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Tobias Thorin
@tobiasthorin.bsky.social
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Web developer, multi-discipline nerd, wannabe farmer.
Creator of the LARP event organization platform lajvstart.se (open beta 2025).
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Tobias Thorin @tobiasthorin.bsky.social · Nov 20
I'll try one of these and see if BSky turns out to be a nice place to be. #promosky

👨🏼‍💻 Web development
♟️ Board games
🕹️ Retro video games
💾 Retro Tech
⚔️ Warhammer
🎲 Tabletop RPGs
🎭 Live Action Role Playing
🍺 Beer
🔨 Crafts
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joshwcomeau.com
Lil’ TypeScript tip: Instead of using `@ts-ignore` for stuff you don’t feel like fixing rn, use `@ts-expect-error`.

When you do fix the issue, `@ts-expect-error` will *itself* become an error (which you can fix by deleting the comment).

That way, you avoid stale ignores that aren’t needed anymore.
Screenshot of code showing a "@ts-expect-error" comment with a red underline. A label reads "I fixed the issue, and now the TS compiler will let me know to remove this flag"
May 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
tobiasthorin.bsky.social
This year's State of Devs 2025 survey is now open! survey.devographics.com/survey/state...
State of Devs 2025
Take the State of Devs survey
survey.devographics.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
tobiasthorin.bsky.social
Looks simple, but has a really fun twist if you keep playing for a bit. 🙂
torcado.com torcado @torcado.com · Apr 8
💥 Break The Tower  💥
🧱 🧱
🧱 A game about  🧱
🧱 going up and down 🧱
🧱 🧱

»» torcado.itch.io/break-the-tower ««

#LDJAM #LD57
April 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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qwantz.com
who's that speaking offscreen in panel 1? well i hate to say it but that's gonna have to be secret 23,000,001

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Off panel: Don't tell anyone, T-Rex! T-Rex: Don't worry! I'll take this secret... T-Rex: ...TO MY GRAVE. Dromiceiomimus: Ooh, what secret are you taking to your grave, T-Rex? T-Rex: Can't say! But I CAN say it's not actually that juicy, and I am taking twenty-three million secrets to my grave. Utahraptor: What do you define as a secret? T-Rex: Anything that isn't public knowledge! T-Rex: And if I never share it before I die, I take it to my grave. What I had for breakfast is another secret I'll take to my grave, by the way. Utahraptor: Toast? T-Rex: Yeah, it was toast. T-Rex: Frig, now I'm taking 22,999,999 secrets to my grave. You thought that suspiciously-round number of 23 million was an estimate, but it WASN'T! T-Rex: It's REAL and keeping that tally accurate consumes ALL MY FREE TIME
March 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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qwantz.com
you can't spell "smart" without "shart". i mean this not in the literal sense, but in the permissive one

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T-Rex: It's hard to be smart! Too hard, actually. So I'm throwin' in the towel! T-Rex: As of TODAY, I am out of the being smart business!! T-Rex: But I AM in the "ways to FAKE being smart" business. If you've got a hot tip on how to look smart while actually being kinda slow, but like in a charming way, in a way everyone likes and thinks is cool, hit me up!! Utahraptor: Oh, this is easy! T-Rex: Wait, really? Utahraptor: Dude, VERY few people are smart. Utahraptor: We're all faking it! One thing I do to fake it is to demand that all extraordinary claims have extraordinary proof. Most don't, so it prevents me from believing in all sorts of non-smart stuff - and all I have to do is say "Hmm... that doesn't seem very likely, does it?" T-Rex: Come on! A zinger that somehow makes you seem smart AND protects you from fake ideas, all at once? One measly APHORISM doing all that? Doesn't seem very likely, does it? Off panel: Now you're catching on! T-Rex: ... T-Rex: ...oh my gosh
February 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
tobiasthorin.bsky.social
Just won my first game of Fate: Defenders of Grimheim (solo). Really fun defense game with a lot of replayability. Gotta paint up some characters before next time!

#boardgames #nerdlings
February 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
tobiasthorin.bsky.social
@joannajanuary.bsky.social Great initiative with the larp announcement feed! I happen to have been working on a project that also aims to make larps more visible (among other things). It's not live yet, but is in open beta soon, at lajvstart.se.
Lajvstart
lajvstart.se
February 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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qwantz.com
as a wise philosopher one observed, the days start coming and they don't stop coming. he said "years" but another philosopher (me) once observed that years are just a bunch of days in a big ol' pile, so, we're good

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T-Rex: Okay, enough bad news! Time for some optimism, cats and kittens! TIME FOR SOME GOOD NEWS!! (blank panel) T-Rex: ...That was where you were supposed to tell me good news, Dromiceiomimus. Dromiceiomimus: I know, man! I know! Dromiceiomimus: BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY!! T-Rex: It's okay: Utahraptor will have some for me, I'm sure! And here he comes now! (blank panel) Utahraptor: ...I'm sorry man, I really felt like I had some good news for you. Ran up and opened my mouth and everything, but... I got nothin'. T-Rex: Come on! I want just ONE PIECE of GOOD NEWS to CRADLE IN MY ARMS LIKE A BROKEN BIRD I'M NURSING BACK TO HEALTH! Just one!! Off panel: ...tomorrow is another day? T-Rex: THAT T-Rex: is the PROBLEM!
February 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
tobiasthorin.bsky.social
I've been building an event management service for the past year specifically for LARP events. Kind of like meetup.com, but good ;). Anyway, I just realized that I only have about a week before I'm to present this at the annual LARP convent Prolog (lajvkonvent.se) and I need to rehearse!
Prolog 2025
Ett svenskt lajvkonvent
lajvkonvent.se
February 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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qwantz.com
today has been a rollercoaster for t-rex, vis-a-vis the tunes and the chipping thereof

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T-Rex: Until recently, EVERY FORM OF LIFE ON EARTH - every form, without exception... T-Rex: ...they all lived and died without hearing a SINGLE chiptune! T-Rex: They didn't know how satisfying it was to hear a classic song reimagined through an early audio processing unit that could support, say, two square waves, a triangle wave, a noise channel typically used for percussion, and a delta modulation channel capable of raw 7-bit pulse-code modulation playback. Dromiceiomimus: And to think, they still somehow considered their lives full and worth living! T-Rex: In contrast, WE'RE the first generation with long-term exposure to chiptunes! Utahraptor: Wait - we ARE! T-Rex: Do chiptunes somehow change our cognition? There's absolutely no evidence that they do, or COULD, but WHO KNOWS what effects might show up years down the road? We're all the subjects of a generational experiment, done without precedent OR our consent, and with no way to opt out!! Off panel: ...Save for not listening to chiptunes, of course. That would opt us out pretty quickly. T-Rex: NEVER! T-Rex: I love the beeps AND the boops
January 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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tylersticka.com
I’ve avoided `text-align: justify` for years. Do modern #CSS properties unlock its potential? cloudfour.com/thinks/justi...

#Typography #WebDesign #WebDev
Justified Text: Better Than Expected?
Do new CSS properties make justified text with automatic hyphenation more viable?
cloudfour.com
January 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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nerdy.dev
need product differentiation?

overhire a #CSS front-end team and ask them to:
- polish whatever
- add delight wherever

and watch as your product becomes smooth and buttery while everyone else's gather dust and crust

UI is a huge space offering differentiation via quality
December 28, 2024 at 12:41 AM
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localthunk.com
Talked with PEGI and they do not see anything wrong Balatro being rated 18+, nor with EA sports FC (and similar games) having a 3+ rating

Blaming EU laws, blaming storefronts, waiting for the future. Sitting on their hands

I thought some good might come of this, this sucks
December 18, 2024 at 8:57 PM
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wes.dev
I rebuilt my website as a Windows 95 experience.

Try the Disk Defragmenter!

#Wes95 #BuildInPublic

https://wes.dev/
Wes Souza
I’m a Staff Software Engineer working at Unqork in New York. Read more on my website.
wes.dev
December 18, 2024 at 2:14 PM
tobiasthorin.bsky.social
Picked up Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines again yesterday. Such a classic! We'll see how far I can get this time, it is not an easy game... #retrogaming
December 16, 2024 at 8:56 AM
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wesbos.com
How do you make a button that doesn't change it's width when it's in a loading state?

Use CSS Grid to stack items, and visibility: hidden to hide/show spinner!

This approach allows the largest item to size the button, and keeps the button text accessible
December 11, 2024 at 5:37 PM
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whitep4nth3r.com
i just sent out my latest newsletter edition

"a commonplace book"
weird_wide_web_hole_48
a commonplace book i have been collecting too many "ideas" formally, leading to idea overwhelm. and so i acquired a "commonplace book", a blank notebook, a...
buttondown.com
December 12, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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whitep4nth3r.com
Lazy loading pagination on scroll has killed cmd + F.
November 29, 2024 at 9:48 PM
tobiasthorin.bsky.social
Using HTMX and Astro with a sprinkle of Alpine makes features just fly off the keyboard. It's a delightful dev experience!

@astro.build #htmx #alpinejs #ahastack
December 8, 2024 at 3:18 PM
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simonb.bsky.social
with the Guardian strike action over here, is a 2018 article about larp and political change

@he11ybean.bsky.social was the instigator of this project, @avalonlarpstudio.bsky.social worked on it too, and @refugeecouncil.bsky.social were the charity partner

www.theguardian.com/world/2018/m...
Beyond Dungeons and Dragons: can role play save the world?
From refugees to Aids, live action role-play games are exploring critical issues. But is the idea of social change via larp a fantasy?
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2024 at 6:44 AM
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whitep4nth3r.com
layers
weird_wide_web_hole_47
layers keyboards are like people layers upon layers we stumble yet we navigate and we ascend you, too, can succeed i'm trying weird oh no kirby vs. this blog...
buttondown.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:49 AM
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joshwcomeau.com
One of my favourite UI patterns is using `backdrop-filter` to create a “frosted glass” effect.

When I see this effect in the wild, though, it’s almost never as lush and realistic as it could be. There’s an important optimization that nobody makes.

✨ I share the secret sauce in my brand-new post:
Next-level frosted glass with backdrop-filter • Josh W. Comeau
Glassy headers have become a core part of the “slick startup” UI toolkit, but they’re all missing that final 10% that really makes it shine. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create the most reali...
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December 2, 2024 at 6:18 PM
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justhalfdan.bsky.social
The nordic larp community is terrifyingly dependent on Meta.
November 27, 2024 at 11:49 AM
tobiasthorin.bsky.social
A movie that is set during Christmas time is not necessarily a Christmas movie. Doesn't even matter if you slap some Christmas music on the credits.

Yeah, you know which one I'm talking about.
December 2, 2024 at 9:00 AM
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qwantz.com
YOU WOULDN'T BE ANNOYED AFTER SPENDING THOUSANDS OF YEARS PREACHING PEACE LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE TO DISCOVER THAT SUPLEX SLAMS ARE WHERE IT'S AT THEN HUH

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T-Rex: So a bunch of religions insist theirs is the only CORRECT one, and that the other religions are wrong. Sure! Fine! Makes sense! But how come there's not religions that claim the others are ALSO correct... T-Rex: ...but that THEIR god can beat up YOUR god?? Dromiceiomimus: T-Rex over here, inventing polytheism from first principles! T-Rex: No, that's different! What I'm proposing is a religion that says even the OTHER religions are just as true, but that their god OR GODS are weaker than the ones they believe in! Utahraptor: T-Rex over here, inventing omnism from first principles! T-Rex: No, that's different too! T-Rex: Omnism is a belief in ALL religions. What I want is that, PLUS the belief that their own god is PHYSICALLY THE STRONGEST. The belief MUST be that sure, other gods exist, but THEIR god can physically suplex all the other gods. Like in Wrestlemania! T-Rex: The suplexing is NOT a metaphor. God: T-REX THERE IS NOT A SINGLE RELIGIOUS TEXT THAT INCLUDES THE PHRASE "LIKE IN WRESTLEMANIA!" SO YOU MAY HAVE COME UP WITH SOMETHING NEW HERE T-Rex: Thanks, broseph! God: WEIRD TIME TO CALL ME BROSEPH BUT God: WHATEVER
November 29, 2024 at 12:59 PM