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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 10/08/2026

lol I knew as soon as I saw that color that I was destined for it

Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 19/05/2026

Just shipped: Complete Intro to Databases v2 on @frontendmasters.com 6 hours, fully hands-on. Postgres v18, MongoDB, Redis, Neo4j, DuckDB — plus a deep dive into pgvector and RAG for the AI folks. This is the database course I wish I'd had. $10 off month one: holt.fyi/db

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CodeTV @codetv.dev · 04/10/2025

NEW Web Dev Challenge is live for supporters! @angiejones.tech and the goose team challenged 3 teams of devs to build apps using unconventional inputs. featuring @leonnoel.bsky.social, @ericaxtech.bsky.social, @kentcdodds.com, @joelhooks.com, Billy, & @zig.computer watch now: codetv.link/wdc/s2e10

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No Keyboards Allowed | Web Dev Challenge Season 2

How can you control an app without a mouse or keyboard?

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 12/08/2025

I'm going to start adding llms.txt files to each of my @frontendmasters.com courses so you can load my whole course into your Claude/ChatGPT/etc. to get more help or so you can have it reference it later. Complete Intro to MCP is on August 19! Get ready! frontendmasters.com/workshops/co...

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Complete Intro to MCP — Exclusive Workshop

Take a first-principles approach as you explore Model Context Protocol (MCP) while building complex agent workflows on top of LLMs.

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 30/04/2025

Intermediate React v6 on @frontendmasters.com is out!! Master React 19 and create high-performance apps! Build projects using React Server Components, static site generation, and server-side rendering. Save $10 on your first month with this link! holt.fyi/intermediate...

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React Server Components and Performance | Intermediate React, v6 from Frontend Masters

Master React 19 and create high-performance apps! Build projects using React Server Components, static site generation, and server-side rendering. Explore performance bottlenecks in the framework and ...

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 12/03/2025

Intermediate React v6 is happening tomorrow on @frontendmasters.com! Stream it for free on the home page! Really excited to do this one, we're covering all sorts of React server shenanigans including RSCs as well as how to make React be and act performant. Starts tomorrow at 9:30-ish Central!

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Jason Lengstorf @jason.energy · 09/03/2025

still can't believe we had the chance to make a whole season of a game show. extremely grateful to @neon.tech, @clerk.com, and @codepen.io for sponsoring categories on the wheel and if you haven't seen Leet Heat yet, the most recent episode is available to everyone now! codetv.link/lh/s1e3

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 10/12/2024

Anyone using Homey for home automation stuff? I'm getting ready to set up my new house and I'm just curious if I should try Homey or just stick to Home Assistant. More than anything I need good UX to convince my wife to use it. She doesn't like how confusing Home Assistant can be.

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 09/12/2024

My new course, Complete Intro to React, v9, is now available on @frontendmasters.com! Subscribe with this link and get $10 off your first month! frontendmasters.com/join/?code=H...

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Jerome Hardaway @jeromehardaway.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Wrapping up the day with something special: last month, I won an award at City Hall for my work with veterans. It means a lot because I was told people here (ATL) care more about winning than how they win. This award proves you can succeed ethically, with integrity, and without cutting corners.

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 06/12/2024

"It's written in Rust" is not a feature of your app. "It's blazing fast" is a hollow claim that makes me doubt it. Please stop putting these things on your homepage. Please show me why your tool/app/whatever makes my work easier/cheaper/faster-to-iterate.

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Brian Morrison II @brianmm.dev · 02/12/2024

I built an open-source, lightweight calendar scheduler using: @vercel.com @nextjs.org @clerk.com Resend @neondatabase.bsky.social Here's the video, links to the app and source are in the next one. Let me know what you think! youtu.be/GAHHvPOfsow

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I built a lightweight calendar scheduler, check the desc for the source

YouTube video by Brian Morrison

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 03/12/2024

Here are the annual Brian Holt "who the fuck asked you" Top 15 albums of 2024! 1. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disc 2. Jamie xx - In Waves 3. IDLES - TANGK 4. Ghostly Kisses - Darkroom 5. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming 6. Justice - Hyperdrama 7. Kendrick Lamar - GNX

Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk album cover

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 28/11/2024

Is the Ubiquiti Dream Machine still best set up for a home network? - Good UI/UX is important - 2Gbps Internet - Cat 6 in the walls - Need PoE for cameras - I'm too dumb to run EdgeRouter. I did for years and hated it - I do have WiFi 7 devices and two spots to ceiling mount APs - Lots of devices

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Sarah Drasner @sarahedo.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I texted @brianholt.me about this the other day, saying I should do it (I don’t really have time) and he said “This is the Drasner version of ‘I should buy a boat’”

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 25/11/2024

This was so fun. It was such a fun day being silly with @jason.energy @zeu.dev and @badcop.live. And I got to make a tiny pomerian that shits all over your code. youtu.be/pn5Jju4FNG4?...

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What can you build in 4 hours with Google Gemini? — Web Dev Challenge S1E8

YouTube video by Learn With Jason

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Bryan Clark @clarkbw.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

loved the replit demo on lenny's podcast i've been playing with their agent quite a bit lately and it's amazing ✨ check out how fast the Postgres database was created... ⚡

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Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)

Amjad Masad is the co-founder and CEO of Replit, a browser-based coding environment that allows anyone to write and deploy code. Replit has 34 million users ...

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Bryan Clark @clarkbw.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

NeonAPI is the new Python SDK for Neon buff.ly/4eIiLRS

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 19/11/2024

If you’re at Microsoft Ignite, come find me at the neon.tech booth starting in 15 mins! (10:30AM Central). I have Neon key caps and chargers!

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Neon Serverless Postgres — Ship faster

The database you love, on a serverless platform designed to help you build reliable and scalable applications faster.

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 13/11/2024

SQL from the frontend? I mean, you kinda can now, and Neon Authorize makes it pretty easy to get going with. Give Gomes' post a read and give me your spiciest take on it. neon.tech/blog/sql-fro...

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Is "SQL from the frontend” viable? - Neon

"SQL from the client" architectures are great for development velocity, but they come with challenges around security. So, what's the deal?

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 08/11/2024

This new Imogen Heap is very much my vibe this morning. Best track from her since Hide & Seek open.spotify.com/track/17R2aa...

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What Have You Done To Me?

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 07/11/2024

Oh man, htmx is kinda fun.

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CSS-Tricks* @css-tricks.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

Thought a starter pack of CSS-Tricks authors would be a fun way to find folks. go.bsky.app/SNVx5Wc

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 04/11/2024

Goodbye Minneapolis. It was fun to be temporarily Minnesotan. Lovely place with lovely people. Next stop: Huntington Beach for a month. 🏝️

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 29/10/2024

I created a Bluesky Starter Pack! 🎉 It includes ~75 wonderful people in the web dev community who are doing inspiring work. I know I’ve missed some folks; I plan on adding to it over time. Starter packs are such a great idea. Immediately makes Bluesky feel less lonely for newcomers. 😄

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 25/10/2024

Advantages of having a similarly named manager: easy meeting invites

Google Calendar invite with the the meeting title "Br{i,y}an"

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 21/10/2024

My time as a midwesterner is drawing to a close. Very much enjoyed my time in Minneapolis, definitely see the appeal. Excited for our next stop in our temporarily-without-a-home tour: on the beach in Huntington Beach. 🏖️

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 22/07/2023

Is there a Bluesky social icon yet?

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 19/06/2023

Made it out to camp a little bit at Orcas Island this weekend. Absolutely gorgeous. Definitely would love to go back.

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 23/05/2023

Officially half done with my MBA. Hard to believe I’ve been at this for a year. 😓

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 16/05/2023

Should I stick with @brianholt.me or should I switch to @bria.nho.lt? I tried to switch my email to bri@nho.lt but it was such a pain to have to explain it over and over and over again, hence why I switched to using brianholt.me

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 11/05/2023

Seeing a bucket list band tonight, M83. Pumped

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 28/04/2023

Getting some kid-free time in Napa Valley with Pat Higgins and Dylan Hulser. Anyone got spare invites for my friends?

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 26/04/2023

Do you know how often I reference my own course materials? It's absurd. I am my own student.

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 25/04/2023

Probably the end of my season snowboarding. First season back in some years but happy to pick back up the habit. Nabbed a new snowboard too and looking forward to next season. (This was about 1/3 of the days I went. I started using Slopes partway through the season)

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 25/04/2023

Hardest part of being on Bluesky is deciding which domain to use as your handle.

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Brian Holt @brianholt.me · 24/04/2023

Enjoying being here. Once you hit some critical threshold of followers on Twitter the platform becomes so much less fun. Every tweet has to be so generic so as not to have trillion follow ups on you not catching every nuance in 280 characters. It’s why I don’t tweet much anymore.

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