Rach Smith
@rachsmith.com
Writing the React, fighting with the application state, designing the GraphQL APIs, cursing the TypeScript errors, learning Golang, migrating the databases, and admiring the amazing content at https://codepen.io.
https://rachsmith.com
https://rachsmith.com
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can you imagine making a feature that's so awful you have the most creative people on national television calling it a piece of shit and telling you to "FUCK OFF." on national tv.
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
can you imagine making a feature that's so awful you have the most creative people on national television calling it a piece of shit and telling you to "FUCK OFF." on national tv.
I’ve been rewriting one of my home-cooked SvelteKit apps with Go and @data-star.dev. Had to wrap my head around the paradigm shift (I’ve never tried HTMX) and deepen my understanding of Go templates… but now that’s done, I’m loving the simplicity of this stack!!
October 27, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I’ve been rewriting one of my home-cooked SvelteKit apps with Go and @data-star.dev. Had to wrap my head around the paradigm shift (I’ve never tried HTMX) and deepen my understanding of Go templates… but now that’s done, I’m loving the simplicity of this stack!!
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View transitions are in every browser now ✨
Firefox now supports view transitions, the command and commandfor HTML attributes, and the moveBefore() method.
www.firefox.com/en-US/firefo...
www.firefox.com/en-US/firefo...
October 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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yea so this is no big deal. ive been taking the lead protein powder for about six months and the only noticeable change is that lately I'm really into using LLMs to unlock critical strategic business insights
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
October 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
yea so this is no big deal. ive been taking the lead protein powder for about six months and the only noticeable change is that lately I'm really into using LLMs to unlock critical strategic business insights
It's a long story but basically we've been without broadband for an entire week so I've had to survive on my spotty 4G connection.
Most of the web doesn't work with a shitty connection but the worst offender for me and my needs has been github.com.
Most of the web doesn't work with a shitty connection but the worst offender for me and my needs has been github.com.
October 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
It's a long story but basically we've been without broadband for an entire week so I've had to survive on my spotty 4G connection.
Most of the web doesn't work with a shitty connection but the worst offender for me and my needs has been github.com.
Most of the web doesn't work with a shitty connection but the worst offender for me and my needs has been github.com.
Who needs a flying car when you have display: grid
How good is the platform now.
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October 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Shouts to the @ynabofficial.bsky.social team for making some top quality web software. I've been using the site for 8 years, have not run in to anything buggy or broken even *once*. I can do everything with the keyboard!
October 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Shouts to the @ynabofficial.bsky.social team for making some top quality web software. I've been using the site for 8 years, have not run in to anything buggy or broken even *once*. I can do everything with the keyboard!
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i just want software that leaves me the fuck alone you know what i mean?
September 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
i just want software that leaves me the fuck alone you know what i mean?
Anybody else compulsively hit ⌘+S no less than 5 times per save?
September 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Anybody else compulsively hit ⌘+S no less than 5 times per save?
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of all the things I am not going to buy, this is the thing I am not going to buy the most
September 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
of all the things I am not going to buy, this is the thing I am not going to buy the most
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solved an edge case style override in @astro.build using CSS layers a little while back and got around to writing it up
still extremely happy with Astro and its technical choices to lean heavily on web standards. makes stuff like this feel so natural 💜
codetv.dev/blog/astro-c...
still extremely happy with Astro and its technical choices to lean heavily on web standards. makes stuff like this feel so natural 💜
codetv.dev/blog/astro-c...
CSS overrides without important using layers in Astro components
We used to need `!important` to override styles, but it’s not 2021 anymore and there’s a better way: CSS layers.
codetv.dev
August 31, 2025 at 12:14 AM
solved an edge case style override in @astro.build using CSS layers a little while back and got around to writing it up
still extremely happy with Astro and its technical choices to lean heavily on web standards. makes stuff like this feel so natural 💜
codetv.dev/blog/astro-c...
still extremely happy with Astro and its technical choices to lean heavily on web standards. makes stuff like this feel so natural 💜
codetv.dev/blog/astro-c...
As a kid I was resentful about being made to learn classical piano while other kids got to play pop songs. Now I’m like why would I want to play pop when Beethoven is lit.
August 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
As a kid I was resentful about being made to learn classical piano while other kids got to play pop songs. Now I’m like why would I want to play pop when Beethoven is lit.
When I go back to a dynamically typed language (Ruby) after working in a statically typed language (Go) I wonder how I even built *anything* with this thing. Golang has ruined dynamically typed languages for me.
(except for JavaScript of course… my ride or die.)
(except for JavaScript of course… my ride or die.)
August 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
When I go back to a dynamically typed language (Ruby) after working in a statically typed language (Go) I wonder how I even built *anything* with this thing. Golang has ruined dynamically typed languages for me.
(except for JavaScript of course… my ride or die.)
(except for JavaScript of course… my ride or die.)
today’s drawing: ghosts - redrawing the little guys my kid drew for his haunted house. Tag yourself, I’m bottom left.
August 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
today’s drawing: ghosts - redrawing the little guys my kid drew for his haunted house. Tag yourself, I’m bottom left.
I think this might make me officially old and crotchety but I think iOS/iPadOS 26 looks terrible and I hate it 👵🏻😭
August 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I think this might make me officially old and crotchety but I think iOS/iPadOS 26 looks terrible and I hate it 👵🏻😭
August 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
today’s drawing: froggy
August 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
today’s drawing: froggy
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I love CSS folks. They are soldiers of joy and delight. The world is burning and AI debates have people at each others throats and CSS peeps keep being like “check out this dancing turtle I made out of divs 🥰”
July 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I love CSS folks. They are soldiers of joy and delight. The world is burning and AI debates have people at each others throats and CSS peeps keep being like “check out this dancing turtle I made out of divs 🥰”
people talking up their agents always be sounding like this
June 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
people talking up their agents always be sounding like this
I got 26 😭 www.nicchan.me/blog/youre-n...
June 15, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I got 26 😭 www.nicchan.me/blog/youre-n...
Friendship ended with Arc. Now Horse is my best friend.
📝 A stack of browsers
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📝 A stack of browsers
rachsmith.com/a-stack-of-b...
A stack of browsers
I was a very happy Arc user for a couple of years, but after The Browser Company announced they would no longer be working on it, I started to assess alternatives.
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June 1, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Friendship ended with Arc. Now Horse is my best friend.
📝 A stack of browsers
rachsmith.com/a-stack-of-b...
📝 A stack of browsers
rachsmith.com/a-stack-of-b...