Stuart Langridge
@sil.kryogenix.org
Builds stuff for computers, advises other people how to do so, plays PBP D&D, makes the occasional solo game, eats sandwiches. Part of Open Web Advocacy. Runner of the Critical Role transcript search. In the People’s Republic of Brum. https://kryogenix.org
I remember reading INPUT magazine back in the 80s, typing in programmes. And now that idea is back but for little web things! I am rather chuffed to have been invited to be part of this, DOCTYPE. It's a little bit of joy, which is what I think the web ought to be in the business of helping create.
🚀 NEW MAGAZINE ⌨️
Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/
Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/
DOCTYPE magazine 🚀⌨️
’80s BASIC type-in mags are back, but this time for HTML!
vole.wtf
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I remember reading INPUT magazine back in the 80s, typing in programmes. And now that idea is back but for little web things! I am rather chuffed to have been invited to be part of this, DOCTYPE. It's a little bit of joy, which is what I think the web ought to be in the business of helping create.
Reposted by Stuart Langridge
I heard some professor put googly eyes on a pencil and waved it at his class saying "HI! I'm Tim the pencil! I love helping children with their homework but my favorite is drawing pictures!"
Then, without warning, he snapped the pencil in half.
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Then, without warning, he snapped the pencil in half.
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May 15, 2024 at 3:31 AM
I heard some professor put googly eyes on a pencil and waved it at his class saying "HI! I'm Tim the pencil! I love helping children with their homework but my favorite is drawing pictures!"
Then, without warning, he snapped the pencil in half.
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Then, without warning, he snapped the pencil in half.
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I am similarly shocked that after every award-winning David Attenborough documentary about owls that there’s not a similar balancing documentary about how owls are immigrants murdering our children and stealing our jobs.
Wait, no, that would be stupid because that isn’t happening.
Wait, no, that would be stupid because that isn’t happening.
Michael Prescott was ‘“shocked” that after an hour-long Panorama documentary dealing with Trump and the January 6 insurgency, there was no “similar, balancing” programme about Kamala Harris.’
More read about the machinations between the BBC resignations, the more worrying it becomes
More read about the machinations between the BBC resignations, the more worrying it becomes
The departure of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness means the BBC is leaderless when it needs leadership more than ever. Where are the people at the head of the BBC standing up for it?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I am similarly shocked that after every award-winning David Attenborough documentary about owls that there’s not a similar balancing documentary about how owls are immigrants murdering our children and stealing our jobs.
Wait, no, that would be stupid because that isn’t happening.
Wait, no, that would be stupid because that isn’t happening.
I am not particularly scared of spiders, nor revolted by them. If there’s one in the flat it generally gets carried to the window (and thrown out, admittedly). But, hey man, what are you doing, stop POKING it. Unless you want Hurricane Arachnid right there in your underpants like a firehose. Stop!
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black.
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I am not particularly scared of spiders, nor revolted by them. If there’s one in the flat it generally gets carried to the window (and thrown out, admittedly). But, hey man, what are you doing, stop POKING it. Unless you want Hurricane Arachnid right there in your underpants like a firehose. Stop!
"Hey, Tim Davie is gone from the BBC because he's led them into biased reporting of the far right!"
"Finally!"
"No, it's because they aren't biased enough in FAVOUR of the far right."
"What?"
Auntie, Auntie, what are you doing?
"Finally!"
"No, it's because they aren't biased enough in FAVOUR of the far right."
"What?"
Auntie, Auntie, what are you doing?
November 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"Hey, Tim Davie is gone from the BBC because he's led them into biased reporting of the far right!"
"Finally!"
"No, it's because they aren't biased enough in FAVOUR of the far right."
"What?"
Auntie, Auntie, what are you doing?
"Finally!"
"No, it's because they aren't biased enough in FAVOUR of the far right."
"What?"
Auntie, Auntie, what are you doing?
live the dream, my man. Keep on keepin' on.
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
live the dream, my man. Keep on keepin' on.
Reposted by Stuart Langridge
when your sword’s really long,
but you pronounce it wrong
that’s claymore
but you pronounce it wrong
that’s claymore
March 7, 2024 at 4:04 AM
when your sword’s really long,
but you pronounce it wrong
that’s claymore
but you pronounce it wrong
that’s claymore
Reposted by Stuart Langridge
I feel bluesky may be the only place that has developers who care about this answer
Are there any tools out there that radically simplify building PWA's? Wasn't sure if @bell.bz would know of some.
I really don't want to go down the expo route and use react native for a mobile app, would love pwa
Are there any tools out there that radically simplify building PWA's? Wasn't sure if @bell.bz would know of some.
I really don't want to go down the expo route and use react native for a mobile app, would love pwa
November 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I feel bluesky may be the only place that has developers who care about this answer
Are there any tools out there that radically simplify building PWA's? Wasn't sure if @bell.bz would know of some.
I really don't want to go down the expo route and use react native for a mobile app, would love pwa
Are there any tools out there that radically simplify building PWA's? Wasn't sure if @bell.bz would know of some.
I really don't want to go down the expo route and use react native for a mobile app, would love pwa
I have quite a lot of problems with Starmer and what a disappointment his government have been thus far, but you gotta respect the man on a personal level for putting a semicolon in here. Strong work.
November 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I have quite a lot of problems with Starmer and what a disappointment his government have been thus far, but you gotta respect the man on a personal level for putting a semicolon in here. Strong work.
Interestingly, if you actually read “A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid”, the original paper, the bit where it lists a strand of DNA decodes to IROS-ALIN-DDID-THIS. Must be a coincidence.
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Interestingly, if you actually read “A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid”, the original paper, the bit where it lists a strand of DNA decodes to IROS-ALIN-DDID-THIS. Must be a coincidence.
I have just been informed that the typewriter sounds at the beginning of Dolly Parton’s 9 To 5 were actually her tapping her acrylics together, which I did not know. Hilariously, Wikipedia credits her as “lead vocals; nails”.
November 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I have just been informed that the typewriter sounds at the beginning of Dolly Parton’s 9 To 5 were actually her tapping her acrylics together, which I did not know. Hilariously, Wikipedia credits her as “lead vocals; nails”.
I am a bit embarrassed to discover that (a) there is a youth parliament and (b) it's been a thing for 25 years. I need to do a little bit of reading here, clearly.
nya.org.uk/ukyp/
nya.org.uk/ukyp/
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I am a bit embarrassed to discover that (a) there is a youth parliament and (b) it's been a thing for 25 years. I need to do a little bit of reading here, clearly.
nya.org.uk/ukyp/
nya.org.uk/ukyp/
This is very good. Practical examples of view transitions are importantly so people can see how to use them for real and how there’s no need to hand over all page management to a framework just to get a form field to move between subpages. Nice work @vale.rocks
Declan Chidlow here with some really practical uses of view transitions, along with some of the stuff that will trip you up, with guidance to help you navigate that.
piccalil.li/blog/some-pr...
piccalil.li/blog/some-pr...
Some practical examples of view transitions to elevate your UI
Declan Chidlow here with some really practical uses of view transitions, along with some of the stuff that will trip you up, with guidance to help you navigate that.
piccalil.li
November 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
This is very good. Practical examples of view transitions are importantly so people can see how to use them for real and how there’s no need to hand over all page management to a framework just to get a form field to move between subpages. Nice work @vale.rocks
Reposted by Stuart Langridge
Get your in-person or online ticket now to secure your spot and learn from him on the 28th February 2026!
2026.stateofthebrowser.com/tickets/
2026.stateofthebrowser.com/tickets/
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Get your in-person or online ticket now to secure your spot and learn from him on the 28th February 2026!
2026.stateofthebrowser.com/tickets/
2026.stateofthebrowser.com/tickets/
sigh. A quick search for "pork steak pasta salad" (I've got some pork steaks and was looking for inspiration) and near the top of the (Qwant) search is a recipe website. With a weird insertion.
"Emma, culinary professional" is just one more LLM making things rubbish, I see. Please just stop.
"Emma, culinary professional" is just one more LLM making things rubbish, I see. Please just stop.
November 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
sigh. A quick search for "pork steak pasta salad" (I've got some pork steaks and was looking for inspiration) and near the top of the (Qwant) search is a recipe website. With a weird insertion.
"Emma, culinary professional" is just one more LLM making things rubbish, I see. Please just stop.
"Emma, culinary professional" is just one more LLM making things rubbish, I see. Please just stop.
This is… worryingly accurate in all respects
Later, peace is reestablished when an MBA accidentally enters the lecture hall.
COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/consil...
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/consil...
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is… worryingly accurate in all respects
Reposted by Stuart Langridge
Being a Brit on BlueSky means seeing 1000x more messaging about an election in New York than your local council. Might as well message Zohran about my bin collection.
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Being a Brit on BlueSky means seeing 1000x more messaging about an election in New York than your local council. Might as well message Zohran about my bin collection.
ok, New York, do the right thing today, you know it makes sense. Mamdani seems pretty decent.
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
ok, New York, do the right thing today, you know it makes sense. Mamdani seems pretty decent.
Reposted by Stuart Langridge
The 🇬🇧UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has officially designated Apple as having Strategic Market Status (SMS). After four years investigating Apple’s restrictions on browser engines and web apps, the CMA now has statutory authority to enforce a code of conduct.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The 🇬🇧UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has officially designated Apple as having Strategic Market Status (SMS). After four years investigating Apple’s restrictions on browser engines and web apps, the CMA now has statutory authority to enforce a code of conduct.
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This is why I always hated Meteor, because it deliberately blurred the line between “this is a JS function” and “we will invisibly turn this into a server call for you”. This seems like a good idea, a convenience, for developers and it isn’t. Being explicit feels like extra work, but it’s important.
How our "perfect" one-line isOwner() function in Next.js started always returning true.
Spoiler: It is because of server functions...
Wrote about the bug, the fix, and the "magic" that caused it:
marma.dev/articles/202...
#webdev #javascript #typescript #react #nextjs #serverfunctions
Spoiler: It is because of server functions...
Wrote about the bug, the fix, and the "magic" that caused it:
marma.dev/articles/202...
#webdev #javascript #typescript #react #nextjs #serverfunctions
marma.dev
November 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
This is why I always hated Meteor, because it deliberately blurred the line between “this is a JS function” and “we will invisibly turn this into a server call for you”. This seems like a good idea, a convenience, for developers and it isn’t. Being explicit feels like extra work, but it’s important.
You can't HAVE too much backstory. But nobody but you is obliged to listen to or be interested in it. Write it for yourself in however much detail you want; tell your GM the parts of it that you want to be relevant; let the rest inform your play without necessarily mentioning it.
This is hard to do.
This is hard to do.
How much backstory is too much for a TTRPG player?
Too much backstory in D&D?
YouTube video by Dice Company
youtube.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM
You can't HAVE too much backstory. But nobody but you is obliged to listen to or be interested in it. Write it for yourself in however much detail you want; tell your GM the parts of it that you want to be relevant; let the rest inform your play without necessarily mentioning it.
This is hard to do.
This is hard to do.
Listen to this guy Rufus, he knows what he's talking about
November 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Listen to this guy Rufus, he knows what he's talking about
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the statue in the sand
Its disjecta membra scattered by a blow from hist'ry's hand
On the pedestal its name decays for to misunderstand
That Ozy's might is gone
Its disjecta membra scattered by a blow from hist'ry's hand
On the pedestal its name decays for to misunderstand
That Ozy's might is gone
This is just to say
I have looked on
the works
that were in
the desert
and which
you were probably
thinking
would still stand
Forgive me
they were trunkless
so vast
and so old
I have looked on
the works
that were in
the desert
and which
you were probably
thinking
would still stand
Forgive me
they were trunkless
so vast
and so old
Once upon a desert sandy
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
October 31, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the statue in the sand
Its disjecta membra scattered by a blow from hist'ry's hand
On the pedestal its name decays for to misunderstand
That Ozy's might is gone
Its disjecta membra scattered by a blow from hist'ry's hand
On the pedestal its name decays for to misunderstand
That Ozy's might is gone
Reposted by Stuart Langridge
Despite the headline it’s not George RR Martin personally going for them cos he’s rich and famous. It’s all of us.
The test case used his work, but it’s about the plain-as-day issue that ANY generative AI ignores and infringes copyright, by passing off.
That’s a win for basic law.
The test case used his work, but it’s about the plain-as-day issue that ANY generative AI ignores and infringes copyright, by passing off.
That’s a win for basic law.
Judge rules George R.R. Martin and other authors can sue OpenAI for copyright infringement
• Said ChatGPT generated 'Game of Thrones' content similar enough to infringe copyright
• OpenAI’s motion to dismiss was denied
• Said ChatGPT generated 'Game of Thrones' content similar enough to infringe copyright
• OpenAI’s motion to dismiss was denied
October 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Despite the headline it’s not George RR Martin personally going for them cos he’s rich and famous. It’s all of us.
The test case used his work, but it’s about the plain-as-day issue that ANY generative AI ignores and infringes copyright, by passing off.
That’s a win for basic law.
The test case used his work, but it’s about the plain-as-day issue that ANY generative AI ignores and infringes copyright, by passing off.
That’s a win for basic law.