Anyone here using immich (for an alternative to Google photos)?
I'm trying to get suggestions for the machine and in particular, the type of drives, to run it on. I've got at least 1.5TB of images (plus would need a backup strategy)
I'm trying to get suggestions for the machine and in particular, the type of drives, to run it on. I've got at least 1.5TB of images (plus would need a backup strategy)
Fixing a Gameboy cart. It's never a simple task! (But a fun one instead)
January 26, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Fixing a Gameboy cart. It's never a simple task! (But a fun one instead)