Posts by zeldman@front-end.social
(DIR) Post #B2eXVjsjClnnki1SK0 by zeldman@front-end.social
2026-01-25T13:45:02Z
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“As she spoke to the Guardian she held a plastic bag into which she regularly retched.”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/24/a-lot-of-fear-the-families-bearing-brunt-of-swedens-immigration-crackdown #AsylumSeekers #rightwing #cruelty
(DIR) Post #B2eZmkJF4HM1uTf4LI by zeldman@front-end.social
2026-01-25T17:56:51Z
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“A regime based on terror… deploys violence precisely to reinforce the message that anyone can be subjected to it.”Gift article; h/t Fred Gates Designhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/opinion/state-terror-has-arrived.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HFA.oEgF.zzDMAijSp2gq&smid=bs-share
(DIR) Post #B2g1ogcUkRR0vALAIa by zeldman@front-end.social
2026-01-26T12:35:26Z
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Inspiring! Hand-drawn maps. https://cagrimmett.com/2026/01/23/hand-drawn-maps/
(DIR) Post #B2gTgGGddiq5adt7pI by zeldman@front-end.social
2026-01-26T17:47:40Z
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It’s been my good fortune to work with and befriend many deeply gifted people.Almost without exception, I’ve found them to be humble.They’ve all taken pleasure in sharing what they know.They’ve all cared more about craft than cash, fame, or position. They’ve all wrestled with self-doubt.
(DIR) Post #B2iMq2zTXxAdwgV1WK by zeldman@front-end.social
2026-01-27T15:40:24Z
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On this Remembrance Day, we must remember the ideologies that enabled genocide, the dehumanization that preceded murder, the machinery of extermination, and the resistors who said no.https://iamarino.com/remembrance-day-and-amnesia/ #RemembranceDay
(DIR) Post #B2iORlACNKz5c93sVk by zeldman@front-end.social
2026-01-27T15:58:27Z
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Accessibility For Everyone by Laura Kalbag (originally published by A Book Apart in 2017) is now free and online as a website. It covers web accessibility for designers, developers, content folks, and (basically) everyone who works in—or interacts with—tech.accessibilityforeveryone.site
(DIR) Post #B2jvoJfaFoK2eL46DI by zeldman@front-end.social
2026-01-28T09:47:00Z
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“We did not name the machines after some abstract idea. We named them after the humans they were replacing.”https://iterativewonders.com/2026/01/27/the-word-computer-meant-human-at-some-point/
(DIR) Post #B2jwVUBh1a2TiqfWme by zeldman@front-end.social
2026-01-28T09:54:46Z
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We named them after the humans they were replacing.“The word ‘computer’ only really slid over to mean ‘a machine’ in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, once we started building mechanical and then electronic devices to do that work instead . We did not name the machines after some abstract idea. We named them after the humans they were replacing.”https://zeldman.com/2026/01/28/we-named-them-after-the-humans-they-were-replacing/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
(DIR) Post #B2mIRJXJGpuupy7ERM by zeldman@front-end.social
2026-01-29T13:09:59Z
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Somehow I missed this when @scripting first posted it in 2020. A principled stand against Google’s efforts to deprecate HTTP, the protocol of the web. h/t @cagrimmett https://this.how/googleAndHttp/
(DIR) Post #B2mcn0S2uGdH6IH55U by zeldman@front-end.social
2026-01-29T16:58:00Z
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Local news still matters—now more than ever.https://zeldman.com/2026/01/29/mark-your-calendar-local-news-day-is-9-april/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
(DIR) Post #B2mf6INyeQ5y8KhH9c by zeldman@front-end.social
2026-01-29T17:23:54Z
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Tammy Silva Built a Career Helping Others Build Theirs. Her New Website Scales That Mission.https://wordpress.com/blog/2026/01/29/tammy-silva-website-story/ #AIWebsiteBuilder, #SuccessStories, #Wordpress-com
(DIR) Post #B2oEkoolBDkJrAF6hs by zeldman@front-end.social
2026-01-30T11:38:05Z
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“Productivity benefits may come at the cost of skills necessary to validate AI-written code if junior engineers’ skill development has been stunted by using AI in the first place.”Note that this warning comes from Anthropic themselves.
(DIR) Post #B2oEouNwQFDSHXeHAW by zeldman@front-end.social
2026-01-30T11:38:51Z
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“Productivity benefits may come at the cost of skills necessary to validate AI-written code if junior engineers’ skill development has been stunted by using AI in the first place.”Note that this warning comes from Anthropic themselves.https://www.anthropic.com/research/AI-assistance-coding-skills #vibecoding
(DIR) Post #B2uXwZ74SXdKhZsjZo by zeldman@front-end.social
2026-02-02T12:41:20Z
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Danger, Will Robinson!https://opensourcemalware.com/blog/clawdbot-skills-ganked-your-crypto
(DIR) Post #B2udcmuO3fFFQ9txgG by zeldman@front-end.social
2026-02-02T13:45:03Z
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In Soviet Russia, software operates *you*.https://blog.mikeswanson.com/backseat-software/ #BackseatSoftware #antipatterns
(DIR) Post #B2ujzcn2RaxEQMjku0 by zeldman@front-end.social
2026-02-02T14:56:24Z
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RE: https://fosstodon.org/@jonathanbossenger/116001503488076404In a new video, my Fellowmattician @jonathanbossenger shares how he used the @automattic trial process to learn and grow, even before he was hired.
(DIR) Post #B2ungCpX8ZhkE4trMG by zeldman@front-end.social
2026-02-02T15:37:43Z
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Honor thy foremothers.https://wp.me/pfmEgz-5aG?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
(DIR) Post #B2uqABAW4yYTfW8PNg by zeldman@front-end.social
2026-02-02T16:05:33Z
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“Speed without rigor and intention produces brittle work.”A successful critique is equitable and productive. https://alistapart.com/blog/post/successful-or-unsuccessful-the-post-good-design-vocabulary/
(DIR) Post #B2wi9680vI64QgrDfc by zeldman@front-end.social
2026-02-03T13:45:07Z
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“But her emails!”
(DIR) Post #B2yyRB6r81VIfqsYKm by zeldman@front-end.social
2026-02-04T15:57:05Z
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“A streamlined newspaper for a streamlined era”Posted today for no particular reason.https://zeldman.com/2026/02/04/a-streamlined-newspaper-for-a-streamlined-era/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social