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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 08/02/2026

It has, on Prime. It’s a big step down from the first season. Tom is great as ever, though.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 30/01/2026

Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About theonion.com/democrats-sick-of-bein…

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 28/01/2026

My wife and I were just talking about this. I hypothesized that the perceived temp feels lower because the heater kicks on less. Ironically, the effect is made worse by our highly energy efficient remodel. But I’d love to know the real answer.

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 16/01/2026

It’s against Apple’s rules! But they let it slide for one app and now here we are.

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 24/04/2025

Working on this with the team—and community—for the past ~year has been a career highlight. I'll never go back to unit testing my components.

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 20/03/2025

It's an excellent post, Dmitry! 👏🏻

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 12/03/2025

Extremely excited and proud of the work the team has put into this! See that "regression" bit? That opens up a workflow to help you actually make progress when improving the accessibility of your components, without drowning in violation reports. Here's toward a more accessible web for everyone! 🥂

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Storybook @storybook.js.org · 11/03/2025

Tomorrow! Join @kettanaito.com (creator of mswjs.io) and @kylegach.com (DX eng at Storybook) for a live discussion around mocking and UI testing. We'll walk through techniques and leave lots of time to answer your questions. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Live session. Test mocking for bulletproof UIs. March 12, 2025. 1–2pm EDT. 18:00–19:00 CET. Storybook, Mock Service Worker, Chromatic. Artem Zakharchenko, Creator, MSW. Kyle Gach, DX Engineer, Storybook.

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 14/01/2025

It me (on my better days).

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Sarah Goodyear @sgoodyear.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

This is something that I treasure so much about being able to move around my community without a car. It goes for interactions with other people, too. You get to know your neighbors. And in times like these, knowing your neighbors is pretty darn important.

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

By riding a bike primarily for transportation, I know which houses in nearby neighborhoods have cats that like to lay in the windows, which yards have the most squirrels, and which people like to wave and say hello the most.

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 13/01/2025

Very excited about this proposed API to make component tests in Storybook more natural and easier to write. What do y’all think?

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 11/01/2025

A Psalm for the Wild-built is a beautiful book that introduced me to the genre. Could not recommend more highly. The author, Becky Chambers, had an inspiring conversation with another great author about its importance: longnow.org/ideas/resist...

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Becky Chambers & Annalee Newitz

Resisting Dystopia

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 10/01/2025

Whoa, TIL. Do you have a good source on this decision you could share?

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 06/01/2025

I laugh every time I pass this sign. I, personally, prefer my finances to be more stable than what “quantum” would imply.

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 05/01/2025

At the call center where I was a trainer, bonuses were based on scores, so a single bad survey could cut their pay in half. I'd spend hours reviewing recordings to prove ratings were unfair. No one cared. If you want revenge on a company give the agent a perfect score. It COSTS THE COMPANY MONEY.

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 06/01/2025

Same! My wife doesn’t do well with anxiety-inducing shows, but I persuaded her to watch along with me and she’s loving it, too.

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Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

“Mhm. And how will you uplift marginalized communities?” I ask an engagement bot, killing off the last members of an endangered species of mynah bird in the Amazon. The bot’s answer lacks intersectionality—I tell it so. A root system that had been alive since the Cretaceous period shrivels and dies

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 19/12/2024

I understood that issue to remove the semantic meaning of the element it’s applied to and everything inside of it. It becomes an a11y black hole.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

“It's amazing how pollution has dropped in #Paris in 15 years. @annehidalgo.bsky.social has filled the city with bike-lanes & not only has she reduced pollution by 40% but she’s also been re-elected.” Trading car space for green space, bike space, kid space…trading pollution for people. Good trade.

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 18/12/2024

My daughter and I played through what’s available already and were fairly underwhelmed. The charm of the first two just isn’t quite there. Still some beautiful moments, though.

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Julie Jenkins @juliejenkinsnp.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

This response from @sbearbergman.bsky.social to @hildur.bsky.social’s post has changed my week— it is so wholesome, and human, and so the energy we all need right now. And Kerstin Langenberger, the naturalist who posted “I am on my way with the necessary equipment”? This woman is the hero we need.

My feed today on BlueSky included a post from Icelandic writer Hildur Knútsdóttir, who saw the original exchange on a Reykjavik Facebook page - someone posted to say that it appeared a cygnet was frozen to the ice and dying. As people worried online about how or whether it would be possible to help, naturalist Kerstin Langerberger replied to the post, saying: “I am on my way with the necessary equipment.” Langenberger brought a friend, some thermoses of warm water, and a surfboard in case the ice failed - the necessary equipment - and thawed then freed the baby swan, which promptly flew off.

There are a number of things I appreciate about this story, but it’s Langenberger’s statement that resonates for me. That is what I aspire to, to see injury or difficulty or something gone to trouble and decide: I am on my way with the necessary equipment. But also, to hold on to the understanding that sometimes the necessary equipment is the resolve to try and a friend who will help, and that sometimes I *am* the necessary equipment - the friend who shows up to make myself useful under the direction of an expert.

There are a lot of moments these days that I find it very, very hard to do the next thing, or indeed to do anything. The world is so, so difficult. I often feel useless or overwhelmed or exhausted or just really fucking sad. But I am going to try starting the days by saying, with all the starch that I imagine a naturalist willing to chance the ice in darkness to save a baby bird might possess:

I am on my way with the necessary equipment.

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 02/12/2024

Hosting another office hour in ~2 hrs (12:30 PDT) for Storybook Test. I’ll be setting up SB Test for our @nextjs.org docs site and writing some stories/tests. Anybody is free to watch along and/or come with your questions. Sign up here for event details: storybook.js.org/sb-test-eap

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 29/11/2024

Thank you for sharing this! Being able to read this much Le Guin made my night.

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Michael Shilman @shilman.net · 28/11/2024

How might we solve this? 80/20 accessibility basics. If all web devs knew semantic HTML / navigation / ARIA best practices it would get us so far. Not only to get reasonable baselines, but also to work with #a11y experts to get us the rest of the way there.

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 25/11/2024

These bros need to be immediately boycotted by the entire industry. 🤮

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Andrew Lisowski 💻 @hipstersmoothie.com · 22/11/2024

My latest labeler is finally working! What it shows for each politician - 3 labels for the top corp donators - 3 labels for the top industries that donate to them Subscribe to this labeler to be more aware of the interests our politicians represent 🚀 bsky.app/profile/us-g...

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 22/11/2024

Had been following @adactio.com and he shared futurefriendlyweb.com. I loved the vision, but the retro futuristic space helmet really sold me (and I have the t-shirt to prove it).

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 21/11/2024

Hey, Jonathan! It’s really good to see you here, too. Whether it’s CO or Minneapolis, I also hope we’re able to meet someday. I don’t express it often enough, but I find your perspective on things to be really helpful and grounding. So, thank you for sharing what you do.

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 19/11/2024

Apple Music. I want to organize and sort in so many ways beyond what they’ve designed.

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 18/11/2024

If you’re cool with quirkiness (but it’s not exclusively that), check out Moonbound by Robin Sloan.

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 16/11/2024

This is crazy-making. And infuriating. Jeffries is a worthless “representative” for the people.

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 15/11/2024

Gimme Fiction by Spoon. Hummingbird by Local Natives.

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 12/11/2024

The team cooked with this one. So, so many lengthy discussions went into each of these. I’m just grateful to work with smart, caring people!

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 12/11/2024

This reads out *horrendously* for those using a screen reader. However clever you may be, it isn’t worth being inaccessible to some.

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 09/11/2024

TIL! So glad to know this.

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 09/11/2024

@datadrivenmd.social has been posting super helpful intro threads like this one: bsky.app/profile/data...

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

fwiw my therapist was straight-up like “pull every single legit coping lever you have right now and don’t feel guilty about it, distraction is key,” maybe you also needed to hear this

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Sarah Drasner @sarahedo.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

Proud to say I voted! Let’s make history.

A “I voted” sticker that says “I am anxious”

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 05/11/2024

Hi! 👋🏻 Some quick facts beyond my bio: - Boulder, CO - Love to read sci-fi/fantasy, ride my bike, and make/drink cocktails - Do my best work at the intersection of design & development - Want to build an open, inclusive web & world I try to be kind & curious. If that's you too, let's be friends!

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 05/11/2024

Did y'all consider using the native Node subpath imports? nodejs.org/api/packages... And if so, I'm curious why you're not.

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Modules: Packages | Node.js v23.1.0 Documentation

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 05/11/2024

Letterboxd and IMDB are two examples. And I think it's actually part of iOS Human Interface Guidelines. Regardless, agreed that this is a nice feature that I've come to expect.

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Kyle Gach @kylegach.com · 05/11/2024

I want to be able to toggle notifications on/off by type (replies, follows, messages, etc). Without this, I'm forced to disable all notifications for the app, as it is just too noisy. Aside from that, mostly loving it here so far!

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