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Web Accessibility, Web Standards, and Ethical Source Evangelist. Destigmatising mental illness. Factorial.io

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Schalk Neethling @schalkneethling.com · 28d

My heart is shattered. This furry child filled my every day with so much joy. I do not know how I am going to cope without him.

Rest in peace beautiful boy - Kuiper

Black and white border collie curled on an orange pineapple-print blanket, with a flower-print pillow behind.

Schalk Neethling @schalkneethling.com · 5m

I added lit-html, 11ty, and Drupal to the list. I find it interesting that most on the full list do not do great with core web vitals 🤔

httparchive.org/reports/tech...

HTTP Archive: Tech Report

List of reports the HTTP Archive Tracks creates to track various aspects of the the web: State of the Web, State of JavaScript, State of Images, Loading Speed, Progressive Web Apps, Accessibility, SEO...

httparchive.org

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Adam Argyle @nerdy.dev · 55m

closedby=any

cool feature, not enough written about it yet
nerdy.dev/closedby-any

closedBy=any · October 16, 2025

Declarative dialog light dismiss

nerdy.dev

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Stefan Judis @stefanjudis.com · 13m

Did you know that when people use high contrast mode, most of your CSS colors are rewritten to system colors?

@codingchaos.bsky.social explains when, how and how not to use `forced-color-adjust`. 👏

sarahmhigley.com/writing/forc...

@media (forced-colors: active) {
button[aria-pressed=true] {
forced-color-adjust: none;
background-color: Highlight;
color: HighlightText;
}
}

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Ben Schwarz @benschwarz.bsky.social · 2h

According to HTTP Archive, Next.js sites see the **worst** Core Web Vitals performance when compared to other popular frameworks

httparchive.org/reports/tech...

Screenshot from https://httparchive.org/reports/techreport/tech?tech=ALL,Next.js,Ruby+on+Rails,Astro,SvelteKit,Svelte,React,VitePress&geo=ALL&rank=ALL&page=1

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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 1h

I see its time to dust this one off again.

borderless @borderless.bsky.social · Nov 11

Words mean things.

If you're calling yourself a Twitter refugee, you should donate $5 to @distributeaid.org.

They help actual refugees who lost everything fleeing for their lives from war, persecution, etc.

www.omprakash.org/global/distr...

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 14h

Sick of government overreach? 🫠 We are too. Show your support for EFF suing the government with our newest t-shirt! shop.eff.org/products/le...

EFF's Cindy Cohn wearing our Let's sue the government t-shirt

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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 19h

Calling all artists & musicians: 🔈 🎶 🎨 There’s a mass movement of people just like you around the globe that are pushing the music industry to divest from genocide & fossil fuels- we’re calling on you to spread the word & take the pledge!

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Piccalilli @piccalil.li · 19h

It's Wednesday and you know what that means, it's The Index time! Brought to you this week, by JavaScript for Everyone, which is available now.

piccalil.li/the-index/133/

The Index: Issue #133

It's Wednesday and you know what that means, it's The Index time! Brought to you this week, by JavaScript for Everyone, which is available now.

piccalil.li

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keith kurson @keith.is · 1d

YESSSSSS

Ollie Williams @ollie-williams.bsky.social · 1d

Firefox now supports view transitions, the command and commandfor HTML attributes, and the moveBefore() method.

www.firefox.com/en-US/firefo...

Firefox 144.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes

www.firefox.com

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Schalk Neethling @schalkneethling.com · 1d

I have been LOVING this woman's channel and have been binge watching for the pasty week or so :) If you want some beautifully filmed, what boils down to short documentaries with stunning photography and a super relaxed tone, you cannot go wrong. Enjoy

www.youtube.com/@DaniConnorW...

Dani Connor Wild

Hello! My name is Dani, I am a wildlife photographer and have a special connection with squirrels. I am very grateful that my dream of becoming a wildlife photographer is possible, thanks to my incre...

www.youtube.com

Schalk Neethling @schalkneethling.com · 1d

Strengthening npm security: Important changes to authentication and token management github.blog/changelog/20...

Strengthening npm security: Important changes to authentication and token management - GitHub Changelog

As part of our ongoing commitment to securing the npm ecosystem, we’re implementing the first phase of security improvements outlined in our recent announcement. These changes will roll out over…

github.blog

Schalk Neethling @schalkneethling.com · 2d

Networking for People Who Hate Networking www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yaaq...

Networking for People Who Hate Networking

YouTube video by Frontend Engineering & Design South Africa (FEDSA)

www.youtube.com

Schalk Neethling @schalkneethling.com · 2d

It works! For future reference:

```
track.applyConstraints({
torch: true, // or false to turn it off
});
```

Schalk Neethling @schalkneethling.com · 2d

BTW, the issue states that it is resolved, but it does not work on iOS 26. I might also be missing something 🤔

Schalk Neethling @schalkneethling.com · 2d

R400 million of taxpayer funds spent and zero houses built | newsday.co.za/south-africa... - Our tax money hard at work??

R400 million of taxpayer funds spent and zero houses built

Nearly a decade after its grand announcement, the much-hyped Daggafontein Mega City project in Springs, Gauteng, remains little more than an empty promise.

newsday.co.za

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Ryan Mulligan @ryanmulligan.dev · 2d

Container queries and CSS make it simple to smoothly transition an element to the other side of its parent container without knowing exact dimensions or distance.

Read more in my latest post: ryanmulligan.dev/blog/transit...

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Schalk Neethling @schalkneethling.com · 2d

243075 – torch track constraint ignored on iOS | bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi... - Would love to see this one supported. I now have to have an iOS version of my simple little app instead of a single PWA ☹️ - tagging @jensimmons.bsky.social

243075 – torch track constraint ignored on iOS

bugs.webkit.org

Schalk Neethling @schalkneethling.com · 2d

I can do it in three:

"MDN is down"

Andy Bell @bell.bz · 2d

“I asked chat GPT”

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 6d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

Schalk Neethling @schalkneethling.com · 2d

Those ear rings are sooooo cool.

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Sara Soueidan @sarasoueidan.com · 2d

This talk by @nerdy.dev is a wonderful presentation of why CSS is awesome and why we love it so much www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW6G...

Just look at what's possible with #CSS today

And the format is great for the impatient ones (myself included). Right speed, right transitions (pun intended 😉)