Reposted by oliGary Bainbridge @garybainbridge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026When "white sauce" in fish pie Contains cheese, it’s a lie. That’s a mornay. 22655177
oli @oliverjam.com · 16/09/2026Cross-origin <use>. We want to use an icon spritesheet, but all our assets are hosted on a CDN on another subdomain. Tbh we only want the sprite so the icons can use currentcolor, so styling external SVGs might be the real solution. 100
Reposted by oliMat “Wilto” Marquis @wil.to · 14/09/2026Digital Ocean ended their $50/month sponsorship of GNOME and FlatHub and went radio silent on CSS-Tricks right around the time they found a spare three million dollars to burn on “sponsoring” a high-profile racist’s dotfiles repo. Impossible to see this as anything but a statement of their values.geoffgraham.meWhy CSS-Tricks Has Been Quiet Lately - Geoff GrahamBecause I haven't published anything to it since August 31. And no one else has either. That's not a super long time to go silent but it is for a site that 619680
oli @oliverjam.com · 13/09/2026> The mechanism should pay people for being useful, not for being good at asking 061
Reposted by olitante @tante.cc · 11/09/2026"Omarchy should not matter. But sadly it does. As a power grab." I wrote about why we have to care about Omarchy. As a fascist power grab within the FLOSS ecosystem.tante.ccPower grabOmarchy should not matter. But sadly it does. As a power grab. If you don’t know what Omarchy is here’s the short summary. David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of RubyOnRails, owner of a software business and millionaire, decided a few months ago to go all in on Linux and – because that’s just his MO – […] 39150
Reposted by oliBrookie @brookie.blog · 07/09/2026have i gone completely insane? ... ... ... yes. pdsos.wisp.place 3627041
Reposted by oliAbigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026NHS cancelling surgeries for adults even after they’ve already paid for travel + accommodation and waited years to get there. Some were about to be wheeled into theatre! Every manager responsible for this decision must be sacked and every patient paid compensation. 4541331751
Reposted by olitef @tef.bsky.social · 21/08/2026MANAGEMENT: We're going to eliminate skilled worker roles and replace them with lower paid jobs supervising the machine. Although productivity and quality will suffer, it'll be worth it to ensure you're that little bit more disposable. PROGRAMMER: Good thing i'm an expert on talking to the machine 312517
Reposted by oliAdrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 19/08/2026That is the world these sons of bitches want to take us back to with their "it's all overdiagnosis and fakery" gaslighting. 1797356
oli @oliverjam.com · 13/08/2026It's chromium only right now, but you can do this with a scroll-state container query developer.chrome.com/blog/css-scr...developer.chrome.comCSS scroll-state() | Blog | Chrome for DevelopersLike container queries; but for stuck, snapped, and overflowing queries. 020
Reposted by olilauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 09/08/2026if they're drinking nounwine it's fantasy. if they're snorting a verb it's sci fi 154128883254
Reposted by oliAnil Dash @anildash.com · 27/07/2026Just in case you still use any Basecamp products, DHH is crashing out about his AI product gently pointing out that it’s bad for him to have extermination fantasies about the Roma people. 852286644
Reposted by oliceej @ceej.online · 16/02/2025every successful consumer technology owes its success to a dedicated user base of insane perverts who the product managers in silicon valley view as their ancient and intractable enemy 91229186
oli @oliverjam.com · 10/07/2026The Disreputable Dog, from Lirael by @garthnix.bsky.social, one of the formative books of my childhood 030
Reposted by oliAbigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026late to the party but I’ve been powering through “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power” and it’s consumed my entire braaain, I LOOOOVE toxic yuri catgirl Star Wars 🧠⚡️😻 5392466
Reposted by oliZoë O'Connell @zoeoconnell.co.uk · 04/07/2026I’ll take “extremely niche groups you did not expect to see on a pride march but makes sense when you think about it” for 10, please 11558107
Reposted by oliCassie Evans @cassiecodes.bsky.social · 04/07/2026LLM's are helpful because they're trained on years of high quality educational material and forums where people helped each other. People aren't visiting forums or paying for educational content anymore because of LLM's. The well isn't going to magically fill itself in perpetuity. 411521
Reposted by oliProf. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Can we all stop pushing the button please? 261828446
oli @oliverjam.com · 12/06/2026I think that's what the new `reading-flow` property is meant to solve. As seen in this cool example: bsky.app/profile/josh... 000
Reposted by olirich harris @rich-harris.dev · 10/06/2026There are two ways to resolve the cognitive dissonance of being on Twitter while also caring about all the awful shit happening because of Twitter 1. Leave Twitter 2. Stop caring Profoundly disappointing how many people I like seem to have chosen the latter 1446180
Reposted by oliAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂 342135144166
Reposted by oliKy @ky.fyi · 24/04/2026I wrote about why I quit my job, and how weird and tiring tech feels these days.ky.fyiDo I belong in tech anymore?On quitting, the spread of AI, and the loss of an ideal. 1281791545
Reposted by oliStarfleet Intelligence SCREAM Analyst @daxarian.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Favorite species from @aptshadow.bsky.social’s Final Architecture series, in no particular order: -Francophone Lesbian Clone Troopers -Hustle Culture Businesscrabs -What If An Ant Farm Was Also A Robot Was Also A Person -Space Clam Theocracy (With Bonus Space Clam Mafia!). 34911
Reposted by oliPavel Laptev @pavellaptev.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Been thinking about how much JavaScript we ship for basic UI patterns. Wrote it up. Anchor positioning, Popover API, Scroll-Driven Animations and more — what they replace and what's still missing 👉 blog.gitbutler.com/the-great-cs...blog.gitbutler.comThe Great CSS ExpansionCSS now does what Floating UI, GSAP ScrollTrigger, Framer Motion, and react-select used to require JavaScript for. Here is exactly how much that saves, why these libraries were painful beyond their si... 44424
oli @oliverjam.com · 31/03/2026Just tested with our React 19 codebase. About 115 suspense queries and everything seems to work perfectly 🎉 130
Reposted by oliceej @ceej.online · 03/03/2026I am not looking for a politician to explain why blowing up 100 little girls is good 201583234
Reposted by oliRebane @rebane2001.bsky.social · 24/02/2026i built an entire x86 CPU emulator in CSS (no javascript) you can write programs in C, compile them to x86 machine code with GCC, and run them inside CSS lyra.horse/x86css/ 1332610858
Reposted by oliLaura Kalbag @laurakalbag.com · 27/01/2026My book, Accessibility For Everyone, is now free and online as a website. accessibilityforeveryone.site The book was first published by A Book Apart in 2017 but it holds up! It covers web accessibility for designers, developers, content folks, and really everyone who works in tech.accessibilityforeveryone.siteAccessibility For Everyone by Laura KalbagRead the book online for free. 9310193
Reposted by oliStellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 23/01/2026Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step. 1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish. 2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot. 199188286082
Reposted by oliJay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 23/01/2026A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain. A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones. The life of a churchwarden is a strange one... 383174872
Reposted by oliJesstergen 👩🏻🚀 ✨ @rougerogue.bsky.social · 22/01/2026“Cant sleep… i’ll just have a quick look at my phone” 2169582119
Reposted by oliMel, the Herohom ( • `ω´ • ) ➡️ FFXIV Fanfest 🇯🇵 @herohommel.bsky.social · 30/12/2025I've waited 3 years to make this post 140220865667
Reposted by oliNeal Agarwal @neal.fun · 10/12/2025Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :) The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used > neal.fun/size-of-life/ 772654909
Reposted by oliJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 11/11/2025I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world? Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459) 11230851128
Reposted by oli#1 Lifelong Houston Cougs Fan Brandi 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Miss World Chile did is in a metal band. This was her talent portion at Miss World www.instagram.com/reel/DQuI2W7... 601963538
Reposted by oliHazel Weakly @hazelweakly.me · 21/10/2025Write code to make being human easier. Rip code out if it makes being human harder. Write code to make caring for each other easier. Rip it out if it makes caring for each other harder. Empathy driven development has literally never failed me. It’s done me better than everything else combined 4425124
Reposted by oliomg spees @spees.bsky.social · 19/10/2025my toxic engineer trait is that I'm basically allergic to code all code is bad. the less code the better. why are you writing new code stahp *sprays devs with squirt bottle* 615423
Reposted by oliMeredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 27/10/2025📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms). It’s also concerning. 1/ 4528291043
Reposted by oliNanda Syahrasyad @nan.fyi · 21/10/2025New post 🎉 Going back to my roots on writing about the inner workings of things, a breakdown of key-value databases and how you might make one from scratch: nan.fyi/database 111518
Reposted by oliAnil Dash @anildash.com · 17/10/2025More than *anything* the people who actually know how technology works, who actually build things, wish that people would treat LLMs like every other technology, and be normal about them. Don't build a religion about them, don't force them on people, don't ignore the problems. Just be normal. 16958170
Reposted by oliJake Lazaroff @jakelazaroff.com · 02/10/2025show this to anyone else you know who also assumed DHH was just a normal conservative dude rather than a raging white supremacist lunaticjakelazaroff.comDHH Is Way Worse Than I Thought | jakelazaroff.comDHH's politics are not normal. Maybe they used to be, I don't know, but as of right now the dude is_way outside of what most people would consider moral or acceptable. 29490174
Reposted by oliDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 01/10/2025OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this 211106313186
Reposted by oliJake Archibald @jakearchibald.com · 29/09/2025What's next? Playing badminton with Skelator? 1632239
Reposted by oliThe Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 15/04/2025On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain... 216132445373
