Carl Wiedemann
@carlwiedemann.bsky.social
Dramatization. https://carlwiedemann.github.io/
Probably should have done this a long time ago
October 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Probably should have done this a long time ago
tfw visiting chrome://flags/ and turning off all the AI crap
October 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
tfw visiting chrome://flags/ and turning off all the AI crap
Me as a kid: “Maybe in 2025 we will have flying cars”
Reality:
Reality:
OpenAI released a new image gen model today - gpt-image-1-mini - which they describe as "80% less expensive than the large model"
I vibe-coded a Python CLI tool to try it out. Here's "racoon eating cheese wearing a top hat, realistic photo" which cost ~0.2 cents simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/6/g...
I vibe-coded a Python CLI tool to try it out. Here's "racoon eating cheese wearing a top hat, realistic photo" which cost ~0.2 cents simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/6/g...
October 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Me as a kid: “Maybe in 2025 we will have flying cars”
Reality:
Reality:
Social media has entered its “late night cable TV era”
October 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Social media has entered its “late night cable TV era”
Foresite 1.4 released with automatic RSS generation (because insominia) github.com/carlwiedeman...
github.com
August 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Foresite 1.4 released with automatic RSS generation (because insominia) github.com/carlwiedeman...
Better command line composability with Ruby carlwiedemann.github.io/post/2025-08...
Better command line composability with Ruby - Carl Wiedemann
carlwiedemann.github.io
August 21, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Better command line composability with Ruby carlwiedemann.github.io/post/2025-08...
I think about this every day.
“We gave everyone too much JavaScript” — wife, on current state of the web
January 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I think about this every day.
I’ve decided we all have to go back to XML & XSD and there’s no reason to fight against it
December 3, 2024 at 4:50 AM
I’ve decided we all have to go back to XML & XSD and there’s no reason to fight against it
Band name: Everyone Declined
October 21, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Band name: Everyone Declined
“We gave everyone too much JavaScript” — wife, on current state of the web
October 20, 2024 at 7:00 PM
“We gave everyone too much JavaScript” — wife, on current state of the web
Times New Roman did nothing wrong.
February 5, 2024 at 1:05 AM
Times New Roman did nothing wrong.
Father John Misty is Nickleback for hipsters
January 30, 2024 at 3:38 AM
Father John Misty is Nickleback for hipsters
ga;ns: Toward Better Code Review carlwiedemann.github.io/post/2024-01...
January 5, 2024 at 3:31 PM
ga;ns: Toward Better Code Review carlwiedemann.github.io/post/2024-01...
Foresite 1.3 released with filesystem `watch` functionality github.com/carlwiedeman...
January 5, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Foresite 1.3 released with filesystem `watch` functionality github.com/carlwiedeman...
me
January 2, 2024 at 12:41 AM
me
No more "recaps" pls
January 2, 2024 at 12:40 AM
No more "recaps" pls
Test Coverage: A Compass not a Destination carlwiedemann.github.io/post/2023-12...
December 27, 2023 at 8:43 PM
Test Coverage: A Compass not a Destination carlwiedemann.github.io/post/2023-12...
Friends don't let friends override default browser scroll event behavior.
November 22, 2023 at 11:25 PM
Friends don't let friends override default browser scroll event behavior.
Simultaneously bsky'ing & X'ing for Dummies
September 28, 2023 at 3:17 PM
Simultaneously bsky'ing & X'ing for Dummies
Writing front-end code for the first time in since I last considered myself a FE person (10+ years ago).
Simultaneously mind-blowing how far things have come, whilst being completely unsurprising how much the same ecosystem crises continue to pervade.
Simultaneously mind-blowing how far things have come, whilst being completely unsurprising how much the same ecosystem crises continue to pervade.
September 28, 2023 at 3:14 PM
Writing front-end code for the first time in since I last considered myself a FE person (10+ years ago).
Simultaneously mind-blowing how far things have come, whilst being completely unsurprising how much the same ecosystem crises continue to pervade.
Simultaneously mind-blowing how far things have come, whilst being completely unsurprising how much the same ecosystem crises continue to pervade.
Ok what should we talk about
September 11, 2023 at 1:29 AM
Ok what should we talk about
lol why did I join this
September 10, 2023 at 8:26 PM
lol why did I join this