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Dean Leigh

@deanleigh.bsky.social

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Web designer specialising in CMS Templates, Design Systems, Component Libraries since 1996 🏠https://deanleigh.co.uk/ 🔗http://colchesterdigital.org.uk 🏆Umbraco MVP 🐤deanleigh 🦋deanleigh 🐘deanleigh 🧵dean.leigh 📷dean.leigh ℹ️ deanleigh

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Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · Nov 4

Inspired by @bell.bz here is my Umbraco Community Starter Pack:
go.bsky.app/KXpHVDz

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Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 21h

Under construction icon… literally iconic :-)

Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 1d

I feel seen

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Dave Rupert @davatron5000.bsky.social · 5d

The A11y Project is at risk of going over our 1TB bandwidth limit on @netlify.com and being automatically charged $55/100gb in bonus bandwidth to keep it online.

I think we all know the cause and it's depressing. I've asked Netlify to just let the site go down when the limit is hit.

A bandwidth usage chart going back to july starting at 1 gb for July, then a sudden hill approaching 18gb/day in August then going back down to 1 to 3 gb/day until late september which has steep sudden increase to 55gb/day

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Dave Rupert @davatron5000.bsky.social · 4d

I love a good "Do this, not that" post. And this is a good one:

Do `git reset --keep`, not `git reset --hard`

adamj.eu/tech/2024/09...

Git: avoid reset --hard, use reset --keep instead - Adam Johnson

When I started learning Git, I found many references covering two ways to undo commits with git reset:

adamj.eu

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Stuart Robson @sturobson.com · 5d

awesome little #a11y bookmarklet from @lloydi.com

a11y-tools.com/bookmarklets...

(check out the other ones they have on that page, it's a right ol' treasure trove)

Screenshot of a UI design tool showing component states for a 'New Post' button. The interface displays a dark-themed modal window titled 'Component states' with a close button (X) in the top right. The modal shows five different interactive states: Default, Hover, Focus, Active, and Disabled. Each state displays a blue button with a pencil icon and 'New Post' text. The first four states (Default, Hover, Focus, Active) include warning indicators showing 'Low contrast: 2.39:1' with triangle warning icons. Each row has a trash icon button on the right. Below the states is a section titled 'ARIA attributes found' listing two attributes: aria-label: 'Compose new post' and aria-pressed: 'false'. The interface appears to be from an accessibility or design system testing tool.

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Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 6d

This looks great. I really enjoyed "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" years ago so I'm tempted...

Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 6d

These are my favourite type of CSS posts

Jeremy Keith @adactio.com · 6d

Journal: Simplify

Reminding myself just how much you can do with CSS these days.

🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22178

Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 8d

Timeline cleanse and I think "Þúnbossi" may be my new favourite word

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Releasing stranded baby puffins on a remote Icelandic island

Join the puffin patrol as they rescue lost pufflings on Vestmannaeyjar, off the southern coast of Iceland.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Stuart Robson @sturobson.com · 9d

Hello World

I'm nearing the end of my current contract and on the lookout for my next adventure.

I'm a Front-End Developer and Design Systems specialist, excited to dive into new projects and tackle new challenges!

Let’s make some rocking websites!

[email protected]

🙏🖤

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Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 11d

a man in a green elf costume is screaming and saying `` i know him ! ''

Alt: a man in a green elf costume is screaming and saying `` i know him ! ''

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Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 12d

1998?

Please make a selection. v

Welcome

I can create excellent Inter/Intra/Exranet
websites for you or your client, from
conception to completion, alone or as part of a
team. Please don't just take my word for it, see
for yourself by viewing my Porfolio now ..
Dean Leigh.

HOME PAGE
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

My Skills include:

· HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript.
. FrontPage, NetObjects, Dreamweaver.
. Photoshop, Bryce 3D, Xara 3D.
. UNIX, NT.

Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 12d

For my 65th birthday, I appear to have this, and it sucks.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Covid cases rising with new variants 'Nimbus' and 'Stratus'

Unwell with a bad throat and temperature? You may have one of the new Covid strains circulating this autumn.

www.bbc.co.uk

Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 14d

It's that time of year again where I put down my razor and grow a beard for the next three months for a good cause www.justgiving.com/page/dean-le...

Dean Leigh - Decembeard 2025

Help Dean Leigh raise money to support Bowel Cancer UK

www.justgiving.com

Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 14d

Good morning!

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Arby @mobalti.bsky.social · 16d

I re-created Open Props shadows with the new CSS `@function`.
This spec is wild ♥️ and it solves problems we’ve been chasing in CSS for years.
Demo 👉 codepen.io/mobalti/pen/...

cc @miriam.codes @tabatkins.com @bram.us

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cameronfoxly.bsky.social @cameronfoxly.bsky.social · 20d

The public preview of Github Copilot CLI launched today, and if you install it, you'll be welcomed by little ASCII art welcome banner that I animated. Creating it ended up being great example of how vibe-coding has entered my toolbelt. Nerdy deets in 🧵...

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Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 19d

To meet clients requirements I had to transition from Adobe XD, which I found a joy to use, to Figma, which I found unintuitive and complex. I am keeping an eye on penpot. Regardless, I still find designing in the browser far more efficient.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 20d

Get your free invite here:
www.goodsignals.com/seo-office-h...

Good Signals @goodsignals.com · 20d

TOMORROW LIVE! We’ve got ⭐️ Bengü Sarıca Dinçer and ⭐️ Geoff Meakin for SEO Office Hours, alongside Simon Cox (@simoncox.com) and @MichaelChidzey, this Friday at 9:30 am (BST). To join live, head over to our website to get the invites added to your calendar 📅. Everyone’s welcome ❤️

SEO Office Panel for 26th September 2025: Bengu Sarica Dincer, Geoff (The Healthcare SEO) Meakin, Simon Cox, Michael Chidzey

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Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 20d

Part way through and downloaded it. This is a great talk as usual from Harry.

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Manuel Matuzović @matuzo.at · 21d

@inclusivedesign24.bsky.social is live!

inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/

Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)

A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion

inclusivedesign24.org

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Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 21d

"You've been spending a lot of time feeding the birds in the garden this week darling?"
"Yush… yush I have… I love those birdz… they're my best freind… hic!"

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Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 21d

No filters, just lots of caraway seeds inside and onion seeds on the top.

Polish boule made with a 50% white flower 30% whole meal and 20% rye flour. It is cooling on a wire rack with the sun catching the edges where the loaf has split.

Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 21d

It is one of my favourite events ♥️

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Aubrey Sambor @aubreysambor.com · 22d

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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Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 22d

Andy is unique and awesome - if you are fed up with the same old same old, this is for you.

Andy Clarke @allthatmalarkey.bsky.social · 22d

👉 "See real-world examples of expressive, narrative-driven layouts for websites and products"

2 days to go. Grab a ticket. £69

stuffandnonsense.co.uk/blog/p...