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Dave Beesley

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👨‍💻Web Developer @ Sports Interactive (Sega) 👨‍💼Director @ Cheltenham Town FC ☕️ Coffee (S/K)nob 🏎️ F1 bore

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Dave Beesley @davidbeesley.co.uk · May 9

🎉 I have continued working on my website redesign over the past few evenings and lunch breaks, and it is finally at a point I am happy to put it live.

👀 Go check it out and let me know what you think 😀

🔗 davidbeesley.co.uk

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Dave Beesley @davidbeesley.co.uk · 2d

Even if AI does take over the industry (it won’t), learning to program property will give you an immense advantage when it comes to understanding what AI produces and how to fix bugs and maintain projects

Piccalilli @piccalil.li · 2d

We've had a couple of people ask whether JavaScript for Everyone is even worth doing, now that generative AI is available.

We've got the perfect answer to that.

piccalil.li/javascript-f...

A clip from the landing page that talks about how the knowledge of JavaScript that you learn in the course will set you up to be able to command more compensation and better terms because when the AI hype cycle bubble pops, your ability to fix the mess will be incredibly valuable.

It's a long snippet of text but you can read the whole thing on the post's link.

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Robb Owen @robbowen.digital · 3d

Looks like I'll be coming to the end of a contract shortly so will have availability for new projects from later this month

Give me a shout if you're on the lookout for frontend dev or design systems work and particularly if you're looking for animations, interactions or anything a bit experimental

What I do - Robb Owen

From interaction design to scaleable design systems, single-page apps to something more experimental with WebGL. I help awesome people to build ambitious yet accessible web projects

robbowen.digital

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Piccalilli @piccalil.li · 4d

It's here. JavaScript for Everyone is now available to…everyone!

The amount of effort and experience packed into this course is unbelievable and we know you're going to love it.

Get yours for £189, down from £249, for 2 weeks and super-charge your career prospects

piccalilli.link/js4e-launch-...

JavaScript for Everyone

A high quality, expansive written course that will elevate your JavaScript skills to a level you never thought was achievable.

piccalilli.link

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Dave Beesley @davidbeesley.co.uk · 8d

Got real @webdevconf.com FOMO today. I shouldn't have logged on to bsky.
Hope you are all having fun :)

Dave Beesley @davidbeesley.co.uk · 11d

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Why Is Reform UK So Worried? Because They've Peaked

YouTube video by A Different Bias

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Dave Beesley @davidbeesley.co.uk · 11d

It’s why their chair is screaming for an election

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Dave Beesley @davidbeesley.co.uk · 22d

It punishes you for joining a single line queue for the bar

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Dave Beesley @davidbeesley.co.uk · 22d

The Brit Card will track your mentioning the weather in small talk with people you don’t know very well

Dave Beesley @davidbeesley.co.uk · 22d

The Brit Card will actively track your adherence to the tea alarm, and the strength of your brew

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Aubrey Sambor @aubreysambor.com · 25d

Hi all! 👋🏻 I’m looking for my next senior front end dev role.

I have 19+ years of experience working with a wide variety of companies and love writing accessible HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

🗒️: aubreysambor.com/resume/

Leads/reposts appreciated!

#HireMe #JobSearch #JobSeeker #OpenToWork #frontend

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Dave Beesley @davidbeesley.co.uk · 28d

Now I know this is a thing, I must do this!

Dave Beesley @davidbeesley.co.uk · Sep 17

#FreelanceLyfe

Dave Beesley @davidbeesley.co.uk · Sep 13

Laravel

Dave Beesley @davidbeesley.co.uk · Sep 13

Very Nice @piccalil.li #CSSProgrammer

Dave is definitely a CSS Programmer now he has been there, done that, got the t-shirt

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Dave Beesley @davidbeesley.co.uk · Sep 12

Two podcast appearances in a week!

Robins Trust @robinstrust.bsky.social · Sep 12

You sent your questions, we tried to answer them! The video for the Robins Trust’s ‘Ask us Anything’ is available here: youtu.be/Qvjbod8GZIY

Robins Trust: Ask us Anything - September 25

YouTube video by Robins Trust

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Dave Beesley @davidbeesley.co.uk · Sep 11

God dammit. Will people stop organising the best Web Conferences on days I’m unavailable.

Seriously though, you should go!

Dave Letorey @letorey.co.uk · Sep 11

You should come to @londonwebstandards.org #sotb2026
Early bird tickets are £70
And if you can’t afford it apply for a diversity ticket

2026.stateofthebrowser.com

SotB14 | State of the Browser

Welcome to the fourteenth edition of State of the Browser, a yearly one-day, single-track conference with widely-varying talks about the modern web, accessibility, web standards, and more, organised b...

2026.stateofthebrowser.com

Dave Beesley @davidbeesley.co.uk · Sep 11

It was a pleasure to be a guest on the latest episode of @robinsreport.bsky.social

Listen now in your podcatcher of choice #ctfc

The Robins Report @robinsreport.bsky.social · Sep 11

Episode 152

@simongardiner84.bsky.social is joined by @markhalliwell1.bsky.social, Dan and @robinstrust.bsky.social representatives Jaimie Henderson and Dave Beesley, to discuss:

🔴 A league win
⚪️ Mike Garlick
🔴 The Trust’s Future
⚪️ Crawley preview

#UpTheTown

open.spotify.com/episode/00kj...

Episode 152: A Cheltenham Win & A Trust Update. We are so back it’s like we’ve never been away!

open.spotify.com

Dave Beesley @davidbeesley.co.uk · Sep 9

Champion level dinner

Dave Beesley @davidbeesley.co.uk · Sep 8

All over this. Two tees ordered, contemplating a hoodie too

Andy Bell @bell.bz · Sep 8

This proud CSS programmer is happy that we’ve finally got some merch going.

We’re running teemill for now to gauge interest and we already have ideas for more stuff.

piccalil.li/links/pic…

Various t-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies, all arranged in a bleed-out, overlapping grid.

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Dave Beesley @davidbeesley.co.uk · Sep 8

Now do A4 prints please 😃

Dave Beesley @davidbeesley.co.uk · Sep 6

Wait. What!? How did I not know of the existence of this?

a man in a tuxedo is holding a cup of tea and a blender

Alt: Fry from Futurama in a tuxedo is holding a cup of coffee and a coffee pot

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Dave Beesley @davidbeesley.co.uk · Sep 5

As an 80s kid, I’m heavily reminded of this

A Fisher Price Activity Centre from the 1980s

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Dave Beesley @davidbeesley.co.uk · Sep 4

When you have a great blog post idea which will take time to compile with code examples…

But you also have a day job and adult responsibilities

homer simpson and marge simpson standing in front of a door

Alt: Homer Simpson panicking anxiously at the front door of the Simpson house, while Marge watches on dispiritingly

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Vale @vale.rocks · Sep 4

Looking for a front-of-the-front-end developer who works close to the web platform? Or perhaps someone to write some words on the matter?

I've got some freelance availability as of next week, so get in contact.

My contact details, portfolio, and other such things can be found over at vale.rocks

Vale.Rocks

The hippest site this side of MySpace.

vale.rocks

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Dave Beesley @davidbeesley.co.uk · Sep 3

I’ve been reflecting on my Web Development career so far recently.
So decided to write about it.

davidbeesley.co.uk/posts/from-i...

From ‘IE6 Guy’ to ‘JavaScript Dev’ and back again - David Beesley

David Beesley - Web Developer specialising in clean, fast, and user-friendly websites and web applications

davidbeesley.co.uk

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