Liam Newmarch
liam.nwmr.ch
Liam Newmarch
@liam.nwmr.ch
I make things for the web
Pluto was the best planet
You can’t just say perchance

I have a blog https://liam.nwmr.ch 🌱
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Hello, world 👋🏻

I’m a web developer who lives in Yorkshire. I love hackable hardware, open source software, generative art, and music theory.

#introduction
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Nowadays, we can do better:

```
box-shadow: 0 1px 2px
rgb(from currentcolor r g b/ .65)
```

Cross-browser since September 2024.

#tinyCSStip #CSS
#tinyCSStip

Want the shadow of an element or some other visual to be a semitransparent version of the `currentColor`?

Use `color-mix()`!

Cross-browser, btw. 😼
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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This is one of my biggest gripes with AI generated code. People don't understand what they're committing and that's so dangerous. #ffconf with @jesslynnrose.bsky.social & @edaeren.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Every time there’s an AWS outage I’m grateful for Hetzner
October 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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❌ mobile first
✅ container first
September 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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love to see it. want to revive your old Pebble? grab the beta of our new app!

See what's working so far: ndocs.repebble.com/changelog

Pls report bugs - button in app!

iOS testflight.apple.com/join/T17YYZYq
Android play.google.com/apps/testing...
September 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
www.theverge.com/news/774188/...

Alternatively, now is a great time to switch to Jellyfin.
It’s time to change your Plex password again
The latest breach mirrors a 2022 incident.
www.theverge.com
September 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Arc becoming an Atlassian product is hilarious.
September 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Over the years, I’ve heard a lot of developers & other people wish that uBlock Origin was available for Safari. Now it is! Download for Safari 18.6 and Safari 26 beta.

apps.apple.com/app/ublock-o...
‎uBlock Origin Lite
‎uBO Lite (uBOL) is a reliable and efficient content blocker. The default ruleset corresponds to uBlock Origin's default filterset: - uBlock Origin's built-in filter lists - EasyList - EasyPrivacy -...
apps.apple.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Came across this gem while searching Gemini community support. Hereinafter referring to Gemini as “gimini google“, to the tune of Jiminy Cricket
August 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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what if i wrote a webserver in bash without forking any external commands? that would be crazy right?

youtu.be/L967hYylZuc
Can You Write A Web Server in PURE BASH?! (no socat, no netcat, no external tools)
YouTube video by You Suck at Programming
youtu.be
July 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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We can also have a nice entry animation by adding the following code:

```
img {
transition: 1s 1s;
@​starting-style {
offset: circle(0px) 0% 0deg;
}
}
```

Demo: codepen.io/t_afif/full/... via @codepen.io
July 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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I just wanted to say, I’m probably more proud of this Ted talk than just about anything I’ve ever done so I’m gonna be absolutely useless for the next couple of weeks as I promote the shit out of this because I want you to watch it because it matters in the moment we are in youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg
Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? | Scott Hanselman | TEDxPortland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
youtu.be
July 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The commitment to the bit is *wild*
we highly recommend you google "Brennan Lee Mulligan" right now 🫡 a lovely send off to our former colleague on his new endeavour 👠👡👢👟👞
July 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Well that was mildly infuriating.

“I scored 11/28 on jsdate.wtf and all I got was this lousy text to share on social media.”
new Date("wtf")
How well do you know JavaScript's Date class?
jsdate.wtf
July 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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a sizzle of some of my UI work

nerdy.dev/sizzle-rizzle
July 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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havin' a play with: backdrop-filter: url(#glass);

Gecko/Webkit 🙏
June 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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The future of web development is swinging back to basics.

CSS and HTML are the most exciting things in web development right now.

And don't worry about getting left behind because these features are here to stay. We're just getting started 🥳

#usetheplatform
May 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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don't forget `touch-action: manipulation` for buttons on mobile

double taps shouldn't zoom
April 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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breakin' down classics

CSS background-image + background-blend-mode + custom properties = holo-like effects with parallax ✨
January 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Literally every company now

youtube.com/shorts/hL9pl...
Literally every company now
YouTube video by Eleanor Morton
youtube.com
January 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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New 🎥 from me:

Lately, I’ve noticed companies smashing onto every new feature they claim is “AI-powered”. I set out to find out why this is happening, and wound up in Japan

How AI Stole the Sparkles Emoji

Enjoy: youtu.be/g-pG79LOtMw
How AI Stole the ✨ Sparkles ✨ Emoji
Lately, I’ve noticed companies smashing ✨ onto every new feature they claim is “AI-powered”.This annoys me, because the ✨ emoji is my favorite emoji, and I d...
youtu.be
May 2, 2024 at 8:03 PM
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One of my favourite emoji on our work Slack
December 12, 2024 at 4:37 PM
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I want this web.

W3C Ethical Web Principles:
www.w3.org/TR/ethical-w...
December 12, 2024 at 8:21 PM