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Dave Cartledge

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Freelance front-end developer with a focus on a sustainable web 💚 👉 Currently looking for work 👈 davecartledge.com

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Scott Riley @scott.is · 24/06/2026
bsky hail mary because any second not spent on linkedin is a second to be cherished: i’m booking work in for july/august and would very much like to work with nice people on nice things. if you have any reccs then pls let me know thanks love ya x
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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.
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Kilian Valkhof @kilianvalkhof.com · 16/06/2026
That’s me! Also available as a highly rated talk that i’d love to give at your conference or meetup!
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Dave Cartledge @davecartledge.com · 16/02/2026
Last week I didn’t get the job I’d been interviewing for, but I did become an allotment holder, so that’s something. Still looking for interesting front-end work making good stuff for nice people. If anyone wants to pay me so I can hand it straight to the bank and HMRC, that’d be lovely.
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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I’m often asked for accessibility resources for beginners. @laurakalbag.bsky.social's book has been my go to. It’s clear, practical, and works for designers, developers, and anyone involved in building products. The best part: it’s now free and available online. Bookmark it. Read it. Share it!
accessibilityforeveryone.site
Accessibility For Everyone by Laura Kalbag
Read the book online for free.
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Scott Riley @scott.is · 26/01/2026
GRAB A LIL DISCOUNT AND LEARN ABOUT RECTANGLES AND GUILLOTINING OLIGARCHS
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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 21/01/2026
Alright, I'll admit it, I'm a booster now. Here's 14 ways to supercharge your workflow with AI bell.bz/14-ways-to-s...
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14 ways to supercharge your workflow with AI - Andy Bell
To celebrate valentines day, here’s 14 ways you can supercharge your workflow with AI
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Scott Riley @scott.is · 16/01/2026
the new (beta) @penpot.app renderer is such a huge improvement. snappier in a 100-tab browser window from hell than the Figma desktop app with a single file open. i know i keep saying this but if you design for the web and you haven't tried penpot you owe it to yourself to give it a whirl.
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Dave Cartledge @davecartledge.com · 15/01/2026
I really wasn't expecting much when I posted this morning saying I was looking for work. I hadn't even got out of bed yet. But so many lovely humans have reposted or liked it. Thanks all! ❤️
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Dave Cartledge @davecartledge.com · 15/01/2026
I’m not a big user of BlueSky (yet), but if anyone sees this I’m looking for work. I’m a front-end developer, with a focus on low-carbon, design-led, accessible, websites — often using Astro and headless CMSs like Storyblok. I’m open to freelance or possibly the right perm role 🤞
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 01/12/2025
I've just created a APCA + WCAG 2 Contrast Checker tool to help people choose the best color combinations that suit both the WCAG 2.x requirements and also support the APCA which has some real advantages in some contexts. mgifford.github.io/contrast-plus/
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APCA + WCAG 2 Contrast Checker
Compare APCA and WCAG 2.x contrast, see previews, and explore suggestions for foreground, background, and focus colors.
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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 30/09/2025
There’s never been a better time to switch from Next.js to Astro nitter.net/rauchg/statu...
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Dave Cartledge @davecartledge.com · 26/09/2025
Does anyone have any good tips for dealing with burnout? Don’t think I’ve had it this bad in ~20 years.
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DESIGN THINKING! Comic @designthinking.lol · 13/06/2025
In place of a new comic, have an old one instead. This was my first comic to joke about the preposterous idea of a robot taking someone's job. 2018. How innocent we were... Mike Mignola is still God.
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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 13/05/2025
Alright, we're actually doing this open working thing. We're going to work on projects, for real clients who are set up to make people's lives tangibly better. We can only do that if it works financially though because we've got mortgages etc. Your support will make this happen.
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 25/11/2024
At Green Web Foundation, we're kicking off a project which we're calling Grid-aware Websites. Lowkey excited to getting this code out into the wild. 🤓 www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/news/introdu...
thegreenwebfoundation.org
Introducing our grid-aware websites project - Green Web Foundation
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Dave Cartledge @davecartledge.com · 25/11/2024
You can tell it’s nearly December when clients start saying “We need this by the end of the year”. Ah yes, the festive tradition of last-minute panic. Who needs a relaxing build up to Christmas anyway?
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Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
⚡️ CAN BILL Constituency Week of Action! ⚡️ 💚 A big thank you to everyone who took part across the UK last week! It’s inspiring to see so many campaigners urging their MPs to back the Climate and Nature Bill. 🐝 Is your MP backing the #CANBill? zerohour.uk
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P(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 18/11/2024
Is everybody believing in the servers? If you don't believe in the servers they don't work
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Kawamata Ryo @kawamataryo.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Hi Bluesky community 🦋. I just pushed the official website for Sky Follower Bridge 🚀 sky-follower-bridge-docs.vercel.app I hope this tool helps with the transition from X to Bluesky.
sky-follower-bridge-docs.vercel.app
Sky Follower Bridge
Instantly find and follow the same users from your 𝕏 followers on Bluesky
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Dave Cartledge @davecartledge.com · 09/11/2024
@jasonbradberry.bsky.social hey mate! Welcome. It seems nice here.
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David Darnes @darn.es · 06/11/2024
Alternatives: - Netlify - GitHub Pages - Cloudflare Pages - GitLab Pages - Coolify
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Lea Verou, PhD @lea.verou.me · 06/11/2024
I hoped I’d be wrong but I think a big % of Americans would simply never vote for a woman. To them, even a senile fascist running the country is easier to stomach than a female president. Most won’t even admit this to themselves. It just so happens that no female candidate is ever good enough.
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Dave Cartledge @davecartledge.com · 06/11/2024
Oh America. Not again.
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Matt Kane @mk.gg · 03/11/2024
Would you like to display your Bluesky posts in your Astro site? I've made an Astro content loader for Bluesky! When you build the site it loads your posts and puts them in a content collection. You can then display them on a page, or use the raw data however you want. github.com/ascorbic/ast...
import { authorFeedLoader } from "@ascorbic/bluesky-loader";
  
const posts = defineCollection({
  loader: authorFeedLoader({
    identifier: "mk.gg",
  }),
});

export const collections = { posts };---
import { getCollection } from "astro:content";
const posts = await getCollection("posts");           
---

<div>
  {
    posts.map(async (post) => {
      const { Content } = await render(post);
      return (
        <section>
          <Content />
          <p>{post.data.likeCount} likes</p>
        </section>
      );
    })
  }
</div>
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Dave Cartledge @davecartledge.com · 03/11/2024
Hello, I’m new here 👋 I’m going to do my best to not lurk 🙂
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