blackspike
@blackspike.com
A freelance full-stack creative development team working remotely from Brighton, UK. We design and build websites with Astro, Vue, Nuxt, and Wordpress.
https://www.blackspike.com
https://www.blackspike.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
just remembered about the new ( #vue 3.5 ) useId() helper, which of course, works great in #nuxt
vuejs.org/api/composit...
vuejs.org/api/composit...
September 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
just remembered about the new ( #vue 3.5 ) useId() helper, which of course, works great in #nuxt
vuejs.org/api/composit...
vuejs.org/api/composit...
tried out the experimental @astro.build 5.10 live collections by putting a pixelfed atom photostream on a blog
felix.gripe/photos
Uses the live feed #astro loader by @mk.gg - thanks Matt!
felix.gripe/photos
Uses the live feed #astro loader by @mk.gg - thanks Matt!
June 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
tried out the experimental @astro.build 5.10 live collections by putting a pixelfed atom photostream on a blog
felix.gripe/photos
Uses the live feed #astro loader by @mk.gg - thanks Matt!
felix.gripe/photos
Uses the live feed #astro loader by @mk.gg - thanks Matt!
updated an image-heavy @astro.build website to 5.10 and turned on the new responsive images.
They weren't kidding about the increased @netlify.com build times 😮 from 5 mins to 45 mins!
Looks like they are cached but damn that took a while #astro
They weren't kidding about the increased @netlify.com build times 😮 from 5 mins to 45 mins!
Looks like they are cached but damn that took a while #astro
June 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
updated an image-heavy @astro.build website to 5.10 and turned on the new responsive images.
They weren't kidding about the increased @netlify.com build times 😮 from 5 mins to 45 mins!
Looks like they are cached but damn that took a while #astro
They weren't kidding about the increased @netlify.com build times 😮 from 5 mins to 45 mins!
Looks like they are cached but damn that took a while #astro
Should you get tasked with designing a #PPT deck, install the super handy and free #PowerPoint Toolbar – it places all the design tools right up in the toolbar.
It's by Slidor, a french company cursed to walk the earth designing in PowerPoint for sins unknown
www.slidor.agency/toolbar-powe...
It's by Slidor, a french company cursed to walk the earth designing in PowerPoint for sins unknown
www.slidor.agency/toolbar-powe...
June 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Should you get tasked with designing a #PPT deck, install the super handy and free #PowerPoint Toolbar – it places all the design tools right up in the toolbar.
It's by Slidor, a french company cursed to walk the earth designing in PowerPoint for sins unknown
www.slidor.agency/toolbar-powe...
It's by Slidor, a french company cursed to walk the earth designing in PowerPoint for sins unknown
www.slidor.agency/toolbar-powe...
we have spent the weekend vibe-coding for the first time to see what all the fuss was about. we built a flashcard pwa for learning greek alphabet/numbers using @nuxt.com v4, @vuejs.org and @tailwindcss.com.
we used cursor (also for the first time) and eleven labs to generate the audio.
we used cursor (also for the first time) and eleven labs to generate the audio.
June 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
we have spent the weekend vibe-coding for the first time to see what all the fuss was about. we built a flashcard pwa for learning greek alphabet/numbers using @nuxt.com v4, @vuejs.org and @tailwindcss.com.
we used cursor (also for the first time) and eleven labs to generate the audio.
we used cursor (also for the first time) and eleven labs to generate the audio.
bad cross-browser things are happening to css again
June 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
bad cross-browser things are happening to css again
We keep a @codepen.io pen around for trying out all the new cursed #CSS features we hear about.
We've just added **data- types** and a **css-if** function 🥴
Almost all the new features are latest-chrome only, concerningly
codepen.io/blackspike/p...
#webdev #html #cursed
We've just added **data- types** and a **css-if** function 🥴
Almost all the new features are latest-chrome only, concerningly
codepen.io/blackspike/p...
#webdev #html #cursed
June 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We keep a @codepen.io pen around for trying out all the new cursed #CSS features we hear about.
We've just added **data- types** and a **css-if** function 🥴
Almost all the new features are latest-chrome only, concerningly
codepen.io/blackspike/p...
#webdev #html #cursed
We've just added **data- types** and a **css-if** function 🥴
Almost all the new features are latest-chrome only, concerningly
codepen.io/blackspike/p...
#webdev #html #cursed
May 29, 2025 at 8:07 AM
it's so fun making little vfx animations in @blender.org #b3d
May 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
it's so fun making little vfx animations in @blender.org #b3d
May 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
In honour of Terry Pratchett & The Glorious 25th of May, you can set your X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett header on netlify-hosted apps by adding a _headers file
xclacksoverhead.org
"A man is not dead while his name is still spoken."
xclacksoverhead.org
"A man is not dead while his name is still spoken."
May 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
In honour of Terry Pratchett & The Glorious 25th of May, you can set your X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett header on netlify-hosted apps by adding a _headers file
xclacksoverhead.org
"A man is not dead while his name is still spoken."
xclacksoverhead.org
"A man is not dead while his name is still spoken."
Useful #firefox extension, *Text Fragment* for adding a 'Copy Link to Selected Text' to your context menu
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
May 21, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Useful #firefox extension, *Text Fragment* for adding a 'Copy Link to Selected Text' to your context menu
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
The blackspike astro landing page theme is now available on the official @astro.build themes directory!
astro.build/themes/detai...
bsky.app/profile/blac... #astro
astro.build/themes/detai...
bsky.app/profile/blac... #astro
May 20, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The blackspike astro landing page theme is now available on the official @astro.build themes directory!
astro.build/themes/detai...
bsky.app/profile/blac... #astro
astro.build/themes/detai...
bsky.app/profile/blac... #astro
Look at the cool details/summary accordion animations!
May 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Look at the cool details/summary accordion animations!
New design case study! A logo refresh for azureweekly.info and powerbiweekly.info.
Got a stale logo? Let us help!
www.blackspike.com/case-studies...
Got a stale logo? Let us help!
www.blackspike.com/case-studies...
October 16, 2024 at 6:58 AM
New design case study! A logo refresh for azureweekly.info and powerbiweekly.info.
Got a stale logo? Let us help!
www.blackspike.com/case-studies...
Got a stale logo? Let us help!
www.blackspike.com/case-studies...