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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 05/10/2026

(when I say "completely static" I don't mean it doesn't have a backend/datastore; I mean that there's minimal frontend interaction to require rehydration, re-rendering, and all the rest of it)

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 05/10/2026

Wondering when we'll start seeing content-based sites discover that building the entire thing with a reactive framework when the website is completely static might incur performance penalties and developer experience drawbacks too

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 05/10/2026

My mum got this VHS out from the local video shop and I seem to remember we encountered this scene a few minutes in and me and my two younger sisters made her turn the cassette off: youtu.be/Pts8XVwXe7o?...

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Black Cauldron- The Horned King monologue

YouTube video by Brejan

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 05/10/2026

Library of Birmingham is cool and the top floors have rooftop gardens and a Shakespeare room with a First Folio on display.

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 04/10/2026

Omg how have you not seen Pan's Labyrinth before now?! But I'm jealous of you getting to experience it for the first time.

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 04/10/2026

I'm fascinated now about why everyone defaults to the llama's side against their friend or loved one they've known for years

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 04/10/2026

Oh my god I'm so glad it's not just me! Did he "provoke" it in any way? All my friends keep victim-blaming me and I'm sick of it

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 03/10/2026

Didn't it just reopen? Maybe they'll accept it again!

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 03/10/2026

Honestly I would've bought them

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 03/10/2026

(subsequent investigation revealed that the creature that spat all over us was in fact a llama)

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 03/10/2026

Took the kids to the library this morning and was immediately trolled

A man frowning at a children's book titled "Wanna See A Llama?"

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 02/10/2026

Something about strong flavoured cheese as well

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 02/10/2026

Jekyll is almost unmaintained these days and perhaps not as cool as it used to be. If you fancy trying the new shiny, Cloudflare just released this which is an SSG with a CMS: emdashcms.com But if you just want the SSG, Astro is the hot new thing.

emdashcms.com

EmDash CMS

An open source Astro CMS built for humans and agents.

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 01/10/2026

I've been forced to innovate

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 30/09/2026

Simply have a generic name and this won't be a problem

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 30/09/2026

I would pay cash money for a recording of this so I can hear @tedleo.bsky.social's parts alone – is there any way to do this?!

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 30/09/2026

Two weeks into a failed bank transfer and I'm at the stage of opening a live chat with both source and destination banks so I can be the middleman and play them off against each other for an answer

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 29/09/2026

You didn't wander through a time portal somewhere did you?

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 29/09/2026

Oh wow yeah they're worth every penny of the £5. But at least there's another non-potato flavour in there!

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 29/09/2026

Oh interesting. Wonder if snack manufacturers do some kind of mafia-style turf wars. "Nice sweet chili flavour exclusivity you've got there Walkers... be a shame if someone copied it"

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 29/09/2026

Just saw some roast potato flavour crisps and I feel quit strongly that crisps shouldn't be allowed to taste like themselves

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 28/09/2026

I'm sure this will all turn out fine for them.

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 25/09/2026

New on my blog: some thoughts on turning 40; a mini review of my 5-song EP I released this month, and a link roundup of the best things I've read and laughed at this month: mattandrews.info/manfeelings/...

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Shed your skin

Between this Man Feelings entry and the last, I’ve turned 40. Happy birthday, me! I was going to use this edition to reflect on what I’ve learned over forty ...

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 25/09/2026

Thank you! And yeah I dunno what I was thinking.

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 25/09/2026

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Shed your skin

Between this Man Feelings entry and the last, I’ve turned 40. Happy birthday, me! I was going to use this edition to reflect on what I’ve learned over forty ...

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 25/09/2026

Holy shit. Getting root on the box *with the support of the bot* is beautiful.

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 25/09/2026

Earlier this year we offered asking price on a place on Franklin Road and someone outbid us by *£100,000*.

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 25/09/2026

I know I shouldn't be taking the bait here but I cannot believe that reactionary Christians are apparently offended that Aslan will be voiced by a woman in the new Narnia films. HE'S ALREADY BEING REPRESENTED AS A FUCKING LION, DON'T YOU PEOPLE UNDERSTAND ALLEGORY

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 25/09/2026

@birminghamdispatch.bsky.social folks I might be missing something here but your actual website URL isn't listed/linked in your bio here!

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 23/09/2026

In my case it also required putting my face through an enormous cobweb which was too high for the kids to have been snagged on

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 23/09/2026

In between meetings today I just... went and lay on the kids' trampoline in the garden for a bit? Must've looked nuts to the neighbours (#madlad) but I recommend it for a mid-afternoon reset.

A man's feet lying on a large trampoline with a house in the background and the sky above it

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 23/09/2026

This is why I can't listen to podcasts. No mental bandwidth during other activities and there's no way I'm listening to Richard Osman in my actual free time

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 23/09/2026

I moved to Bitwarden and the free package was enough for me.

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 22/09/2026

Huge congratulations! You both look lovely, what a special day 🥰 chuffed for you both ❤️

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 22/09/2026

People will think we've started the most middle class gang in the world

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 22/09/2026

Just saw another dad the same age as me doing the school pickup on a vintage steel frame road bike just like mine and now I feel like I have to move house all over again; this postcode's too small for us both etc

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Millions of Chopped Landlord Pieces @thirteentwelve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Charlotte Church roasting Ed Sheeran over a Dead Kennedy's cover

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 21/09/2026

Ooh our lights in B30 all flickered for a second at about the time you posted this; I assumed it was a dodgy kettle or something.

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 21/09/2026

(inspiration here was a story of a friend going through this and trying to write something hopeful for them)

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 21/09/2026

Wrote a song about divorce on my new EP and when I first played it for my partner I put it on and left the room while she listened. Only realised after how terrible this looked: we're not getting divorced! But I didn't want to stand awkwardly watching her listen. open.spotify.com/track/0YvaRn...

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Shed Your Skin

Unfuture · Shed Your Skin · Song · 2026

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 19/09/2026

That took 200+ coins to achieve btw

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 19/09/2026

Some working class ASMR for you

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 19/09/2026

What about an entity that can socially engineer an interaction to go and get a human to plug it back in again?

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 19/09/2026

Millennial dads, I'm begging you, stop this madness

Children's t shirts featuring Green Day, Gorillaz, Foo Fighters and Nirvana

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Matt Andrews @mattandrews.info · 19/09/2026

Love this by @unfortunatalie.bsky.social on cats, understanding the self, and what happens when the two combine: nothingbutawordbag.substack.com/p/where-a-ca... She could write on anything and I'd read it - so go and read this, pronto.

nothingbutawordbag.substack.com

Where a cat could sit

On learning to live alone together

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