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Austin Ghoul
@austingil.com
I love writing words, riding bikes, and righting code.

Open for work: https://austingil.com/hire
Finally dug into @chriscoyier.net's CSS Starter on @frontendmasters.com. Love it! The decisions and the breakdown (Thanks!)
frontendmasters.com/blog/the-coy...

My mods: github.com/AustinGil/ut...

Shameless plug of a tool I made to test this sort of thing on plain HTML:
style-check.austingil.com
Style Check by Austin Gil
Style check helps developers audit the effect of different CSS sources on plain HTML elements.
style-check.austingil.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Fuck it...
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Back to writing some dev content. There wasn't much on implementing TS Generic Constraints using JSDocs syntax. Now there is

austingil.com/ts-generic-c...
TS Generic Constraints in JSDocs Syntax
Learn how to implement TypeScript Generic Constraints using JSDocs.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Reposted by Austin Ghoul
"Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better." - Florence Nightingale
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
RSS is the best! Drop your favorite feeds here plz :)

(BTW, mine is austingil.com/feed/)
November 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Isn't there a way in TypeScript to define an object with dynamic keys, but whose keys always follow a specific pattern, like ending with a defined substring? Something like

{ [string + "-suffix"]: any }
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Gosh darn, @svelte.dev Kit is good!
November 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Reposted by Austin Ghoul
A wonderful celebration of RSS by Tom Burkert. Seems like a cool open technology that could bail us out of our billionaire-controlled algorithmic feed problem.

blog.burkert.me/posts/in_pra...
In Praise of RSS and Controlled Feeds of Information
The way we consume content on the internet is increasingly driven by walled-garden platforms and black-box feed algorithms. This shift is making our media diets miserable. Ironically, a solution to th...
blog.burkert.me
October 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Replacement.AI
Humans are no longer necessary. So we’re getting rid of them.
replacement.ai
October 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Reposted by Austin Ghoul
EXCLUSIVE: This tech has been used to track heads of state, journalists, and maybe even you.

@lighthousereports.com uncovered a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries.

It has operated under the radar for decades. Until now.
October 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Silver Spoons
Didn't haveAlways wantedFinally gotDidn't like
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October 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Reposted by Austin Ghoul
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Things to do
The things that we do
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October 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Reposted by Austin Ghoul
Fuck apps - build websites.
New from 404 Media: Google removed an ICE-spotting app too. Called Red Dot, an immigration support group on the ground in Chicago told me it was using it. Google now removed, just like Apple did with ICEBlock after DOJ pressure. Google calls ICE vulnerable group
www.404media.co/google-calls...
Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’
The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.
www.404media.co
October 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
When would you use an HTTP 303 status code?
October 3, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Run
Each passing dayReason to runLess about toMore about from
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September 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Today
The greatest day I've ever known
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September 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Reposted by Austin Ghoul
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Can't
What do you mean when you say "can't"?
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September 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Moth Haiku
True story
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September 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
On the road Haiku
Semi truck air horns 🚛Motorcycle mustaches 🏍️Let it fucken rip 🤘
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September 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM