Lewis Flude
@lewisflude.com
Just another cowboy trying to find his place in the wild, untamed expanse of the web.
CSS wrangler, mechanical keyboard maestro, and music maverick. Wildly passionate 'bout 'em all! 🤠🎸💻
CSS wrangler, mechanical keyboard maestro, and music maverick. Wildly passionate 'bout 'em all! 🤠🎸💻
It’s a shame, because at one point I felt like the BBC was high quality partially because of how direct it felt. Could be looking at the past with rose tinted goggles.
Nowadays it does feel like the tricks used by clickbait sites to get visits are being used by pretty much every news source.
Nowadays it does feel like the tricks used by clickbait sites to get visits are being used by pretty much every news source.
April 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It’s a shame, because at one point I felt like the BBC was high quality partially because of how direct it felt. Could be looking at the past with rose tinted goggles.
Nowadays it does feel like the tricks used by clickbait sites to get visits are being used by pretty much every news source.
Nowadays it does feel like the tricks used by clickbait sites to get visits are being used by pretty much every news source.
Honestly, I was a web designer, then a web developer, then a front end developer, then a front end engineer, then a software engineer.
I'm still just a web designer, making websites. Designers are still just designers, designing. Everything else is essentially just feeding the ego in a fun way.
I'm still just a web designer, making websites. Designers are still just designers, designing. Everything else is essentially just feeding the ego in a fun way.
April 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Honestly, I was a web designer, then a web developer, then a front end developer, then a front end engineer, then a software engineer.
I'm still just a web designer, making websites. Designers are still just designers, designing. Everything else is essentially just feeding the ego in a fun way.
I'm still just a web designer, making websites. Designers are still just designers, designing. Everything else is essentially just feeding the ego in a fun way.
I have this armchair theory that all people (especially cis/het white men) are on a constant quest for absolution. I.e. to signal "I'm not one of the bad ones!" Which also seems to blind people to the concept that they may be both a victim and a participant in various problematic systems.
April 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I have this armchair theory that all people (especially cis/het white men) are on a constant quest for absolution. I.e. to signal "I'm not one of the bad ones!" Which also seems to blind people to the concept that they may be both a victim and a participant in various problematic systems.
Yes! My wife told me she used to play a game of trying to find the most hilarious "Waitrose Essentials".
April 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Yes! My wife told me she used to play a game of trying to find the most hilarious "Waitrose Essentials".
Yes exactly! Makes me sick really, because I genuinely believe that these people think they are on the right side of history with these awful takes.
The common thread seems to be immense privileged and detachment. I.e. it's much easier to act in a way that is bigoted when you are disconnected.
The common thread seems to be immense privileged and detachment. I.e. it's much easier to act in a way that is bigoted when you are disconnected.
April 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Yes exactly! Makes me sick really, because I genuinely believe that these people think they are on the right side of history with these awful takes.
The common thread seems to be immense privileged and detachment. I.e. it's much easier to act in a way that is bigoted when you are disconnected.
The common thread seems to be immense privileged and detachment. I.e. it's much easier to act in a way that is bigoted when you are disconnected.
Could be an awful take, I don't know how to phrase it better to be honest! It feels like within the Guardian readership there's actually a lot of people with left leaning social values but otherwise they align quite heavily with the more conservative ideas.
April 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Could be an awful take, I don't know how to phrase it better to be honest! It feels like within the Guardian readership there's actually a lot of people with left leaning social values but otherwise they align quite heavily with the more conservative ideas.
I am a lefty, but I will say that increasingly I am noticing articles in the Guardian which seem a little more "shops at Waitrose, owns two houses and a Land Rover, goes to Extinction Rebellion protests, kid has a yurt in bedroom" lefty vs the normal experience. I guess a little out of touch.
April 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I am a lefty, but I will say that increasingly I am noticing articles in the Guardian which seem a little more "shops at Waitrose, owns two houses and a Land Rover, goes to Extinction Rebellion protests, kid has a yurt in bedroom" lefty vs the normal experience. I guess a little out of touch.
My gut feeling is showing likes may just be noise! I love what you're doing with the site.
Also, I feel like client is logical, but it's easy for things to get out of hand without any checks on bundle size. Which is why putting stuff on the server is a more "don't have to think as much" option.
Also, I feel like client is logical, but it's easy for things to get out of hand without any checks on bundle size. Which is why putting stuff on the server is a more "don't have to think as much" option.
April 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
My gut feeling is showing likes may just be noise! I love what you're doing with the site.
Also, I feel like client is logical, but it's easy for things to get out of hand without any checks on bundle size. Which is why putting stuff on the server is a more "don't have to think as much" option.
Also, I feel like client is logical, but it's easy for things to get out of hand without any checks on bundle size. Which is why putting stuff on the server is a more "don't have to think as much" option.
nothing just wanted to send some positive energy!
February 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
nothing just wanted to send some positive energy!
Welcome to the blue sky app!
July 3, 2023 at 7:37 PM
Welcome to the blue sky app!
It’s an extremely valid perspective/impression! I agree that the fighting people seem to do over it on every other platform is a bit tiring. Nothing worse than inheriting a project where everything is an unmaintainable mess too!
July 3, 2023 at 7:35 PM
It’s an extremely valid perspective/impression! I agree that the fighting people seem to do over it on every other platform is a bit tiring. Nothing worse than inheriting a project where everything is an unmaintainable mess too!
Have followed the art and science of CSS in websites/apps since fairly early on, going CSS -> BEM -> Sass -> Styled Components -> Stitches, but really I think tailwind is just pretty misunderstood.
For some it can be a super helpful abstraction, for others it just doesn't feel like the real thing!
For some it can be a super helpful abstraction, for others it just doesn't feel like the real thing!
July 3, 2023 at 3:30 PM
Have followed the art and science of CSS in websites/apps since fairly early on, going CSS -> BEM -> Sass -> Styled Components -> Stitches, but really I think tailwind is just pretty misunderstood.
For some it can be a super helpful abstraction, for others it just doesn't feel like the real thing!
For some it can be a super helpful abstraction, for others it just doesn't feel like the real thing!
Shall we do the first one? I hated tailwind when I first discovered it, thinking it was just "css for backend devs who don't like writing CSS" or "bootstrap-like"
I've since done a total 180, and have written some of the cleanest/well maintained code of my life with Tailwind
I've since done a total 180, and have written some of the cleanest/well maintained code of my life with Tailwind
July 3, 2023 at 3:29 PM
Shall we do the first one? I hated tailwind when I first discovered it, thinking it was just "css for backend devs who don't like writing CSS" or "bootstrap-like"
I've since done a total 180, and have written some of the cleanest/well maintained code of my life with Tailwind
I've since done a total 180, and have written some of the cleanest/well maintained code of my life with Tailwind
Miss ya! Hope you’re having an awesome day
July 3, 2023 at 1:49 PM
Miss ya! Hope you’re having an awesome day
5D hungry hungry hippos
June 23, 2023 at 11:21 AM
5D hungry hungry hippos
Need to give this a try
June 23, 2023 at 9:55 AM
Need to give this a try
Bet an isolation tank would come pretty close!
June 22, 2023 at 7:18 AM
Bet an isolation tank would come pretty close!
Sorry for the numerous "quotation marks"
June 20, 2023 at 12:59 PM
Sorry for the numerous "quotation marks"