Brian Beard
brianbeard.dev
Brian Beard
@brianbeard.dev
Day 1 intermittent fasting:

The idea is to lose 40lbs by my 40th birthday in 10 months. 4lbs/month.

Today was an accidental omad day, but only because of my sister in law's wedding and the preparatory chaos.

SW: 242
July 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
It's probably going to to get down to 4°F tonight. My heat pump will invariable switch over to auxiliary heat. In my house, aux heat really means npm installing and running llms locally.
January 20, 2025 at 4:27 AM
👀 A multi-select-map component!

This component took me longer than I would have liked. Mostly learning how maps work. 😅

Thanks to:
☑️ shadcn-svelte
☑️ layercharts
January 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Idea 💡-

7d2fa: Two factor authentication via your postal service.
December 30, 2024 at 7:45 PM
How come no one told me Cloudflare was awesome?
December 26, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Merry Christmas.
December 25, 2024 at 2:18 PM
I just lost twice to my 8 year old. 😅
December 24, 2024 at 8:53 PM
What would happen if you put down your smartphone on New Year's Eve and never picked it up again in 2025?
December 24, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Reposted by Brian Beard
Heh, just found a Mario-themed Lorem ipsum generator.

Of course this exists 😅
Mario Ipsum: Random 8-bit awesomeness
The one and only Super Mario Bros. themed dummy text generator.
mipsum.nl
December 23, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Finally playing around with Svelte's new exportable snippets + error boundaries. A fantastic combo. 😍
December 23, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Hey 👋

I'm 38
My wife's maiden name is: ...
My first pet's name was: ...
The last 4 of my social security is: ...

😅
Let's do something different 👀

🚫 Don't tell me about what you are working on

✅ Share 3 things about yourself 👌

I'll start 👇

1. I'm 45 years old
2. I have 9 cats and 4 dogs
3. I'm married and have 2 daughters, 20 and 23

Your turn 👇
December 23, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Currently refactoring as a form of procrastination.
December 23, 2024 at 5:13 PM
searching...

"how to geofence my bathroom"
December 23, 2024 at 4:04 PM
VIM is like joining a gang. Once your in, you can't quit.
svelte.dev Svelte @svelte.dev · Dec 20
Day 20 — Vim mode! You can enable it in the playground and tutorial and it will remember your preference between visits. Don't worry, you can always quit by turning it off again (or closing the tab)

🎁 svelte.dev/playground
December 20, 2024 at 3:33 PM
TIL: marquees still work. Probably shouldn't use.

`<marquee>🚅</marquee>`
December 18, 2024 at 5:28 PM
No matter how many bananas I buy, it never lasts more than 2 days in this house. 6 bunches? No problem.

That's just bananas! 🍌
December 14, 2024 at 11:13 PM
First one to implement group message snoozing wins.

iOS vs Android. Go...
December 13, 2024 at 5:10 PM
This has been fun! A svelte dopamine hit every day. I'll be sad when it's over.

Are we going to do this during the rest of the year? 🤔

- 5 days of Cinco de Mayo?
- 4 days of Independence day?
- Sveltoween?
- Sveltegiving?
...
🎅🎄🎁 ADVENT OF SVELTE 🎅🎄🎁

We're going to ship one thing a day every day from now until Christmas. Wish us luck! svelte.dev/blog/advent-...

First up...
Advent of Svelte
Twenty-four days, twenty-four features
svelte.dev
December 12, 2024 at 3:07 AM
I've got to say, Svelte 5 > Svelte 4. It's just nice to work with.
December 11, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Sorry guys, that was probably just me. I just can't help myself from starting new projects...
Tailwind CSS just cracked 1 billion total downloads 💪🏻 Wild.
December 10, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Ok Hadar, your forgiven. Just disappointed because I thought someone liked me more than my mom does and found out it was automated.
I've been getting many DMs asking whether I was a bot / using some sort of automation because I liked so many posts!
Some folks thought it was too much and had me blocked 😅 others were just curious.
TL;DR:
Skip to the last comment for my thoughts
Skip to the 3rd comment to see my approach
December 6, 2024 at 5:02 PM
It's been three weeks since I broke my thumb. Yet, I am regaining my ability to mindlessly scroll with it.
December 6, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Reposted by Brian Beard
LAUNCH!

Have really enjoyed using Bluesky, and had this little idea for an application that I've not seen before.

livingbio.blue lets you set variables in your bio, that can be updated with Zapier, Make, Notion (with webhooks), Google App Scripts, custom code.. whatever you like!

#buildinpublic
Reactive Bluesky Bios - livingbio.blue
livingbio.blue lets you add custom placeholders to your Bluesky bio, which can be updated automatically by automation tools such as Zapier or Make. Cool!
livingbio.blue
December 6, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Idea: bluesky-archive - a graveyard for deleted bleets.

I didn't say it was a "good" idea
December 6, 2024 at 2:48 PM