Jen Lampton
@jenlampton.bsky.social
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Full stack developer, master of none. Open Source advocate. Usability stickler. Rabble rouser. Backdrop CMS Co-Founder. Expert avocado surgeon. (she/her)
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I put the entire description for the Lampton coat of arms into Sora to see if it could generate a stained glass pattern. Incredible results. Attached are the notarized description, a commissioned drawing we inherited, and the Sora output.
I am creating a new repo on @gitlab.com. Yes, it's because I'm leaving BitBucket -- but why would the *only* option be to manually upload an export? What's wrong with `git push`?
I don't mind paying for a good service, but I have a lot of instances where a client will end up hitting domain or API key limits in a way that costs them hundreds of dollars when they really only have like 200 emails/mo across all domains.
Horrid support is from my own personal experiences with them in the past, delivery reputation was based on current tests (run in 2025)
Sengdrid free tiers are being discontinued in 60 days, that's why I'm in the market again :(
Sooooo what are we using for SMTP providers nowadays?

I'm looking for one with decent support that has a free tier for the little guys who need only help with pw resets :)
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This is certainly better than needing to click to open the modal - but surely there's a way around the modal all together... Is this missing feature not driving everyone else up the wall too?
Has anyone found a google docs extension that will allow you to highlight some text, paste a URL, and have that URL become a link around the text? You know, like almost all other modern rich-text editors? Surely this exists by now?
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Actually the best life advice I ever got: Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly. A half-cleaned room is better than an uncleaned room. Occasionally flossing is better than never flossing. A 10-minute workout is better than no workout. When it’s all you can do to get out of bed, get out of bed.
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Here's my talk from I/O along with the companion blog post that rounds up all of the links mentioned. It's been a very exciting year for the web, and all the new Baseline tooling we've just announced can help you understand when to adopt these new features. web.dev/blog/whats-n...
What's new in web  |  Blog  |  web.dev
A roundup of everything mentioned in the What's New in Web talk at Google I/O.
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WIRED @wired.com · May 22
tired: people AI-generating rando images of themselves as anime

WIRED: AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, new analysis has found
AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse
A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI.
www.wired.com
I'm doing this right now! Thanks for sharing 🥰
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These are the people we should be listening to about AI, not greedy executives and vulture capitalists
This week's the week! THE AI CON drops on Tuesday!

You can join @emilymbender.bsky.social and I tomorrow for our Family Action Network book event with @timnitgebru.bsky.social!

us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We also kick off our book tour on Thursday! Check TheCon.ai/events for details.
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Happy 29th Birthday Internet Archive!

On May 12, 1996, Brewster Kahle founded a non-profit organization called the Internet Archive.

#InternetHistory
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A little over a decade ago I was on vacation before a company event. While I was out, @justafish.bsky.social and co-conspirators planned… a companion event.

So I can say confidently that Eatoncon would involve powerpoint karaoke, fake moustaches, and gummi. Because it did. flic.kr/p/bs4APW
TIL: setting form_error() or form_set_error() prevents forms from being rebuilt, so $form_state['rebuild'] is ignored.

Thank you, core issue comments from 2009!

#Drupal #BackdopCMS #OpenSource #OpenSoruceSoftware #webdevelopment
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Remember to submit your session proposals for #DCAVL by Monday, April 14th! ⏰

🔗 www.drupalasheville.com/submit-session
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This #NationalLibraryWeek, watch a preview of an upcoming documentary from Structure Films about the #InternetArchive's fight to defend online freedom & public access to knowledge.

Full clip ➡️ vimeo.com/1056104575/d...
Support ➡️ fiscal.thegotham.org/project.cfm/...
Wow scammers are getting harder and harder to identify.
Well, Canva may be the most useless piece of design software I've ever used.

Increase font size? Not possible. Ok, change fonts? Nope. Hm. Maybe start from a template for an event flyer? No. ANY flyer at all? Sorry, doesn't exist.

Well then!
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A big part of the problem is stupid people have been convinced by rich people that AI is God, when AI is closer to an automatic dog food dispenser.