Just discovered this really cool color palette by @netopwibby. Now I just need to think of something to build so I can use it.
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My website turned 20 today! https://blakewatson.com/journal/blakewatson-com-turns-twenty/
Hypothetical. Someone who doesn't code and doesn't want to learn asks you what is a good service for making a personal website and/or blog. Where would you point them?
Quick, I need some blog posts! I'm looking for blog posts/articles about why people should have a personal website.
I'm putting a list of them in a blog post. Both classic must-reads as well as little known posts from new web authors are fine.
It took two hours of debugging, one of which included 3 developers on a screenshare... to find a misspelled attribute.
Can confirm these are rad!
https://iconfactory.world/@Iconfactory/114916100504750898
You'll never have to chase down small breaking changes in your dependency chain you download the CDN versions and commit them directly to your repo.
Any weirdos out there have a favorite light theme for VS Code? There aren't nearly as many quality light themes as dark themes I've noticed.
I just said "bro, cope" out loud to webpack running in my terminal because it was showing me an error I already fixed.
At certain levels, your D&D character has the option to take an ability score improvement or a feat.
Ability score improvements are great but sound boring, while Feats have cool names like "War Caster" or "Crusher" (and tbf feats are great too).
I just leveled up my Ranger and despite my FOMO on all the cool feats, I increased Dexterity by 2. But to make myself feel better, I gave it some copy. This is not a boring ability score improvement. It’s...
**Dex Lord**
Increase your dexterity by 2 to a maximum of 20. Your quick wit and reflexes in battle give you +1 to all attack rolls that rely on dexterity. Your reaction time is improved, giving you +1 to initiative and all skill checks that rely on dexterity. Your enhanced ability to avoid danger increases your AC by 1 point if your armor allows it.
Made a bunch of updates to Minimal Character Sheet.
- Print mode
- Collapsible spells
- UI tweaks
- Bug fixes
Like synthwave? I just added a bunch of mixes to https://synthwave.live.
Found this website which is similar to the HTML for People vibe. Love it! https://www.htmlhobbyist.com/
If you are reading this, you can do it. I believe in you! https://htmlforpeople.com/
https://mastodon.social/@ethanschoonover/114939346322019002
Spent nearly all day yesterday refactoring the autosave function on my digital character sheet app. It handles edge cases more betterly and shows a save-status indicator so that you can have the warm fuzzies of knowing everything is saved (and know when something goes wrong).
I fixed what I’m 99% certain is the culprit behind a data loss bug I was seeing. It should be pretty robust now.
Tomorrow I’m gonna start procrastinating for real.
I made a thing for D&D peeps! It's been a thing for a while, but I'm just now writing about it after making a bunch of updates.
https://blakewatson.com/journal/your-freeform-digital-character-sheet-for-dd-5e/
I've submitted two talks to MagnoliaConf 2025. One about building a static websites with @11ty and one about webdev without a frontend build step. Anxious to see if I will be selected and if so which talk I'll be doing.
Remember, folks, if you change a URL on your website and you don't create redirect, Sir Tim Berners-Lee will break into your house at night and kill you with a ceremonial dagger fashioned in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
My DM pointed out that Shillelagh lasts for a minute which is a pretty long time in combat and also it doesn't require concentration.