Tobias Fedder
@tfedder.de
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Working in tech can be so fucking suffocating. I’ve been MIA here bc I had no space to breathe with my last role and how toxic things were there. All that just to be let go lol it’s so not worth selling your soul for a check whew
November 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Working in tech can be so fucking suffocating. I’ve been MIA here bc I had no space to breathe with my last role and how toxic things were there. All that just to be let go lol it’s so not worth selling your soul for a check whew
I was about to write something witty about the police helicopter that has been hovering above my home for 15 minutes — felt like an hour. But I couldnʼt overcome my lack of confidence in my ability to express myself in English.
Silver lining: I did not resort to AI for that.
Silver lining: I did not resort to AI for that.
November 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I was about to write something witty about the police helicopter that has been hovering above my home for 15 minutes — felt like an hour. But I couldnʼt overcome my lack of confidence in my ability to express myself in English.
Silver lining: I did not resort to AI for that.
Silver lining: I did not resort to AI for that.
Glad to report that the update to Android 15 has resolved my issue with TalkBack in Chrome and Firefox.
November 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Glad to report that the update to Android 15 has resolved my issue with TalkBack in Chrome and Firefox.
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If you actually care about the web platform, the open web, and the way AI is degrading the whole experience...I don't think releasing a glorified ChatGPT wrapper is the way to show that care.
October 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
If you actually care about the web platform, the open web, and the way AI is degrading the whole experience...I don't think releasing a glorified ChatGPT wrapper is the way to show that care.
Any recommendations for affordable storage VPS (2 to 4 terrabytes) providers outside of Europe? I am looking for a second remote backup location.
October 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Any recommendations for affordable storage VPS (2 to 4 terrabytes) providers outside of Europe? I am looking for a second remote backup location.
Okay, let's see how well this comment does without context:
Imagine being an Apple customer complaining about others supposedly putting brakes on the baseline of the web.
Imagine being an Apple customer complaining about others supposedly putting brakes on the baseline of the web.
October 19, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Okay, let's see how well this comment does without context:
Imagine being an Apple customer complaining about others supposedly putting brakes on the baseline of the web.
Imagine being an Apple customer complaining about others supposedly putting brakes on the baseline of the web.
Nothing motivates like a good, in-person, frontend meetup.
Cherry on top: I take a day off, so I have all that motivation to myself.
Cherry on top: I take a day off, so I have all that motivation to myself.
October 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Nothing motivates like a good, in-person, frontend meetup.
Cherry on top: I take a day off, so I have all that motivation to myself.
Cherry on top: I take a day off, so I have all that motivation to myself.
Just read a few articles about the surge of the gold price, saying that buyers choose it because of its value preservation.
🤷♂️
🤷♂️
October 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Just read a few articles about the surge of the gold price, saying that buyers choose it because of its value preservation.
🤷♂️
🤷♂️
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⚓️ New Article: DIY Netlify
DIY Netlify
Today, I wanted to share how I built my own DIY Netlify that I use to host over a dozen sites for just $10/month, with way more control and much faster build times.
Let’s dig in!
The Netlify Revolution A few years back, Netlify helped usher in the era of static site generators by offering a really easy way for folks to host and deploy static HTML.
All you had to do was push your site to GitHub.
gomakethings.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
⚓️ New Article: DIY Netlify
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Drew this today to explain where we are on the AI hype cycle at the moment. Feel free to use…
September 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Drew this today to explain where we are on the AI hype cycle at the moment. Feel free to use…
I know German is hard or whatever. One of the reasons is the closed compound words. I also know hyphenation on the web isn’t solved yet.
But this is the third word failing within 30 minutes of using the web.
All could’ve been avoided with a soft hyphen. At least this one wasn’t cut off.
But this is the third word failing within 30 minutes of using the web.
All could’ve been avoided with a soft hyphen. At least this one wasn’t cut off.
September 12, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I know German is hard or whatever. One of the reasons is the closed compound words. I also know hyphenation on the web isn’t solved yet.
But this is the third word failing within 30 minutes of using the web.
All could’ve been avoided with a soft hyphen. At least this one wasn’t cut off.
But this is the third word failing within 30 minutes of using the web.
All could’ve been avoided with a soft hyphen. At least this one wasn’t cut off.
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Definitely looking for someone to break down how to do some real nice stuff with view transitions on piccalil.li
Stuff people can use in their day-to -day. Hit me up if that’s you!
Stuff people can use in their day-to -day. Hit me up if that’s you!
September 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Definitely looking for someone to break down how to do some real nice stuff with view transitions on piccalil.li
Stuff people can use in their day-to -day. Hit me up if that’s you!
Stuff people can use in their day-to -day. Hit me up if that’s you!
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TIL git-annex exists.
Now I am glad that I hesitated for so long to install a questionable git LFS server.
Now I am glad that I hesitated for so long to install a questionable git LFS server.
August 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
TIL git-annex exists.
Now I am glad that I hesitated for so long to install a questionable git LFS server.
Now I am glad that I hesitated for so long to install a questionable git LFS server.
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Hey fellow frontendlers -
I spend a lot of time on my phone. Too much tbh - but I can't always grab my laptop.
I want to be able to mess with HTML and CSS comfortably while on my phone, and see quick results.
Codepen app doesn't do that. The web version is hard to control on a phone.
Any ideas?
I spend a lot of time on my phone. Too much tbh - but I can't always grab my laptop.
I want to be able to mess with HTML and CSS comfortably while on my phone, and see quick results.
Codepen app doesn't do that. The web version is hard to control on a phone.
Any ideas?
August 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Hey fellow frontendlers -
I spend a lot of time on my phone. Too much tbh - but I can't always grab my laptop.
I want to be able to mess with HTML and CSS comfortably while on my phone, and see quick results.
Codepen app doesn't do that. The web version is hard to control on a phone.
Any ideas?
I spend a lot of time on my phone. Too much tbh - but I can't always grab my laptop.
I want to be able to mess with HTML and CSS comfortably while on my phone, and see quick results.
Codepen app doesn't do that. The web version is hard to control on a phone.
Any ideas?
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AI isn't "increasing efficiency" if other people end up having to parse, fact check and correct your work.
July 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
AI isn't "increasing efficiency" if other people end up having to parse, fact check and correct your work.
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The thing most people look for in leadership are absolute rules that they can apply “do this, not that” style.
The truth is, leadership is thinking in systems. Org health and productivity are related. Org change isn’t just moving TO something, it’s FROM-TO, and so on.
Consider the whole system.
The truth is, leadership is thinking in systems. Org health and productivity are related. Org change isn’t just moving TO something, it’s FROM-TO, and so on.
Consider the whole system.
July 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The thing most people look for in leadership are absolute rules that they can apply “do this, not that” style.
The truth is, leadership is thinking in systems. Org health and productivity are related. Org change isn’t just moving TO something, it’s FROM-TO, and so on.
Consider the whole system.
The truth is, leadership is thinking in systems. Org health and productivity are related. Org change isn’t just moving TO something, it’s FROM-TO, and so on.
Consider the whole system.
Sitting in a food court in Berlin — yes, I’m on vacation. Now I know where all the vibe coders are.
July 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Sitting in a food court in Berlin — yes, I’m on vacation. Now I know where all the vibe coders are.
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If you could dynamically mirror HTML content in multiple places (e.g. like a <use> for HTML), what would you use it for?
July 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
If you could dynamically mirror HTML content in multiple places (e.g. like a <use> for HTML), what would you use it for?
Insufficient leadership begets insufficient leadership.
I have been back and forth over the span of 5 years about whether to publish this article.
All opinions and experiences in this post are my own, or from people I personally know, backed up with recent reports and statistics.
All opinions and experiences in this post are my own, or from people I personally know, backed up with recent reports and statistics.
Why Women in Tech isn't enough
Women in Tech spaces help, but fall short in the long run. Real progress needs systemic change and active involvement from men in positions of power.
whitep4nth3r.com
July 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Insufficient leadership begets insufficient leadership.
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The only way to get an approximation of a correct bit of code from an AI is to ask the right questions (i.e., create the correct prompt). It seems to me that, as a profession, we have been struggling to ask the right questions for 80 years now. It's a hard problem.
July 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The only way to get an approximation of a correct bit of code from an AI is to ask the right questions (i.e., create the correct prompt). It seems to me that, as a profession, we have been struggling to ask the right questions for 80 years now. It's a hard problem.
Naming is hard. Assumptions are wrong. But the prototype seems to be working.
I got an idea for a custom element, but I’ve no time to try making it at the moment:
<soft-br>
Adds a line break in it’s place, given that the line break does not increase the parent element’s number of lines.
Maybe also doing that only when off-screen, because of defer and flashing text bla bla
<soft-br>
Adds a line break in it’s place, given that the line break does not increase the parent element’s number of lines.
Maybe also doing that only when off-screen, because of defer and flashing text bla bla
July 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Naming is hard. Assumptions are wrong. But the prototype seems to be working.
TIL text-wrap: balance; isn’t balancing lines around <br> in Firefox and Chrome.
July 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
TIL text-wrap: balance; isn’t balancing lines around <br> in Firefox and Chrome.
I got an idea for a custom element, but I’ve no time to try making it at the moment:
<soft-br>
Adds a line break in it’s place, given that the line break does not increase the parent element’s number of lines.
Maybe also doing that only when off-screen, because of defer and flashing text bla bla
<soft-br>
Adds a line break in it’s place, given that the line break does not increase the parent element’s number of lines.
Maybe also doing that only when off-screen, because of defer and flashing text bla bla
July 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I got an idea for a custom element, but I’ve no time to try making it at the moment:
<soft-br>
Adds a line break in it’s place, given that the line break does not increase the parent element’s number of lines.
Maybe also doing that only when off-screen, because of defer and flashing text bla bla
<soft-br>
Adds a line break in it’s place, given that the line break does not increase the parent element’s number of lines.
Maybe also doing that only when off-screen, because of defer and flashing text bla bla
I can’t wait to slap
calc-size(auto, round(up, size, 1rlh))
on every <blockquote> in every .card there is.
calc-size(auto, round(up, size, 1rlh))
on every <blockquote> in every .card there is.
July 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I can’t wait to slap
calc-size(auto, round(up, size, 1rlh))
on every <blockquote> in every .card there is.
calc-size(auto, round(up, size, 1rlh))
on every <blockquote> in every .card there is.