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I wrote a JavaScript tutorial for improving procedural code with more declarative, functional code.

https://blakewatson.com/journal/fancy-foreach-with-functional-programming-in-javascript

Some people just want to watch the world burn and type their smileys backward (:

In the US, our disability support programs impose stringent financial limits. In the case of SSI, participants cannot have more than $2k in assets (cash, checking, savings, etc combined).

That limit was set in the 80s and hasn’t been updated since.

It’s time to fix that.

https://thearc.org/blog/new-bipartisan-bill-would-advance-economic-security-for-disabled-americans/

In the US, our disability support programs impose stringent financial limits. In the case of SSI, participants cannot have more than $2k in assets (cash, checking, savings, etc combined).

That limit was set in the 80s and hasn’t been updated since.

It’s time to fix that.

https://thearc.org/blog/new-bipartisan-bill-would-advance-economic-security-for-disabled-americans/

Software dev projects would be so much more fun if you could finish them.

Ayyy. Ivory for macOS will now respect custom icons. I’m using this delightful one by @andycarolan!

https://ko-fi.com/s/9359968cf7

Cool PHP things I recently discovered:

Plates – native PHP templates
https://platesphp.com/

Tapestry – static site generator made with Plates
https://www.tapestry.cloud/

More nice little packages
https://thephpleague.com/

☺️ No I don’t want to update my scanner’s software right now. Yes I’m sure. It’s just like I said yesterday and the day before that and the day before that.

• Arc browser
  – The new Edge design
  – The new Slack design
  – Craft

What do you call this UI design style?

It’s sort of modular, delineating between the window container and inner containers. Rounded corners everywhere.

I'm one of those people who enjoys making fun of Tailwind even though I've never used it.

But I keep hearing the same thing from different people who like it. They don't put it in these terms, but what I hear is:

Tailwind lets you style things without naming a bunch of things.

Not saying this is an insurmountable problem of other CSS methodologies, but just that Tailwind involves less coming up with names.

And naming things, as we know, is one of the two hard things in computer science.

Want to know how to filter an HTML list based on a user’s selection? I accidentally started a series of CodePens demonstrating just that!

https://codepen.io/blakewatson/pen/bGOdBLR

After sending a message (email, text, chat), I:

• Assume it’s correct
• Know it’s correct because I proofread b4 sending
• Immediately proofread it
• Immediately proofread it even tho I did b4 sending

idk what Mailbox > Synchronize does in macOS Apple Mail but synchronizing literally anything isn’t one of them.

In which my weird web host gets an upgrade (and also continues to be weird). https://blog.nearlyfreespeech.net/2023/08/22/bigger-better-faster-more/

My weekend project. I recently backed a Kickstarter for Writer Emergency Pack XL, a deck of cards, each one with a creative prompt for getting a story unstuck. https://writeremergency.com

Problem is I can’t really handle a physical cards. And it seems they discontinued their accessible, web-based version.

So I got someone to help me scan in all the cards. Then I built a little card viewer thingy in HTML.

I don’t think I have the right to share it, so I’ll have to drop a few screenshots instead.

100 ways to generate a story idea https://blakewatson.com/journal/100-ways-to-generate-a-story-idea/

Alan Turing: I wonder if the machine can convince us it’s human. 🤔

Every web app: I wonder if the human can convince us it’s not a machine 🤖