Brad Estey @bradestey.com · 31/08/2026With atproto spaces it’s possible to make drafts, settings and such a private single-tenant space where only the author has access. Could a standardized private space for notifications exist? So any authenticated appview can store notifications into a single “notification center”. 010
Brad Estey @bradestey.com · 25/08/2026Tooltips should be visually different. Give them little word balloon tails. Semi-transparent backgrounds. Anything but the same styling as your buttons. 000
Reposted by Brad EsteyKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/07/2026He never misses a chance to sound like a rapist 561611304
Reposted by Brad EsteyNik Gadermann @nik.digital · 01/07/2026Seeing this month's "who is hiring" post on HN, I had a fun idea to visualize the data points over the years as I expected them to be a nice visualization of the current market in tech. Earlier this year was the first month ever in which less people posted jobs than wanted to be hired 🫠 2166
Brad Estey @bradestey.com · 25/06/2026Not a great reading experience.weirdcitymedia.comWhat the Vertical Heck Is Going On, Marvel?One glance at Marvel & USA Today's new Spider-Man Infinity comic tells you something isn’t right... 000
Reposted by Brad Esteykim @kimmymonte.bsky.social · 14/06/2026omg ffs we just want healthcare 1393754821
Brad Estey @bradestey.com · 09/06/2026Is this how I secure $100 million of VC funding for BlamPow? 010
Reposted by Brad EsteyDomino Books @dominocomics.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Interviews with half a dozen NYC cartoonists about the need for the space many of us in city are working to build. Please watch, share, and if you can, donate (link to campaign in reply to this post) youtu.be/Af1vA8TSlZ4?...youtu.beThe New York Working Cartoon LibraryYouTube video by Austin English 12812
Reposted by Brad Esteysimoncropp.bsky.social @simoncropp.bsky.social · 04/06/2026wow do i dislike coding interviews. been coding c# for 25 years. some asks me to “call a method that accepts a func” while watching me , and suddenly my brain is like “how do i even use a keyboard” 0131
Brad Estey @bradestey.com · 01/06/2026Just took a few minutes to get my astro blog posting standard.site lexicons using @sequoia.pub. Thanks @stevedylan.dev, brilliant work! 110
Brad Estey @bradestey.com · 29/05/2026I have been socially influenced. Xteink X3 has arrived. CrossPoint Reader was really easy to install. I just need to figure out how to get Caecilia into the fonts. 060
Reposted by Brad Esteydad (aka miguel) @aka.dad · 22/05/2026repost this, please and thank you 2013262
Reposted by Brad EsteySmitner @smitner.studio · 10/05/2026A sneak peak into the development of indie games: 4252491775
Brad Estey @bradestey.com · 06/05/2026@iame.li What if the PDS was in a little wooden base like this with a spinning glowing cube levitating above somehow? 2420
Brad Estey @bradestey.com · 04/05/2026I'm targeting BlamPow for iOS/Android by building with React Native/Expo, but now I wonder if I should have been targeting Xteink X4 this whole time. 😅 010
Brad Estey @bradestey.com · 01/05/2026The Substance is great and all, but Demons (1985) did it first. 000
Reposted by Brad EsteyGore Vidal Sassoon @jimmyjazz1968.bsky.social · 24/03/2026I’m at ICE HQ 69160243130
Reposted by Brad EsteyBob Nystrom @stuffwithstuff.com · 21/03/2026I've read so many articles in the past year from developers talking about how much more productive LLMs have made them at work. You know what I can't recall a single one of them mentioning? Getting a raise because of it. 510421
Brad Estey @bradestey.com · 15/03/2026Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. “lgtm” 040
Brad Estey @bradestey.com · 12/03/2026Just Brutal is really good. I don't think I've liked a first issue of a series this much since I bought a copy of Invincible #1 off the shelf in 2003. 000
Brad Estey @bradestey.com · 28/02/2026📍 Tara Movie Theater Cinema · United States ★★★★★ Bluesky sticker in the wild? beaconbits.app/beacon/gjryzxv62p6df… #BeaconBits 010
Brad Estey @bradestey.com · 19/02/2026This game has exposed that my memory tends to desaturate colors. Movies have rotted my brain.dialed.ggColor Game — How Well Can You Remember Colors?We show you colors. You recreate them from memory. Challenge friends to beat your score. It's harder than you think. Play free at dialed.gg. 000
Brad Estey @bradestey.com · 19/02/2026Following graphic design trends in the early 2000s means I know an electric green when I see it! 010
Brad Estey @bradestey.com · 28/01/2026“People are generally comfortable with AI assisting their work. They’re far less comfortable when it replaces the parts of the job they care most about. This isn’t resistance to change. It’s a reaction to losing craft.” – @kvlly.com I feel this, but didn’t have such smart words to express it!modernleader.isWhat happens when AI replaces the parts of work people love?We’re using AI to move faster. I’m not yet convinced we’re using it to work better. 010
Reposted by Brad EsteyTom Creighton @tom.party · 23/01/20262015: Should designers code 2025: Should developers code 1144
Reposted by Brad EsteyThomas Marrone @thomasthecat.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics. 9368261782
Reposted by Brad Esteydax @thdxr.com · 29/12/2025ship something shitty fast and fix it later culture just does not produce anything great there's mountains of rationale as to why you should do that but i've never seen it work and it always turns the company into a painful place to work nothing going on right now changes this 4566
Reposted by Brad EsteyThe Onion @theonion.com · 25/12/2025TV Network Refuses To Air ‘Miracle On 34th Street’ For Outdated Depictions Of Hope, Joy theonion.com/tv-network-refuses-to-… 313273509
Reposted by Brad EsteyJohan Peitz - Icy Tower is coming soon! @johanpeitz.com · 01/10/2025📣 ICY TOWER IS COMING BACK Stoked to announce that we're making a brand new Icy Tower game, ready for the 25th anniversary next year! Check out the trailer, spread the news, and wishlist on Steam :D s.team/a/3014860 More in thread 👇🧵 42420155
Brad Estey @bradestey.com · 09/08/2025Am I the only one who prefers boolean props over explicit prop key/value pairs?bradestey.comReact Boolean Prop VariantsUsing a higher-order component to add boolean prop variants to React components. 010
Reposted by Brad EsteyDerek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social · 07/08/2025🍒 Whoa, what's this?! UFO 50 is available right now on #NintendoSwitch! #UFO50 #IndieWorld 492040562
Brad Estey @bradestey.com · 04/08/2025Frankensteining together a combobox using @base-ui.com components.bradestey.comBase UI ComboboxBuilding a combobox component using Base UI and Tailwind CSS 0111
Brad Estey @bradestey.com · 01/08/2025Switching a couple of components from shadcn/Radix to @base-ui.com was shockingly easy. The API is so thoughtful and intuitive. The data props make styling and animating so easy. 😍 010
Reposted by Brad EsteyMatt Dxgges @sequentialmatt.bsky.social · 14/06/2025The only king I recognize 123578
Reposted by Brad EsteyMicah @rincewind.run · 11/05/2025"Sometimes hitters can pick up differences in spin, they can pick up different pitches. But if a pitcher can change speeds, every hitter is helpless, limited by human vision. You just can’t do it.” “Except for that fucker Tony Gwynn." - Greg Maddux 1661360
Brad Estey @bradestey.com · 20/04/2025newyorker.comSayaka Murata’s Alien EyeThe author of “Convenience Store Woman” has gained a cult following by seeing the ordinary world as science fiction. 030
Reposted by Brad EsteyJeffrey Rowland @wigu.org · 19/04/2025I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning 388346286701
Reposted by Brad Esteyonion person @junlper.beer · 23/03/2025just found out about this. if you are distributing information under this government be very careful 20070361708
Reposted by Brad EsteyKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 15/01/2025American transportation planners be like: 351707187
Reposted by Brad EsteyJay Tholen @jaytholen.net · 15/01/2025The Spirit Engine is a unique side-scrolling RPG from 2003 that is being remade for modern systems by @aquellex.ws and the original creator Mark Pay. Begging everyone to wishlist this because it is one of my all-time favorites and imo still holds up.store.steampowered.comThe Spirit Engine DX on SteamWhat happens when one woman's scientific ambitions go unchecked in a world dictated by magic? The upheaval of three lives who'd have otherwise never met each other in this JRPG-inspired, sidescrolling... 119627
Reposted by Brad EsteyAdam Argyle @nerdy.dev · 28/12/2024need 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 3565692
Reposted by Brad EsteyBluesky @bsky.app · 19/12/2024📢 1.96 is rolling out now (5/6) As always, we’d like to thank our GitHub contributors xenomachina, tkusano, Signez, claudiu-cristea, BradEstey, GrizliK1988, rcombs, mlocati, Juanpabl, snowp, ovniroto, thunderweasel, estrattonbailey, valtlai, benharri, monty241, skipness, … 20177687
Reposted by Brad EsteyDan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Arguably Atlanta’s (former) biggest grifter gets a spot among the griftiest administration. Who could have guessed? 0376
Reposted by Brad EsteyElizabeth Smith @instantsunrise.bsky.social · 25/11/2024For those going home to visit family this weekend: • Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus • LG calls it TruMotion • Sony calls it Motionflow • Roku calls it Action Smoothing • Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement • Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect. 418176165916
Reposted by Brad EsteyCabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 14/10/2024I gave a talk at the final XOXO conference. At first, I thought I'd revisit my first talk from ten years ago. But it turned into something different. Something about life, and art, and… McDonalds? 19 minutes. Try to go in without spoilers and watch until the end. 🙏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df_K...youtube.comCabel Sasser, Panic - XOXO Festival (2024)YouTube video by XOXO Festival 1425358
Reposted by Brad EsteyAlexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Mira Ptacin for Atavist on the rural Maine residents who ran their Neo-Nazi out of town. magazine.atavist.com/the-crash-of...magazine.atavist.comHow Concerned Citizens Ran a Neo-Nazi Out of Rural MaineBefore he promoted lies about Haitians eating pets in Ohio, Christopher Pohlhaus tried to build a fascist compound in America's whitest state. His neighbors had other plans. 08223
