rem / Remy Sharp
@remysharp.com
Smart enough to know he's not smart enough.
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📍Brighton, UK
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📍Brighton, UK
Games I've bought and never played (because I imagine I've got time but in reality I don't…and I'm tired):
Last Campfire
It Takes Two
Eastward
Ibb & Obb
Metroid Prime (remastered)
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Luigi's Mansion 3
This bums me out 🤦
Last Campfire
It Takes Two
Eastward
Ibb & Obb
Metroid Prime (remastered)
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Luigi's Mansion 3
This bums me out 🤦
January 17, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Games I've bought and never played (because I imagine I've got time but in reality I don't…and I'm tired):
Last Campfire
It Takes Two
Eastward
Ibb & Obb
Metroid Prime (remastered)
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Luigi's Mansion 3
This bums me out 🤦
Last Campfire
It Takes Two
Eastward
Ibb & Obb
Metroid Prime (remastered)
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Luigi's Mansion 3
This bums me out 🤦
Home Assistant buddies: does anyone have a good android theme that works in light mode/theme but doesn't hide the time?
github.com/home-assista...
github.com/home-assista...
White screens painting time/status out · Issue #6270 · home-assistant/android
Home Assistant Android app version(s): 2026.1.3-full (19812) Android version(s): 16 (BD3A.251105.010.E1) - latest build Device model(s): Pixel 10 Pro Home Assistant version: 2026.1.1 Last working H...
github.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Home Assistant buddies: does anyone have a good android theme that works in light mode/theme but doesn't hide the time?
github.com/home-assista...
github.com/home-assista...
Created and pushed my first PR to the Home Assistant project.
Though, it's a single line and fixes a teeny tiny UI bug in dark mode.
Though, it's a single line and fixes a teeny tiny UI bug in dark mode.
January 15, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Created and pushed my first PR to the Home Assistant project.
Though, it's a single line and fixes a teeny tiny UI bug in dark mode.
Though, it's a single line and fixes a teeny tiny UI bug in dark mode.
Making my 222 file pull request a draft. Not looking forward to review those files … (massive eslint change plus upgrading deps and fixing all the things so that it can run like nothing changed)
January 15, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Making my 222 file pull request a draft. Not looking forward to review those files … (massive eslint change plus upgrading deps and fixing all the things so that it can run like nothing changed)
I swear this is the last time I buy the wrong thing from amazon (I've really managed to get my amazon'ing right down in recent years).
But fuck me, I searched for "18500 battery holder" and I didn't realise that it just slipped in results for 18650 battery holder. Totally. Different. Size.
But fuck me, I searched for "18500 battery holder" and I didn't realise that it just slipped in results for 18650 battery holder. Totally. Different. Size.
a woman in a black dress is sitting at a table with wine glasses
Alt: very upset woman mouthing "FUCK" and flipping a wedding table with glasses and plates going all over the shop.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:01 PM
I swear this is the last time I buy the wrong thing from amazon (I've really managed to get my amazon'ing right down in recent years).
But fuck me, I searched for "18500 battery holder" and I didn't realise that it just slipped in results for 18650 battery holder. Totally. Different. Size.
But fuck me, I searched for "18500 battery holder" and I didn't realise that it just slipped in results for 18650 battery holder. Totally. Different. Size.
This should break your heart, make you want to smash things and shout at our utterly disgusting leaders who allow this to happen.
January 14, 2026 at 4:41 PM
This should break your heart, make you want to smash things and shout at our utterly disgusting leaders who allow this to happen.
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Got a team of developers looking to up their game?
Step out, learn together, spark shared conversations, and level up as a group. Web Day Out is a 1 day focus with practical talks on performance, accessibility, and building simpler, more resilient sites.
Full lineup webdayout.com?utm_source=C...
Step out, learn together, spark shared conversations, and level up as a group. Web Day Out is a 1 day focus with practical talks on performance, accessibility, and building simpler, more resilient sites.
Full lineup webdayout.com?utm_source=C...
January 14, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Got a team of developers looking to up their game?
Step out, learn together, spark shared conversations, and level up as a group. Web Day Out is a 1 day focus with practical talks on performance, accessibility, and building simpler, more resilient sites.
Full lineup webdayout.com?utm_source=C...
Step out, learn together, spark shared conversations, and level up as a group. Web Day Out is a 1 day focus with practical talks on performance, accessibility, and building simpler, more resilient sites.
Full lineup webdayout.com?utm_source=C...
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1. AI is coming for everyone's jobs because AGI is right around the corner.
2. AI can't handle a checkout flow so every e-commerce site needs to add a special API just for AI to use.
These two things can't both be true. If 1 is true, why waste time on 2?
searchengineland.com/google-unive...
2. AI can't handle a checkout flow so every e-commerce site needs to add a special API just for AI to use.
These two things can't both be true. If 1 is true, why waste time on 2?
searchengineland.com/google-unive...
Google launches Universal Commerce Protocol for agent-led shopping
Google’s new open commerce standard aims to reduce cart abandonment and enable agent-led buying across Search, Gemini, and retailer systems.
searchengineland.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:01 PM
1. AI is coming for everyone's jobs because AGI is right around the corner.
2. AI can't handle a checkout flow so every e-commerce site needs to add a special API just for AI to use.
These two things can't both be true. If 1 is true, why waste time on 2?
searchengineland.com/google-unive...
2. AI can't handle a checkout flow so every e-commerce site needs to add a special API just for AI to use.
These two things can't both be true. If 1 is true, why waste time on 2?
searchengineland.com/google-unive...
Really short list of things that I learnt/realised recently that let me delete bytes (web stuff): remysharp.com/2026/01/13/b...
Bytes I can delete after all this time
For the last few years my work-work has mostly focused on back end software (particularly around APIs). This meant that any front end work I was doing was for …
remysharp.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Really short list of things that I learnt/realised recently that let me delete bytes (web stuff): remysharp.com/2026/01/13/b...
Weekend full of Neil Diamond songs, and to my shock, this was me: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VozE... - genuinely 🤦
King of Queens - Reverend Blue Jeans (Forever in Blue Jeans)
YouTube video by Internet Dings
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January 12, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Weekend full of Neil Diamond songs, and to my shock, this was me: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VozE... - genuinely 🤦
How to get all the RSS feeds from @bell.bz's query.
I've put the actual code in the alt text. There's one part of me that says that's accessible, whilst my gut says a screenreader announcing all this code is fairly useless (but then it can be copied?).
I've put the actual code in the alt text. There's one part of me that says that's accessible, whilst my gut says a screenreader announcing all this code is fairly useless (but then it can be copied?).
![curl "https://public.api.bsky.app/xrpc/app.bsky.feed.getPostThread?uri=at://did:plc:pzgvqg4ihnaihkrpmxqz5pu6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbt3w3k7v22l" | jq -r '[.thread.replies[]? | recurse(.replies[]?) | .post.record.facets[]?.features[]? | select(.uri) | .uri] | unique | .[]'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bgiuklsedj6jytu5w5stv7cn/bafkreidoprxpw5eybxzmdqwosis7ol4qcwkjv6rhsa4l6i3jnrnzzsinfq@jpeg)
January 11, 2026 at 10:33 PM
How to get all the RSS feeds from @bell.bz's query.
I've put the actual code in the alt text. There's one part of me that says that's accessible, whilst my gut says a screenreader announcing all this code is fairly useless (but then it can be copied?).
I've put the actual code in the alt text. There's one part of me that says that's accessible, whilst my gut says a screenreader announcing all this code is fairly useless (but then it can be copied?).
The little (hacked) handheld always surprises me. It holds its charge especially well - I've not charged it in 6 months and still boots (which I don't tend to expect from modern hardware).
January 11, 2026 at 10:49 AM
The little (hacked) handheld always surprises me. It holds its charge especially well - I've not charged it in 6 months and still boots (which I don't tend to expect from modern hardware).
Just an aging JavaScript developer attempting to learn things (I'm learning, whether I'm succeeding is entirely a flip of a coin, that's super glued to the floor)
January 10, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Just an aging JavaScript developer attempting to learn things (I'm learning, whether I'm succeeding is entirely a flip of a coin, that's super glued to the floor)
Love me some Home Assistant, but I've never had any success, at all, with Music Assistant. On paper it is the perfect product, but my experience is horrible. Often I can't even play the song, then if I skip, it tries to play multiple songs at the same time (as if zipped together) 😔. One day…
January 10, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Love me some Home Assistant, but I've never had any success, at all, with Music Assistant. On paper it is the perfect product, but my experience is horrible. Often I can't even play the song, then if I skip, it tries to play multiple songs at the same time (as if zipped together) 😔. One day…
Very much enjoyed Song Sung Blue. Properly pulls at the heart strings too.
January 9, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Very much enjoyed Song Sung Blue. Properly pulls at the heart strings too.
Me: `tsx script.ts` because apparently tsx just works.
TSX:
node:internal/modules/run_main:122
triggerUncaughtException(
^
Error: Transform failed with 2 errors:
blah blah blah
name: 'TransformError'
}
Me: deno, please just run this and save me from typescript.
Deno: 🦕💪
Win.
TSX:
node:internal/modules/run_main:122
triggerUncaughtException(
^
Error: Transform failed with 2 errors:
blah blah blah
name: 'TransformError'
}
Me: deno, please just run this and save me from typescript.
Deno: 🦕💪
Win.
January 8, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Me: `tsx script.ts` because apparently tsx just works.
TSX:
node:internal/modules/run_main:122
triggerUncaughtException(
^
Error: Transform failed with 2 errors:
blah blah blah
name: 'TransformError'
}
Me: deno, please just run this and save me from typescript.
Deno: 🦕💪
Win.
TSX:
node:internal/modules/run_main:122
triggerUncaughtException(
^
Error: Transform failed with 2 errors:
blah blah blah
name: 'TransformError'
}
Me: deno, please just run this and save me from typescript.
Deno: 🦕💪
Win.
VS Code added some kind of weird autocomplete to the terminal panel and it's been constantly getting in my way.
Only today did it piss me off enough for me to finally work out how to boot it out of my way.
Only today did it piss me off enough for me to finally work out how to boot it out of my way.
January 8, 2026 at 4:45 PM
VS Code added some kind of weird autocomplete to the terminal panel and it's been constantly getting in my way.
Only today did it piss me off enough for me to finally work out how to boot it out of my way.
Only today did it piss me off enough for me to finally work out how to boot it out of my way.
Who do I know that's going to @beyondtellerrand.com Dusseldorf?
Only because I'm shy AF (yes…) and I prefer to be a Klingon if possible.
Only because I'm shy AF (yes…) and I prefer to be a Klingon if possible.
January 8, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Who do I know that's going to @beyondtellerrand.com Dusseldorf?
Only because I'm shy AF (yes…) and I prefer to be a Klingon if possible.
Only because I'm shy AF (yes…) and I prefer to be a Klingon if possible.
TIL the Logi+ MX mouse (thing whatever it's called), allows me to use the horizontal scroller as a button too. I didn't know it was touch sensitive.
I've got it set to "touch hold" to toggle the zoom on a window.
I've got it set to "touch hold" to toggle the zoom on a window.
January 7, 2026 at 7:59 PM
TIL the Logi+ MX mouse (thing whatever it's called), allows me to use the horizontal scroller as a button too. I didn't know it was touch sensitive.
I've got it set to "touch hold" to toggle the zoom on a window.
I've got it set to "touch hold" to toggle the zoom on a window.
Getting increasingly pissed off with hardware that depends on the cloud to function. This morning my office didn't get heated because the Goolge Nest returned a 503 error, and today my Logi MX mouse doesn't work because a dev SSL cert is out of date.
What. The actual. Fuck.
I've gotta eject.
What. The actual. Fuck.
I've gotta eject.
January 7, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Getting increasingly pissed off with hardware that depends on the cloud to function. This morning my office didn't get heated because the Goolge Nest returned a 503 error, and today my Logi MX mouse doesn't work because a dev SSL cert is out of date.
What. The actual. Fuck.
I've gotta eject.
What. The actual. Fuck.
I've gotta eject.
Enjoying Traitors, but whoever the fuck keeps doing the ASMR breathing in the background needs a swift slap to the back of the head.
January 6, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Enjoying Traitors, but whoever the fuck keeps doing the ASMR breathing in the background needs a swift slap to the back of the head.
Using a mouse on my android phone is surprisingly satisfying.
January 6, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Using a mouse on my android phone is surprisingly satisfying.
"Man I Need" by Olivia Dean has been on repeat for the last few days. Love the vibe. Though for the first day I thought she was singing "Suddenly, suddenly" - which I repeated like a chump.
January 6, 2026 at 9:41 AM
"Man I Need" by Olivia Dean has been on repeat for the last few days. Love the vibe. Though for the first day I thought she was singing "Suddenly, suddenly" - which I repeated like a chump.
Successfully did the thing I didn't want to do this year: book a follow up dentist appointment (after I had a tooth extracted 2 months ago, there's some bone peeking out).
By some chance, first I got an appointment today, then numbing agent applied, the bone/tooth fragment fell out. Then, cost: £0.
By some chance, first I got an appointment today, then numbing agent applied, the bone/tooth fragment fell out. Then, cost: £0.
January 5, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Successfully did the thing I didn't want to do this year: book a follow up dentist appointment (after I had a tooth extracted 2 months ago, there's some bone peeking out).
By some chance, first I got an appointment today, then numbing agent applied, the bone/tooth fragment fell out. Then, cost: £0.
By some chance, first I got an appointment today, then numbing agent applied, the bone/tooth fragment fell out. Then, cost: £0.
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Happy New Year, everyone, all the best to you!
Pixel Pioneers is back in Bristol on 19 June, and we'll announce the first speakers very soon. Early birds are still on sale, but more than half are already gone: pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...
Pixel Pioneers is back in Bristol on 19 June, and we'll announce the first speakers very soon. Early birds are still on sale, but more than half are already gone: pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...
a cartoon of an early bird standing on a pole
ALT: a cartoon of an early bird standing on a pole
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Happy New Year, everyone, all the best to you!
Pixel Pioneers is back in Bristol on 19 June, and we'll announce the first speakers very soon. Early birds are still on sale, but more than half are already gone: pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...
Pixel Pioneers is back in Bristol on 19 June, and we'll announce the first speakers very soon. Early birds are still on sale, but more than half are already gone: pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...