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I feel like I've seen some pretty clear stats that basically no one digs into their phone's OS settings. Outside of wallpapers and _maybe_ icons, customisation is rare. And yet somehow people might want to homebrew their own UIs now?
November 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I feel like I've seen some pretty clear stats that basically no one digs into their phone's OS settings. Outside of wallpapers and _maybe_ icons, customisation is rare. And yet somehow people might want to homebrew their own UIs now?
Any chance of a weekly "here's what's changed/now available" feed? Igalia has one that's _nice_ but never quite works the way I want it to. I'd love to be able to get a list of "here's what's brand new, and here's what just passed over the threshold of actually useable" 😅
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Any chance of a weekly "here's what's changed/now available" feed? Igalia has one that's _nice_ but never quite works the way I want it to. I'd love to be able to get a list of "here's what's brand new, and here's what just passed over the threshold of actually useable" 😅
I wouldn't skip a11y as a result, but it makes components a pain. Stuff like Input components and up needing UUID functions. It would be amazing to be able to target label/input (etc.) via querySelector style syntax instead of it only being ID (or data-attributes, or just anything that isn't global)
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I wouldn't skip a11y as a result, but it makes components a pain. Stuff like Input components and up needing UUID functions. It would be amazing to be able to target label/input (etc.) via querySelector style syntax instead of it only being ID (or data-attributes, or just anything that isn't global)
Recently had an example of this, fundamentally a two-column flex that, when it does wrap, wants to completely change the layout of the contents. E.g. go from space-between, with alternating left/right text alignment, to fully centred.
Being able to know when that parent wrapped would be great!
Being able to know when that parent wrapped would be great!
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Recently had an example of this, fundamentally a two-column flex that, when it does wrap, wants to completely change the layout of the contents. E.g. go from space-between, with alternating left/right text alignment, to fully centred.
Being able to know when that parent wrapped would be great!
Being able to know when that parent wrapped would be great!
I see localisation has already been mentioned, I'll add account-specific state/customisation (different users, when authenticated, may get different navs) to that list, as well as accessibility, as people use different font sizes (or different fonts completely)
November 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I see localisation has already been mentioned, I'll add account-specific state/customisation (different users, when authenticated, may get different navs) to that list, as well as accessibility, as people use different font sizes (or different fonts completely)
Well this was a fascinating thread. As someone who has worked with React/Gatsby/Next/Remix for about 5 years, native Windows is slower than Mac, but really only on npm install. Never had any other issues. Never even considered running Node apps via WSL (use it for some PHP stuff but that's it)
October 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Well this was a fascinating thread. As someone who has worked with React/Gatsby/Next/Remix for about 5 years, native Windows is slower than Mac, but really only on npm install. Never had any other issues. Never even considered running Node apps via WSL (use it for some PHP stuff but that's it)
And if work wasn't paying for my license, I would stop using it all together.
Environmental (and non-theft related ethical) concerns continue to be an issue.
It's not a justification that I like, but the utility over DDG, Google, Bing et al. (all of whom run an AI search _anyway_) does add up
Environmental (and non-theft related ethical) concerns continue to be an issue.
It's not a justification that I like, but the utility over DDG, Google, Bing et al. (all of whom run an AI search _anyway_) does add up
October 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
And if work wasn't paying for my license, I would stop using it all together.
Environmental (and non-theft related ethical) concerns continue to be an issue.
It's not a justification that I like, but the utility over DDG, Google, Bing et al. (all of whom run an AI search _anyway_) does add up
Environmental (and non-theft related ethical) concerns continue to be an issue.
It's not a justification that I like, but the utility over DDG, Google, Bing et al. (all of whom run an AI search _anyway_) does add up
I'd also be happy if the whole industry disappeared tomorrow. It wouldn't really impact my day-to-day, and the trade-offs would just go in reverse.
I feel _okay_ using Copilot, purely because it was (allegedly) trained on public code. I now do not use other forms for ethical reasons…
I feel _okay_ using Copilot, purely because it was (allegedly) trained on public code. I now do not use other forms for ethical reasons…
October 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I'd also be happy if the whole industry disappeared tomorrow. It wouldn't really impact my day-to-day, and the trade-offs would just go in reverse.
I feel _okay_ using Copilot, purely because it was (allegedly) trained on public code. I now do not use other forms for ethical reasons…
I feel _okay_ using Copilot, purely because it was (allegedly) trained on public code. I now do not use other forms for ethical reasons…
I will say, the Copilot review has also massively reduced stupid error loops (typos, single missed connections, that kind of thing), which has sped up the team, and saves face, frankly. It also hallucinates, and says dumb stuff; I have concerns that some people seem to just merge every suggestion…
October 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I will say, the Copilot review has also massively reduced stupid error loops (typos, single missed connections, that kind of thing), which has sped up the team, and saves face, frankly. It also hallucinates, and says dumb stuff; I have concerns that some people seem to just merge every suggestion…
Despite this, I find myself turning to it more often that not. For languages I don't know, it gets code working. For those I do, it's a better search engine than just about anything else, bar MDN and (some!) official docs. And when it correctly automates a repetitive task, it feels great…
October 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Despite this, I find myself turning to it more often that not. For languages I don't know, it gets code working. For those I do, it's a better search engine than just about anything else, bar MDN and (some!) official docs. And when it correctly automates a repetitive task, it feels great…
Add on top how hallucinations can send you down utterly non-existent rabbit holes (not helped by the fact that I've likely already lost trust in "official" sources, which Copilot has already proven wrong or incomplete), and whenever I've tracked time, it comes out net negative…
October 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Add on top how hallucinations can send you down utterly non-existent rabbit holes (not helped by the fact that I've likely already lost trust in "official" sources, which Copilot has already proven wrong or incomplete), and whenever I've tracked time, it comes out net negative…
However! My guess would be that we would gain far more in efficiency if search engines yielded better results, and dev tools/services had better documentation. For every quick autocomplete win, I reckon we lost far more in fighting bad recommendations and the loss of flow you get dismissing pop ups…
October 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
However! My guess would be that we would gain far more in efficiency if search engines yielded better results, and dev tools/services had better documentation. For every quick autocomplete win, I reckon we lost far more in fighting bad recommendations and the loss of flow you get dismissing pop ups…
I do use the Copilot "Explain" function quite a lot, alongside prev. mentioned replacement of search engines. I often find that Copilot can surface functions and APIs that even the official documentation lacks (most recently with several WordPress plugins)…
October 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I do use the Copilot "Explain" function quite a lot, alongside prev. mentioned replacement of search engines. I often find that Copilot can surface functions and APIs that even the official documentation lacks (most recently with several WordPress plugins)…
In terms of usefulness, I find Copilot's autocomplete (via VSCode) 50/50 in terms of benefit vs irritation. It sometimes automates repetitive tasks (typically refactors), but it's also very inconsistent in when it tries to "help". I find it less and less useful the better I know the language…
October 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
In terms of usefulness, I find Copilot's autocomplete (via VSCode) 50/50 in terms of benefit vs irritation. It sometimes automates repetitive tasks (typically refactors), but it's also very inconsistent in when it tries to "help". I find it less and less useful the better I know the language…
I work as a senior front-end dev at a company that provides GitHub Copilot licenses and expects you to (at minimum) use GitHub's Copilot code reviewer. I have, in the past, used Claude as a form of search engine replacement, particularly for documentation, though at this point Copilot is all I use…
October 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I work as a senior front-end dev at a company that provides GitHub Copilot licenses and expects you to (at minimum) use GitHub's Copilot code reviewer. I have, in the past, used Claude as a form of search engine replacement, particularly for documentation, though at this point Copilot is all I use…
Not sure if a CKEditor plugin exists for WordPress, but if it does then I would recommend it. Craft has one and it's a very nice Markdown editor that outputs HTML, so feels like it would work.
October 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Not sure if a CKEditor plugin exists for WordPress, but if it does then I would recommend it. Craft has one and it's a very nice Markdown editor that outputs HTML, so feels like it would work.
Is there any way to _remove_ a selection? Definitely clicked one by accident, and also figured I'd be able to remove, so added more (hard to jump back and forth, much easier to read down the list and just grab any that I know would be useful for me)
October 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Is there any way to _remove_ a selection? Definitely clicked one by accident, and also figured I'd be able to remove, so added more (hard to jump back and forth, much easier to read down the list and just grab any that I know would be useful for me)
Do dashboards count as a navigation pattern? The kind of thing I'm specifically thinking about are where you have some data (maybe a table, maybe a graph, maybe a summary card) and can either change it's "shape" or click into it for a filtered view. Common (in that use case) but feels tricky
August 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Do dashboards count as a navigation pattern? The kind of thing I'm specifically thinking about are where you have some data (maybe a table, maybe a graph, maybe a summary card) and can either change it's "shape" or click into it for a filtered view. Common (in that use case) but feels tricky
Plus it feels possible to do this without a new attribute. Could allow a fallback for older browsers, and some kind of syntactic sugar to enhance with better selectors. Because `for` is a decent name.
August 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Plus it feels possible to do this without a new attribute. Could allow a fallback for older browsers, and some kind of syntactic sugar to enhance with better selectors. Because `for` is a decent name.
There's definitely scope for abuse and confusing logic, but I think the current association trips people up a lot anyway, particularly in component architectures where guaranteeing uniqueness on a page is hard-to-impossible
August 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
There's definitely scope for abuse and confusing logic, but I think the current association trips people up a lot anyway, particularly in component architectures where guaranteeing uniqueness on a page is hard-to-impossible