Matthew Howell
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Matthew Howell
@matthewhowell.net
Web person.

An enthusiastic believer in the Web and all things HTML and CSS. Developer/designer/generalist and–sometimes–other kind of person. Perpetually the only employee at Reasonable Company.

Also an American-Kiwi in Auckland.

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One of my favorite ways is to use JSDoc instead
November 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Right there with you. It’s pretty hard not to see it as a universal evil.

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Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
November 7, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Reposted by Matthew Howell
Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
If The Spinoff were to hire the entire Metro staff and put out a Spinoff Quarterly (or whatever) I would immediately double my yearly membership donation. Just saying!
October 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
+ Feeds have published specs
October 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
- Feeds do not track or surveil their readers
- Feeds contain no JavaScript
- Feeds (normally) contain no advertising
- Feeds are infrastructure: they can be built upon
- Feeds are links and links can be shared
October 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
- Feeds are simple, finished technology
- Feeds are easy to create and maintain
- Feeds are fast, scalable
- Feeds can be downloaded for offline reading
- Feeds are chronological lists, not algorithmic lists
October 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM