Zach Leatherman
@zachleat.com
π https://zachleat.com
π Creator/Maintainer of @11ty.dev
π§° Professional Hobbyist at @fontawesome.com
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π Creator/Maintainer of @11ty.dev
π§° Professional Hobbyist at @fontawesome.com
π³οΈββ§οΈ Listen to Trans Folks
ππ» He/him/they
π https://zachleat.com/@zachleat
π out of π β Front of the Front-end β Static Sites πΎ Web Components π Web Perf
Reposted by Zach Leatherman
Yesterday I wrote about printing and shipping a half million whistles with a horde of whistle goblins. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...
Whistle Up 2: Rise of the Whistle Goblins | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Yesterday I wrote about printing and shipping a half million whistles with a horde of whistle goblins. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...
Reposted by Zach Leatherman
βοΈ New article: Webspace Invaders
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Webspace Invaders Β· Matthias Ott
Thereβs something happening on the Web at the moment that almost feels like watching that old arcade game Space Invaders play out across our servers. Bots and scrapers marching in formation, attacking...
matthiasott.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:30 AM
βοΈ New article: Webspace Invaders
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Iβm doing the opposite of hiding themβββI am setting them free into the outside world
February 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Iβm doing the opposite of hiding themβββI am setting them free into the outside world
dog is livid that I put them on bsky blast
February 9, 2026 at 8:53 PM
dog is livid that I put them on bsky blast
that lovely seasonal milestone where the winter weather passes and it gets warm enough to open a window long enough so that the home office no longer smells like dog farts
February 9, 2026 at 8:39 PM
that lovely seasonal milestone where the winter weather passes and it gets warm enough to open a window long enough so that the home office no longer smells like dog farts
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A shocking 8.5% of sites that use CDNs deliver some static content directly to end users via cloud storage! Many are not compressing or caching this content either. This comes at a significant performance cost. Details, examples and @httparchive.org stats here - paulcalvano.com/2026-02-09-s...
February 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM
A shocking 8.5% of sites that use CDNs deliver some static content directly to end users via cloud storage! Many are not compressing or caching this content either. This comes at a significant performance cost. Details, examples and @httparchive.org stats here - paulcalvano.com/2026-02-09-s...
Reposted by Zach Leatherman
Web renaissance is here if you want it.
February 6, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Web renaissance is here if you want it.
Reposted by Zach Leatherman
Getting Your Article Shared: Tips from Ten Years of Newsletter Curation: βThereβs loads of great content out there, and itβs funny how often someone puts the work into crafting an excellent post, but misses out on all the things that make it easy to widely share.β cloudfour.com/thinks/getti...
Getting Your Article Shared: Tips from Ten Years of Newsletter Curation
Some tips to make it easier to get your article shared in newsletters and social media, such as OG tags, a good sharing image, and some gotchas to watch out for.
cloudfour.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Getting Your Article Shared: Tips from Ten Years of Newsletter Curation: βThereβs loads of great content out there, and itβs funny how often someone puts the work into crafting an excellent post, but misses out on all the things that make it easy to widely share.β cloudfour.com/thinks/getti...
Reposted by Zach Leatherman
In 1943, musician Woody Guthrie placed a message on his guitar: "This machine kills fascists."
I am part of a group that's shipped half a million free 3D-printed whistles to defend against ICE β 200,000 of them in the first week of February alone.
This is the story of the "Whistle Crew."
I am part of a group that's shipped half a million free 3D-printed whistles to defend against ICE β 200,000 of them in the first week of February alone.
This is the story of the "Whistle Crew."
This whistle fights fascists
I print whistles now. You can too.
www.theverge.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:38 PM
In 1943, musician Woody Guthrie placed a message on his guitar: "This machine kills fascists."
I am part of a group that's shipped half a million free 3D-printed whistles to defend against ICE β 200,000 of them in the first week of February alone.
This is the story of the "Whistle Crew."
I am part of a group that's shipped half a million free 3D-printed whistles to defend against ICE β 200,000 of them in the first week of February alone.
This is the story of the "Whistle Crew."
absolutely enthralled by the two USA curling matches I saw over the weekend π
February 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
absolutely enthralled by the two USA curling matches I saw over the weekend π
Reposted by Zach Leatherman
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
faraday lootcrate subscription offers lootcrates delivered to direct to bunker or abandoned missile silo
February 9, 2026 at 6:54 PM
faraday lootcrate subscription offers lootcrates delivered to direct to bunker or abandoned missile silo
Reposted by Zach Leatherman
curling is god tier, far better than super bowl
February 9, 2026 at 6:49 PM
curling is god tier, far better than super bowl
male loneliness epidemic as bluetooth security mitigation
February 9, 2026 at 5:59 PM
male loneliness epidemic as bluetooth security mitigation
If you have Bluetooth headphones and havenβt updated the firmware in awhile, itβs probably a good idea to do so as the headphones themselves can be compromised (unless you live in a Faraday cage or remote work from Iowa):
insinuator.net/2025/06/airo...
insinuator.net/2025/06/airo...
February 9, 2026 at 5:51 PM
If you have Bluetooth headphones and havenβt updated the firmware in awhile, itβs probably a good idea to do so as the headphones themselves can be compromised (unless you live in a Faraday cage or remote work from Iowa):
insinuator.net/2025/06/airo...
insinuator.net/2025/06/airo...
Another follow up here: @tbroyer.ltgt.net found the offending truncation code and it is not on @bsky.appβs part here. Iβm sorry folksβββI was far too harsh in my original post!
bsky.app/profile/tbro...
bsky.app/profile/tbro...
And here it is: github.com/humanwhocode...
All links to humanwhocodes.com/%E2%80%A6 will be turned into humanwhocodes.co...
All links to humanwhocodes.com/%E2%80%A6 will be turned into humanwhocodes.co...
February 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Another follow up here: @tbroyer.ltgt.net found the offending truncation code and it is not on @bsky.appβs part here. Iβm sorry folksβββI was far too harsh in my original post!
bsky.app/profile/tbro...
bsky.app/profile/tbro...
oh dang, nice sleuthing! the truncation happened upstream!
February 9, 2026 at 5:19 PM
oh dang, nice sleuthing! the truncation happened upstream!
for disclosure, here is the original post (which has a truncated link): bsky.app/profile/huma...
In case you missed it, my new blog post explains the importance of artifacts in professional AI-assisted software development. Traceability gets more difficult when you're not writing code by hand and artifacts are the key to addressing this problem.
https://humanwhocodes.co...
https://humanwhocodes.co...
February 9, 2026 at 4:08 PM
for disclosure, here is the original post (which has a truncated link): bsky.app/profile/huma...
this feature is so exciting
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 PM
this feature is so exciting
Reposted by Zach Leatherman
After implementing Compression Dictionaries back in December, I sat down with @yoav.ws and @patmeenan.com to discuss getting the most out of them and provide some visuals for those new to the concept. Check out the video below:
youtu.be/YR2er3EiYnM / lessonsofacto.com/videos/032-c...
youtu.be/YR2er3EiYnM / lessonsofacto.com/videos/032-c...
Compression Dictionaries: How Google & Shopify Are Bringing SPA Speed to MPA Websites
YouTube video by Lessons of a CTO
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 2:21 PM
After implementing Compression Dictionaries back in December, I sat down with @yoav.ws and @patmeenan.com to discuss getting the most out of them and provide some visuals for those new to the concept. Check out the video below:
youtu.be/YR2er3EiYnM / lessonsofacto.com/videos/032-c...
youtu.be/YR2er3EiYnM / lessonsofacto.com/videos/032-c...
Follow up here: thankful to folks educating in the replies, Iβve learned that the hyperlink text *shown* on Bluesky (similar to Fedi, too) can differ from the target URL and this modal is only shown when they differ.
(for even more nuance: the post I encountered was a truncated link π«£)
(for even more nuance: the post I encountered was a truncated link π«£)
February 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Follow up here: thankful to folks educating in the replies, Iβve learned that the hyperlink text *shown* on Bluesky (similar to Fedi, too) can differ from the target URL and this modal is only shown when they differ.
(for even more nuance: the post I encountered was a truncated link π«£)
(for even more nuance: the post I encountered was a truncated link π«£)
oh⦠yeah, totally⦠I was just making sure no one did it, like, proactively
February 8, 2026 at 12:55 AM
oh⦠yeah, totally⦠I was just making sure no one did it, like, proactively
should at least involve a risk profile of the URL before popping this.
February 6, 2026 at 11:34 PM
should at least involve a risk profile of the URL before popping this.
a gentle criticism that modals like this are not the user experience of a social network that is friendly to hyperlinks
February 6, 2026 at 11:06 PM
a gentle criticism that modals like this are not the user experience of a social network that is friendly to hyperlinks