This is CSS performance problem I see all too often.

The React website has some jank due due to their use of transition.

Here is how to find what causes it and how and fix it

I hate footnotes, especially on the web, and hopefully by the end of this, you will too.

jakearchibald.com/2025/give-fo...

today is my 40th birthday. to toot my own horn a bit, I'm the happiest, healthiest, and most successful I've ever been, so I'm going to indulge myself and do one of those "40 things that made me who I am" threads

so buckle up (or mute me for the next little bit 😆)

New thing! @jrcpl.us and I have been exploring home-made software. We made a prototype of a tool for making scrappy little apps for you and your friends.

pontus.granstrom.me/scrappy/

Grabbed a mug of tea and finally catching up with @tink.uk’s FFConf talk “AI and Accessibility: the Good, the Bad, and the Bollocks”
youtu.be/Ij-GLix2QUQ

#a11y #accessibility

There is surely already a dystopian novel about this

I wrote up this blog on AI models for GitHub Copilot in case y'all aren't sure which ones to pick!

github.blog/ai-and-ml/gi...

Today I learned why Shopify-powered dropshipping scams work:

Amex refuses to allow filing a chargeback when a webshop scams a customer by advertising an AI-generated image, sending something else... and then offering money back only if paying for shipping + tracking to a warehouse in China

Talking with an early-stage recruiter who work with most large VCs about what engineering hires they make:

50% backend (in popularity: TS, Python, Go, some Rust; but not strong pref)
25% fullstack (usually React+TS+RN)
10-15% AU/ML (backend generalists who know AI)
5% frontend