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Kathryn Grayson Nanz

@kgrayson.com
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Senior Dev & Design Advocate at Progress Software. Front-end Engineer, UI Designer, Component Librarian. Pushing the rectangles around until they look right.

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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Another one of those “oh shit” moments.
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Kathryn Grayson Nanz @kgrayson.com · 28/09/2026
"Front-end web developers have lived through a few cycles of this...sold as though improvements to developer experience would cause the reanimated corpse of Ronald Reagan himself to ask you for commit access to ship trickle-down improvements to user experience." www.zachleat.com/web/ai-websi...
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“AI, make the website good”—zachleat.com
A post by Zach Leatherman (zachleat)
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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻
A painting of fat blobby bears
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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026
Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.
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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
One of my favorite cases of someone being Wrong on the Internet was a very earnest, very confused vegan who was telling people how cruel honey is; and it eventually turned out they thought honey was made by putting bees in a centrifuge and spinning them around until they threw up.
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Kathryn Grayson Nanz @kgrayson.com · 21/09/2026
A lovely read on creating your own space online (and a good reminder that my own website could probably use a little brushing up) www.petemillspaugh.com/your-corner-...
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Your corner of the internet
Pete Millspaugh's digital garden
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danielroe @danielroe.dev · 19/09/2026
don't be nice.
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Don't be nice
Sometimes, it's more important to be good than it is to be nice.
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zeldman @zeldman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“Let me make it clear: without people at the top of their game sharing their experience and knowledge—regardless of whatever ‘game changing’ technology is in place—we are pulling up the ladders and committing our industry to stagnation and death.” bell.bz/youll-miss-p...
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You’ll miss publishers when they’re gone
Ever since Piccalilli started to get traction, I’ve always seen CSS-Tricks, Smashing Magazine and A List Apart (among others) as peers. We all help each other behind the scenes and importantly, back…
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Jim Nielsen @jim-nielsen.com · 16/09/2026
📝 If you’re maximizing a bottle for throughput, I think you’ve misunderstood the bottle. Probably the same for us humans. blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/bottlen...
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Bottlenecks Get a Bad Rap
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.
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Kathryn Grayson Nanz @kgrayson.com · 16/09/2026
Actually really love this as a policy. If you can get AI to work for / with you in a way that doesn't generate slop: hell yeah, go for it! Otherwise, no thanks – additional meat proxies not required.
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Hakim @elhattab.com · 15/09/2026
input that buckles under pressure lab.hakim.se/hangbridge/
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Onion has created a machine that will kill everyone on Earth that is coincidentally running out of money and the only way to slow it down is if my staff and I take a six-week vacation to Cabo San Lucas.
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Barret Blake @barretblake.dev · 11/09/2026
Another great #KCDC in the books. Their stats this year: 24 workshops w/400 attendees 179 sessions from 145 speakers 1500 overall attendees Had a lot of fun. Heard some great sessions. Hope I get chosen to speak again next year. Mark your calendars for KCDC 2027, August 5-7
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webinale @webinale.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🤖 AI users actually want to use At #webinale, part of #AgenticWebWeek Munich, @kgrayson.com shows you how to: 🧠 build trust 🔐 handle privacy + security ✨ introduce AI patterns clearly 📅 Wednesday, October 28, 2026 | 🕘 10:30 - 11:15 | 📍 Munich 🔗 tinyurl.com/38mxax5r #AIUX #UXDesign
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
when I am god-empress of the universe it will be illegal for people to disable the ability to paste into a password field
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React @react.dev · 09/09/2026
React 19.3 is now available! This release makes View Transitions and Fragment Refs stable, and adds browser(), Trusted Types support, and Context in Server Components. react.dev/blog/2026/09...
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React 19.3 – React
The library for web and native user interfaces
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Kathryn Grayson Nanz @kgrayson.com · 09/09/2026
We should go back to just not having outlets in airports. I think I liked that more than the bait and switch of having a bunch of outlets that don't work.
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konnaire @konnaire.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds
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Kathryn Grayson Nanz @kgrayson.com · 09/09/2026
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: this is probably my favorite talk to give. So excited to be bringing it to webinale and Agentic Web Week as a keynote session!!
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Kathryn Grayson Nanz @kgrayson.com · 08/09/2026
Cannot believe we're still doing this in 2026
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Seven of Sixty Nine @internetperson69.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Happy Labor Day, comrades 🫡
Screenshot from Star Trek DS9. Leeta, Rom, and the rest of the workers at Quark's Bar are all huddled together. Caption: "(all chanting): Union! Union!"
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Jessica Elena @byjessicaelena.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Patchwork vibes!!! #art #illustration
A digital drawing with a painted paper collage effect, depicting a kind of patchwork pattern with smaller boxes in warm tones and green on top of which are different cute little objects. Flowers, a snail, a mushroom, a house, a gourd, an apple and so on.
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Michael Dambold @dambold.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
When I answer an email within 24 hours
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Kathryn Grayson Nanz @kgrayson.com · 01/09/2026
What a fantastic resource: www.normaltools.com
normaltools.com
Normal Tools — Useful online tools, no nonsense
Small, useful online tools that work directly in your browser.
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Momo @heyheymomo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
My kind of café
4 panel comic:

Panel 1:  forg comes through a door. A pink blob worker in the foreground. Forg: “one coff please”
Panel 2: the pink blob worker behind a counter that is labeled “coffee”. A coffee poster on the wall. The blob asks “big or small?”
Panel 3: blob on foreground, forg in background. Forg: “big please!”, Blob: “ok”
Panel 4: forg sitting at a table with a HUGE cup of coffee in front of him. He is happy. He says “I enjoy this place”
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Andreas Møller @handle.invalid · 22/08/2026
The current debate between 2 vs 3 state theme switchers is ridiculous. Everyone knows that the right answer is 100 #css #a11y
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Chris Coyier @chriscoyier.net · 23/08/2026
I actually strive for perfect clarity with my color theme pickers. codepen.io/editor/chris...
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webinale @webinale.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🤖 Great AI UX goes beyond prompting At #webinale, part of #AgenticWebWeek Munich, @kgrayson.com shows you how to: ✨ reduce cognitive load ⚙️ give users more control 🧠 build trustworthy AI experiences 📅 October 26 - 30, 2026 | webinale | 📍Munich 🔗 tinyurl.com/38mxax5r #AI #UXDesign
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Pru @prufrockluvsong.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Inside of you are two wolves but I have three because I'm an over-achiever
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Kathryn Grayson Nanz @kgrayson.com · 13/08/2026
So great to be back at @renderatl.com!
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Kathryn Grayson Nanz @kgrayson.com · 11/08/2026
Despite the bad weather's best attempts to prevent it, I'm in Atlanta for Render! Can't wait to see everyone!! 💻💙⚛️
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Ethan Marcotte @ethanmarcotte.com · 10/08/2026
logging on
Screenshot of a post from username nondelphic. Post reads, “writing tip: put words on page. hope this helps. i will not be taking questions because i have not done this”.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 09/08/2026
if they're drinking nounwine it's fantasy. if they're snorting a verb it's sci fi
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WebDesignMuseum @webdesignmuseum.org · 07/08/2026
On August 7, 2000, Scott Jarkoff, Matthew Stephens and Angelo Sotira founded an art community portal called DeviantArt. #InternetHistory
DeviantArt website in 2000
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Ky @ky.fyi · 07/08/2026
there are still human-computer interactions to be built which don't involve language models, I think
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Kathryn Grayson Nanz @kgrayson.com · 07/08/2026
This is going to sound like snark, but I mean it genuinely: are there folks on here who are using entirely automated AI workflows to create real enterprise software? I use it plenty to create demos and side project kind of stuff, but nothing that needs to be maintained long term or has tons of users
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Kathryn Grayson Nanz @kgrayson.com · 03/08/2026
This x 1000. If you're going to use AI to support your work, awesome! But I am also capable of writing prompts, so if all you're going to contribute is to chat AI and copy / paste that information over to me...then it sounds like this is a task that I can complete easier and faster without you.
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Dan Gezelter @gezelter.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This looks very cool: franktisellano.github.io/datatype/
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Datatype — variable font that turns text into charts
An OpenType variable font that turns simple text expressions into inline charts. No JavaScript, no images — just type.
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Abbey Perini @abbeyperini.dev · 24/07/2026
Community conferences just hit different. I'll take 5 super-engaged attendees over 10,000 people barely talking to each other every time.
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 24/07/2026
Any room can be a Danger Room.
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Kathryn Grayson Nanz @kgrayson.com · 24/07/2026
new work laptop arrived today, which means i get to honorably retire my hardworking 2019 MBP. RIP weird little keyboard touchbar: you always kind of sucked.
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🕊 Sharon ~ NHDogLover ⚖️ 🗽 @nhdoglover.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Jing Zhiyong (Chinese, b.1982) "Our Days," 2026 Oil on canvas #Art
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Kathryn Grayson Nanz @kgrayson.com · 23/06/2026
A month late but I am finally listening to the new MUNA album and it's SO good open.spotify.com/album/2CJw4o...
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Dancing On The Wall - Album by MUNA | Spotify
MUNA · album · 2026 · 13 songs
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Kathryn Grayson Nanz @kgrayson.com · 15/06/2026
I really, really like this approach: If you're requesting human attention, demonstrate human effort. tombedor.dev/human-attent...
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If You are Asking for Human Attention, Demonstrate Human Effort | Tom Bedor's Blog
An ever-increasing volume of debug investigations, document writing, and code is written by robots. This has created a new etiquette question when working with a team - when is it OK to forward the ou...
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Kathryn Grayson Nanz @kgrayson.com · 13/06/2026
Another great @reactsummit.gitnation.org 💚⚛️
Three photo strips from a photo booth, showing different groups of people posing in front of a React Summit backdrop. The "Fullstack is Eating Frontend – Should Frontend Engineers Adapt?" panelThe Progress Software team
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Abbey Perini @abbeyperini.dev · 12/06/2026
@tolin.ski moderating the panel Fullstack is Eating Frontend with @kgrayson.com , Kevin Ball, Sam Selikoff, Alem Tuzlak, and @ryanskinner.com at #ReactSummit
6 people sitting on stage for a panel discussion on the React Summit stage. The acreen behind them shows their headshots, names, companies and countries. It also shows the topic - Fullstack is Eating Frontend - Should Frontend Engineers Adapt?
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Chloé Stawski @chlowski.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
a toss of a coin (high strangeness #4, inks only)
inks for the opening splash page of High Strangeness 4, showing the main character on a Portland bridge, tossing a coin in the air
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Star Trek Minus Context @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Star Trek Voyager scene. It's dark on the ship. Janeway looks like she's been through some rough shit the last few days, kind of disheveled and dirty. She's working on something with tools in her hand, concentrating. Closed caption reads, "Today is May 20."
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Kathryn Grayson Nanz @kgrayson.com · 18/05/2026
I do not want to start a new chat, I do not want to summarize the documents, I do not want to add this reference to an agent, I do not want to ask the virtual assistant, I do not want to try enhanced search, I do not want to use this with a skill, I do not want to smart edit the content, I do not w
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Kathryn Grayson Nanz @kgrayson.com · 15/05/2026
you either die a developer or you live long enough to see yourself become product management
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