Rowan Merewood
@rowan.fyi
It's rowan.fyi
#DevRel with #Chrome at #Google
We should improve the web somewhat.
#DevRel with #Chrome at #Google
We should improve the web somewhat.
More quality tech people to follow ⤵️
Are we still doing starter packs?
Put this one together because I love seeing things that lovely folks write on the internet, and I'm sure there are more people to meet and add to this list.
go.bsky.app/AnM2t7r
Put this one together because I love seeing things that lovely folks write on the internet, and I'm sure there are more people to meet and add to this list.
go.bsky.app/AnM2t7r
November 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
More quality tech people to follow ⤵️
Can't quite put my finger on it, but the use of "forever x" consistently grates.
"Forever home", "forever chemicals", etc. I think it's the same reaction to "doggo" and "pupper" (developed an eye twitch just typing this), but I don't have to read those terms in actual grown-up newspapers.
"Forever home", "forever chemicals", etc. I think it's the same reaction to "doggo" and "pupper" (developed an eye twitch just typing this), but I don't have to read those terms in actual grown-up newspapers.
November 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Can't quite put my finger on it, but the use of "forever x" consistently grates.
"Forever home", "forever chemicals", etc. I think it's the same reaction to "doggo" and "pupper" (developed an eye twitch just typing this), but I don't have to read those terms in actual grown-up newspapers.
"Forever home", "forever chemicals", etc. I think it's the same reaction to "doggo" and "pupper" (developed an eye twitch just typing this), but I don't have to read those terms in actual grown-up newspapers.
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My website is live 🛰️
After trying various stacks (jekyll eleventy astro etc), I landed back on a good old GH page for easy maintenance and low dependencies
maudnals.github.io/
After trying various stacks (jekyll eleventy astro etc), I landed back on a good old GH page for easy maintenance and low dependencies
maudnals.github.io/
November 14, 2025 at 10:46 AM
My website is live 🛰️
After trying various stacks (jekyll eleventy astro etc), I landed back on a good old GH page for easy maintenance and low dependencies
maudnals.github.io/
After trying various stacks (jekyll eleventy astro etc), I landed back on a good old GH page for easy maintenance and low dependencies
maudnals.github.io/
Ha, wait... So one of the newer Final Fantasy games came out a quarter of a century ago? 😵
Oh HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to the North American release of Final Fantasy IX, it's been 25 years. Holy mother of Ramuh.
One of the all time greatest.
One of the all time greatest.
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Ha, wait... So one of the newer Final Fantasy games came out a quarter of a century ago? 😵
Long standing issue with pinch zoom + scroll moving too fast on Fractious. Hopped in with Gemini CLI and immediately found a fix, which was neat. It can't quite figure out doing quad precision floats emulated in GLSL yet for super deep zoom... but maybe both of us can.
localhost:4321/made/fractio...
localhost:4321/made/fractio...
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Long standing issue with pinch zoom + scroll moving too fast on Fractious. Hopped in with Gemini CLI and immediately found a fix, which was neat. It can't quite figure out doing quad precision floats emulated in GLSL yet for super deep zoom... but maybe both of us can.
localhost:4321/made/fractio...
localhost:4321/made/fractio...
Building a toy project is my favourite way to learn, so I used Chrome's built-in AI APIs and Tone.js to create a vibe-based music box. Sharing a few of the lessons here from both the APIs and using Gemini to vibe-code the vibes. Maybe you can share back tunes you discover?
rowan.fyi/posts/musaic...
rowan.fyi/posts/musaic...
Musaic box
Experimenting with Chrome's built-in AI APIs and Tone.js to create a vibe-based music box.
rowan.fyi
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Building a toy project is my favourite way to learn, so I used Chrome's built-in AI APIs and Tone.js to create a vibe-based music box. Sharing a few of the lessons here from both the APIs and using Gemini to vibe-code the vibes. Maybe you can share back tunes you discover?
rowan.fyi/posts/musaic...
rowan.fyi/posts/musaic...
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
Neat, I forgot I had subscribed to Paramount+. Not anymore; cancelled.
Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows.
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Paramount Has Blacklist for Stars Deemed “Overtly Antisemitic” — World of Reel
It sure looks like the likes of Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo won’t be making movies for Paramount in the foreseeable future.
www.worldofreel.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Neat, I forgot I had subscribed to Paramount+. Not anymore; cancelled.
Getting a much needed blast of weird, grindy, grimy, dark, synthy sound waves with Gost, Kælan Mikla, and Perturbator in Kentish Town tonight.
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Getting a much needed blast of weird, grindy, grimy, dark, synthy sound waves with Gost, Kælan Mikla, and Perturbator in Kentish Town tonight.
📣 Make sure you download our app to track your order, see your tickets, manage your reservation, etc. !!!!
🙄 Turns out that web link works just fine and I will, in fact, NEVER be downloading your app.
(You know who you are. 👀)
🙄 Turns out that web link works just fine and I will, in fact, NEVER be downloading your app.
(You know who you are. 👀)
November 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
📣 Make sure you download our app to track your order, see your tickets, manage your reservation, etc. !!!!
🙄 Turns out that web link works just fine and I will, in fact, NEVER be downloading your app.
(You know who you are. 👀)
🙄 Turns out that web link works just fine and I will, in fact, NEVER be downloading your app.
(You know who you are. 👀)
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A neat little quiz game: Is a headline homophobia from the 80s-90s or transphobia from the 2010s-2020s? Because it's all the same bullshit, repackaged for the hate du jour
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
Have I Got Phobia For You
Bringing attention to the often harmful practices of our mainstream media. Thankfully the days of vile hostility against gay people are now more or less over, but, reading today’s newspapers, there’s ...
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A neat little quiz game: Is a headline homophobia from the 80s-90s or transphobia from the 2010s-2020s? Because it's all the same bullshit, repackaged for the hate du jour
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
Lots of good features here, but I'm especially enthusiastic about the Digital Credentials API. Early days still, but it's a possible route to doing age verification in a sensible way.
Chrome 143 beta is live → goo.gle/3Wr7nTX
This release includes CSS anchored fallback container queries, FedCM support for structured JSON responses, a new Digital Credentials API origin trial, and more.
This release includes CSS anchored fallback container queries, FedCM support for structured JSON responses, a new Digital Credentials API origin trial, and more.
November 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Lots of good features here, but I'm especially enthusiastic about the Digital Credentials API. Early days still, but it's a possible route to doing age verification in a sensible way.
Reposted by Rowan Merewood
📢 New blog post! Running Node.js 🐢🚀 in a Hugging Face 🤗 Space:
blog.tomayac.com/2025/11/03/r...
I found out about Hugging Face Spaces and that it supports Docker, which allowed me to create an evergreen template for running Node.js in a Hugging Face Space.
blog.tomayac.com/2025/11/03/r...
I found out about Hugging Face Spaces and that it supports Docker, which allowed me to create an evergreen template for running Node.js in a Hugging Face Space.
Running Node.js in a Hugging Face Space
The personal blog of Thomas Steiner
blog.tomayac.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:34 AM
📢 New blog post! Running Node.js 🐢🚀 in a Hugging Face 🤗 Space:
blog.tomayac.com/2025/11/03/r...
I found out about Hugging Face Spaces and that it supports Docker, which allowed me to create an evergreen template for running Node.js in a Hugging Face Space.
blog.tomayac.com/2025/11/03/r...
I found out about Hugging Face Spaces and that it supports Docker, which allowed me to create an evergreen template for running Node.js in a Hugging Face Space.
I find daily affirmations help me focus on what's really important.
November 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I find daily affirmations help me focus on what's really important.
No one wants to explain which world this "World Series" is referring to.
November 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
No one wants to explain which world this "World Series" is referring to.
It actually *is* a dark and stormy night!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_was_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_was_...
It was a dark and stormy night - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It actually *is* a dark and stormy night!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_was_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_was_...
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I am at #perfnow the next two days. Drop by the Google help desk if you want to chat about the Devtools MCP server or our performance agent in Devtools.
October 30, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I am at #perfnow the next two days. Drop by the Google help desk if you want to chat about the Devtools MCP server or our performance agent in Devtools.
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The UK has surpassed US in VPN use. Just a few months into the disastrous roll-out of the Online Safety Act, the UK the number one G7 nation for VPN downloads and one of the fastest growing VPN markets in the world.
It's competitors? Repressive regimes like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Singapore.
It's competitors? Repressive regimes like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Singapore.
VPN usage is exploding in the UK — here's how it compares to Europe and the US
The UK has become one of the world's top VPN-using nations, and the trend is accelerating
www.techradar.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The UK has surpassed US in VPN use. Just a few months into the disastrous roll-out of the Online Safety Act, the UK the number one G7 nation for VPN downloads and one of the fastest growing VPN markets in the world.
It's competitors? Repressive regimes like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Singapore.
It's competitors? Repressive regimes like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Singapore.
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Happy 34th Birthday HTML tags!
On October 29, 1991, the internet pioneer, Tim Berners-Lee, published a document entitled HTML Tags.
#WebDesignHistory
On October 29, 1991, the internet pioneer, Tim Berners-Lee, published a document entitled HTML Tags.
#WebDesignHistory
October 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Happy 34th Birthday HTML tags!
On October 29, 1991, the internet pioneer, Tim Berners-Lee, published a document entitled HTML Tags.
#WebDesignHistory
On October 29, 1991, the internet pioneer, Tim Berners-Lee, published a document entitled HTML Tags.
#WebDesignHistory
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It's time to make HTTPS the web's default, and reap the full security benefit from years worth of HTTPS adoption!
security.googleblog.com/2025/10/http...
security.googleblog.com/2025/10/http...
HTTPS by default
One year from now, with the release of Chrome 154 in October 2026, we will change the default settings of Chrome to enable “Always Use Secu...
security.googleblog.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It's time to make HTTPS the web's default, and reap the full security benefit from years worth of HTTPS adoption!
security.googleblog.com/2025/10/http...
security.googleblog.com/2025/10/http...
There's something so satisfying about hanging the laundry so it dries with no creases. No need to iron, I cheat death once again!
October 28, 2025 at 8:53 AM
There's something so satisfying about hanging the laundry so it dries with no creases. No need to iron, I cheat death once again!
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for some reason back in 2017, I decided to make a website to make fake video game screenshots. This was a good idea and made a lot of people laugh.
Here's to the Death Generator, eight years and 270ish games later!
deathgenerator.com
Here's to the Death Generator, eight years and 270ish games later!
deathgenerator.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
for some reason back in 2017, I decided to make a website to make fake video game screenshots. This was a good idea and made a lot of people laugh.
Here's to the Death Generator, eight years and 270ish games later!
deathgenerator.com
Here's to the Death Generator, eight years and 270ish games later!
deathgenerator.com
Thought I'd just do some quick fun feature on my site. Instead end up going down a rabbit hole of how Prettier can't format HTML and end up fiddling with plugins, alternative formatters, etc.
github.com/prettier/pre...
github.com/prettier/pre...
Use void tags for supported elements rather than self-closing · Issue #15336 · prettier/prettier
As i'm sure you're aware, there's an ancient (and forever ongoing) issue around customising whether we include the / in self closing tags or not. I'm creating this issue to be a bit more explicit a...
github.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Thought I'd just do some quick fun feature on my site. Instead end up going down a rabbit hole of how Prettier can't format HTML and end up fiddling with plugins, alternative formatters, etc.
github.com/prettier/pre...
github.com/prettier/pre...
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A CSS terrain generator. No WebGL, just stacked grids and 3D transforms: terra.layoutit.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A CSS terrain generator. No WebGL, just stacked grids and 3D transforms: terra.layoutit.com