Jeremy Keith
@adactio.com
Mediocre middle-aged white man from Ireland living in Brighton, England working with Clearleft.
I play traditional Irish music on mandolin and I play slide bouzouki in the band Salter Cane.
https://adactio.com
I play traditional Irish music on mandolin and I play slide bouzouki in the band Salter Cane.
https://adactio.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
Probably a good way to tell right now if the job you’re applying for is run by absolute dumbfucks is to ask if they’re using AI.
November 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Reposted by Jeremy Keith
Reposted by Jeremy Keith
“When you use a JavaScript framework, that isn’t the end of your work, it’s just the beginning. You still have to write your own code that makes use of that framework. Except now your code is restricted to only what the framework can do.”
I’d even drop “JavaScript” from that sentence 😉
I’d even drop “JavaScript” from that sentence 😉
Journal: Providers
Web browsers provide you with great features for free. Why would you choose to use tools that stop you taking advantage of that?
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22235
Web browsers provide you with great features for free. Why would you choose to use tools that stop you taking advantage of that?
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22235
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“When you use a JavaScript framework, that isn’t the end of your work, it’s just the beginning. You still have to write your own code that makes use of that framework. Except now your code is restricted to only what the framework can do.”
I’d even drop “JavaScript” from that sentence 😉
I’d even drop “JavaScript” from that sentence 😉
November 7, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Journal: Providers
Web browsers provide you with great features for free. Why would you choose to use tools that stop you taking advantage of that?
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22235
Web browsers provide you with great features for free. Why would you choose to use tools that stop you taking advantage of that?
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22235
November 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Journal: Providers
Web browsers provide you with great features for free. Why would you choose to use tools that stop you taking advantage of that?
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22235
Web browsers provide you with great features for free. Why would you choose to use tools that stop you taking advantage of that?
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22235
“Fáilte go Knocka, fáilte go Knocka, gaelteacht nua i dtuisceart na cathrach!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH772P6YbMQ
(Tá Kneecap ceart go leor, ach is fearr liom Kabin Crew!)
🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/22234
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH772P6YbMQ
(Tá Kneecap ceart go leor, ach is fearr liom Kabin Crew!)
🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/22234
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“Fáilte go Knocka, fáilte go Knocka, gaelteacht nua i dtuisceart na cathrach!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH772P6YbMQ
(Tá Kneecap ceart go leor, ach is fearr liom Kabin Crew!)
🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/22234
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH772P6YbMQ
(Tá Kneecap ceart go leor, ach is fearr liom Kabin Crew!)
🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/22234
When you think about it, the phrase “earning a living” is really quite vile.
🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/22233
🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/22233
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
When you think about it, the phrase “earning a living” is really quite vile.
🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/22233
🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/22233
Reposted by Jeremy Keith
I'm swimming 10k again in November for Cancer Research UK - any donations are much appreciated!
fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jessica...
fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jessica...
Jessica's Giving Page
I took on this challenge last year to support Cancer Research UK and kick off my training for an English Channel relay swim (which I didn't wind up swimming, but that's another story!).
This year I'm...
fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I'm swimming 10k again in November for Cancer Research UK - any donations are much appreciated!
fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jessica...
fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/jessica...
November 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Reposted by Jeremy Keith
Added more photos from our "wall of vibes" ffconf.org/photos/
Lots of lovely memories and probably gives you a sense of what the event is too.
Today is the last day before late-bird pricing kicks in, and then we're IRL next Friday.
Lots of lovely memories and probably gives you a sense of what the event is too.
Today is the last day before late-bird pricing kicks in, and then we're IRL next Friday.
FFConf photos over the years
View photos from previous FFConf web development & JavaScript conferences in Brighton, UK.
ffconf.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Added more photos from our "wall of vibes" ffconf.org/photos/
Lots of lovely memories and probably gives you a sense of what the event is too.
Today is the last day before late-bird pricing kicks in, and then we're IRL next Friday.
Lots of lovely memories and probably gives you a sense of what the event is too.
Today is the last day before late-bird pricing kicks in, and then we're IRL next Friday.
Journal: Announcing UX London 2026
Save the dates: June 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22229
Save the dates: June 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22229
November 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Journal: Announcing UX London 2026
Save the dates: June 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22229
Save the dates: June 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22229
November 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
October 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Reposted by Jeremy Keith
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All too rare mention of progressive enhancement.
Yay, @inesakrap.bsky.social!
It still amazes me how this approach is so often sacrificed due to less conscientious use of fashionable frameworks.
#perfnow
All too rare mention of progressive enhancement.
Yay, @inesakrap.bsky.social!
It still amazes me how this approach is so often sacrificed due to less conscientious use of fashionable frameworks.
#perfnow
October 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🥳
All too rare mention of progressive enhancement.
Yay, @inesakrap.bsky.social!
It still amazes me how this approach is so often sacrificed due to less conscientious use of fashionable frameworks.
#perfnow
All too rare mention of progressive enhancement.
Yay, @inesakrap.bsky.social!
It still amazes me how this approach is so often sacrificed due to less conscientious use of fashionable frameworks.
#perfnow
Journal: Aleth Gueguen is speaking at Web Day Out
Progressive web apps from the trenches.
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22225
Progressive web apps from the trenches.
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22225
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Journal: Aleth Gueguen is speaking at Web Day Out
Progressive web apps from the trenches.
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22225
Progressive web apps from the trenches.
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22225
56 years ago today:
> Talked to SRI Host to Host
— IMP log, 1969-10-29 22:30, Charles S. Kline, Boelter Hall, UCLA
The message:
> LO
The ARPANET was born.
🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/22223
> Talked to SRI Host to Host
— IMP log, 1969-10-29 22:30, Charles S. Kline, Boelter Hall, UCLA
The message:
> LO
The ARPANET was born.
🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/22223
October 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
56 years ago today:
> Talked to SRI Host to Host
— IMP log, 1969-10-29 22:30, Charles S. Kline, Boelter Hall, UCLA
The message:
> LO
The ARPANET was born.
🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/22223
> Talked to SRI Host to Host
— IMP log, 1969-10-29 22:30, Charles S. Kline, Boelter Hall, UCLA
The message:
> LO
The ARPANET was born.
🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/22223
Journal: Cryosleep
Wake me up when we get to the plateau of productivity.
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22219
Wake me up when we get to the plateau of productivity.
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22219
October 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Journal: Cryosleep
Wake me up when we get to the plateau of productivity.
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22219
Wake me up when we get to the plateau of productivity.
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22219
October 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
October 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
October 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Journal: Jake Archibald is speaking at Web Day Out
The sixth speaker is revealed—only two more to go!
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22205
The sixth speaker is revealed—only two more to go!
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22205
October 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Journal: Jake Archibald is speaking at Web Day Out
The sixth speaker is revealed—only two more to go!
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22205
The sixth speaker is revealed—only two more to go!
🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22205
Having a coffee with Mango.
Confession: I can never remember the actual name of the coffee shop so in my mind it’s Mango’s.
🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/22202
Confession: I can never remember the actual name of the coffee shop so in my mind it’s Mango’s.
🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/22202
October 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Having a coffee with Mango.
Confession: I can never remember the actual name of the coffee shop so in my mind it’s Mango’s.
🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/22202
Confession: I can never remember the actual name of the coffee shop so in my mind it’s Mango’s.
🔗 https://adactio.com/notes/22202