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Minimal Character Sheet experienced an unfortunate security event yesterday. About a week or two ago, I inadvertently exposed my Postmark API key. Someone got a hold of it and sent a bunch of spam emails.

Fortunately, Postmark caught it really early and shut it down. I was able to cycle and secure the key. And we're back up and running again.

I feel really dumb for letting that happen.

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I have *got* to let go of some domain names. I will sit there and fret about whether to subscribe to an app or service, but then grab a pointless domain name like SIGN ME UP, TAKE MY MONEY.

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I'm a multi-browser user, but for my personal daily driver I use Firefox. I've been using vertical tabs ever since they came to Firefox and... I might be permanently converted.

I hear Chrome is getting them/got them so I may be using them there soon too.

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The excitement—and, frankly, sheer giddiness—with which this developer introduces his new app is the most wholesome thing I’ve seen this week.

From the minute when I started watching it, I was thinking that the last thing I needed was an app launcher, having had a Powerpack license for Alfred for… checks notes… nearly 14 years!

But the more I watched, the more I was intrigued. Before I could even get done with the video, I had the app and the Pro license.

Yes, I am aware I have a problem.

(Yes, I know Raycast can do everything. If you like it, cool.)

youtube.com/watch?v=vkm-ZFlivyI

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Dear Mac app developers, please ask your users before making your app the default for a given file type. It's incredibly jarring and annoying to open a file only to have it open in some app I just installed rather than the one I expected.

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One of my goals this year is getting better at CSS. I joke that my CSS skills peaked in 2015. But CSS has gained a ton of new, really cool things and browser support has been moving quickly compared the days of old.

This talk by Dylan Beattie from NDC London 2026 is a great introduction to what CSS is capable of these days.

I’m also slowly working through a course called CSS for JavaScript Developers by Josh Comeau, which is fantastically done.

youtube.com/watch?v=nhbYveaV0pk

css-for-js.dev/

blakewatson.com/links/2026-02-

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