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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 26/06/2026

I'm assuming Elixir/Phoenix isn't included because it would be unfair to all the others, right? (S+ Tier, no cap)

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CSS by T. Afif @css-only.dev · 22/05/2026

People used to recognize me because they had seen one of my 7,000+ Stack Overflow "free" answers when they got stuck on a tricky CSS issue. Now, you will thank your favorite LLM for giving you that bad/outdated/inaccurate answer. And some people pay for that.

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 11/05/2026

Try giving everyone a moment to shine, do a fun recap at the end of the session, be SUPER familiar with your campaign/world and expect to throw out everything 5 minutes into the game, when in doubt roll a dice. Do solo playtests or online one shot sessions to become familiar with the rules etc.

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 09/05/2025

So, we're full circle and back at the Frontpage/Dreamweaver era, right?

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 12/04/2025

Rarely have I been *this* enraged about this kind of decision. With all the - highly infectious - passion you put into your work, I can barely imagine how devastating this must feel. Someone at Google messed up big fucking time and I sincerely hope you'll find another way/place to do what you did.

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 28/03/2025

"imagination is not illegal, expression is sacred" - ai bro who didn't imagine shit and expressed nothing.

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 25/03/2025

According to this new plan, we will now have a delay of merely 75minutes. Which almost twice the time it would’ve taken me by car to where I am right now. After 4.5h of trävelling wis deutsche bahn. 😂

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 25/03/2025

Classic traveling with DB. Train got cancelled. So: major reroute. ~30min after that new train left the station, it stopped between stations: issues with the tracks. Notification: delay 112min. Now thistrain is taking a detour *via the station I came from.* Can’t make that shit up.

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 25/03/2025

It’s funny how Discord seems to have some kind of heuristics for when to install updates. Opened it this morning: No updates. Opened it just now, on a train: TIME FOR UPDATES!

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Jen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

There it is! Finally, a real solution for how to style all of the HTML form controls using your own custom CSS to change anything — building on an interoperable UA set of defaults. First, styling the in-page part of controls + the popover for <select>. (Later we’ll do popovers for more things.)

Screenshot of CSS Form Control Styling Level 1 First Public Working Draft web standard from the W3C's CSS Working Group

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Scott Hanselman 🌮 @scott.hanselman.com · 22/03/2025

Where have all the tech creators gone?

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Elaina @elaina.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

This is the funniest ligature I've ever seen

Gray text on a black background that reads Bigger. The 2 g's are white and the tails of the g's are combined. Underneath it in small text reads Discretionary Ligatures.

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 18/03/2025

Video export completed!

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 14/03/2025

Same! I started with fusion and moved to FreeCAD. It's way more keyboard-user friendly, more customisable and less of a resource hog than fusion. Highly recommend installing the OpenPreferences though, which makes the UI actually bearable. It's has its quirks, but every tool has those anyway :D

Screenshot of FreeCAD showing a model of a Yarn Winder Spool. The Interface is made much cleaner and more modern by an extension called Open Preferences - which is not visible.

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 14/03/2025

My question would be: when being math-curious, is it a good route to take as a dev? Or does dev-experience not quite matter? Does it require deeper math knowledge?

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 13/03/2025

CSS functions make this type of shenanigans SO much easier - and kinda addictive. Love 'em! All from a single element, no JS. codepen.io/nocksock/pen...

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 13/03/2025

btw heads up: there'll be a proper update in ~3 weeks - with like, actual features. :)

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 13/03/2025

Oh! I hadn't checked that in a while. That's extremely broken for me as well. Weird! I'll push a quick fix later! Thanks for letting me know!

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 12/03/2025

German makes this rather clear: “zweckentfremden” (use for a purpose it wasn’t meant for; literally purpose-enstranging; utilize) vs “benutzen” (use). That’s kinda how I always remember the difference between the too.

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 12/03/2025

ngl I often think that clamp is lerp and then I’m sad it isn’t.

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 11/03/2025

I feel like I'll use these two a *lot* in coming experiments. So convenient! codepen.io/nocksock/pen...

CSS function defintiion for --sibling-factor() and --lerp()

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 11/03/2025

I didn’t know this was coming! This is awesome! 👏

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 11/03/2025

I love that “sine in” has a sine wave below “sine”. Such attention to detail!

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 01/03/2025

It’s that time of the year again.

Screenshot of a part of iOS Safari’s context menu that says “Close All 500 Tabs”

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Dave Rupert @davatron5000.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

[scene int. mozilla board room] P1: We're in a tough spot. We need fresh ideas. Let's start by reading our mission statement: We are a priva– P2: I just had the best idea (closes techcrunch tab in Chrome), what if we do an AI ad platform on demand gig economy vpn powered by crypto streaming platfo

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 27/02/2025

If I saw these at an artisans market, I’d buy a couple for my assortment of ceramic and stoneware. 😍

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 25/02/2025

NICE. Just a tad too late to be part of Interop 2025. 🤞for 2026! I'm still gonna use and explore it a bunch regardless.

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 25/02/2025

However I do think bsky and the AT protocol currently has the best tools/mechanics to handle this sensibly and transparently. They'll figure it out sooner or later. After all, it's been just a year after public launch.

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 25/02/2025

I'm betting hard on most of these being bots, specifically to keep/drive people off of this platforms. The incentive is *huge*. And those who have it, easily have the resources to do so. And it takes just a fraction of what it took like 8 years ago. Note how they usually have a default handle.

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 24/02/2025

Thanks! Made another one that's closer to what one thinks of when talking about kaleidoscopes: codepen.io/nocksock/pen...

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Kaleidoscope repeating-conic-gradient()

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 24/02/2025

Holy shit. This was a personal record. At leas 5-6 Years!

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Ben Lesh @benlesh.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

✨Heads up! Observables are shipping natively to a browser near you soon! Huge thank you and congrats to @domfarolino.com ❤️ I've helped / worked on / watched this through different standards bodies for more than 10 years now. ☠️ (I'm going to have a lot of work now to adapt RxJS to this 😅)

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 17/02/2025

"I ask AI and it’s totally worthless, synthesizing disparate topics about CSS into a seemingly right on the surface but totally wrong answer" Couldn't sum up "AI" better if I tried. blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/aspect-...

blog.jim-nielsen.com

Aspect Ratio Changes With CSS View Transitions

Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.

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Nicole Sullivan @nicolesullivan.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Interop 2025 is launched! This is the culmination of months of work to find focus areas that really matter to developers. I’m gonna plan a vacation now 😅 webkit.org/blog/16458/a...

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Announcing Interop 2025

Exciting news for web developers, designers, and browser enthusiasts alike — Interop 2025 is here, continuing the mission of improving cross-browser interoperability.

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Marcel @marcel.fyi · 16/02/2025

Remember Unhinged? One of my goals is to keep it as visually minimalistic as possible while still staying true to its name. It's not supposed to feel like a run-of-the-mill app without character. Instead, I want it to feel slightly weird while still being easy to understand. (Thread) #BuildInPublic

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 14/02/2025

That + Oban and Nimble Parsec.

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 11/02/2025

1. When I do a course I rarely do it start to finish. Often skipping into segments that interest me etc. So if there are exercises for that lesson I am more likely to do those and also more likely to do more in general.

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 04/02/2025

I think in CSS the BEM approach is very similar to OOP; while Utility First is closer to FP. So when people haven't been exposed to FP much or have a hard time with it, I found they tend to struggle more with Tailwind and how to create useful custom utilities, variants or components.

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 03/02/2025

Understanding the purpose and usefulness of contexts in Phoenix took me a while, but over time they became a natural way of doing things for me in general - not just in phoenix/elixir. Elixir idioms are leaking into every other language I write, and so far it was *always* for the better.

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 26/01/2025

Frontend Devs, since forever: “Accessibility is important, it’s not just about blind people - everyone benefits!” Silicon-Valley Bro, pre-ai: “lmao, nah. <div><div onclick=”…”>go to homepage</div></div> lgtm ship it!” Silicon-valley-bro, post-ai: “Make websites accessible for AI agents!!!”

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 24/01/2025

I definitely wrote my fair share of {“ “}

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Nils Riedemann @nocksock.dev · 23/01/2025

Coincidentally I am writing a Query Language for a client that is largely inspired by CSS.

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