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Scott Tolinski
@tolin.ski
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Cohost of @syntax.fm
Executive Producer @Sentry.io
Creator of Level Up Tutorials -> now a part of Syntax

Bboy, Denver, Michigan (Go Blue!)

I like to explore and teach web dev topics.
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Scott Tolinski @tolin.ski · Dec 2
If you haven't 5 years ago Honeypot made a really amazing mini documentary on my career and the origins of Level Up Tutorials.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9eh...
Scott Tolinski & The Origins of LevelUpTuts | mini-doc
YouTube video by Honeypot
www.youtube.com
tolin.ski
Did you find anything cool in this source maps leak?

youtu.be/F1RVFlCWPL4?...
Apple Source Code LEAKED | App Store Analysis
YouTube video by Syntax
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Reposted by Scott Tolinski
syntax.fm
Don't forget to take the State of JS 2025 survey!

Also, don't forget to write in Syntax under "Resources" if you've been watching / learning from our content this past year.

survey.devographics.com/en-US/survey...
A screenshot of the State of JS 2025 survey with the questions "Which courses or training material have you used to learn JavaScript?" "Which newsletters do you read to stay up to date with web development news" "Which programming-related video creators do you follow?" all highlighted with Syntax filled in.
November 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Reposted by Scott Tolinski
rich-harris.dev
last chance to take the State of JS survey if you haven't already, it closes in a day or two

survey.devographics.com/en-US/survey...
State of JavaScript 2025
Take the State of JavaScript survey
survey.devographics.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
tolin.ski
Freehanded this bad boy.
November 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Reposted by Scott Tolinski
jamie.build
This little snippet made debugging view transitions a lot easier
::view-transition-group(*) { animation-duration: 3000ms; } ::view-transition-group(*) { outline: 1px solid blue } ::view-transition-image-pair(*) { outline: 1px solid yellow } ::view-transition-old(*) { outline: 1px solid red } ::view-transition-new(*) { outline: 1px solid green }
October 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Reposted by Scott Tolinski
una.im
Wow really great walkthrough of landonorris.com by @wesbos.com

Super enjoyed this watch and all of the little details that went into it!

Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzL6...
2025 McLaren Formula 1 Driver — Lando Norris
Official hub for British racing star Lando Norris: breaking news, 2025 race wins, exclusive merch, videos and behind-the-scenes access.
landonorris.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
tolin.ski
October 28, 2025 at 6:24 AM
tolin.ski
It is true. We do all of this from the ground up and show real world techniques the entire way instead of just showing off features. By the end of it you have a blog with a db, full auth and user roles. We don’t use any 3rd party UI libraries just my css starter Graffiti that you can leave off.
fubits.dev Ilja @fubits.dev · 17d
Oh wow, 🥁 for @tolin.ski‘s SvelteKit tutorial!
Screenshot of a thread by Scott on Twitter where he causally mentions that he just „wrapped up recording a MASSIVE complete SvelteKit tutorial“
October 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
tolin.ski
youtu.be/KepFlJ0h6uw?...
Classic
YouTube video by Hieroglyphics - Topic
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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rich-harris.dev
if you're ever confused about the origin of a state change in your @svelte.dev app, we just shipped a nice quality of life enhancement to the `$inspect(...)` rune (svelte.dev/docs/svelte/...) — it now automatically prints a stack trace. @pngwn.at goaded me into it
October 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
tolin.ski
The more color systems I write, the more I realize that opacity variants are way more useful than lightness variants.

From a CSS library I wrote for myself: drop-in-graffiti.netlify.app
October 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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sentry.io
GitHub Universe is coming 😈

We'll be kicking off the week with our friends at Syntax for happy hour next Monday, come hang!

Only a few tickets left 👀 www.eventbrite.com/e/san-franci...
San Francisco Syntax Meetup
We're in town for GitHub Universe! Come hang out with the whole Syntax crew at Barebottle Beer Garden at Salesforce Park
www.eventbrite.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
tolin.ski
October 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Reposted by Scott Tolinski
rich-harris.dev
hire zeu!
zeu.dev zeu @zeu.dev · 24d
got laid off due to restructuring :(

i’m now available for mid+ frontend developer/software engineering positions

in the meantime, we’re back to building the future and fun on the web on atproto :)
October 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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una.im
View transitions are in every browser now ✨
ollie-williams.bsky.social Ollie Williams @ollie-williams.bsky.social · 27d
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
October 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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syntax.fm
Who can be the first to post to BlueSky with only vibe-coding?

@w3cj.com @tolin.ski and @wesbos.com raced to find out.

Watch 🍿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=VghZ...
Vibe Off: First to Post Wins (No Code Allowed)
YouTube video by Syntax
www.youtube.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Reposted by Scott Tolinski
robpalmer.bsky.social
Future of the Web panel at @viteconf.org were asked about the most exciting upcoming web standards:

🔶 AsyncContext (@ryansolid.bsky.social)
github.com/tc39/proposa...

🔶 import defer (@evanyou.me)
github.com/tc39/proposa...

🔶 Module Declarations (@ryansolid.bsky.social)
github.com/tc39/proposa...
GitHub - tc39/proposal-async-context: Async Context for JavaScript
Async Context for JavaScript. Contribute to tc39/proposal-async-context development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
tolin.ski
I made a classic 960gs style grid out of css vars, grid and subgrid and tbh wasn't worth it. Ripping it out.
October 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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cultrepo.bsky.social
"Let's hear it for the UN of Javascript!

Vite: The Documentary is finally here.

If you missed the premiere, it's OK!!! Here's the link so you can watch it again, and again and again.

youtu.be/bmWQqAKLgT4 "
Vite: The Documentary
YouTube video by CultRepo
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
tolin.ski
clean
dummdidumm.bsky.social Simon H @dummdidumm.bsky.social · Oct 10
Fun little interaction challenge: one select changes the options of another, which needs to load data depending on the first.

This is how you do it with the new Svelte APIs. Comfortably fits into one screenshot.
showing this code: <script> import { getStates, getCities } from './data'; const states = await getStates(); let selectedState = $state(states[0]); const cities = $derived(await getCities(selectedState)); let selectedCity = $derived(cities[0]); </script> <select bind:value={selectedState}> {#each states as state, idx} <option>{state}</option> {/each} </select> <select bind:value={selectedCity} disabled={$effect.pending()}> {#each cities as city} <option>{city}</option> {/each} </select> <p>Selection: {selectedCity}, {selectedState}</p>
October 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
tolin.ski
Crazy how some people on here are super quick and happy to insult you but completely cower away when you push back on it by trying to have a real conversation.
October 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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syntax.fm
FOLLOW MY INCANTATIONS AND ALL YOUR DREAMS WILL COME TRUE
October 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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w3cj.com
AI based programming has become a religion.
syntax.fm Syntax @syntax.fm · Oct 9
FOLLOW MY INCANTATIONS AND ALL YOUR DREAMS WILL COME TRUE
October 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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matthiasott.com
“I feel like web developers are constantly being gaslit into thinking that complex over-engineered solutions are the only option. […] That’s not good for users, and I don’t think it’s good for us either.”

Mic drop by @adactio.com 👏
adactio.com/journal/22178
Simplify
Reminding myself just how much you can do with CSS these days.
adactio.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
tolin.ski
I've been so annoyed by AI tools and CSS that I made a CSS MCP that:

* consults with MDN for docs
* reports browser compat
* uses project Wallace to analyze your CSS

github.com/stolinski/cs...

Also made claude code agent for css but still perfecting it.
GitHub - stolinski/css-mcp
Contribute to stolinski/css-mcp development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM