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Use your Mac the way I do: a thought experiment

https://blakewatson.com/journal/use-your-mac-the-way-i-do-a-thought-experiment/

Have you ever come across some code on a project and thought, “that is kind of weird but irrelevant to me right now,” and then discovered hours later that it’s the source of the bug you have been trying to fix the entire time?

Edit: it turns out there is a comment above the exact line of problematic code that says “Yes this is stupid…”

I’m really sick of taking reverse Turing tests.

It is mind boggling how much JavaScript exists just to help people avoid writing CSS.

Troy and Abed is the greatest bromance in the history of television. Chang my mind.

My very first use of #11ty was this synthwave music mix site that I made during the early days of the pandemic. It is constructed entirely out of data from the YouTube API.

https://synthwave.live/

I just used https://rss-is-dead.lol to add like 40 feeds to my Feedbin. 🥴

Build that blog already https://sia.codes/posts/build-that-blog-already/

Got my ticket to the #11ty conference! Nice touch that it gleaned my website from my email address. https://conf.11ty.dev/tickets/cdadcfe7b79341faa67513a0ac6ab543

What’s the easiest way to get started making a theme for VS Code these days? I know I’ve seen some web-based tools out there.

Ok @eleventy peeps, what’s the secret to getting nice highlighting and prettier formatting on njk files? Feel like I saw a toot about this recently and can’t remember who it was.

I’m gonna keep saying World War Z-index until someone thinks it’s funny.

This is great advice in general. https://toneofvoice.clearleft.com/

Love this “manifesto for small, static, web apps” – https://rosswintle.uk/2024/02/a-manifesto-for-small-static-web-apps/

@null Wow. Gorgeous interface.

I need a recommendation for a budgeting tool that makes it easy to get your transactions into it.

I currently have a Numbers spreadsheet with recurring income and expenses. But there are some estimations here and it’s not giving me a clear enough picture.

I looked at the time at exactly 12:12:12 AM.

I’m totally fine with paying for services. I do it all the time. I probably overdo it. BUT…

I’m a little miffed at IFTTT. I was using a free integration for the past year. Then it suddenly quit working. Turns out they decided to charge for it now.

Look I can sympathize with trying to price a SaaS. But saying something is free then charging me after I’m relying on it isn’t cool.

Luckily it’s easily replaceable by a cron job.