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🐕 Dog botherer 🚀 Staff Eng 🚧 Web1 enthusiast and fan of pointless websites 👻 localghost.dev #TransRightsAreHumanRights Banner pic: florian.photo

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Sophie @localghost.dev · 29/08/2026
Actually you don't need to read this, because this sums it up quite nicely
screenshot of my bluesky post linking to this blog post, followed by a repost of Sarah Andersen's comic about "suddenly finding a new obsession" - Sarah's character is looking at a computer screen when she suddenly sees something interesting, her eyes go wide, and in the final panel she is surrounded by frogs, dressed as a frog, with the poster "I love frogs".
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 01/07/2026
dorg
A snoozing honey coloured staffy sleeps on a light blue armchair. There are two cushions above her head: one with a fox print and one with an abstract black and white pattern.
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 02/06/2026
So a little bird told me that Pixel Pioneers on 19 June only has a few tickets left, so snap them up! I'm gutted I can't make it this year. You can get 15% off with the code PIXEL15 - if you've been on the fence this is your sign to buy your ticket!
A promotional graphic for Pixel Pioneers Bristol on 19 June 2026 -  An affordable community conference for front-end developers and UX/Ul designers. Featuring Candi Williams, Morgane Peng and Rachel Andrew.
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 23/11/2025
The front cover of a very late 90s book, "MAKE YOUR OWN WEBPAGE!
A guide for Kids
From the Creators of
Internet for Kids!
By Ted Pedersen and Francis Moss". There is an illustration of a beige desktop computer with the words "web page" popping out of it, plus a mouse mat shaped like a wedge of Swiss cheese, and a mouse that looks like the animal. The mouse is saying "from the creators of internet for kids!"
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 14/11/2025
Dogs rule, cats drool #ffconf
Penny the Staffy wears bat wings and sits with her back to the camera, looking at the camera.
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 14/11/2025
This is one of my biggest gripes with AI generated code. People don't understand what they're committing and that's so dangerous. #ffconf with @jesslynnrose.bsky.social & @edaeren.bsky.social
Jess and Eda in front of a slide that says "Code you did not write is code you do not understand.
You cannot maintain code you do not understand."
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 14/11/2025
In 2019, @laurakalbag.bsky.social gave a talk at #ffconf that convinced me to drop Google where possible, and I've been a Fastmail user since. Today, @chetbox.com is giving the spiritual successor to that talk, exploring Big Tech's influence over politics, our data, and the oversaturation of AI
Chetan stands on the stage in front of a slide of laughing old white men in suits with the caption "SHAREHOLDERS", with a picture of a grimacing Sam Altman superimposed on top.
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 07/11/2025
I have my 2023 poster framed on my office wall!
A framed poster from Beyond Tellerrand with colourful squares containing found objects. The poster is titled "This website is under construction: a love letter to the personal website". The frame is on a peach coloured wall next to an acoustic guitar. Underneath is a teal armchair with a black cushion on that has a graphic print.
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 31/10/2025
Happy halloween from my minion!
A golden red staffy dog wearing bat wings sits on a chevron-patterned rug on a laminate wood floor, body facing away from the camera but looking back at the camera.
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 15/10/2025
New favourite T-shirt
Sophie's wearing a grey shirt with the sleeves rolled up, with 90s style text "WEBMASTER" and then some low quality graphics of computer things from the 90s/00s - old computers, Windows icons, error messages and CD roms. Sophie stands in front of the mirror in her bedroom, one hand on her hip and the other holding her phone. She has mid length brown hair and is wearing black corduroy trousers.
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 14/10/2025
thanks to @una.im's talk at @nordicjs.com for the fact that I am about to delete some code and drop this in the PR description
A two-pane comic based on Kate Beaton's work, drawn in sketchy blank ink. In the first frame, a zoomed out view of a tiny seagull next to a bench with a woman tossing some breadcrumbs, line-art trees in the background. The seagull is saying "Aw yiss". In the second pane, a close-up of the seagull's face in profile, and three separate speech bubbles: "motha" "freakin" "implicit anchor reference"
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 13/10/2025
Today's bonk on the head goes to Notion, for making their little "Use our AI assistant!" badge animate every so often and therefore distracting me from the doc I'm trying to read. As if Clippy couldn't get any more annoying
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 09/10/2025
Major @webdevconf.com FOMO but then I am rather enjoying this view
An expanse of water surrounded by tall trees, mist falling over the horizon. The sky is grey and overcast. The trees are reflected in the silvery water. In the foreground, a craggy shoreline covered in grass and moss.
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 06/10/2025
English village names never fail to delight
A roadsign pointing to the M40 and "Bishop's Itchington" B4451
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 03/10/2025
If you're at @nordicjs.com I'll shortly be making a room full of people question my coding skills as I try and recreate a website without being able to look at a browser...
The main stage at Nordic.JS. A row of people sit at a long table at computers (I'm not among them yet) and the screen says "CODE IN THE DARK sponsored by confetti"
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 03/10/2025
Living for Ulrike blowing everyone's minds with variable fonts (and CSS animations on variable axes)
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 03/10/2025
I am having a BLAST watching @liebefonts.bsky.social demo WordArt-inspired color fonts she's created @nordicjs.com
Ulrike stands on stage in front of a purple-blue 90s style laser grid horizon background with wavy pink and turquoise text that says "the nineties are back!!!!"
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 03/10/2025
Taking psychic damage from descriptions of major version upgrades courtesy of @majapw.bsky.social @ @nordicjs.com
Maja stands in front of a slide saying 
"1 XX library has released a new version.
2
You have to rewrite everything.
3
There's no extra headcount.
4 Feature development can't stop."Maja stands in front of another slide saying "What do you do?
1 Do nothing at all! (Greyed out)
2 Wite an eslint rule. (Greyed out)
3 Wite an RFC, get leadership buy in, staff a tactical tigerteam, and spend six months getting it done. (Crossed out)
4 Ask the Al. (Greyed out)
5 Write a code modification script or a codemod."
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 03/10/2025
Ok but for real the 5 min @nordicjs.com bird-themed lightning talk by @ninnivictoria.bsky.social was an absolute highlight 🐦
Victoria stands on a stage in front of a slide with a bird on it that says "feat(life): add birds, improve wellbeing" and "I'll can you the life of a showbirdgirl later to help you get started today"
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 03/10/2025
Yes yes YES THIS. The best thing a web dev can do is put the frameworks down sometime and learn how it really works. @una.im @ @nordicjs.com
Una presents a slide that says "the best way to level up your web development skill set is to get good at CSS and HTML"
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 03/10/2025
If there's anyone who knows how to make an entrance it's @una.im at @nordicjs.com
Una Kravets with her arms up in the air popping up out of a giant wooden tiered wedding cake covered in pink balloons
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 03/10/2025
Conference badges but make them pretty @nordicjs.com
A pink and yellow Nordic.JS speaker badge on a lanyard. The badge has my name on it and I've written my website addresses Sophie.omg.lol and localghost.dev underneath, covered the badge in star stickers and glitter and hearts
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 02/10/2025
I'm assuming this is where I'll be giving my talk from at @nordicjs.com
A ball pit on a trampoline in an events space
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 25/08/2025
We made a bug hotel
A house shaped structure built out of scrap wood, with three levels, divided into two rooms each. The rooms contain materials such as canes, wood with holes drilled in, pine cones and dead leaves. There is a sign on the top that says "ibees" in the style of the ibis hotel logo
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 12/08/2025
Compulsory age verification for UK adults has come to the Bluesky app, and I'm not giving my ID to any websites, which appears to mean I'm stuck with this badge 🫠
The Bluesky app navbar with the messaging icon in the centre, with a badge indicating 1 unread message
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 11/08/2025
Just discovered that the Slack "start date" feature does very little validation
A screenshot of my name from Slack and a badge that says "1,025 years" with a confetti emoji
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 10/08/2025
Show me your getaway vehicle
The Chuckle Brothers in their weird bicycle car with the number plate "CHUCKLE1"
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 08/08/2025
Close up of Penny the honey coloured staffy cross snoozing, with a little pink tongue sticking out
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 20/07/2025
Fastest purchase I've ever made
An Etsy screenshot: "TERFs will be fed to Blobby 38mm Button Badge". A hand holds up a circular badge with a trans flag background and the text TERFS WILL BE FED TO BLOBBY around an illustration of terrifying 90s uk tv mascot Mr Blobby
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 10/07/2025
If you haven't seen @amyhupe.bsky.social's incredible talk on Systems of Harm, you're missing out (tell your friends) #FrontEndNorth
Amy's slide: Building inclusive systems will make things harder and slow you down
Do it anyway.
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 10/07/2025
So tired of these talks about overhyped new technologies that people are trying to shoehorn into everything. I mean, IMG tags? Why would you ever need that? Can't wait for the hype bubble to burst. (The brill @whitep4nth3r.com at #FrontEndNorth)
Salma stands in front of a slide made up to look like Netscape Navigator v1.1,  which says: 
HTML 2.0 is here!
1. Released 22nd September 1995
2. New <IMG> tag!
3. Improved browser support
4. The first official set of standards for HTML.
S. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has been formed
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 10/07/2025
What's @bell.bz talking about here? Wrong answers only. #FrontEndNorth
Andy stands at the front of a lecture hall at Front End North in front of a slide that says "developers hate this one weird trick"
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 10/07/2025
The benefit of a conference in a lecture hall is that you get a little desk to make notes on 😄 but what a day to be left-handed
A notebook with a Gudetama sticker and a pen on a fold-out table
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 10/07/2025
Let's gooooo! @katiefenn.bsky.social kicks off #FrontEndNorth 🚀
Katie Fenn stands at the front of a lecture hall in front of a slide with the agenda for the conference: 

MORNING
10:10 Andy Bell
10:45 Olu Niyi-Awosusi
11:50 Nils Binder
12:25 Amy Rogers
13:00 Lunch

AFTERNOON
14:30 Salma Alam-Naylor
15:05 Amy Hupe
16:10 Craig Abbott
16:45 Joe Hart
17:30 Social
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 15/06/2025
Made the dog a bandana
A small honey-coloured staffy cross wears a blue watermelon/patterned bandana
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 15/06/2025
What a difference a year makes
A barren looking raised planter on a concrete patio. It contains large white rocks and a black plant pot full of soil, plus a ragged looking grass. The same planter bursting with plants and colour: blue spiky grass festuca glauca, Mexican fleabane (Erigeron) with its tiny daisy like flowers, red wallflowers in the centre, and little blue flowers all over the place.
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 07/06/2025
@joshuakgoldberg.com hey I know this guy
The book "Learning TypeScript:
Enhance Your Web Development Skills
Using Type-Safe JavaScript
By Josh Goldberg"
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 02/06/2025
No - it opens in .de then asks if I want to switch. If I open the UK site the design resets
Wähle Deinen Standort
spreadshirt.de
spreadshirt.co.uk
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 29/05/2025
I have the annoying dog from Undertale on my socks, is that acceptable?
My right foot, I'm wearing black socks with a white pixelated dog pattern
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 29/05/2025
Day 1 of #JSHeroes 2025! Excited to be speaking to everyone about the joys (by which I mean pain) of technical migrations 🐻
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 21/05/2025
Well, I guess that wasn't an automated message
Screenshot of a text message exchange:
Text Message • SMS
Today 14:06
Following on from your quotation from Anglian windows, we now have some additional discounts in place due to there being a bank holiday, A revised quotation will be emailed to you including the discounts, this offer will end @ 2pm on Saturday 24th may. Please contact myself (redacted) showroom manager
should you wish to proceed on (redacted) 
Thank you

My reply:
Stop

Their reply:
Sorry
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 20/05/2025
Suspicious
A photograph of a garden with two cheap plastic grow houses, and some flower-filled plant pots in front. There is a small furry pair of legs and a tail sticking out of the bottom of one of the grow houses, belonging to a honey coloured dog
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 15/05/2025
I was going to go to IKEA but I guess I can't????
I'm on the sofa with my legs stretched out, and a honey coloured dog is sleeping on my legs facing away from the camera
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 07/05/2025
Ramona's houmous really is as good as they say. I can't even remember who said it, but they were right
A yellow pot of original Ramona's heavenly humous, made with love and chickpeas
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 02/04/2025
Paying my respects at the church
A photo of a door in St Paul's Church Covent Garden with a code lock on it, and a sign saying "press F after entering code"
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 29/03/2025
@sjoy.lol giving @strange.website's website a well deserved shout out as a lovely example of a personal site at #SOTB2025
Sara on stage in front of a screen showing Henry's website.
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 29/03/2025
It's easy to think "how can I make this API easiest for myself to use" but user needs should always, always come first - the W3C says so! @joshtumath.uk at #SOTB2025
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 24/02/2025
Life as a dog owner has started out well
A ginger-coloured dog curled up  in a ball on the sofa next to a person wearing jeans (just visible)
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 18/02/2025
Me watching my spring bulbs come up from the kitchen window
The sickos meme with the man putting his hands against a window and saying "yes...ha ha ha... yes!"
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