Hugh Dillon
@hughsername.com
impulsive domain buyer
learning 3D for the web
learning 3D for the web
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`overflow: audio;` just sighs when content overflows the container
June 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
`overflow: audio;` just sighs when content overflows the container
Loved this take. Not against AI as a tool, don’t want to lose what “good” looks like, and ultimately looking for like-minded people who want a high quality web.
Back when I was finding my feet in tech everybody was buzzing about building positive change. Somewhere along the way, something changed. Fortunately for us though, tech is not the first industry forced to defend itself against dubious practices.
What might we learn if we were to look elsewhere?
What might we learn if we were to look elsewhere?
Looking elsewhere - Robb Owen
Against the backdrop of mass layoffs, LLMs, site-builders and vibe coding what does it mean to conscientiously build for the web, and where do we go from here?
robbowen.digital
June 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Loved this take. Not against AI as a tool, don’t want to lose what “good” looks like, and ultimately looking for like-minded people who want a high quality web.
Read this off a @swyx.io blog / freeCodeCamp interview from a while back, in the depth of the footnotes. No Zero Days. Loved it.
www.reddit.com/r/getdiscipl...
www.reddit.com/r/getdiscipl...
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4.1K votes, 2.1K comments. 2M subscribers in the getdisciplined community. Help others attain self-discipline, by sharing what helps you. Meet your goals and improve your life, reddit style!
www.reddit.com
May 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Read this off a @swyx.io blog / freeCodeCamp interview from a while back, in the depth of the footnotes. No Zero Days. Loved it.
www.reddit.com/r/getdiscipl...
www.reddit.com/r/getdiscipl...
making side bets on how many responses we can go before the AI chatbot suggests naming something "Nexus"
May 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
making side bets on how many responses we can go before the AI chatbot suggests naming something "Nexus"
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how it feels to get react native running again after an upgrade
April 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
how it feels to get react native running again after an upgrade
How long has the `prefers-reduced-data` media query been in consideration?
I like the idea of the web respecting my system settings, rather than me having to change my settings on every. single. site.
Sometimes I’m running in low power mode and I want what I’m browsing doing less too.
I like the idea of the web respecting my system settings, rather than me having to change my settings on every. single. site.
Sometimes I’m running in low power mode and I want what I’m browsing doing less too.
January 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
How long has the `prefers-reduced-data` media query been in consideration?
I like the idea of the web respecting my system settings, rather than me having to change my settings on every. single. site.
Sometimes I’m running in low power mode and I want what I’m browsing doing less too.
I like the idea of the web respecting my system settings, rather than me having to change my settings on every. single. site.
Sometimes I’m running in low power mode and I want what I’m browsing doing less too.
I really wish Slack would let me visually shrink the link preview without deleting it.
Right now on mobile, it takes up 50%+ of the screen and I end up ignoring it like an ad
Right now on mobile, it takes up 50%+ of the screen and I end up ignoring it like an ad
December 13, 2024 at 2:06 PM
I really wish Slack would let me visually shrink the link preview without deleting it.
Right now on mobile, it takes up 50%+ of the screen and I end up ignoring it like an ad
Right now on mobile, it takes up 50%+ of the screen and I end up ignoring it like an ad
Will never look at LinkedIn the same
December 7, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Will never look at LinkedIn the same
Still a favorite photo I’ve taken from a while back. Guess which one is the Figma design and which one is the production site?
November 25, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Still a favorite photo I’ve taken from a while back. Guess which one is the Figma design and which one is the production site?
Started messing with fragment shaders the last few days. Got something going quicker than I thought with Windsurf. Turns out AI is pretty good at helping you figure out the basics.
November 23, 2024 at 3:04 AM
Started messing with fragment shaders the last few days. Got something going quicker than I thought with Windsurf. Turns out AI is pretty good at helping you figure out the basics.
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Just released a new version of the Astro Bluesky content loader. This lets you load all of your posts (or anyone's) into Astro content collections at build time.
- Create a local mirror of your posts
- Generate a micro-blog from them
- Something else I haven't thought of
github.com/ascorbic/ast...
- Create a local mirror of your posts
- Generate a micro-blog from them
- Something else I haven't thought of
github.com/ascorbic/ast...
astro-loaders/packages/bluesky at main · ascorbic/astro-loaders
Astro loaders. Contribute to ascorbic/astro-loaders development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Just released a new version of the Astro Bluesky content loader. This lets you load all of your posts (or anyone's) into Astro content collections at build time.
- Create a local mirror of your posts
- Generate a micro-blog from them
- Something else I haven't thought of
github.com/ascorbic/ast...
- Create a local mirror of your posts
- Generate a micro-blog from them
- Something else I haven't thought of
github.com/ascorbic/ast...
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There are true gems hidden among the countless personal blogs scattered across the Internet.
I wish there were a curated library with only great articles on a wide variety of topics—a kind of search engine stripped of all the clutter: no SEO gimmicks, no ads, just quality content.
I wish there were a curated library with only great articles on a wide variety of topics—a kind of search engine stripped of all the clutter: no SEO gimmicks, no ads, just quality content.
I feel this with blogging. In case anyone needed to hear this—you can just write and publish on your blog because you want to. No metrics. No clout.
This has always been my guiding principle with my blog (Pawlean.com) which is why 357 posts later, I’m still here. Even if NOBODY reads 😁
This has always been my guiding principle with my blog (Pawlean.com) which is why 357 posts later, I’m still here. Even if NOBODY reads 😁
November 16, 2024 at 5:13 PM
There are true gems hidden among the countless personal blogs scattered across the Internet.
I wish there were a curated library with only great articles on a wide variety of topics—a kind of search engine stripped of all the clutter: no SEO gimmicks, no ads, just quality content.
I wish there were a curated library with only great articles on a wide variety of topics—a kind of search engine stripped of all the clutter: no SEO gimmicks, no ads, just quality content.
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I feel like this site's demographics can be described as "still mad about the loss of Google Reader"
November 12, 2024 at 4:23 AM
I feel like this site's demographics can be described as "still mad about the loss of Google Reader"
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“If you want to do it, you should already be doing it.”
—Paddy Donnelly
show people what you want to be. if you don’t, how will they know to offer you those opportunities?
#BTConf @btconf.bsky.social
—Paddy Donnelly
show people what you want to be. if you don’t, how will they know to offer you those opportunities?
#BTConf @btconf.bsky.social
November 8, 2024 at 3:02 PM
“If you want to do it, you should already be doing it.”
—Paddy Donnelly
show people what you want to be. if you don’t, how will they know to offer you those opportunities?
#BTConf @btconf.bsky.social
—Paddy Donnelly
show people what you want to be. if you don’t, how will they know to offer you those opportunities?
#BTConf @btconf.bsky.social
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The smartest tech founder is My Space Tom:
- Founds MySpace
- Sells for $580 million
- Lives his life in anonymity
“Anderson is content to let his inspiration guide him rather than jumping back into the tech world because of the expectations of others.”
- Founds MySpace
- Sells for $580 million
- Lives his life in anonymity
“Anderson is content to let his inspiration guide him rather than jumping back into the tech world because of the expectations of others.”
Myspace Co-Founder Tom Anderson's New Life as a Landscape Photographer
Tom Anderson is an astonishingly good landscape photographer, for a guy who's arguably most recognizable from a grainy, postage-stamp sized photo on Myspace. That's right: Tom, everyone's first friend...
abcnews.go.com
June 5, 2023 at 2:17 PM
The smartest tech founder is My Space Tom:
- Founds MySpace
- Sells for $580 million
- Lives his life in anonymity
“Anderson is content to let his inspiration guide him rather than jumping back into the tech world because of the expectations of others.”
- Founds MySpace
- Sells for $580 million
- Lives his life in anonymity
“Anderson is content to let his inspiration guide him rather than jumping back into the tech world because of the expectations of others.”
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CSS only balance slider ☕️
the trick: a scroll-driven animation on the [type=range] thumb that updates custom property values which are then used in a counter for the labels and to style the bar
(few lines of JavaScript to "polyfill" it)
video reveals the <input> 👇
the trick: a scroll-driven animation on the [type=range] thumb that updates custom property values which are then used in a counter for the labels and to style the bar
(few lines of JavaScript to "polyfill" it)
video reveals the <input> 👇
November 8, 2024 at 12:18 AM
CSS only balance slider ☕️
the trick: a scroll-driven animation on the [type=range] thumb that updates custom property values which are then used in a counter for the labels and to style the bar
(few lines of JavaScript to "polyfill" it)
video reveals the <input> 👇
the trick: a scroll-driven animation on the [type=range] thumb that updates custom property values which are then used in a counter for the labels and to style the bar
(few lines of JavaScript to "polyfill" it)
video reveals the <input> 👇
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I made you a little something.
Help yourself to this little SVG+CSS flutter effect for your links to your @bsky.app account.
(Psst. And publish the links to your @bsky.app account)
flutterby.philhawksworth.dev
Help yourself to this little SVG+CSS flutter effect for your links to your @bsky.app account.
(Psst. And publish the links to your @bsky.app account)
flutterby.philhawksworth.dev
November 6, 2024 at 12:52 PM
I made you a little something.
Help yourself to this little SVG+CSS flutter effect for your links to your @bsky.app account.
(Psst. And publish the links to your @bsky.app account)
flutterby.philhawksworth.dev
Help yourself to this little SVG+CSS flutter effect for your links to your @bsky.app account.
(Psst. And publish the links to your @bsky.app account)
flutterby.philhawksworth.dev