Lindsay Wardell
@lindsaykwardell.com
Programmer, writer, mother. She/Her. Senior Software Engineer @ Mangomint. I enjoy talking about code, writing, photography, and life moments. Falo portugués. Married to @rmwardell.bsky.social
Host of @humansideof.dev
Creator of @clocktracker.app
Host of @humansideof.dev
Creator of @clocktracker.app
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Lindsay Wardell
@lindsaykwardell.com
· Nov 2
Hello! I'm Lindsay (she/her). I'm a senior engineer at Mangomint, and I enjoy building functional, elegant web applications. I'm also the host of the podcast @humansideof.dev, where I talk to folks in tech about their experiences.
I love discussing web dev, ttrpgs, photography, and writing!
I love discussing web dev, ttrpgs, photography, and writing!
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Print dictionaries: the original large language models
11/18/25
11/18/25
November 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Print dictionaries: the original large language models
11/18/25
11/18/25
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If you thought the story of Frankenstein was intense, wait until you hear about the life of its author.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s personal life was fraught with death, life, and a summer of volcanic ash.
Buckle up. 🧵⬇️
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s personal life was fraught with death, life, and a summer of volcanic ash.
Buckle up. 🧵⬇️
November 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
If you thought the story of Frankenstein was intense, wait until you hear about the life of its author.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s personal life was fraught with death, life, and a summer of volcanic ash.
Buckle up. 🧵⬇️
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s personal life was fraught with death, life, and a summer of volcanic ash.
Buckle up. 🧵⬇️
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In 2008, Google created an ad-powered wiki encyclopedia called Knol, seen as a "Wikipedia killer" amid its highly-publicized launch. And the Wikimedia Foundation gave an unbothered response that I quite like: "the more good free content, the better for the world." Anyway Knol instantly flopped
October 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
In 2008, Google created an ad-powered wiki encyclopedia called Knol, seen as a "Wikipedia killer" amid its highly-publicized launch. And the Wikimedia Foundation gave an unbothered response that I quite like: "the more good free content, the better for the world." Anyway Knol instantly flopped
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
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Proposition: You become a writer the moment you write, a musician the moment you make music, a painter the moment you paint, etc. You become an artist the moment you find your own voice as a writer/musician/painter/etc.
Yes? No?
Yes? No?
October 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Proposition: You become a writer the moment you write, a musician the moment you make music, a painter the moment you paint, etc. You become an artist the moment you find your own voice as a writer/musician/painter/etc.
Yes? No?
Yes? No?
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went to a tourist thing in Boston where you throw tea in the harbor. All the grownups were like "so does this mean we get rid of the tariffs now ha ha ha ☹️". So *that's* a mood.
October 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
went to a tourist thing in Boston where you throw tea in the harbor. All the grownups were like "so does this mean we get rid of the tariffs now ha ha ha ☹️". So *that's* a mood.
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💡 Want seamless page-to-page animations — no JS required?
The new CSS view-transition at-rule makes it possible!
✅ Works in Chrome, Edge, Safari
🦊 Coming soon to Firefox 144
💫 Perfect for progressive enhancement
Get started 👇
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/...
The new CSS view-transition at-rule makes it possible!
✅ Works in Chrome, Edge, Safari
🦊 Coming soon to Firefox 144
💫 Perfect for progressive enhancement
Get started 👇
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/...
A beginner-friendly guide to view transitions in CSS | MDN Blog
Learn how to bring smooth, animated navigation to multi-page apps with view transitions. With just one line of CSS, you can enable seamless transitions between pages.
developer.mozilla.org
October 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
💡 Want seamless page-to-page animations — no JS required?
The new CSS view-transition at-rule makes it possible!
✅ Works in Chrome, Edge, Safari
🦊 Coming soon to Firefox 144
💫 Perfect for progressive enhancement
Get started 👇
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/...
The new CSS view-transition at-rule makes it possible!
✅ Works in Chrome, Edge, Safari
🦊 Coming soon to Firefox 144
💫 Perfect for progressive enhancement
Get started 👇
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/...
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just added the MEGA TERMINAL CHEAT SHEET from "The Secret Rules of the Terminal" to our list of posters at wizardzines.com#posters
October 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
just added the MEGA TERMINAL CHEAT SHEET from "The Secret Rules of the Terminal" to our list of posters at wizardzines.com#posters
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This is one of the best takedowns of AI art I’ve read. It perfectly articulates exactly my sentiments about the kind of people who are hyped for it, and why they’re wrong and bad.
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
theoatmeal.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This is one of the best takedowns of AI art I’ve read. It perfectly articulates exactly my sentiments about the kind of people who are hyped for it, and why they’re wrong and bad.
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
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New in Deno v2.5.4: Deno tunnel
Connect your local and your Deploy environments.
Connect your local and your Deploy environments.
October 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
New in Deno v2.5.4: Deno tunnel
Connect your local and your Deploy environments.
Connect your local and your Deploy environments.
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We all have a choice.
The Internet is ours.
The Internet is ours.
We all have a choice
Taking action and Doing The Right Thing is often difficult, always exhausting, but it is what we must do, together.
whitep4nth3r.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
We all have a choice.
The Internet is ours.
The Internet is ours.
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(solemnly) You've had mail.
September 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
(solemnly) You've had mail.
September 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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You should read the whole piece from @edzitron.com but if you only read one paragraph, make it this one: OpenAI has burned so much money that there is no more money.
Read that again: it's not just OpenAI that's broke. All of VC is broke.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
Read that again: it's not just OpenAI that's broke. All of VC is broke.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
September 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
You should read the whole piece from @edzitron.com but if you only read one paragraph, make it this one: OpenAI has burned so much money that there is no more money.
Read that again: it's not just OpenAI that's broke. All of VC is broke.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
Read that again: it's not just OpenAI that's broke. All of VC is broke.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
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Here's a #CSS study list, 100+ features to checkout from the past ~5 years.
There're surprises in here for even the most knowledgeable front-end developer!
nerdy.dev/cascading-se...
There're surprises in here for even the most knowledgeable front-end developer!
nerdy.dev/cascading-se...
One List To Rule Them All · September 10, 2025
In the darkness may it bind us
nerdy.dev
September 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Here's a #CSS study list, 100+ features to checkout from the past ~5 years.
There're surprises in here for even the most knowledgeable front-end developer!
nerdy.dev/cascading-se...
There're surprises in here for even the most knowledgeable front-end developer!
nerdy.dev/cascading-se...
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Imagine that we are roommates. You ask me to restock the toilet paper. To prove that I did so, I show you the receipt.
The next morning, when you are in need of toilet paper, you find that the drawer is empty. This is because I have invented a new innovative method that I call Lean Shopping.
1/
The next morning, when you are in need of toilet paper, you find that the drawer is empty. This is because I have invented a new innovative method that I call Lean Shopping.
1/
September 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Imagine that we are roommates. You ask me to restock the toilet paper. To prove that I did so, I show you the receipt.
The next morning, when you are in need of toilet paper, you find that the drawer is empty. This is because I have invented a new innovative method that I call Lean Shopping.
1/
The next morning, when you are in need of toilet paper, you find that the drawer is empty. This is because I have invented a new innovative method that I call Lean Shopping.
1/
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I cannot wait for Invoker Commands and Anchor Positioning to be baseline everywhere.
Brick by brick, browsers are removing the need for JavaScript. It's a beautiful thing!
Brick by brick, browsers are removing the need for JavaScript. It's a beautiful thing!
Wow there are 22 new features in today’s Safari Technology Preview 277! Including `field-sizing`, `scrollbar-color`, `position-visibility`, more of Anchor Positioning, `command` and `commandfor` attributes on buttons, `scrollend` event, Navigation API… and more: webkit.org/blog/17324/r...
Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 227
Safari Technology Preview Release 227 is now available for download for macOS Tahoe and macOS Sequoia.
webkit.org
September 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I cannot wait for Invoker Commands and Anchor Positioning to be baseline everywhere.
Brick by brick, browsers are removing the need for JavaScript. It's a beautiful thing!
Brick by brick, browsers are removing the need for JavaScript. It's a beautiful thing!
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solved an edge case style override in @astro.build using CSS layers a little while back and got around to writing it up
still extremely happy with Astro and its technical choices to lean heavily on web standards. makes stuff like this feel so natural 💜
codetv.dev/blog/astro-c...
still extremely happy with Astro and its technical choices to lean heavily on web standards. makes stuff like this feel so natural 💜
codetv.dev/blog/astro-c...
CSS overrides without important using layers in Astro components
We used to need `!important` to override styles, but it’s not 2021 anymore and there’s a better way: CSS layers.
codetv.dev
August 31, 2025 at 12:14 AM
solved an edge case style override in @astro.build using CSS layers a little while back and got around to writing it up
still extremely happy with Astro and its technical choices to lean heavily on web standards. makes stuff like this feel so natural 💜
codetv.dev/blog/astro-c...
still extremely happy with Astro and its technical choices to lean heavily on web standards. makes stuff like this feel so natural 💜
codetv.dev/blog/astro-c...
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Love HTML? I think you might enjoy Kelp, my new UI library powered by modern CSS and Web Components.
kelpui.com
kelpui.com
Kelp
A UI library for people who love HTML, powered by modern CSS and Web Components.
kelpui.com
August 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Love HTML? I think you might enjoy Kelp, my new UI library powered by modern CSS and Web Components.
kelpui.com
kelpui.com
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This is a very good framing for why AI makes you a worse designer, developer, etc.
One of the skills of a doctor is diagnosis. That skill is rooted in knowledge, attitudes, and habits-of-mind. Automation is an interruptor to the habits-of-mind that allow doctors to do their work. The quest for increased efficiency in this case is actually a block on an important practice.
August 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM
This is a very good framing for why AI makes you a worse designer, developer, etc.