Pascal Laliberté
pascallaliberte.me
Pascal Laliberté
@pascallaliberte.me
Building https://readwith.club

Weekly post for software creatives:
https://everyonewantsprogress.com

On Buyer Psychology:
https://sharpen.page/ten

Dev:
💎Rails + ⚡️Hotwire

OSS Contributor:
🚅 Bullet Train
Ever wonder how in Star Trek, nobody’s on their PADD, doom scrolling?

It’s a loaded question, because it’s a show.

I wonder, because I think it might have something to do with the adventure they’re on, and the discipline and the hurry to make it happen.

You made it through the Academy!
September 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Anybody have any idea what to do to fix bottom sticky elements in iOS Safari 26?

I'd like to either hide whatever comes after this bottom sticky bar (it doesn't scroll behind Safari's new liquid bar), or position it to the absolute bottom (below the new liquid bar)

safe-area-inset-bottom is no use
September 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Putting the whole computer board in the bump, the antenna, everything...

...that must have been a fun set of eureka moments for the designers

#AppleEvent
September 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
You know, y'all who are trashing Safari...

How is it the hanging-punctuation is like this in 2025?

What's going on, Internet?
caniuse.com?search=hangi...
September 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Fun!

You get a lot for free with Turbo Frames.

The Cancel link targets the right data-turbo-frame and boom.
August 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
August 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Well well! This does the job:
August 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
RE: View Transitions and Turbo...

Anybody run into this problem?

In Chrome, the view transition gets skipped from a Turbo Frame render.

Works in Safari.
August 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Was just at a local accelerator hub (Invest Ottawa) for an event, and look at what I found:

A "Take a Book" bookshelf of entrepreneurial titles.

So I took one that had a double:
"Onward", about Starbucks' CEO.

And look at the Montreal Entrepreneur's Guide from early 2000s!
August 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Today hitting "deploy" on a small step with ReadWith that's been long in the making:

If you're in the beta:
Look for the "Invite others to read with you" link.

If you're interested in joining the beta, hit me up, I'll add a few spots.
August 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Today I'm sending out updates to friends with whom I've been reading books with my ReadWith app.

The new version of ReadWith is redesigned, adds a way to discover other friends whose book reading notes I've vouched for.

Looking forward to hear people's feedback.
May 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Currently Reading...

A couple of these pair well with each other. I like reading a couple books at the same time, on a similar subject.
April 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Curious for your take:

What does this screen tell you, in a book club app?
April 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Truuuuuuuuuuuck
April 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Thinking of putting together a local meetup in #ottawa #yow.

Tentative name:
"Minimum Viable Meetup"

Who it's for: devs and creatives working on side projects, digital inventions or products.

Format:
A recurring "Projects Night" event to start, every two week.

Feedback on a logo to use (1-4)?
April 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Got it into the app. I kinda like it.
April 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Equal height back-card:

If the back card would take more room than the front card would take, use min-w-full on both and -translate-x-full on the back card.
March 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Avoiding a dropdown is fun, but I don't know if I'm going to regret this...
March 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Something like this treatment...
March 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Too much? I'm trying to avoid a dropdown for 👆
March 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Can I get your opinion?

Which icons do you like better? Left or right?
(for Edit Note and Delete...)

It's for a book club app.
March 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Accountability:

Did a little more design work on this today.

Just sketches, but it's for a part of the app that look pretty horrible right now.
February 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I think I've figured out an important design bit here, allowing to show in the thread whose other notes you see...

Reading With:
- Your own previous reading
- Readers You Picked
- an Accountability Group called "Alpha" (??)
February 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I'm not the only one
February 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Update on this design

Going with a chat-like left-right cards, with a subtle timeline in the middle

What about the simile book spine for the "book" title-author?
February 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM