Chris Ferdinandi
@cferdinandi.bsky.social
I help people build the web better. I love pirates, puppies, and Pixar movies. ADHD AF. he/him 🏴☠️
https://gomakethings.com
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Chris Ferdinandi
@cferdinandi.bsky.social
· Aug 30
Kelp
A UI library for people who love HTML, powered by modern CSS and Web Components.
kelpui.com
Love HTML? I think you might enjoy Kelp, my new UI library powered by modern CSS and Web Components.
kelpui.com
kelpui.com
⚓️ New Article: HTML is for lovers
HTML is for lovers
I’ve had the opportunity to use Kelp on a big client project for the last few weeks, and it’s been so awesome to work with!
Writing HTML is so nice! I love that HTML elements are styled out-of-the-box…
<!-- This looks good without any classes! --> <button>Press Me</button> I love that you can change the look and feel of components with a few simple, semantically named classes…
<!-- This button is now outlined and uses the secondary color --> <button class="secondary outline">Press Me</button> I love that instead of complicated class names like in BEM…
gomakethings.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
⚓️ New Article: HTML is for lovers
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Kind of wild that while food assistance was withheld from millions of families, one Trump-supporting billionaire (Ellison) saw his net worth grow more this year than the entire SNAP budget. And the YTD gains of the other four richest men would’ve fully covered salaries for all 2M federal employees.
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Kind of wild that while food assistance was withheld from millions of families, one Trump-supporting billionaire (Ellison) saw his net worth grow more this year than the entire SNAP budget. And the YTD gains of the other four richest men would’ve fully covered salaries for all 2M federal employees.
When the founder of the Ladybird browser defends literal fascists because “what if they come for me next,” that tells you everything you need to know about him.
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
When the founder of the Ladybird browser defends literal fascists because “what if they come for me next,” that tells you everything you need to know about him.
Abolish ICE. Send Trump, Miller, and every one of these fashie assholes to The Hague.
Migrants at largest US detention camp face foul water, rotten food, congresswoman says reut.rs/4qRPCLg
Migrants at largest US detention camp face foul water, rotten food, congresswoman says
Detainees at the largest U.S. migrant detention camp endure foul-tasting drinking water, rotten food and inadequate healthcare, according to a U.S. congresswoman who called the tent facility in El Paso, Texas, "inhumane."
reut.rs
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Abolish ICE. Send Trump, Miller, and every one of these fashie assholes to The Hague.
Good thing Democrats voted to reopen the government in exchange for… nothing at all.
Fucking idiots.
Fucking idiots.
NEW: Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds
This demand spans Senate leadership to Finance Cmte to proponents of ACA money.
Dems say hell no, current Hyde protections suffice.
"It's a nonstarter," Shaheen tells me.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
This demand spans Senate leadership to Finance Cmte to proponents of ACA money.
Dems say hell no, current Hyde protections suffice.
"It's a nonstarter," Shaheen tells me.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds
Democrats say that’s a nonstarter, arguing there are already limits on abortion access. The dispute could torpedo a deal, leading to higher health insurance premiums for millions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Good thing Democrats voted to reopen the government in exchange for… nothing at all.
Fucking idiots.
Fucking idiots.
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Wholeheartedly endorse reviewing your own PRs! The transparency helps so much and it's a great opportunity to proactively call out anything that might require discussion
Great, actionable way to shift towards a healthier review culture in the absence of team alignment
h/t @cferdinandi.bsky.social
Great, actionable way to shift towards a healthier review culture in the absence of team alignment
h/t @cferdinandi.bsky.social
Review your own git pull requests
Last week, I wrote about my experience working with the team at Cloud Four, and in particular some of their great practices around PR management.
Today, I wanted to talk specifically about a habit my ...
gomakethings.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Wholeheartedly endorse reviewing your own PRs! The transparency helps so much and it's a great opportunity to proactively call out anything that might require discussion
Great, actionable way to shift towards a healthier review culture in the absence of team alignment
h/t @cferdinandi.bsky.social
Great, actionable way to shift towards a healthier review culture in the absence of team alignment
h/t @cferdinandi.bsky.social
⚓️ New Article: Review your own git pull requests
Review your own git pull requests
Last week, I wrote about my experience working with the team at Cloud Four, and in particular some of their great practices around PR management.
Today, I wanted to talk specifically about a habit my friend Gerardo Rodriguez got me into: reviewing your own pull request.
It’s pretty simple.
When you create a pull request in GitHub, click on the Files changed tab, and scroll through the diff. Anywhere you’ve done something new that’s not already explained by in-code comments, add a comment in the GUI about what you did and why.
gomakethings.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
⚓️ New Article: Review your own git pull requests
One of the joys of being neurodivergent is that I’ve been like that my whole life. I didn’t have to wait until middle age.
One thing people kind of tell you, but not really, about middle age:
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
Darn Tough turned me on to Cute Socks and I've never looked back
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
One of the joys of being neurodivergent is that I’ve been like that my whole life. I didn’t have to wait until middle age.
Reposted by Chris Ferdinandi
Dem leadership and 99% of their big money donors. NYC was just a preview for how radicalized the electorate and Dem base is becoming (and how far the establishment will go to stop that from happening). Fun times…
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Dem leadership and 99% of their big money donors. NYC was just a preview for how radicalized the electorate and Dem base is becoming (and how far the establishment will go to stop that from happening). Fun times…
Reposted by Chris Ferdinandi
So like, is the divide in the Democratic Party now between the “can we please just pretend things are normal ASAP” faction and the “we will not rest until we refresh the tree of liberty with the blood of the tyrants” faction
And Dem leadership is in the first while the electorate is in the second
And Dem leadership is in the first while the electorate is in the second
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
So like, is the divide in the Democratic Party now between the “can we please just pretend things are normal ASAP” faction and the “we will not rest until we refresh the tree of liberty with the blood of the tyrants” faction
And Dem leadership is in the first while the electorate is in the second
And Dem leadership is in the first while the electorate is in the second
How important is custom form validation error styling (like, say, when a user enters an invalid email address) to you vs. the browser native styles?
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
How important is custom form validation error styling (like, say, when a user enters an invalid email address) to you vs. the browser native styles?
The cuck energy. I can’t.
(No kink shaming. Do your thing.)
(No kink shaming. Do your thing.)
CNN: Was the shutdown worth it?
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: We have waged a battle on behalf of the American people.
CNN: But you didn't get what you want.
JEFFRIES: At the end of the day, the fight lives on.
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: We have waged a battle on behalf of the American people.
CNN: But you didn't get what you want.
JEFFRIES: At the end of the day, the fight lives on.
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The cuck energy. I can’t.
(No kink shaming. Do your thing.)
(No kink shaming. Do your thing.)
Reposted by Chris Ferdinandi
"third-party cookie choice" is a euphemism that needs to be thrown into the sun privacysandbox.com/news/update-...
Update on Plans for Privacy Sandbox Technologies
In this October 2025 announcement, the Privacy Sandbox team shares updates on plans for Privacy Sandbox technologies.
privacysandbox.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"third-party cookie choice" is a euphemism that needs to be thrown into the sun privacysandbox.com/news/update-...
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People are so busy yelling at voters that "elections have consequences," they never yell "politics have consequences" at their elected officials.
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
People are so busy yelling at voters that "elections have consequences," they never yell "politics have consequences" at their elected officials.
The Democratic Party is filled with pathetic fucking losers. Primary all of them. Fuck ‘‘em all.
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The Democratic Party is filled with pathetic fucking losers. Primary all of them. Fuck ‘‘em all.
At best… many are conservatives.
Dems are centrists.
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 AM
At best… many are conservatives.
Reposted by Chris Ferdinandi
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
Reposted by Chris Ferdinandi
Centrist dems need to gtfo. Radical left lunatics only
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Centrist dems need to gtfo. Radical left lunatics only
Of course that genocide loving bitch Fetterman is one of them. Fuck all of these traitors.
These 8 Senators sold us out to Trump:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Of course that genocide loving bitch Fetterman is one of them. Fuck all of these traitors.
Periodic reminder that the dude who runs the Ladybird browser project is a racist, sexist, fascist piece of shit. Please don't prop up that man's work.
Receipts:
1. archive.is/2025.01.02-1...
2. archive.is/2025.11.09-1...
3. archive.ph/2025.09.27-1...
Receipts:
1. archive.is/2025.01.02-1...
2. archive.is/2025.11.09-1...
3. archive.ph/2025.09.27-1...
archive.is
November 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Periodic reminder that the dude who runs the Ladybird browser project is a racist, sexist, fascist piece of shit. Please don't prop up that man's work.
Receipts:
1. archive.is/2025.01.02-1...
2. archive.is/2025.11.09-1...
3. archive.ph/2025.09.27-1...
Receipts:
1. archive.is/2025.01.02-1...
2. archive.is/2025.11.09-1...
3. archive.ph/2025.09.27-1...
I'm continually surprised how many leftist projects host their newsletters on the very much pro-Nazi substack platform
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I'm continually surprised how many leftist projects host their newsletters on the very much pro-Nazi substack platform
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✋🏻 Never used any of those chatbots or copilots. That they would be more detrimental than not and that they were cognitive hazards was pretty clear from the outset
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 12:29 PM
✋🏻 Never used any of those chatbots or copilots. That they would be more detrimental than not and that they were cognitive hazards was pretty clear from the outset
Reposted by Chris Ferdinandi
HE'S APPEALING TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO STARVE AMERICANS
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
HE'S APPEALING TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO STARVE AMERICANS
After weeks of saying this was the Democrats fault…
As always, there is no bottom.
As always, there is no bottom.
NEW: Trump is asking Supreme Court to act by 9:30pm tonight to block the ruling that requires SNAP payments to be made.
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
After weeks of saying this was the Democrats fault…
As always, there is no bottom.
As always, there is no bottom.
Imagine how many more lives they could save if they just gave people homes and food instead.
The billionaire couple is shifting the bulk of their philanthropic resources to Biohub, the pair’s science organization, and focusing on using artificial intelligence to accelerate scientific discovery.
Zuckerberg, Chan shift bulk of philanthropy to science, focusing on AI and biology to curb disease
For the past decade, Dr. Priscilla Chan and her husband Mark Zuckerberg have focused part of their philanthropy on a lofty goal — “to cure, prevent or manage all disease” — if not in their lifetime, then in their children’s.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Imagine how many more lives they could save if they just gave people homes and food instead.