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Josh Crain

@joshcrain.io
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I design and build things on the internet. I sketch and run when I can. 🌍 joshcrain.io

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Josh Crain @joshcrain.io · 18/11/2025
I've avoided this stretch of the trail ever since. joshcrain.io/notes/2025/t...
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The Ghost On The Trail - joshcrain.io
Running on a trail this summer I encounter a “ghost,” not once—but twice.
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hush @hush-ndb.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Let's make AI jealous. Write what Al can't touch. Humans can think with their heads, hearts, and bodies. Try moving your hands. It's fine if your mind remains a jumble. Ideas scattered across the paper. Sometimes they connect by chance, and something new is born.
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fae⁷ @onthistangent.eurosky.social · 19/10/2025
I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭
exwife-of-frankenstein on tumblr:

Youtube is full of ads, spotify is full of ads, tumblr is full of ads, pinterest is full of ads. Everything uses ai. Every new update makes the website/app worse. Youtube auto translates almost every video I want to watch. Sometimes pinterest only loads ads for me. Check out this new ai feature. Here's a new update that breaks ur laptop. Here's a new update that breaks ur phone. Why are u complaining about ur phone, just get the newest iphone lol. Join my patreon. Join my membership. Pay a monthly membership to get all features. Upgrade your membership to get even more features. Subscribe to netflix. Subscribe to disney. Subscribe to amazon. Subscribe to hulu. This content isn't available in ur country. This content was removed. This website was removed. This feature only exists for apple. This app only exists for apple. U need to a WiFi connection to play this game. U need an account. We need your email to finish creating this account. We need your number to finish creating your account. We need your id to finish creating your account. In order to delete your account please write an email. In order to delete your account you need a laptop. Oops our database was hacked and ur information was stolen. Ur data was sold from this random website u used once 10 years ago. Spam call. Spam call. Spam call.

#IM GOING INSANE #NOTHING WORKS NOTHING
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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Josh Crain @joshcrain.io · 17/07/2025
I made a design connection so I wrote (and drew) about it. joshcrain.io/notes/2025/t...
An illustration of a male bobolink in flight
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Josh Crain @joshcrain.io · 31/01/2025
What is everyone using to test #webcomponents for #ally? I've used Axe for accessibility testing.
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Josh Crain @joshcrain.io · 25/01/2025
John Singer Sargent master study in my #sketchbook using #blackwing #pencil
A page from a sketchbook with a drawing of a man
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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 11/01/2025
Wonderful ❤️
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Scott Jehl @scottjehl.com · 03/01/2025
2025. I’ve been building websites for over 25 years! I’m an optimistic type, yet I can’t help but feel uninspired in the popular direction of our field in this moment. There's still meaningful work to do here to be sure, but the driving trend to automate every creative step has become rather... sad.
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Josh Crain @joshcrain.io · 03/01/2025
Hello @11ty.dev people! I need an extra set of eyes. I want to create "Zero Maintenance Tag Pages" but instead of using markdown files, I'd like to use global data (_data/contentAll.json). Pages build as expected but not tags. Help!
JSON file with two products, descriptions and sets of tagsNunjucks file Zero Maintenance Tag Page for Eleventy.Terminal output without tags pages.
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Josh Crain @joshcrain.io · 01/01/2025
Last paintings of 2024. Edgar Payne thumbnail studies in #gouache #painting #sketchbook
6 small paintings in a sketchbook
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Josh Crain @joshcrain.io · 01/01/2025
#artvsartist 2024 #artvsartist2024 using art-vs-artist by Tsierenana Bôtramanagna Gracy artvsartist.netlify.app
8 drawings and paintings from 2024 and Josh Crain in the center.
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Josh Crain @joshcrain.io · 27/12/2024
Santa brought me a pack of Topps baseball cards with a Paul Skenes RC.
Paul Skenes Rookie card.
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Josh Crain @joshcrain.io · 04/12/2024
Home with a sick kid so it’s a draw Superman kind of day.
Superman drawing
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Theo Sanderson @theo.io · 30/11/2024
Pentametron was one of the great web art projects, retweeting couplets of accidentally iambic tweets. Thanks to Bluesky's open feed, I have resurrected the concept.. Behold @iambic.bot!
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Josh Crain @joshcrain.io · 22/11/2024
Web components solve a lot of problems for me. I'm always excited to learn more and see what problems they solve for others. Plus @scottjehl.com is a great teacher.
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Josh Crain @joshcrain.io · 21/11/2024
I had an experience in the early days of Twitter I'm reminded of. I asked a question and someone was kind enough to respond. It helped a lot—but the generosity from a random person is what I remember. Losing that part of Twitter was disappointing and maybe what I'm responding to here.
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Josh Crain @joshcrain.io · 21/11/2024
I get a fair amount of requests for permission to use my personal @11ty.dev site as a template for some other site. I've intentionally not included a license but IDK. What do people do?
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David Darnes @darn.es · 18/11/2024
Decided to create a Starter Pack that's the intersection between #WebComponents and #DesignSystems. Would love to add more people who are actively building Web Components into their design systems
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Josh Crain @joshcrain.io · 20/11/2024
Years ago, I saw this video of Scorekeeper and I still think about it. I was so blown by the fun interactions and UI. Originally developed for Blackberry Playbook then iOS by Matt Rix. It took some searching because I couldn't remember the name. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXqX...
Scorekeeper application interface used for keeping score.
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Josh Crain @joshcrain.io · 17/11/2024
Your Bluesky experience is not complete without the Joshes of Bluesky. go.bsky.app/CPQ4mQk
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Josh Crain @joshcrain.io · 17/11/2024
If you have a domain you can make it you Bluesky handle. Thanks @matthiasott.com for the easy walkthrough (as always). matthiasott.com/notes/how-to...
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How to Set Your Domain as Your Bluesky Handle · Matthias Ott
Matthias Ott is an independent user experience designer and developer from Stuttgart, Germany. Besides design practice he teaches Interface Prototyping at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design...
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Josh Crain @joshcrain.io · 09/11/2024
Just digging into my @11ty.dev site tonight.
A possum sitting on a fence. Below, evidence of children digging in the dirt.
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Josh Crain @joshcrain.io · 05/11/2024
Here's a drawing from my sketchbook I would like to share with my 0 followers.
A pencil drawing on paper of the corner of Daniel Street and Chapel Street in Portsmouth, NH.
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