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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants

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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 10/09/2026
office is pretty dialed for today's Gianforte Hall Grand Opening at Montana State
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 10/09/2026
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 04/09/2026
yeah, sorry, here's a better picture, hard to get a good shot of an old CRT :)
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 03/09/2026
i have tears in my eyes
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 27/07/2026
gameboy game trailer
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 14/07/2026
incredibly interesting first article in what i hope is a long series over his technical career from htmx discord member ken whitesell kenwhitesell.github.io/2026/07/10/A...
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 11/07/2026
/r/webdev keeps on delivering the goods
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 07/07/2026
print shop to brother laser printer toolchain: complete
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 07/07/2026
resurrected an old 6500 and finna drop some print shop pro rizz on my students
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 30/06/2026
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 29/06/2026
an essay on an AI/human (me) interaction when fixing a bug in the hyperscript parser: htmx.org/essays/worki...
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 26/06/2026
happy to announce hyperscript 0.9.93: github.com/bigskysoftwa... A few smaller bug fixes and one nice feature: hyperscript components can now be defined in separate files: hyperscript.org/docs/compone... Enjoy!
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 26/06/2026
get in losers, we're making vintage UIs w/clear visual affordances, sub-100ms performance, no unnecessary animations, bookmarkable URLs & a functioning back button
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 17/06/2026
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 17/06/2026
> REST APIs > JSON > MDN > mfw
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 15/06/2026
i won't, but i should... paulgraham.com/diff.html
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 10/06/2026
about to make myself unimaginably angry at the state of web development biab ttfn
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 09/06/2026
htmx is the flying toaster of web development and I'm tired of pretending it's not
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 24/05/2026
just got my beam spring keyboard from www.modelfkeyboards.com and it is AMAZING sits very high like the old keyboards and relatively long throw, but the feel and audio feedback is unlike any other keyboard I've used
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 18/05/2026
you: stressed about ai, desperately trying to code mog your fellow engineers in front of bored, indifferent PMs who are planning on firing all of you anyway (they'll get fired first) my guy: buying an htmx sucks santa sweater set for delivery mid june wagmi (i won't)
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 18/05/2026
> single POST endpoint SOAP, in never die Tight coupling is my favorite guy
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 10/04/2026
im an ai influencer btw: htmx.org/essays/yes-a...
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 07/04/2026
it's coming
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 17/02/2026
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 16/02/2026
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 13/02/2026
surrealism as a service
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 24/01/2026
if you want a vision of the future, winston, imagine a PM clicking "accept changes" forever
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 24/01/2026
only warning
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 23/01/2026
become the programmer management fears you are
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 20/01/2026
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 05/01/2026
we are so back
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 01/01/2026
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 29/11/2025
we do not avoid JSON, mandrake, but we do deny it our essence...
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 19/11/2025
happy to announce htmx 4 alpha 3 has been released: github.com/bigskysoftwa...
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 06/10/2025
in addition to coining the terms hypertext & hypermedia, Ted Nelson also coined the term "clanker" *in context* over half a century ago and i am LOSING MY MIND
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 29/09/2025
a good article except for the end, I in fact own many hinges and claims to the contrary are FALSE here i present photographic evidence (below, after the text of this bluskie, see below)
hinges that i own
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 15/09/2025
very proud to be sponsoring the 2025 ACM Hypertext conference alongside the National Science Foundation, etc.
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 04/09/2025
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 30/07/2025
girl u know its true
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 26/07/2025
> over a decade, slowly understand hypermedia (im dumb) > finally recognize hypermedia controls are the key > accidentally generalize them > write academic papers on idea > include non-HTML hypermedias > include them in my book on hypermedia systems "htmx thinks HTML is the only true hypermedia"
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 22/07/2025
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 18/07/2025
what you are seeing is full stack live step debugging on the MTMC-16: C code, the assembly for it & the machine, in a coherent, unified & visually compelling whole consequence in computer science education will never be the same releasing next friday
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 18/07/2025
drupal 🤝 htmx, stronger together!
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 15/07/2025
ladies and gentlemen... we got him
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 13/07/2025
hanks to the incredible work by twitter.com/ClassicGamerTWR and a very small amount of work by me, the MTMC-16 now has a time-traveling debugger this will make explaining how loops, conditionals, functions etc. work at the assembly level so much easier for students to understand!
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 08/07/2025
hunt the wumpus text-based game showing off x.com/ClassicGamer... improvements to the console of the Montana Mini Computer, a 16 bit computer we are building to help students learn how digital computing works
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 01/07/2025
we have never been more back than right now, at this very moment, as you read this
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 24/06/2025
we are so back
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 19/06/2025
just told a student to learn react to get a job
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htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 17/06/2025
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