Hawk Ticehurst
@hawkticehurst.com
UX Engineer @vscode.dev. He/Him
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📍 New York, NY
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Hawk Ticehurst
@hawkticehurst.com
· Oct 2
I created a new feed for trending developer topics on Bluesky. Go check it out!
I've loved @hipstersmoothie.com's Web Dev Trending, but have for a long time felt like it could be refined and improved. So with @danabra.mov's "we can just do things" I felt inspired to just make the change myself!
I've loved @hipstersmoothie.com's Web Dev Trending, but have for a long time felt like it could be refined and improved. So with @danabra.mov's "we can just do things" I felt inspired to just make the change myself!
Lol cool, a year and some change later this blog post made it to HN front page today
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4667...
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4667...
January 19, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Lol cool, a year and some change later this blog post made it to HN front page today
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4667...
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4667...
Depending on how the winds of the future blow, a social filesystem could also be the foundation for an entirely new computing platform where your OS is portable / device agnostic
Like @rsms.me’s Playbit, but anyone could come along make a Playbit competitor and still access the same filesystem/data
Like @rsms.me’s Playbit, but anyone could come along make a Playbit competitor and still access the same filesystem/data
The foundation of personal computing is the filesystem.
The foundation of the internet is a networked filesystem.
The foundation of a new social web will likely be a social filesystem. (It remains an ope question if atproto is such a foundation)
The foundation of the internet is a networked filesystem.
The foundation of a new social web will likely be a social filesystem. (It remains an ope question if atproto is such a foundation)
It seems a fork lies ahead, is atproto a portable database for a bunch of apps or a new type of post-app, social filesystem?
January 19, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Depending on how the winds of the future blow, a social filesystem could also be the foundation for an entirely new computing platform where your OS is portable / device agnostic
Like @rsms.me’s Playbit, but anyone could come along make a Playbit competitor and still access the same filesystem/data
Like @rsms.me’s Playbit, but anyone could come along make a Playbit competitor and still access the same filesystem/data
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Half the battle with this guy is just reiterating government can and already does good things that are so ubiquitous they’ve become invisible. He’s able to remind you in a way that you understand that good government can exist outside of a 24/7 vengeance operation, and in NYC already does.
January 18, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Half the battle with this guy is just reiterating government can and already does good things that are so ubiquitous they’ve become invisible. He’s able to remind you in a way that you understand that good government can exist outside of a 24/7 vengeance operation, and in NYC already does.
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You may have noticed that search on the VS Code website has gotten a lot quicker lately.
In our latest blogpost, João Moreno breaks down the engineering process behind docfind, a search engine we built that runs entirely in your browser using WebAssembly: code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2026/0...
In our latest blogpost, João Moreno breaks down the engineering process behind docfind, a search engine we built that runs entirely in your browser using WebAssembly: code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2026/0...
January 15, 2026 at 3:46 PM
You may have noticed that search on the VS Code website has gotten a lot quicker lately.
In our latest blogpost, João Moreno breaks down the engineering process behind docfind, a search engine we built that runs entirely in your browser using WebAssembly: code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2026/0...
In our latest blogpost, João Moreno breaks down the engineering process behind docfind, a search engine we built that runs entirely in your browser using WebAssembly: code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2026/0...
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I like this setting for VS Code from Ben Frain. JUST show the vertical line for the current indentation, not all of them
```
"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
"editorIndentGuide.background1": "#00000001",
"editorIndentGuide.activeBackground1": "#ff9900"
}
```
benfrain.com/vs-code-high...
```
"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
"editorIndentGuide.background1": "#00000001",
"editorIndentGuide.activeBackground1": "#ff9900"
}
```
benfrain.com/vs-code-high...
January 10, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I like this setting for VS Code from Ben Frain. JUST show the vertical line for the current indentation, not all of them
```
"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
"editorIndentGuide.background1": "#00000001",
"editorIndentGuide.activeBackground1": "#ff9900"
}
```
benfrain.com/vs-code-high...
```
"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
"editorIndentGuide.background1": "#00000001",
"editorIndentGuide.activeBackground1": "#ff9900"
}
```
benfrain.com/vs-code-high...
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Impeach, convict, remove.
January 3, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Impeach, convict, remove.
Finally share a secret project I’ve been working on for literally a year
Teaser: It involves having created one of the fastest reactive web frameworks ever made
bsky.app/profile/hawk...
Teaser: It involves having created one of the fastest reactive web frameworks ever made
bsky.app/profile/hawk...
Drop your web dev goals for 2026
January 3, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Finally share a secret project I’ve been working on for literally a year
Teaser: It involves having created one of the fastest reactive web frameworks ever made
bsky.app/profile/hawk...
Teaser: It involves having created one of the fastest reactive web frameworks ever made
bsky.app/profile/hawk...
Quote posting for more visibility. We treat tool calling security *extremely* seriously on the team
We use a no-trust-by-default model where every single tool needs to be manually approved. From there we have config for auto approving tools OR (conversely) marking tools as ALWAYS needing permission
We use a no-trust-by-default model where every single tool needs to be manually approved. From there we have config for auto approving tools OR (conversely) marking tools as ALWAYS needing permission
December 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Quote posting for more visibility. We treat tool calling security *extremely* seriously on the team
We use a no-trust-by-default model where every single tool needs to be manually approved. From there we have config for auto approving tools OR (conversely) marking tools as ALWAYS needing permission
We use a no-trust-by-default model where every single tool needs to be manually approved. From there we have config for auto approving tools OR (conversely) marking tools as ALWAYS needing permission
👋 Hi! For those unfamiliar I'm Hawk, a UX Engineer on the @vscode.dev team. As 2025 comes to a close, I've been wanting to get a pulse on how folks are writing code.
Genuinely curious: What tool(s) do you use? What do you like/dislike about them? What do you wish your tool could do that it doesn't?
Genuinely curious: What tool(s) do you use? What do you like/dislike about them? What do you wish your tool could do that it doesn't?
December 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
👋 Hi! For those unfamiliar I'm Hawk, a UX Engineer on the @vscode.dev team. As 2025 comes to a close, I've been wanting to get a pulse on how folks are writing code.
Genuinely curious: What tool(s) do you use? What do you like/dislike about them? What do you wish your tool could do that it doesn't?
Genuinely curious: What tool(s) do you use? What do you like/dislike about them? What do you wish your tool could do that it doesn't?
First NYC winter has not disappointed so far. After 25 years in Seattle, feels like I’ve stepped into some kind of holiday movie — winter wonderland vibes go crazy
December 17, 2025 at 5:04 AM
First NYC winter has not disappointed so far. After 25 years in Seattle, feels like I’ve stepped into some kind of holiday movie — winter wonderland vibes go crazy
This makes me really sad.
I absolutely *adore* my @frame.work laptop and have been such a big fan of the ethos and values that they have talked about striving for as a company up to this point.
I feel so depleted by an industry that seems happy to ignore politics if a technology is cool enough.
I absolutely *adore* my @frame.work laptop and have been such a big fan of the ethos and values that they have talked about striving for as a company up to this point.
I feel so depleted by an industry that seems happy to ignore politics if a technology is cool enough.
Framework supporting far-right racists?
Hi, I am not exactly sure how best to frame this, but recent events have got me wondering where exactly Framework, as a company, stands with regards to human rights and equality. If I understand cor...
community.frame.work
October 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This makes me really sad.
I absolutely *adore* my @frame.work laptop and have been such a big fan of the ethos and values that they have talked about striving for as a company up to this point.
I feel so depleted by an industry that seems happy to ignore politics if a technology is cool enough.
I absolutely *adore* my @frame.work laptop and have been such a big fan of the ethos and values that they have talked about striving for as a company up to this point.
I feel so depleted by an industry that seems happy to ignore politics if a technology is cool enough.
Folks who know #atproto, I have Qs I still haven’t found answers to and would love any thoughts / opinions you have!
1. Given that most PDSs are hosted by @bsky.app, if an atproto app comes along that gets really popular, does that mean Bluesky is now covering the hosting costs of that app’s data?
1. Given that most PDSs are hosted by @bsky.app, if an atproto app comes along that gets really popular, does that mean Bluesky is now covering the hosting costs of that app’s data?
October 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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October 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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put another way: i don't want your data—not just from an ideological "users should be in control" perspective, but from a pragmatic "this makes my app harder and more expensive to run" perspective
we've been so focused on making it easy to scale up that we've accidentally made it hard to scale down
we've been so focused on making it easy to scale up that we've accidentally made it hard to scale down
i like making little web apps for myself/family/friends. the most annoying parts — the parts that drastically increase the scope, from "a bunch of HTML, CSS & JS files" to "a web server and database" — are auth+persistence. so i am very excited about atproto including a user-owned solution for both.
October 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
put another way: i don't want your data—not just from an ideological "users should be in control" perspective, but from a pragmatic "this makes my app harder and more expensive to run" perspective
we've been so focused on making it easy to scale up that we've accidentally made it hard to scale down
we've been so focused on making it easy to scale up that we've accidentally made it hard to scale down
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I made a Bluesky #CSS Feed 🤘🏻
(takes a lot of work to filter out the garbage… damn)
but I believe I've setup a good system!
nerdy.dev/css-bluesky-...
(takes a lot of work to filter out the garbage… damn)
but I believe I've setup a good system!
nerdy.dev/css-bluesky-...
CSS Bluesky Feed · October 4, 2025
On Bluesky? Here's a CSS Feed I made
nerdy.dev
October 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I made a Bluesky #CSS Feed 🤘🏻
(takes a lot of work to filter out the garbage… damn)
but I believe I've setup a good system!
nerdy.dev/css-bluesky-...
(takes a lot of work to filter out the garbage… damn)
but I believe I've setup a good system!
nerdy.dev/css-bluesky-...
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I created a new feed for trending developer topics on Bluesky. Go check it out!
I've loved @hipstersmoothie.com's Web Dev Trending, but have for a long time felt like it could be refined and improved. So with @danabra.mov's "we can just do things" I felt inspired to just make the change myself!
I've loved @hipstersmoothie.com's Web Dev Trending, but have for a long time felt like it could be refined and improved. So with @danabra.mov's "we can just do things" I felt inspired to just make the change myself!
October 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I created a new feed for trending developer topics on Bluesky. Go check it out!
I've loved @hipstersmoothie.com's Web Dev Trending, but have for a long time felt like it could be refined and improved. So with @danabra.mov's "we can just do things" I felt inspired to just make the change myself!
I've loved @hipstersmoothie.com's Web Dev Trending, but have for a long time felt like it could be refined and improved. So with @danabra.mov's "we can just do things" I felt inspired to just make the change myself!
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show this to anyone else you know who also assumed DHH was just a normal conservative dude rather than a raging white supremacist lunatic
DHH Is Way Worse Than I Thought | jakelazaroff.com
DHH's politics are not normal. Maybe they used to be, I don't know, but as of right now the dude is_way outside of what most people would consider moral or acceptable.
jakelazaroff.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
show this to anyone else you know who also assumed DHH was just a normal conservative dude rather than a raging white supremacist lunatic
I created a new feed for trending developer topics on Bluesky. Go check it out!
I've loved @hipstersmoothie.com's Web Dev Trending, but have for a long time felt like it could be refined and improved. So with @danabra.mov's "we can just do things" I felt inspired to just make the change myself!
I've loved @hipstersmoothie.com's Web Dev Trending, but have for a long time felt like it could be refined and improved. So with @danabra.mov's "we can just do things" I felt inspired to just make the change myself!
October 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I created a new feed for trending developer topics on Bluesky. Go check it out!
I've loved @hipstersmoothie.com's Web Dev Trending, but have for a long time felt like it could be refined and improved. So with @danabra.mov's "we can just do things" I felt inspired to just make the change myself!
I've loved @hipstersmoothie.com's Web Dev Trending, but have for a long time felt like it could be refined and improved. So with @danabra.mov's "we can just do things" I felt inspired to just make the change myself!
Host your own instance of Dokploy and never be disappointed by *any* company and its leadership again.
Worst case: Your VPS provider ends up being evil, so you pack up shop and find a new one — nothing changes about the day to day of how you host / deploy your websites and apps.
Worst case: Your VPS provider ends up being evil, so you pack up shop and find a new one — nothing changes about the day to day of how you host / deploy your websites and apps.
September 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Host your own instance of Dokploy and never be disappointed by *any* company and its leadership again.
Worst case: Your VPS provider ends up being evil, so you pack up shop and find a new one — nothing changes about the day to day of how you host / deploy your websites and apps.
Worst case: Your VPS provider ends up being evil, so you pack up shop and find a new one — nothing changes about the day to day of how you host / deploy your websites and apps.
This is awesome 🥹 Major props to Preston for his hard work, but also kudos to @tur.so (and Maine) for their willingness to give him a chance.
Makes me really happy to see folks maintaining some humanity during these less than forgiving times.
Makes me really happy to see folks maintaining some humanity during these less than forgiving times.
In Maine, prisoners are thriving in remote jobs and other states are taking notice
Forty-five Maine prisoners are currently working remote jobs for outside companies. A few are working full-time, earning more than corrections officers. One is making well into the six figures. Here's...
www.mainepublic.org
September 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is awesome 🥹 Major props to Preston for his hard work, but also kudos to @tur.so (and Maine) for their willingness to give him a chance.
Makes me really happy to see folks maintaining some humanity during these less than forgiving times.
Makes me really happy to see folks maintaining some humanity during these less than forgiving times.
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coming soon to a browser near you
September 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
coming soon to a browser near you
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i wrote about atproto and why it matters
Open Social — overreacted
The protocol is the API.
overreacted.io
September 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
i wrote about atproto and why it matters
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🙋 have you ever _wanted_ to deploy a @nuxt.com site to some provider bc of their features/dx/price but decided not to because of a limitation in nuxt?
(would love to know even minor nitpicks or frictions)
(would love to know even minor nitpicks or frictions)
September 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🙋 have you ever _wanted_ to deploy a @nuxt.com site to some provider bc of their features/dx/price but decided not to because of a limitation in nuxt?
(would love to know even minor nitpicks or frictions)
(would love to know even minor nitpicks or frictions)
Lol not sure about fanfics but there are indeed people writing books with @vscode.dev!
Most prolific example I know of is @jaypenner.bsky.social who’s written 16 novels using VS Code 😵
Most prolific example I know of is @jaypenner.bsky.social who’s written 16 novels using VS Code 😵
September 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Lol not sure about fanfics but there are indeed people writing books with @vscode.dev!
Most prolific example I know of is @jaypenner.bsky.social who’s written 16 novels using VS Code 😵
Most prolific example I know of is @jaypenner.bsky.social who’s written 16 novels using VS Code 😵
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Has anyone been wanting @vscode.dev IntelliSense for #atproto lexicon json files? Cool. @slices.network will have that. Will work on any project though. 🔜
September 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Has anyone been wanting @vscode.dev IntelliSense for #atproto lexicon json files? Cool. @slices.network will have that. Will work on any project though. 🔜