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I have been making some really neat UIs lately for work, but I’ve been simultaneously kind of demotivated by the feeling that no one even cares anymore, “Shouldn’t we just be using AI for this? Why do we even need a UI?”

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 29/09/2026

Nothing really makes sense on the Internet anymore in the age of AI. For instance, I’m no longer sure how to even make sense of NPM package download stats. react-resizable-panels now gets almost 40 million weekly downloads. What does that even mean?

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 27/09/2026

⚛️ react-resizable-panels 4.14 just released with a new grid component: react-resizable-panels.vercel.app/examples/gri...

react-resizable-panels.vercel.app

react-resizable-panels: flexible layout components

Documentation for the react-resizable-panels NPM package

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 26/09/2026

Have tickets to see Lane 8 tonight but I’m just too tired to go (work stress? life stress?) Bit bummed about it but trying to just accept that I can’t really change it so 😑 acceptance

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 26/09/2026

⚛️ Any react-resizable-panels users out there interested in checking out the new proposed Grid API? Feedback welcome! react-resizable-panels-git-grid-brian-vaughns-projects.vercel.app/examples/gri...

react-resizable-panels-git-grid-brian-vaughns-projects.vercel.app

react-resizable-panels: flexible layout components

Documentation for the react-resizable-panels NPM package

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 24/09/2026

A while ago, someone requested react-resizable-panels support 2d "grid" layouts. I'm working on a new set of grid+cell components to support this, with a similar API (in terms of constraints and separator styling at least) github.com/bvaughn/reac...

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 23/09/2026

Court cases always reveal interesting things. In many ways, it’s a shame the court moves so slowly. youtu.be/3KI3USLsy-8?...

youtu.be

OpenAI Admits AI is Killing the Internet

YouTube video by 404 Media

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 22/09/2026

react-window 2.3.2 released with better scroll-to-row support for dynamic row heights, and a bunch of other small bug fixes and perf improvements.

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 20/09/2026

⚛️ react-resizable-panels version 4.13 just released with two new features

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 14/09/2026

Business idea: “We’re updating our terms of service” as a service Every few days I’ll email your users with a ToD update notification, regardless of whether the terms have actually changed, so you don’t have to worry

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 07/09/2026

Thanks Google. Great idea to push it so heavily btw

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 30/08/2026

Delta flight delayed departing LGA Friday bc if weather and mega-delayed returning today bc of mechanical failure on the plane. Why can’t we have high speed rail 😮‍💨🫩

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 26/08/2026

This is another example of the disregard AI companies have for everyone other than themselves youtu.be/NaWwv0BqTtE?...

youtu.be

Dead Internet Theory Confirmed: 70,000 Scrapes, 1 Visitor

YouTube video by Devsplainers

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 22/08/2026

Some guy sucker-puncher me in the head from behind on my run today (while I was stopped waiting for a crosswalk light) 🫩 Tbh I was pretty bummed that no one tried to help in any way I have a pretty nasty headache now

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 21/08/2026

Has anyone else in the OSS community received semi-shady emails from a bunch of (fake?) people in the past week or two, offering to "sponsor" their open source work (but really prompting some kind of blockchain thing)? I've gotten at least 6.

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 15/08/2026

I've gotten dozens of emails this past week from companies about updated terms. Given the current admin, I assume there's some new legally-permissible way for businesses to take advantage of their customers.

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 09/08/2026

Been visiting Barcades on the weekend recently. It’s nostalgic and the staff are super friendly.

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 06/08/2026

Removed another Meta app today (IG) after removing Threads two weeks ago Really only used IG to chat with my tattoo artist, and just got fed up with the nonsense notifications You really going to show a red badge on the app just to tell me that someone I don’t even follow has posted? Wtf Mark

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 04/08/2026

Sometimes the things LLM super-fans talk about remind me of the types of things crytpo bros used to talk about

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Ky @ky.fyi · 02/08/2026

Hey friends. Still looking for work!

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 20/07/2026

Trolling through OSS projects and fixing/merging a few things today. Haven't had the mental energy to do this in a while.

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 17/07/2026

The user experience of opening @discord.com and having a 50% chance of just having to sit there and wait on it to "Download update x or x..." is awful.

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 11/07/2026

We walked Broadway from Inwood to lower Manhattan today 😎 Now it is time for a sushi celebration

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 10/07/2026

What an exhausting week 🫩

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 06/07/2026

LLMs usage seems to result in a kind if death of open source communities. I’ve been feeling this for months and I’m pretty sad about it I wonder if a natural consequence of this will be a large scale loss of motivation from maintainers, resulting in the death of the projects themselves longer term?

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 04/07/2026

Central Park bird watching ☺️

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 03/07/2026

Just read ky.fyi/posts/ai-bur... by @ky.fyi 😮‍💨 The "psychic toll of AI" section and the self-questions that follow it hit so hard with me. My partner and I talk a lot recently about the sense of loss I feel for a career I once loved and the community around it that seems just be gone.

ky.fyi

Ky Decker

Ky is a designer and web developer based in New York City.

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⭑ salma @whitep4nth3r.com · 03/07/2026

Hi, friends. The last 6 years have been a blast, but I just don't like being on The Internet anymore. I'm leaving DevRel, and I wrote a little bit about why. Look after yourselves, and each other. Love, Salma

whitep4nth3r.com

Goodbye, forever, probably.

I’m leaving developer relations and developer education. Rather than disappear completely unannounced, I wanted to tell you why.

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 03/07/2026

If Apple cared more about their users, they would provide a global default setting to disable audio in ads.

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 03/07/2026

After a month off for recovery, I went on my first run this morning (3 miles). The heat was rough but my leg feels great! No soreness or weakness. I am super happy about this 🥳

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 02/07/2026

When did iPhone apps become slopfests of ads for other gambling apps? And why is it just okay? Apple is still supposedly a “premium” product

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 01/07/2026

The circular nonsense you get when interacting with Google's "AI Mode" search is frustrating and weirdly bad considering how strongly they are pushing this stuff.

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 28/06/2026

Bird watching this morning on Roosevelt Island

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 25/06/2026

“You are absolutely right. I mixed up <…>” “You caught me red-handed. I completely made up <…>” AI summaries are kind of garbage when you take a closer look at them

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 25/06/2026

My gym (Equinox) rejected my request to pause my membership for a month due a running injury. Although I provided ER discharge papers showing that I needed stitches in my knee, they said the note didn’t specifically say I couldn’t go to the gym 😕

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 23/06/2026

Thanks for ripping off my hard work, Sam and co. Really hope you make the big bucks for all of your “efforts”

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 19/06/2026

It’s been two weeks since I fell while running cut my leg up pretty badly, and the cuts are healing a lot slower than I had hoped. Running is a big outlet for me and I’m feeling pretty discouraged about the limited mobility.

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 15/06/2026

Can we all just start throwing lil water balloons at anyone who uses the word “agentic” in conversation? Yeah? 🥹

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 15/06/2026

I assume this was another LLM flub-up

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 15/06/2026

Do we as a country not produce anything other than AI anymore? Is that the reason that every ad I see is just for some new shitty AI feature that no one ever asked for? I can’t be the only person who hates this idiocy.

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 14/06/2026

Went to Times Square AMC today to catch a matinee and it was pretty weird. Area between concessions and the auditorium had a church group set up, handing out pamphlets. Auditorium door didn't even unlock until 9 min before movie start time. Screen didn't even turn on until 21 min after start time. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 11/06/2026

We’re on Apple Music now too for anyone who missed it! music.apple.com/us/album/gho...

music.apple.com

Ghosts - EP by Pilotless Drone on Apple Music

Album · 2026 · 6 Songs

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 09/06/2026

Using LLMs for ingestion and summary purposes (research) is potentially great, but generative AI represents a huge downgrade for humanity. First it steals from us and then it cheapens the things that set us apart as individuals I don’t understand how so few of my peers or age group see it this way

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 05/06/2026

Took a pretty bad fall on my run today. Broke two teeth and needed a few stitches in my knee afterward 😮‍💨 Feeling like a idiot over here

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 04/06/2026

Hey friends! If you’re looking for something to listen to, here are some new original tracks from Karl and I, recorded in Seattle and NYC over the past few months. open.spotify.com/album/2RyZg0...

open.spotify.com

Ghosts - EP by Pilotless Drone | Spotify

Pilotless Drone · EP · 2026 · 6 songs

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 03/06/2026

We're submitting the new album tonight! Took a lot longer than I had originally thought, but we did add another new track so it was worth it Will share some new tunes here shortly! 😃

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Brian @bvaughn.me · 03/06/2026

So far, the main thing I miss is that Google's NLP was better, but it's lovely to just get websites as search results again. And Apple Music seems at least as nice as Google Music, plus the migration between the two was pretty seamless. (Apple even let me directly import my playlists, etc)

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