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henry ✷ @strange.website · 08/06/2026

don't ever say "spicy autocomplete" in my presence the debate of whether or not this technology works detracts from the implications of its widespread corporate deployment, regardless of efficacy.

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It doesn’t matter if it works | Henry From Online

The personal site & portfolio of creative web developer Henry from Online

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Iain Bean @inbn.dev · 05/03/2026

component.gallery is now off netlify and on cloudflare pages/workers (idk the difference, not sue if cloudflare do tbh). let me know if you notice any weirdness.

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The Component Gallery

An up-to-date repository of interface components based on examples from the world of design systems, designed to be a reference for anyone building user interfaces.

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Iain Bean @inbn.dev · 03/03/2026

TIL you can grab the subtitles on a youtube video and drag them to a different part of the screen. Don't you just love it when there's an incredibly useful feature that's existed for years and you only discover it by accident?

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Iain Bean @inbn.dev · 02/03/2026

I got an email from Netlify this morning saying I've used 50% of my current bandwidth allowance. It seems like the "vibe coders" have discovered component.gallery.

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Iain Bean @inbn.dev · 20/01/2026

Do people take motion sickness into account when building websites, beyond prefers-reduced-motion? I like when animations are done well and don't want to switch _all_ of them off, because then I feel like I'm missing out on a whole facet of web design but I feel like things are getting out of hand.

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Iain Bean @inbn.dev · 11/12/2025

I've spent six years trying to cultivate the impression that component.gallery is some unbiased reference site, all so I can drop the 1600 word “carousels are awful and if you use them you should feel bad” rant. component.gallery/components/c...

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🎠 Carousel

A means of displaying multiple slides of content, one or more at a time. Navigation between slides can be controlled via swiping, scrolling, or buttons.

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Iain Bean @inbn.dev · 18/11/2025

The :old-man-yells-at-cloudflare: emoji is seeing a lot of use on slack today

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Travis Gertz @travisgertz.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

10 years ago I wrote (and presented on) Design Machines. This year felt like the right time to revisit those themes and present them at Dot All 2025. It's about labour, AI, Luddites, big tech, and collective power. We got this. craftcms.com/events/dot-o...

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AI or Bust(ed): Why ‘Adapt or Be Replaced’ Is a False… | Craft CMS

AI is already reshaping our industry, but the “learn AI or get left behind” narrative being shoved down our throats misses the real story. This isn’t…

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Iain Bean @inbn.dev · 28/10/2025

well this was unexpected

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henry ✷ @strange.website · 03/06/2025

put some thoughts together on the LLM trend and its implications for labor rights. there's a lot to be said about the lofty claims of pro-LLM technologists, but this presumes their promises of efficiency, etc. are true. henry.codes/writing/econ...

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Economics & labor rights in AI skepticism | Henry From Online

The personal site & portfolio of creative web developer Henry from Online

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Iain Bean @inbn.dev · 14/05/2025

I have no idea why people continue to share their writing on a site which is so actively hostile to readers.

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Iain Bean @inbn.dev · 05/05/2025

component.gallery 2.0 is now live 🎉 🚀 Built with Astro 🖼️ 2,400+ component images 📊 Charts! 🔎 Improved search 🌒 Better dark mode …and much more

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The Component Gallery

An up-to-date repository of interface components based on examples from the world of design systems, designed to be a reference for anyone building user interfaces.

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Iain Bean @inbn.dev · 03/05/2025

promised myself I won't download oblivion remastered until I've finished the new component.gallery coincidentally, this morning has been very productive

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Ethan Marcotte @ethanmarcotte.com · 17/03/2025

🦊 I am downright delighted to announce that my latest book, YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION, has a brand new look. I really love it, and I hope you do too. Here’s a look at what’s changed and—maybe more importantly—what’s stayed the same: ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/refres... #YDATUbook #books #unions #1u

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Refresh. — ethanmarcotte.com

In 2023, I wrote a book. Several months later, my publisher closed its doors. And now? We’re back, and better than ever.

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Iain Bean @inbn.dev · 11/03/2025

Thinking of adding an 'Evil bastards' tag to component.gallery for cases where the design system is good but the company behind it is terrible.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Every time someone proudly posts "so I asked chatgpt" they're saying something *incredibly* fucking embarrassing without realizing it. It's like walking into a party absolutely covered in dogshit and not understanding why all these people are being so mean and rude

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Iain Bean @inbn.dev · 04/02/2025

Apparently today is the 25th (!!) anniversary of the release of the first The Sims game, which has reminded me that a few years ago I built this “Design System” based on its UI. thesimscss.inbn.dev

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TheSims.css

A “Design System” inspired by the 2000 life simulation game, The Sims.

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Iain Bean @inbn.dev · 13/01/2025

adding view transitions to an astro site with two lines of code feels like magic* *until you realise it's broken all your client-side JavaScript

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Iain Bean @inbn.dev · 04/01/2025

An update on component.gallery v2 (aka the Astro rebuild): it's _almost_ at feature parity with the current version. I'm aiming for a beta version by end of January.

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Iain Bean @inbn.dev · 18/12/2024

Total occurrences of the word 'Christmas' in the song 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)' by Darlene Love: 28

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Iain Bean @inbn.dev · 12/11/2024

I've added (and will be adding more as they're written) all of Heydon's posts about HTML elements as resources to component pages. e.g. component.gallery/components/s...

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Separator

A separator between two elements, usually consisting of a horizontal line.

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Ethan Marcotte @ethanmarcotte.com · 04/11/2024

🦊 A few quick thoughts on the New York Times Tech Guild strike, why it matters, and what it means for the rest of us: ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/times-... #unions #TechUnions #1u #blogging

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Times to strike. — ethanmarcotte.com

The largest union of tech workers just went on strike.

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 01/11/2024

😮 Bluesky pro-tip: in the accessibility settings, you can enforce that the images you post must have alt text. This is important for folks who use screen readers. Instead of seeing the image, the supplied text will be read to them instead.

Screenshot of the Bluesky settings page, under "Accessibility Settings". There is a toggle labeled "Require alt text before posting".

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