Reposted by Luke Bennettkat cosgrove @kat.lol · 09/09/2026Man why are all these well-loved tech companies so desperate to give their money to Mr Kill All Immigrants in exchange for his dotfiles 926864
Reposted by Luke Bennettdame @dame.is · 03/09/2026insane how much good will, longstanding trust, and real business 1Password is willing to destroy just so they can donate some money to a racist project — this is such a catastrophically dumb move that should’ve been a no brainer to walk back within the first 12 hours 724639
Reposted by Luke BennettMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 31/08/2026feels like it’s inevitable these days that every tool you rely on is one garbage founder or funder away from their app’s version of this postalilleybrinker.com1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe — Andrew Lilley Brinker1Password has committed $300,000 to Omarchy. This is unacceptable and must be rescinded. 10701284
Reposted by Luke BennettMateusz Burzyński @andarist.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Changesets v3 is here! 🦋 After months of chipping away at issues alongside @bluwy.me, @haglund.dev, and many other contributors, we’re excited to finally share it. changesets.dev/blog/announc...changesets.devAnnouncing Changesets v3 | ChangesetsA tool to manage versioning and changelogs with a focus on monorepos 812228
Reposted by Luke BennettSinjo @sinjo.dev · 09/08/2026Yep. If code was never the hard part, software wouldn’t be so goddamn buggy and broken. If “code” only ever meant thoughtlessly churning out the next endpoint, you missed the point entirely. blog.senko.net/code-was-nev...blog.senko.net"Code was never the hard part" is an insult to all programmersThe software development profession is in the midst of upheaval. Nobody knows how the AI revolution will play out in the end, but it is c... 1253
Reposted by Luke Bennettjordan @jdan.me · 08/08/2026notes.jordanscales.com/coffeenotes.jordanscales.comI recently sat down for coffee with one of my oldest friends in the industry.I recently sat down for coffee with one of my oldest friends in the industry. “How’s everything going?” I asked, “Crazy times right?” “We’re up to 1 million... 29331
Luke Bennett @lukebennett.dev · 20/07/2026You could always try replacing the Zen icon with the Internet Explorer logo 😅 www.matuzo.at/blog/2026/ze...matuzo.atZen, Zed, and Zits - Manuel MatuzovicI’m a frontend developer, consultant, accessibility auditor, blogger, teacher, and book author from Austria. 031
Reposted by Luke BennettCassie Evans @cassiecodes.bsky.social · 26/05/2026I'm so tired of being expected to read things that no one has bothered to write. 241393165
Reposted by Luke Bennettsophie alpert @sophiebits.com · 25/06/2026got frustrated recently at work about people writing using AI instead of using their brains! here's my take on it: sophiebits.com/2026/06/25/t...sophiebits.comThere are no lossless transformations of natural-language text 1522166
Luke Bennett @lukebennett.dev · 14/06/2026I just added standard.site integration to my personal site. Lets see if I get the fancy new button on this post: www.lukebennett.dev/posts/using-...lukebennett.devUsing Loops and Maps for Efficient Data TransformationsRecently, I’ve been working on a client project built as a single-page application (SPA). Unlike server-rendered apps (where I’ve spent the majority of my time over the past few y… 010
Reposted by Luke BennettAlistair Davidson @moh-kohn.eurosky.social · 10/06/2026Just been informed I am top post on hacker news for this. Jeepers! mohkohn.co.uk/writing/html...mohkohn.co.ukHow building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnightMy client was a utility company, and they had a big problem... 3152
Reposted by Luke Bennettdan @danabra.mov · 05/06/2026100% agree. if i see “chore” in commit log, im judging yousumnerevans.comStop Using Conventional CommitsYou’ve almost certainly encountered Conventional Commits before. It may have reared its ugly head in the changelog of an open source project you’ve used. It may have been the enforced commit format fo... 1815221
Luke Bennett @lukebennett.dev · 17/05/2026I’m very curious to see how this pans out, and hope it works out. Subscribed 😅 010
Reposted by Luke BennettBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/04/2026With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars. We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director. Please stand by for more. 816335417972
Luke Bennett @lukebennett.dev · 06/04/2026Bit of a different style to most Jacksons, but I always wanted a Mark Morton Dominion. 010
Reposted by Luke BennettJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 05/04/2026Is Bluesky dying? A more thorough look at the numbers. open.substack.com/pub/techtris...open.substack.comIs Bluesky dying?An attempt to untangle a few different arguments around the future of Bluesky – if it has one 5731065
Reposted by Luke BennettRiley Cran @rileycran.bsky.social · 25/03/2026New work for GitHub: Monaspace. 🔤 A superfamily of 5 open-source typefaces for code. Full case study here: lettermatic.com/custom/monas... 810517
Luke Bennett @lukebennett.dev · 15/03/2026Probably because of how it’s spelt 🙈 I’ve been pronouncing it tem-POOR-al this whole time! 001
Reposted by Luke BennettLynn Fisher @lynnandtonic.com · 12/03/2026📝 What if you said no? lynnandtonic.com/thoughts/ent...lynnandtonic.comWhat if you said no? 1268
Luke Bennett @lukebennett.dev · 21/02/2026Reminds me of Cont by Tim Minchin: youtube.com/watch?v=180H...youtube.comContYouTube video by Tim Minchin - Topic 000
Luke Bennett @lukebennett.dev · 17/02/2026Yes I did. I could have have sworn it was working for a bit after migrating though, but maybe I’m imagining things 😅 110
Luke Bennett @lukebennett.dev · 17/02/2026Everything was still connected, but disconnecting and reconnecting seems to have fixed it. Thanks again 🙌 100
Luke Bennett @lukebennett.dev · 16/02/2026My mistake, desktop is busted too (I only use the site on my phone and didn't have my laptop handy yesterday). 100
Luke Bennett @lukebennett.dev · 16/02/2026Hey @tylerjfisher.com, sill.social seems to be busted for me again (at least on mobile). I’ve tried both the PWA and a regular browser tab, and with and without content blockers. 100
Reposted by Luke BennettMaggie Appleton @maggieappleton.com · 23/01/2026I have Gas Town derangement syndrome and spent the last few weeks writing thousands of words on agent orchestration patterns; how they shift our bottlenecks and force us to ask whether and when we should stop looking at code maggieappleton.com/gastownmaggieappleton.comGas Town’s Agent Patterns, Design Bottlenecks, and Vibecoding at ScaleOn agent orchestration patterns, why design and critical thinking are the new bottlenecks, and whether we should let go of looking at code 1629456
Reposted by Luke BennettDevon Govett @devongovett.me · 23/01/2026In the next version of React Aria Components, you can use the `render` prop to customize the rendered DOM element. This also receives the component state, which makes it easy to drive animations. 3551
Luke Bennett @lukebennett.dev · 23/01/2026Creating a new DSL and jamming it into CSS seems like a really bad idea. Now I have to reference the docs constantly, and I’ve lost all the type safety. Plugins are also now considered “legacy” according to the docs ☹️ 100
Reposted by Luke BennettTim Disney @disnetdev.com · 20/01/2026Oops, I started a new project: Skyreader, an RSS reader on the AT Protocol. Share cool articles like it's 2010 and Google Reader would never die. skyreader.app www.disnetdev.com/blog/2026-01...disnetdev.comSkyreader: A RSS Reader on the AT ProtocolIntroducing a RSS reader for the AT Protocol where you feeds and article sharing are portable 29513123
Reposted by Luke BennettTom MacWright @macwright.com · 08/01/2026if you're celebrating people getting laid off from one of the very few companies that was consistently contributing to a fully open source product, because you think that css cascades are really that important, really take a long hard look at your priorities 0554
Reposted by Luke BennettReact Router @reactrouter.com · 08/01/2026We just published 6 CVEs identifying security vulnerabilities in React Router and Remix v2 We recommend updating to the latest appropriate versions: React Router v7 -- 7.12.0 React Router v6 -- 6.30.3 Remix v2 -- 2.17.2 Details, links, and package ranges are listed below 1129
Reposted by Luke BennettMichiganTypeScript @michigantypescript.com · 02/01/2026🥳 TypeSlayer is out! celebrate by posting what your type graph looks like! it legit has an actual leaderboard now: so bonus points if you win lol 🏆🏆 run: `npx typeslayer` source: github.com/dimitropoulo... 28221
Reposted by Luke BennettNmn @nmn.sh · 02/01/2026Happy New Year! An all new StyleX website has just gone live. It's rewritten from the ground up, and is built on: - Waku - Fumadocs - StyleX (obviously) No UI is used from fumadocs, and all the components were re-written with StyleX. 1263
Reposted by Luke BennettDevon Govett @devongovett.me · 29/12/2025Facebook's Static Hermes is kind of incredible. It can compile JavaScript into C, which is then optimized into native machine code. I just compiled the Less.js source code into a C library. Then I called it from Rust as a native Parcel plugin (no Node). Wild. 👨🔬 devongovett.me/blog/static-...devongovett.meHow to compile JavaScript to C with Static HermesLately, I've been working on porting more of Parcel to Rust, and investigating ways to embed JS-based plugins. This post describes how I used Static Hermes to compile Less.js to a native C library tha... 816823
Reposted by Luke BennettJay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them. 420288827298
Reposted by Luke BennettJake Archibald @jakearchibald.com · 20/12/2025It's really sad that Chrome laid off one of the world's best CSS developer-designers, and now they have to fake demos of web features. youtu.be/d8J0vs-bEPE?...youtu.beCreate Scroll-Triggered Animations with CSSYouTube video by Chrome for Developers 1533028
Reposted by Luke BennettThe Onion @theonion.com · 19/12/2025CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Year theonion.com/cia-realizes... 245006789
Reposted by Luke BennettDevon Govett @devongovett.me · 16/12/2025Introducing the new React Aria docs! 🎉 All-new content and search experience. Interactive CSS and Tailwind examples to get you started quickly – just install with shadcn. New guides and full example apps. MCP server and AI integrations. Check it out! react-aria.adobe.com 910011
Reposted by Luke BennettColin McDonnell 💎 Zod @colinhacks.com · 15/12/2025Introducing ✨ Standard JSON Schema ✨ It's a sister spec to Standard Schema that provides a common interface for any entity that can be converted to JSON Schema 3726
Reposted by Luke BennettFrançois Best @francoisbest.com · 15/12/2025StandardSchema now supports a new interface to generate JSON Schemas ! 🙌 I started working on a StandardCodec RFC, for bidirectional data type transformation (which encompasses (de)serialisation), like what @zod.dev codecs & Effect schemas can do. Could be a sign to push it a little further 👀standardschema.devStandard JSON SchemaA standardized JSON Schema representation that preserves inferred type information 0163
Luke Bennett @lukebennett.dev · 13/12/2025I am! I’m pretty sure I noticed the same behaviour as a Safari tab but I could be wrong. 100
Luke Bennett @lukebennett.dev · 13/12/2025Hey @tylerjfisher.com I’ve been using @sill.social for ages now and it’s great, but I’ve had an issue for the last few months where my auth session doesn’t seem to persist, so I have to log in every time I use it. Is this on your radar? 100
Reposted by Luke BennettMichiganTypeScript @michigantypescript.com · 11/12/2025now in early-access/alpha/beta/gamma/whatever-you-wanna-call-it. here's a walkthrough: youtu.be/IP6EZXzXBzYyoutu.beTypeSlayer - a TypeScript types performance toolYouTube video by Michigan TypeScript 2183
Reposted by Luke BennettFrançois Best @francoisbest.com · 07/12/2025The problem with adding "help wanted" issues on @github.com is that people just feed those to their agent, and loop over PR review comments like drones 🫠 I don't have a problem with using AI, but submitting vibe-coded slop is wasting everyone's time. I doubt this will be enough, but it's a start: 1272
Reposted by Luke BennettJim Nielsen @jim-nielsen.com · 08/12/2025📝 I'm a curmudgeon for doing menu items without icons (unless you can give a good reason to include them). And apparently Apple used to recommend the opposite of what they now do in Tahoe. blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/icons-i...blog.jim-nielsen.comIcons in Menus Everywhere — Send HelpWriting about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web. 2177
