Rolf Smeds
@rolfsmeds.bsky.social
💼 Product manager / UX + a11y guy.
🇫🇮 Finnish coastal dweller.
🌮 Quesadilla connoisseur.
🇫🇮 Finnish coastal dweller.
🌮 Quesadilla connoisseur.
Just boarded a 3-leg train ride, and got seat number 9 on all three trains!
Excitedly waiting for the conductor to bring me my prize 😊
Excitedly waiting for the conductor to bring me my prize 😊
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Just boarded a 3-leg train ride, and got seat number 9 on all three trains!
Excitedly waiting for the conductor to bring me my prize 😊
Excitedly waiting for the conductor to bring me my prize 😊
Olen, kuten tavallista, täysin samaa mieltä Kallaksen kanssa...
Politico: EU:n Kallaksen mielestä ”nyt olisi hyvä hetki aloittaa juominen”
Kallakseen kerrotaan esittäneen kommenttinsa samoihin aikoihin, kun Grönlannin ja Tanskan ulkoministerit olivat tapaamassa Yhdysvaltain johtoa Washingtonissa.
yle.fi
January 15, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Olen, kuten tavallista, täysin samaa mieltä Kallaksen kanssa...
I really hope the "one more thing" is another 400+ calories to actually make that a meal.
Or salsa verde.
Guess we can't have both.
Or salsa verde.
Guess we can't have both.
Brooke Rollins: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money."
January 14, 2026 at 11:24 PM
I really hope the "one more thing" is another 400+ calories to actually make that a meal.
Or salsa verde.
Guess we can't have both.
Or salsa verde.
Guess we can't have both.
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All EU capitals need to summon the US ambassador and condemn Trump's Greenland claim.
Furthermore there's the option to threaten the closure of all US military bases on European soil next to massive and enduring economic pressure.
Furthermore there's the option to threaten the closure of all US military bases on European soil next to massive and enduring economic pressure.
January 14, 2026 at 7:53 PM
All EU capitals need to summon the US ambassador and condemn Trump's Greenland claim.
Furthermore there's the option to threaten the closure of all US military bases on European soil next to massive and enduring economic pressure.
Furthermore there's the option to threaten the closure of all US military bases on European soil next to massive and enduring economic pressure.
Debugging in production
there’s a woman across the aisle on the bus crocheting a pocket onto a cardigan *that she’s wearing*, incredible, a thing of beauty
December 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Debugging in production
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Yay, @vaadin.com 25 is out with lots of cool improvements to the components and also a simplified workflow with themes as stylesheets and easily reusable base styles: can't way to lay my hands on this version when I'm done with quehaceres urgentes🙂
vaadin.com/blog/vaadin-...
vaadin.com/blog/vaadin-...
Vaadin 25.0: simplified styling, leaner frontend, and key updates | Vaadin
Explore what’s new in Vaadin 25.0: simplified styling, a leaner frontend, smoother production builds, and practical updates for daily development.
vaadin.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Yay, @vaadin.com 25 is out with lots of cool improvements to the components and also a simplified workflow with themes as stylesheets and easily reusable base styles: can't way to lay my hands on this version when I'm done with quehaceres urgentes🙂
vaadin.com/blog/vaadin-...
vaadin.com/blog/vaadin-...
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Some nice CSS simplifications in Vaadin 25: CSS is just CSS now, no need for any Vaadin specific theme config. New Aura theme. Automatic light/dark color scheme support.
December 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Some nice CSS simplifications in Vaadin 25: CSS is just CSS now, no need for any Vaadin specific theme config. New Aura theme. Automatic light/dark color scheme support.
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Ever wondered how Quarkus builds its Dev UI?
It’s Vaadin under the hood — and it’s actually great for building your own apps too.
I wrote a full hands-on tutorial showing how to build a clean task manager UI using #Vaadin Flow + #Quarkus, all in pure #Java. Zero JavaScript drama.
buff.ly/fcMQX9x
It’s Vaadin under the hood — and it’s actually great for building your own apps too.
I wrote a full hands-on tutorial showing how to build a clean task manager UI using #Vaadin Flow + #Quarkus, all in pure #Java. Zero JavaScript drama.
buff.ly/fcMQX9x
December 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Ever wondered how Quarkus builds its Dev UI?
It’s Vaadin under the hood — and it’s actually great for building your own apps too.
I wrote a full hands-on tutorial showing how to build a clean task manager UI using #Vaadin Flow + #Quarkus, all in pure #Java. Zero JavaScript drama.
buff.ly/fcMQX9x
It’s Vaadin under the hood — and it’s actually great for building your own apps too.
I wrote a full hands-on tutorial showing how to build a clean task manager UI using #Vaadin Flow + #Quarkus, all in pure #Java. Zero JavaScript drama.
buff.ly/fcMQX9x
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In a move that will anger everybody, we've rewritten the lyrics to Zombie to be about Christmas
December 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
In a move that will anger everybody, we've rewritten the lyrics to Zombie to be about Christmas
Reposted by Rolf Smeds
Reposted by Rolf Smeds
👾Vaadin Tutorial for Beginners: Beautiful UIs in Pure Java
My new step-by-step tutorial on using @vaadin.com with #SpringBoot to build awesome UIs. Create a login page, filtered search, and update form in just 15 minutes. No HTML or JS needed!
youtu.be/67oJxPRa3Mg
My new step-by-step tutorial on using @vaadin.com with #SpringBoot to build awesome UIs. Create a login page, filtered search, and update form in just 15 minutes. No HTML or JS needed!
youtu.be/67oJxPRa3Mg
Vaadin Tutorial: From Spring Boot to Beautiful UI Fast
YouTube video by CyberJAR
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
👾Vaadin Tutorial for Beginners: Beautiful UIs in Pure Java
My new step-by-step tutorial on using @vaadin.com with #SpringBoot to build awesome UIs. Create a login page, filtered search, and update form in just 15 minutes. No HTML or JS needed!
youtu.be/67oJxPRa3Mg
My new step-by-step tutorial on using @vaadin.com with #SpringBoot to build awesome UIs. Create a login page, filtered search, and update form in just 15 minutes. No HTML or JS needed!
youtu.be/67oJxPRa3Mg
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Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
THE HTML ELEMENTS W3G DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT ⬇️⬇️⬇️
<head> and <header> imply the existence of <headest>.
October 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
THE HTML ELEMENTS W3G DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Hotel shower instructions so kinky I'm blushing
October 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Hotel shower instructions so kinky I'm blushing
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If you work in web standards, you RFC 2119 MUST read this article. alice.boxhall.au/articles/a-t...
A threat model for accessibility on the web - Alice
A explanation of the primary threat to accessibility on the web, and a call to action for the web standards community
alice.boxhall.au
October 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If you work in web standards, you RFC 2119 MUST read this article. alice.boxhall.au/articles/a-t...
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🧵 1/ Puhutaanpa vähän valtion velasta. Ajatus “velka pitää maksaa pois” kuulostaa arkijärjeltä: kotitaloudet maksavat velkansa takaisin. Mutta valtio ei kuole, ja sen velkaa voidaan aina uudistaa.
September 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
🧵 1/ Puhutaanpa vähän valtion velasta. Ajatus “velka pitää maksaa pois” kuulostaa arkijärjeltä: kotitaloudet maksavat velkansa takaisin. Mutta valtio ei kuole, ja sen velkaa voidaan aina uudistaa.
Ours is a Crime Bean called Sparrow
September 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Ours is a Crime Bean called Sparrow
My favorite thing about attending Pride is watching previously unacquainted furries meet and greet each other.
August 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
My favorite thing about attending Pride is watching previously unacquainted furries meet and greet each other.
I absolutely LOVE the VR (Finnish national railway company) app. It's an unusually bright beacon of modern, awesome looking, easy to use, and genuinely fun UI design.
The Finnish state railway company now has cute little standard avatars for app users (the trains are decorated in a similar design). Apparently I have reached the level of ”enthusiastic train traveller”, maybe there’s more levels ?
Anyways, I love it that Finland is such a serious country 🥹
Anyways, I love it that Finland is such a serious country 🥹
August 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I absolutely LOVE the VR (Finnish national railway company) app. It's an unusually bright beacon of modern, awesome looking, easy to use, and genuinely fun UI design.
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Reposted by Rolf Smeds
If I Must Starve
A poem by Nour Abdel Latif
July 22, 2025 - Gaza
If I must starve,
let it be with dignity in my children’s eyes,
not with my hands tied by silence.
Let the world witness
that I did not bow to the hunger
but stood, even as the sky emptied
and the earth closed her mouth.
(1/2)
A poem by Nour Abdel Latif
July 22, 2025 - Gaza
If I must starve,
let it be with dignity in my children’s eyes,
not with my hands tied by silence.
Let the world witness
that I did not bow to the hunger
but stood, even as the sky emptied
and the earth closed her mouth.
(1/2)
July 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
If I Must Starve
A poem by Nour Abdel Latif
July 22, 2025 - Gaza
If I must starve,
let it be with dignity in my children’s eyes,
not with my hands tied by silence.
Let the world witness
that I did not bow to the hunger
but stood, even as the sky emptied
and the earth closed her mouth.
(1/2)
A poem by Nour Abdel Latif
July 22, 2025 - Gaza
If I must starve,
let it be with dignity in my children’s eyes,
not with my hands tied by silence.
Let the world witness
that I did not bow to the hunger
but stood, even as the sky emptied
and the earth closed her mouth.
(1/2)
I feel like I need to rant about the 10th circle of hell, i.e. #Berlin public transport ticket vending machines (Yes, this is about you, #VBB #BVG)
This Wednesday, I was at Südkreutz station on my way to the airport. I knew there was an S-Bahn train (S45) going straight there in about 30 minutes 1/
This Wednesday, I was at Südkreutz station on my way to the airport. I knew there was an S-Bahn train (S45) going straight there in about 30 minutes 1/
August 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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"Palestiinan tunnustaminen olisi vain symbolinen teko!"
Niinno, vuosina 1918-1919 eräs tuore valtio nimeltä Suomi lähetti valtuuskuntia ympäri maailmaa kirittämään Suomen itsenäisyyden tunnustamista.
Jännästi tuohon aikaan samoilla symbolisilla teoilla oli meille aika suuri merkitys.
Niinno, vuosina 1918-1919 eräs tuore valtio nimeltä Suomi lähetti valtuuskuntia ympäri maailmaa kirittämään Suomen itsenäisyyden tunnustamista.
Jännästi tuohon aikaan samoilla symbolisilla teoilla oli meille aika suuri merkitys.
August 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"Palestiinan tunnustaminen olisi vain symbolinen teko!"
Niinno, vuosina 1918-1919 eräs tuore valtio nimeltä Suomi lähetti valtuuskuntia ympäri maailmaa kirittämään Suomen itsenäisyyden tunnustamista.
Jännästi tuohon aikaan samoilla symbolisilla teoilla oli meille aika suuri merkitys.
Niinno, vuosina 1918-1919 eräs tuore valtio nimeltä Suomi lähetti valtuuskuntia ympäri maailmaa kirittämään Suomen itsenäisyyden tunnustamista.
Jännästi tuohon aikaan samoilla symbolisilla teoilla oli meille aika suuri merkitys.