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Michael Warren @michaelwarren.dev · 05/10/2026

What if there was a Web Components conference?? @stuffbreaker.bsky.social and I are teaming up to get a little more serious about the idea of getting one together. We want to gather data on if there is interest in the community forms.gle/ZGqtYGj7V6q8... Please fill out and share to anyone!

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Interested in a Web Components conference? Let us know below!

Web Components folks have been semi-seriously talking about organizing a conference for years, and with the ecosystem in a real moment of growth and popularity, it's about time! This form is our firs...

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I put in a career development fund request for Josh's Whimsical Animations course this week, hopefully it gets approved.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Indeed it is, I can't get enough of the chai. I think I still have some free breakfast vouchers somewhere, I'll have to go back soon.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Actual sausage roll or the sausage naan roll? The bacon naan roll is pretty good 😋

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CodePen @codepen.io · 30/09/2026

"Pixel Dissolve Mask Generator" by Matthew Morete codepen.io/editor/matth... + a very cool website! matthewmorete.com

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

That's a pretty neat spec, it would've made my life just that little bit easier animating some SVGs recently!

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I just updated our hiring process component with some tasteful animations using #WebComponents & modern #CSS (scroll-driven animations, style queries, anchor positioning). We're especially looking for documentation engineers right now but have other eng roles too! www.storyblok.com/jobs?query=e...

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Work with us at Storyblok | Storyblok

Come work with us at Storyblok and be part of a fully-remote company with the best talents as we build the number-one-rated headless CMS in the world!

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If it's any consolation, a buddy of mine tried to use his hotel room card on the Nagoya subway.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Good times, I remember designing some myself. I wonder if I've still got them on a hard drive somewhere.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I generally don't let it write autonomously as, like you say, it can be pretty bad. I find it's somewhat adequate at re-using existing, human-verified patterns or techniques though, essentially copy-pasting and updating selectors automatically. It doesn't save that much time but every little helps.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Again, why can't people build websites?! White text on light yellow is not a readable error message.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Ooh, I picked that up in the Epic Games giveaway recently but haven't tried it yet. I'll have to give it a go.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I'm still baffled at how there's no universal back button or gesture on iOS.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

That Lian-Li case is gorgeous! I'd love to build a PC with either that or the wood-fronted Fractal Design but component prices are bonkers right now.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Nice! I was enjoying this interactive one this week when trying to understand how to draw and animate a line between elements. www.summbit.com/blog/bezier-...

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An Interactive Guide for Bézier Curves

Lean how to geometrically construct Bézier curves and calculate points on those curves

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I think it was this article that blew my mind back way back when. bjk5.com/post/4469855... I remember reading somewhere else that the problem was solved back in the 80s/90s by Apple or maybe Xerox and kept getting forgotten and reinvented over time.

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Breaking down Amazon's mega dropdown

The hover effects on Amazon's big 'ole "Shop by Department" mega dropdown are super fast. Look'it how quick each submenu fills in as your mouse moves down the list: It's instant. I got nerd sniped by....

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Enjoy the Thames, or as I like to call it, the River of E. coli!

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Yep, lab data is not always a reflection of the real world but it can be a very strong indicator of the expected outcome. I'm currently trying out Claude memories (and other ways of giving context) but I have no idea if it's actually helping yet!

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The conclusion is that the effect isn't significant. "LLM-generated context files have a marginal negative effect on task success rates, while developer-written ones provide a marginal performance gain, neither statistically significant." The talk recommends to write it yourself & keep it minimal.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Thanks, perfect timing! I've taken the inspiration and implemented it today.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

My site just uses the system setting at the moment but I do like having the choice. This is definitely the kind of bikeshedding that only we nerds care about though, and the level of heat I've seen on the topic is pretty unnecessary!

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I typed my birth month wrong on a work account recently and there appears to be no way to change it 🤔

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I've come to begrudgingly accept that some games require "work" before it gets fun and I already have a job that takes all my time and energy.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

That reminds me, I don't think I ported my print stylesheet for my CV when I migrated to Astro recently. I don't think I actually used physical measurement units in it though. 🤔

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

If you see this, reply with a picture that illustrates what it’s like living in the UK

Red, vintage, bus with old advertising. 54 to Blackheath.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

My site is only auto/system but generally I like a 3 state. Normally I like auto but occasionally there's a site/app that I prefer fixed to light or dark. I get the case for simplifying it to a 2 state but I think the extra mental effort is probably worth it to give the user a choice.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. hard mode: no star trek, star wars, lotr, marvel, disney, or ghibli.

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Back To The Future: Doc Brown's Surprise

Alt: Back To The Future: Doc Brown's Surprise

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Is it old? Maybe it's dying or not playing nice with the rest of the setup. On a related note I think this might be my favourite moment of any Sewing Bee series.

It's lovely. What's this?
It's a poo bag.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Weird, it's been fine for me on a Chromecast.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Nah, there's plenty of autistic folks in other professions. Some of the traits do sync with engineery type work though, that must be why we're drawn to it.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Partially, I like that it's Vite based, can run as SSG or SSR and the islands approach for frameworks. At work we're mostly SSG, a few routes are SSR, and we have the odd Svelte component. The output starts lean but can grow when you need it to, in the spirit of the W3C's principle of least power.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Since building my site with 11ty I now use Astro at work and have been happy with the community, flexibility and features (font API finally got me a 100 perf score). 11ty is a brilliant, lean project doing things its own way but Astro feels more plugged into the larger web ecosystem.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I just migrated my site from 11ty to Astro.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I've had a Sony A6300 since 2016 and I've been happy with it so probably an A7R something, maybe a used 4 or 5. Apart from a used speed booster for a vintage lens I haven't bought any gear for a few years so an upgrade would be nice.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Thanks for the recommendation, it's certainly cheaper than the 150-500mm Tamron I've been looking at. Since birdwatching a relatively new hobby I've been hesitant to expand my lens collection too much, especially as I've been thinking about upgrading to full frame which is pretty pricey already!

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I really want to get a new lens, my 200mm wasn't cutting it trying to get shots of barn swallows nesting behind a sauna.

A barn swallow on the wooden railing of a sauna, lake and trees in the background.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Thanks for the heads up, I just ported my site from 11ty to Astro and went straight to 7 so I might run into it. It's slightly confusing that compressHTML actually prevents that whitespace from being stripped though 🙃

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I've heard the same but thankfully I've managed to avoid them so far!

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Heard, chef! I'm just working with limited supplies here 😆

View of a lake and deck with table and barbecue.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Yup. I was just trying to row a boat while being attacked by a horsefly.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Sadly I lost most of the grease to the BBQ.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I'm also pretty finished after this breakfast.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

English breakfast, Finnish lake.

Bread, eggs, beans, sausages, bacon and mushrooms on a plate. A typical Finnish lake scene is in the background, with various wildflowers and trees surrounding the lake and a floating sauna at the end of a pier.

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James Basoo @jbasoo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Yeah, I haven't really bothered to properly learn SVG filters as every time I've tried to use them there's browser inconsistencies and performance problems. Unfortunately they don't seem to be a high priority.

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