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    "Ice" is an #opensource tool for #MacOS that acts as a menu bar management tool. Some are looking at this now as a Bartender replacement, although this doesn't seem to be as full featured yet. https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice

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    #Adobe policy updates. If you use their products for confidential projects, this might be worth being on your radar. Because it's come up in the same conversation – just going to here for my records (and anyone else) this list of alternatives for #Adobe software. https://github.com/KenneyNL/Adobe-Alternatives #webdev #design #photoshop

  • I of course used to use #Adobe big time in my early web days. Once they went subscription, I did annual for a few years then dropped them for Pixelmator Pro (a #MacOs app that I paid a one-time fee for, but paid to update later). https://www.pixelmator.com/pro/ Not only does it do 90% of what…

  • Which of the three types of people are you? If you don't drive vote based on how well you know yourself).

  • In reply to @davidbisset. Wildcard is the #OpenAI partnership though. That is the anti-matter to Apple's "Privacy sell" matter. Meaning it could cause a huge explosion or that it can channel an advancement of warp drive if done right.

  • Next week #WWDC predictions? #AI wise easy: Nothing that's going to match or top Google, Microsoft. #Apple will focus on iterations and practical ways intelligence is incorporated into the OS. This will extract a cry of "Apple is behind on AI". Which they are. But not worried. They'e always been fast followers. If they don't…

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    Mistakes happen. Not coming down hard on #Shopify here but this scare probably could have been prevented if this $25m a year business maybe didn't put all their eggs in one basket. #OwnYourOwnContent Imagine doing that much $$$ and you could be seemingly wiped out in 7 days with no recourse.

  • "Why We Don't Have a #Laravel For #JavaScript… Yet" https://wasp-lang.dev/blog/2024/05/29/why-we-dont-have-laravel-for-javascript-yet

  • It's been a half of a century of #SQL already. #database https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/31/fifty_years_of_sql/

  • Making a tic-tac-toe game with 'randomness' using pure #HTML and #CSS. Without #JavaScript. https://blog.scottlogic.com/2024/05/17/noJS-2-stochastic-boogaloo.html

  • "20 Years of #Blogging On my own website" https://jeena.net/20-years-blogging via @jeena "…it's mostly for me to sort out my thoughts about some topic and to document something that has been going on which I might want to come back to in the future and read from a different perspective."

  • Why new #CSS features aren't getting fast adoption as one might think. https://mxb.dev/blog/old-dogs-new-css-tricks/ "While there are many different reasons for the slow adoption, I think one of the biggest barriers are our own brains."

  • "Why we're lucky #WordPress is here" via @davew http://scripting.com/2024/03/21/125505.html "WordPress is, among other things, a perfect time capsule of open technologies from the early days of innovation on the web."

  • https://tenbluelinks.org shows you can set "Google Web" (what some are calling Google's AI/clutter-free search results) as your default search engine. #Google #AI

  • True. "VCs aren't your friends". https://openvc.app/blog/vcs-arent-your-friends #business #investments

  • When it comes to #tech I see: 1. Glass half full2. Glass half empty3. Potential for glass to be great.4. Potential for glass to be misused.5. Want to know how the glass is made.6. Question if it's a glass.7. Where am I and why is there a glass in front of me? #pessimistic #optimist #realist…

  • What's new in #PHP 8.4 via Brent at stitcher.io. https://stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-84

  • OH: "What's the difference between a light bulb and a #programmer? A light bulb stops working when it burns out." #programming #webdev #burnout

  • Web #developers: If you haven't read anything about accessibility then this post of simple (quick and dirty) might be a good start. #a11y https://www.tpgi.com/quick-and-dirty-accessibility

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    Starting work on someone's legacy codebase realizing with TERROR it's not built with the framework you expected. #webdev #programming #memes #JavaScript

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    CSS Text Box Trim examples. It's a #CSS property that allows you to remove the leading whitespace from a block of text. Useful for removing the space between the top of the text and the top of the container. #frontend

  • “It's getting hard to use and recommend #Firefox, I'm afraid for the free web” #openweb #browsers https://ntietz.com/blog/firefox-and-the-free-web/

  • Happy Anniversary to BASIC. Turns 60. 🎉 https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/the-basic-programming-language-turns-60/ I believe my first #programming language (if you don't count LOGO) was Apple Basic. #history

  • React Bricks CMS. "The only headless #CMS with true Visual Editing. Turn your #React components into visual editing blocks." (I bookmark CMS for inspiration and research – it's got a bold claim, i'll give it that). https://www.reactbricks.com/

  • I'm recently bookmarking posts and podcasts that fall under the heading of "My Dream #CMS Wish List". https://kevquirk.com/what-would-my-dream-cms-be This one is from @kev – Have a flexible UI– Ability to proof read content– Be a social space– Cross-post to wherever I need it to– Integrate with Git– Be easily extensible #WordPress #Ghost #Blogging

  • "2024 is the year corporate #opensource died" https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/corporate-open-source-dead via @@geerlingguy "…it's totally different when you build your product under an open source license, foster a community of users who then build their own businesses on top of that software, then yoink the license when your revenue is affected. That's called a bait-and-switch."

  • So the AI Pin (first attempt at least) is a dud… and it looks like the #Rabbit 1 might be… just a lie? If true (that's still an if) then looks like another cash grab or just plain trickery. https://github.com/rabbitscam/rabbitr1 via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40135250 Meanwhile I'm using #AI on my already existing hardware -smartphone and desktop –…

  • #Developers have words (usually swear words) for bad experiences debugging their old code. But when you go back into your old code and get it working? For me i'll declare "I just pulled a #Voyager moment". #NASA

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    Thoughts from Mike McAlister on "why #WordPress block themes aren't taking off" https://twitter.com/mikemcalister/status/1782569496042938587

  • In reply to @davidbisset. * I say almost because this doesn't including heavily based in web standards. And someday big tech like FB and WP will be gone but (just like Twitter) the demise is predicted way sooner and not in the way most would see it.