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Mark Perkins @allmarkedup.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/11/2026

I’m sad to say I’ve recently joined the “unexpectedly been made redundant” gang 😢 So I’m now looking for a new role where I can bring my 20+ years of frontend dev experience to a team where things like user experience, design and accessibility are valued and who still care about the 'craft' of […]

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Mark Perkins @allmarkedup.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2026

I’m trying to put together a list of fun little web-based word/number games that work well on mobile, such as: wafflegame.net tiledwords.com squares.org numbercrunch.fun Can anyone recommend any other puzzles like the ones above? Mostly looking for games […]

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Mark Perkins @allmarkedup.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/03/2026

I can totally imagine a not-too-distant future where writing code by hand (and thus exposing the loophole in the tithes system) is considered an act of rebellion. And where being _able_ to write code by hand marks you out as - to a certain group of people - a dangerous person indeed. From the […]

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Mark Perkins @allmarkedup.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/02/2026

Okay this might be not be news to anyone but Svelte + Inertia Rails is a pretty fantastic combo. It's definitely making me rethink things a bit...

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Mark Perkins @allmarkedup.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2026

I made Lookbook when I was *very* new to Ruby and I'm super-self conscious about how bad the Ruby in it is. So I'm really enjoying writing fresh new code... that I can hate just as much in three years time 🙄

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Mark Perkins @allmarkedup.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2026

And on a related note over Christmas I started a project to implement a new parser-analyzer engine for Lookbook: github.com/lookbook-hq/booklet Still very early days (it's very much *not* ready for public use yet) but I'm excited about its potential, both as a more flexible, extendable […]

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Mark Perkins @allmarkedup.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2026

Finally got around to taking a proper look at this visual regression tester for Lookbook: github.com/muriloime/lookbook_visua… It's very cool! It makes me so happy when people take time to build stuff like this that extends the capabilities of Lookbook. And the chap that made […]

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Mike Perham :sidekiq: @getajobmike.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/11/2025

Announcing the Gem Fellowship, a grant program for improvements to Ruby-related open source projects. gem.coop/fellowship Want to improve your favorite gem? Submit a proposal, starting next month.

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Mark Perkins @allmarkedup.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/11/2025

It seems it's been yanked from NPM as well. Urgh.

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Mark Perkins @allmarkedup.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/11/2025

It looks like QuietUI has been taken down :( Github repo and social media accounts are gone. This makes me very sad. I don't know what has happened but the creator (Cory LaViska) had clearly put a huge amount of work and love into it so whatever the case I hope he is okay 😞❤️‍🩹

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Mark Perkins @allmarkedup.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2025

Like free pizza and/or drinks? 🍕☕️🍺 Live in or near Brighton? ☀️🏳️‍🌈 Then come along to the Brighton Ruby meetup next Tuesday (7th Oct)! 👉 www.meetup.com/brighton-ruby-group/… The only catch is that you'll have to listen to me ramble on a bit about some of the lessons […]

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Mark Perkins @allmarkedup.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2025

Just got to Viana do Costello, ready for EuRoKu. It’s beautiful! And already met some nice Ruby people so feeling a little less nervous and lots more excited about the conference tomorrow. But first things first… siesta time 😄

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