Harry B-L
@harry.bramley-lack.dev
Frontend-focussed Sr Software Engineer | Always learning | TS, C#, Go, Python
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Woah. jQuery migrated to ESM!
Come on other big libraries! No excuses now.
Come on other big libraries! No excuses now.
jQuery support standard JS modules. jQuery!
If they can do it, other big libraries can do it too.
blog.jquery.com/2026/01/17/j...
If they can do it, other big libraries can do it too.
blog.jquery.com/2026/01/17/j...
jQuery 4.0.0 | Official jQuery Blog
jQuery: The Write Less, Do More, JavaScript Library
blog.jquery.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Woah. jQuery migrated to ESM!
Come on other big libraries! No excuses now.
Come on other big libraries! No excuses now.
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jQuery support standard JS modules. jQuery!
If they can do it, other big libraries can do it too.
blog.jquery.com/2026/01/17/j...
If they can do it, other big libraries can do it too.
blog.jquery.com/2026/01/17/j...
jQuery 4.0.0 | Official jQuery Blog
jQuery: The Write Less, Do More, JavaScript Library
blog.jquery.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:55 PM
jQuery support standard JS modules. jQuery!
If they can do it, other big libraries can do it too.
blog.jquery.com/2026/01/17/j...
If they can do it, other big libraries can do it too.
blog.jquery.com/2026/01/17/j...
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conversation I had today:
- is it a nonprofit?
- …not on purpose, no
- is it a nonprofit?
- …not on purpose, no
January 15, 2026 at 8:56 PM
conversation I had today:
- is it a nonprofit?
- …not on purpose, no
- is it a nonprofit?
- …not on purpose, no
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Cheeseburgers are not natural.
My Graph is up on Reddit www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...
My Graph is up on Reddit www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...
January 8, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Cheeseburgers are not natural.
My Graph is up on Reddit www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...
My Graph is up on Reddit www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...
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Check out this great write-up about visual regression testing in Playwright 👇
It features a neat built-in API I've learned about recently myself.
It features a neat built-in API I've learned about recently myself.
Today, I'm writing about the flakiness of visual regression tests due to rendering differences across machines, and how I made the snapshots stable with Playwright Server in Docker
January 13, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Check out this great write-up about visual regression testing in Playwright 👇
It features a neat built-in API I've learned about recently myself.
It features a neat built-in API I've learned about recently myself.
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If you can substitute "hungry ghost trapped in a jar" for "AI" in a sentence it's probably a valid use case for LLMs. Take "I have a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars, they mainly write SQL queries for me". Sure. Reasonable use case.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
August 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
If you can substitute "hungry ghost trapped in a jar" for "AI" in a sentence it's probably a valid use case for LLMs. Take "I have a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars, they mainly write SQL queries for me". Sure. Reasonable use case.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
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I think the AI field is gonna need better PR than "ethical necromancy"
August 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I think the AI field is gonna need better PR than "ethical necromancy"
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The contrast in discourse between the tailwind funding debacle and this report from @igalia.com is bleak. I would love to see 100 threads and YouTube videos about it, too. If you care about the future of the web and open source sustainability, these are the stories we should talk about.
64% of WebKit non-Apple contributions, 20% of Chromium non-Google, 27% of Servo, 39% of test262, and it goes on.
And doing all this as a worker-owned, employee-run cooperative. The world would be a very different place if companies like Igalia were the norm rather than the exception in tech.
And doing all this as a worker-owned, employee-run cooperative. The world would be a very different place if companies like Igalia were the norm rather than the exception in tech.
We analyzed Igalia's contributions to some of our favorite open-source projects on the web and elsewhere and summarized them in this blog post! Check it out: www.igalia.com/2026/01/05/D...
January 13, 2026 at 8:56 AM
The contrast in discourse between the tailwind funding debacle and this report from @igalia.com is bleak. I would love to see 100 threads and YouTube videos about it, too. If you care about the future of the web and open source sustainability, these are the stories we should talk about.
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the wonderful feeling of seeing your peers blossom
January 13, 2026 at 7:57 AM
the wonderful feeling of seeing your peers blossom
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I don't know when this happened, but I sure am happy that I learned about it before putting the new event page online. Thanks for the hint, @kevinpowell.co and @piccalil.li!
www.alanwsmith.com/en/37/wa/jz/...
www.alanwsmith.com/en/37/wa/jz/...
Fix Your robots.txt or Your Site Disappears from Google
a post from alan w. smith
www.alanwsmith.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:58 AM
I don't know when this happened, but I sure am happy that I learned about it before putting the new event page online. Thanks for the hint, @kevinpowell.co and @piccalil.li!
www.alanwsmith.com/en/37/wa/jz/...
www.alanwsmith.com/en/37/wa/jz/...
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I like this setting for VS Code from Ben Frain. JUST show the vertical line for the current indentation, not all of them
```
"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
"editorIndentGuide.background1": "#00000001",
"editorIndentGuide.activeBackground1": "#ff9900"
}
```
benfrain.com/vs-code-high...
```
"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
"editorIndentGuide.background1": "#00000001",
"editorIndentGuide.activeBackground1": "#ff9900"
}
```
benfrain.com/vs-code-high...
January 10, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I like this setting for VS Code from Ben Frain. JUST show the vertical line for the current indentation, not all of them
```
"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
"editorIndentGuide.background1": "#00000001",
"editorIndentGuide.activeBackground1": "#ff9900"
}
```
benfrain.com/vs-code-high...
```
"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
"editorIndentGuide.background1": "#00000001",
"editorIndentGuide.activeBackground1": "#ff9900"
}
```
benfrain.com/vs-code-high...
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We just published 6 CVEs identifying security vulnerabilities in React Router and Remix v2
We recommend updating to the latest appropriate versions:
React Router v7 -- 7.12.0
React Router v6 -- 6.30.3
Remix v2 -- 2.17.2
Details, links, and package ranges are listed below
We recommend updating to the latest appropriate versions:
React Router v7 -- 7.12.0
React Router v6 -- 6.30.3
Remix v2 -- 2.17.2
Details, links, and package ranges are listed below
January 8, 2026 at 8:41 PM
We just published 6 CVEs identifying security vulnerabilities in React Router and Remix v2
We recommend updating to the latest appropriate versions:
React Router v7 -- 7.12.0
React Router v6 -- 6.30.3
Remix v2 -- 2.17.2
Details, links, and package ranges are listed below
We recommend updating to the latest appropriate versions:
React Router v7 -- 7.12.0
React Router v6 -- 6.30.3
Remix v2 -- 2.17.2
Details, links, and package ranges are listed below
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JavaScript
What's your favourite thing that's been made by an absolute cunt?
January 5, 2026 at 8:07 PM
JavaScript
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Microslop
Microsoft is so fucking stupid.
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
January 6, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Microslop
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Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
January 5, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
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There are MANY issues with Starmer’s messaging. But I always thought this govts best and easiest bet was to become THE government of the rules and fair play. Led by a former lawyer, lean into fairness, equality, law and order, justice for workers, respect for international law.
January 5, 2026 at 9:01 AM
There are MANY issues with Starmer’s messaging. But I always thought this govts best and easiest bet was to become THE government of the rules and fair play. Led by a former lawyer, lean into fairness, equality, law and order, justice for workers, respect for international law.
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For many of those seeking asylum a mobile phone isn't just a lifeline to keep in contact with loved ones, it's an essential resource in accessing information and resources. State mandated theft is another example of Labour's dehumanisation of people seeking safety
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK’s plans to seize asylum seekers’ phones condemned by campaigners
People who are sent to Manston processing centre will be eligible for searches for electronic devices from Monday
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:32 AM
For many of those seeking asylum a mobile phone isn't just a lifeline to keep in contact with loved ones, it's an essential resource in accessing information and resources. State mandated theft is another example of Labour's dehumanisation of people seeking safety
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Darren Jones saying repeatedly the Labour Government won't comment on a hypothetical.
It's not hypothetical - Trump is saying very loudly repeatedly what he's done and boasting about it.
And yet the UK Government won't even say it's a breach of international rules. Shameful.
It's not hypothetical - Trump is saying very loudly repeatedly what he's done and boasting about it.
And yet the UK Government won't even say it's a breach of international rules. Shameful.
January 5, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Darren Jones saying repeatedly the Labour Government won't comment on a hypothetical.
It's not hypothetical - Trump is saying very loudly repeatedly what he's done and boasting about it.
And yet the UK Government won't even say it's a breach of international rules. Shameful.
It's not hypothetical - Trump is saying very loudly repeatedly what he's done and boasting about it.
And yet the UK Government won't even say it's a breach of international rules. Shameful.
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For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
He put his complete trust in a chat bot that turned him into a savage murderer.
Disturbing Messages Show ChatGPT Encouraging a Murder, Lawsuit Alleges
A lawsuit against OpenAI reveals the chilling ChatGPT messages that drove a middle aged man to kill his 83-year-old mother.
trib.al
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM
For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
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Starmer and Farage both drape themselves in flags but once again it's really clear where their loyalty really is.
It's Trump first. They will always be on the side of the super rich and powerful - no matter how heinous the crime.
This is not patriotism. It's subservience.
It's Trump first. They will always be on the side of the super rich and powerful - no matter how heinous the crime.
This is not patriotism. It's subservience.
January 3, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Starmer and Farage both drape themselves in flags but once again it's really clear where their loyalty really is.
It's Trump first. They will always be on the side of the super rich and powerful - no matter how heinous the crime.
This is not patriotism. It's subservience.
It's Trump first. They will always be on the side of the super rich and powerful - no matter how heinous the crime.
This is not patriotism. It's subservience.
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The PM and Foreign Secretary should be condemning this illegal strike and breach of international human rights law.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
Trump just kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 11:27 AM
The PM and Foreign Secretary should be condemning this illegal strike and breach of international human rights law.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
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Saying ”Grok apologized” is like If I type “YOU’RE A BITCH” into Speak-And-Spell and tell you “Speak-An-Spell says you’re a bitch”
Parker's piece nails why this matters. "Tech companies... would rather not answer for their products’ failures. Every headline that says “Grok apologizes” or “Grok admits” or “Grok says” creates a world where the chatbot takes the fall while Musk and his executives face no scrutiny whatsoever."
I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
January 2, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Saying ”Grok apologized” is like If I type “YOU’RE A BITCH” into Speak-And-Spell and tell you “Speak-An-Spell says you’re a bitch”
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This has been very widely disseminated and reported in the media as if Grok is a thinking entity capable of reflecting on its actions.
But it's as empty and as untrustworthy as any other AI output. Grok can't promise reviews.
Only xAI, not Grok, can take responsibility for what Grok is generating.
But it's as empty and as untrustworthy as any other AI output. Grok can't promise reviews.
Only xAI, not Grok, can take responsibility for what Grok is generating.
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 9:49 PM
This has been very widely disseminated and reported in the media as if Grok is a thinking entity capable of reflecting on its actions.
But it's as empty and as untrustworthy as any other AI output. Grok can't promise reviews.
Only xAI, not Grok, can take responsibility for what Grok is generating.
But it's as empty and as untrustworthy as any other AI output. Grok can't promise reviews.
Only xAI, not Grok, can take responsibility for what Grok is generating.
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Elon Musk wants civil war in Britain. If you are still on his platform, you are supporting him.
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
October 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Elon Musk wants civil war in Britain. If you are still on his platform, you are supporting him.