Chris Ferdinandi
@cferdinandi.bsky.social
I help people build the web better. I love pirates, puppies, and Pixar movies. ADHD AF. he/him 🏴☠️
https://gomakethings.com
https://gomakethings.com
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Chris Ferdinandi
@cferdinandi.bsky.social
· Aug 30
Kelp
A UI library for people who love HTML, powered by modern CSS and Web Components.
kelpui.com
Love HTML? I think you might enjoy Kelp, my new UI library powered by modern CSS and Web Components.
kelpui.com
kelpui.com
Over the years, there have been SO MANY fellow frontend educators whose work I've supported, shared, recommended, etc. who have never ONCE done the same for me.
(I *know* they know me and my work.)
I'm so over one-sided friendships.
(I *know* they know me and my work.)
I'm so over one-sided friendships.
November 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Over the years, there have been SO MANY fellow frontend educators whose work I've supported, shared, recommended, etc. who have never ONCE done the same for me.
(I *know* they know me and my work.)
I'm so over one-sided friendships.
(I *know* they know me and my work.)
I'm so over one-sided friendships.
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Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
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The absolute fucking irony.
NEW: A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The absolute fucking irony.
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I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
July 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
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Israel has killed two Palestinian children in Gaza every single day since the so-called ceasefire
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Israel has killed two Palestinian children in Gaza every single day since the so-called ceasefire
Kelp UI got 6 new components this week, including a few really powerful ways to create dynamic interactive UI with mostly HTML.
kelpui.com
kelpui.com
Kelp
A UI library for people who love HTML, powered by modern CSS and Web Components.
kelpui.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Kelp UI got 6 new components this week, including a few really powerful ways to create dynamic interactive UI with mostly HTML.
kelpui.com
kelpui.com
⚓️ New Article: A garden in bloom
A garden in bloom
Last week, I updated the layout of my digital garden and pulled over a ton of stuff that was behind the members-only paywall.
I’ll be doing some pruning and tending to the garden over the coming weeks. The sections on fetch(), flexbox, and CSS grid could all use some cleaning up to make them more clear and simple.
I’ve got guides around web components, linting, and JS testing that I haven’t added yet, because they need a complete rewrite based on how I work today.
gomakethings.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
⚓️ New Article: A garden in bloom
⚓️ New Article: You're doing JavaScript testing wrong
You're doing JavaScript testing wrong
I have a confession: for most of my career, I’ve hated testing.
But I recently learned that’s because I’ve been doing it wrong, and maybe you have, too. In this video, I show you…
The “right way” to approach testing. What I got wrong about TDD all these years. How to make testing easier, simpler, and more useful. If you’re not someone who likes watching videos to learn (👋 hello, my fellow millennials and older!
gomakethings.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
⚓️ New Article: You're doing JavaScript testing wrong
📺 New Video: You're doing JS testing wrong!
📺 New Video: You're doing JS testing wrong!
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
📺 New Video: You're doing JS testing wrong!
These old establishment dems are just so fucking comically bad at their jobs.
James Carville a few months ago: "Roll over and play dead."
James Carville now: "The Democratic Party must now run on the most populist economic platform since the Great Depression."
Genius! If only someone had thought of this before!
James Carville now: "The Democratic Party must now run on the most populist economic platform since the Great Depression."
Genius! If only someone had thought of this before!
Opinion | James Carville: Out With Woke. In With Rage.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
These old establishment dems are just so fucking comically bad at their jobs.
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I'm not interested in more defenses of edge cases where genAI and LLMs can be useful. That's not the world we're living in right now. Right now we're living in a world where people are pretending these tools can effectively do a fuckton more than they can. And it's dangerous and scary.
April 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I'm not interested in more defenses of edge cases where genAI and LLMs can be useful. That's not the world we're living in right now. Right now we're living in a world where people are pretending these tools can effectively do a fuckton more than they can. And it's dangerous and scary.
What are y'all doing about anchor positioning being only available in Chrome at the moment?
It's completely hindered my ability to use the popover API.
It's completely hindered my ability to use the popover API.
November 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
What are y'all doing about anchor positioning being only available in Chrome at the moment?
It's completely hindered my ability to use the popover API.
It's completely hindered my ability to use the popover API.
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Ignoring politics is a privilege
October 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Ignoring politics is a privilege
Where do you most commonly expect to see toast notifications located?
Top right corner? Bottom left? Bottom center? Somewhere else?
Top right corner? Bottom left? Bottom center? Somewhere else?
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Where do you most commonly expect to see toast notifications located?
Top right corner? Bottom left? Bottom center? Somewhere else?
Top right corner? Bottom left? Bottom center? Somewhere else?
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It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
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Community isn’t something you show up to consume. It requires you to contribute, collaborate, and commit-create.
If you want community, you have to be community.
#craftivism
If you want community, you have to be community.
#craftivism
November 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Community isn’t something you show up to consume. It requires you to contribute, collaborate, and commit-create.
If you want community, you have to be community.
#craftivism
If you want community, you have to be community.
#craftivism
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While I'm not quite at the point of losing my house, the harm ai has done to my animation work income is huge, like 80% gone and it makes me wonder how many freelance artists and animators ARE losing everything while billionaire con men continue to rake it in.
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
While I'm not quite at the point of losing my house, the harm ai has done to my animation work income is huge, like 80% gone and it makes me wonder how many freelance artists and animators ARE losing everything while billionaire con men continue to rake it in.
LMFAO if anyone believes Dems or their overpaid strategists will do anything useful with this
Trump's praise of Zohran Mamdani today is political gold for the Democratic Party.
You can already see the MAGA meltdown happening and the infighting commencing.
Stephen Miller and the other hardliners are absolutely losing their minds right now.
You can already see the MAGA meltdown happening and the infighting commencing.
Stephen Miller and the other hardliners are absolutely losing their minds right now.
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
LMFAO if anyone believes Dems or their overpaid strategists will do anything useful with this
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Unfortunately the party leadership will not take a single lesson from this or capitalize on the moment at all and instead perceive Mamdani as even more of a threat and work even harder to undermine him and anyone like him.
Trump's praise of Zohran Mamdani today is political gold for the Democratic Party.
You can already see the MAGA meltdown happening and the infighting commencing.
Stephen Miller and the other hardliners are absolutely losing their minds right now.
You can already see the MAGA meltdown happening and the infighting commencing.
Stephen Miller and the other hardliners are absolutely losing their minds right now.
November 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Unfortunately the party leadership will not take a single lesson from this or capitalize on the moment at all and instead perceive Mamdani as even more of a threat and work even harder to undermine him and anyone like him.
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Socialism is sexy 🤷♂️
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Socialism is sexy 🤷♂️
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Congratulations to Google on making a shitty thing worse.
Google starts rolling out ads in AI mode; the ads look similar to the citations in AI answers but with a "sponsored" label (Mayank Parmar/BleepingComputer)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Congratulations to Google on making a shitty thing worse.