Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 23/03/2026My #foryou feed is now dominated by #anticar talk and I couldn't be happier. 000
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 22/03/2026God, we need this in London. No more prioritising cars over people. 000
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 28/02/2026I don't need your respect. I have the respect of the Mantis Lords. 000
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Having mainly used #Next.js for the last couple of years I took at stab @solidjs.com for a client project and it's like finally leaving a bad relationship and meeting someone who actually makes you happy. #buildinpublic 2212
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 13/11/2025@bsky.app you gotta up the expiry time on these app permissions. I'm signing in every time I open it! 021
Reposted by Peter J Colesfae⁷ @onthistangent.eurosky.social · 19/10/2025I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭 8560152373
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 20/10/2025I've been using @kagi.com for about a month now and what I love is not suffering the endless attempts to trick me into buying tangentially related tat to my search. How novel! Plus the small web viewer is delightful. I am hoping Orion does come to Linux one day though... 1184
Reposted by Peter J Colesdan @danabra.mov · 04/10/2025imagine how much more appealing Bluesky could be to people all over the world if it could fix this single problem 3732633
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 03/10/2025I recently unarchived the very first novel I ever wrote and I thought I would publicly shame myself by analysing how terrible it is, starting with the completely unnecessary Prologue. #WritingCommunity myterriblefirstnovel.leaflet.pub/3m2c5etdrt22amyterriblefirstnovel.leaflet.pubPrologue - My Terrible First NovelThis has to start somewhere and it probably shouldn't be here. 041
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 19/08/2025I've become obsessed with SVGs and this guide is the best I've seen explaining how to use the <path> element 141
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 16/08/2025#CSS #Tailwind experts, I need your help! I'm completely stumped about how to achieve this effect where the 'title' and the main content box share a border. Do I somehow need to clip the bottom of the title's border to hide it...? #buildinpublic 120
Reposted by Peter J ColesRicky @ricky.fm · 12/08/2025Great read from @leerob.com leerob.com/reflectionsleerob.comReflections on the React community | Lee RobinsonSome thoughts after working with React for 10 years. 6569
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Over the last couple of days I've switched from vscode to @zed.dev and the difference in performance is astounding. Never again will I have to wait for vscode to do whatever it was doing to save a file. 000
Reposted by Peter J ColesMaggie Appleton @maggieappleton.com · 06/08/2025I've been trying to articulate why the fawning, complimentary responses from AI chatbots feel so insidious to me. I've finally figured out how to explain it. Wrote a long piece on how current model training and design choices threaten our critical thinking skills: maggieappleton.com/ai-enlighten...maggieappleton.comA Treatise on AI Chatbots Undermining the EnlightenmentOn chatbot sycophancy, passivity, and the case for more intellectually challenging companions 1415036
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 26/07/2025I'm currently building a display for my 5-year-old so he has some clue what's happening. He often asks what day it is, what's happening, what's for dinner, etc. I'm hoping the display will help give him some agency, as being 5 seems confusing. It'll also trick him into reading... 1352
Reposted by Peter J Colessōm ⁂ @hyl.st · 25/07/2025@bmann.ca once told me "Self hosting is selfish", it struck a nerve and I instantly knew he was right. The priesthood of programmers cannot save the internet with our private gated co-los and suburban home servers. This is a beautiful synopsis of why: We're still thinking feudal terms.drewlyton.comThe Future is NOT Self-HostedHey friends 👋, A few months ago, Amazon announced that Kindle users would no longer be able to download and back up their book libraries to their computers. Thankfully, I still have access to my libr... 10376
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 22/07/2025The waves battered and bruised us but it was worth it. | #photography #fotografie #nature 050
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 14/07/2025'docker compose up -d' is the real anti-capitalist clarion call. 010
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 06/07/2025I'd really like to try the @fairphone.com 6 but my current Pixel 8 Pro is still chugging along quite happily. When it eventually breaks though... 000
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 03/07/2025I've never felt so deeply connected to history until I learnt that me having #CrohnsDisease is connected to the Black Plague. #autoimmune 100
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Puzzle #753 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 The true endgame of #Connections is figuring out the author's intended difficulty order for the categories which in turn reveals something about your inner psyche. 000
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 02/07/2025I finished all of #TheExpanse novels and novellas and now I don't know what to do with my life. What's another great space opera you'd recommend? #booksky #scifi 030
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Waiting for the sunflower seeds to mature | #photography #fotografie #sunflower #nature 060
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 26/06/2025I wish more companies would follow the @coolify.io or @penpot.app business model of self-host or pay to let them handle it for you. The model respects your skill or your time (or both). 110
Reposted by Peter J Colesmrmrs @mrmrs.bsky.social · 25/06/2025🖼️ 🎨 Generate and preview multiple color palettes from any image. Updated with click to copy, performance improvements, and more clustering algorithms! img-colors.com 0163
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Last time there was the lie of WMDs. They're not even bothering with an excuse this time. 000
Reposted by Peter J ColesOddBird @oddbird.dev · 11/06/2025Make the Web a More Colorful Place! Stacy @stacykvernmo.com created a tutorial for using new color spaces & formats with OddContrast. Convert colors See gamut boundaries Check contrast Share, bookmark combinations Copy, swap colors In OddNews us19.campaign-archive.com?u=80219aa68d... #ux #design 0219
Reposted by Peter J ColesWojciech Maj @wojtekmaj.pl · 30/05/2025POV: You gave me write access to any repo for 15 minutes 5181
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 30/05/2025I tried to make a fairy out of clay. It wasn't going well and out came this guy. I hid him in the woods to confuse people. 010
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Found a Dryad's Saddle fairy city in the woods. | #photography #fotografie #mushrooms #nature 0100
Reposted by Peter J ColesWes Bos @wesbos.com · 27/05/2025ITS HAPPENING Firefox 127 shipped today making it the first browser to support Temporal - the new API for working with Dates, times, timezones + durations 1751681
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 26/05/2025My son and I are growing tomato plants from seeds. We put them out as they're no longer saplings and the final frost seems to have passed. Hopefully we'll have more tomatoes than we know what to do with. 🍅 020
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 17/05/2025I recently built a little web app for a bunch of us dads who go see films together but struggle to decide what we want to see. Built with Next.js, Better-Auth and the incredible The Movie Database API. Self-hosted on Digital Ocean running @coolify.io. 100
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 14/05/2025I'm a complete self-hosting convert. I want to self-host everything. Setting cron jobs for podcast downloads is my new thing. 000
Reposted by Peter J ColesSam Rose @samwho.dev · 12/05/2025Been annoyed by web fonts for a while. They’re big and they were connecting my blog to Google. I stumbled on modernfontstacks.com earlier today and now I’ve ditched my web fonts in favour of these. ~140kb shaved off the first load of my site. First impressions matter.modernfontstacks.comModern Font StacksSystem font stack CSS organized by typeface classification for every modern OS. The fastest fonts available. No downloading, no layout shifts, no flashes — just instant renders. 89315
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 12/05/2025I just Googled 'Books about millennials in the UK' and the first thing I got served was Tim Minchin's book, 'You don't have to have a dream'. Seems about right. 000
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Spent the night setting up #Audiobookshelf on an old #RaspberryPi using a dodgy usb as extra storage and it was the most fun I've had in ages. Got all my audiobooks (and podcasts) out of their moated dungeons. 021
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 04/05/2025I just scored 12,700 on a game of at://2048. Think you can do better? Join in on the fun with @2048.blue. 011
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 03/05/2025If you see this post your getaway vehiclemedia.tenor.coma blue tunnel with a light coming out of the endALT: a blue tunnel with a light coming out of the end 010
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 03/05/2025The last patch of bluebells in Sydenham Hill Woods | #photography #fotografie #nature 0200
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 01/05/2025That bug on android for @bsky.app where you swipe right and it sends you on a magical journey to some hidden part of the internet is back I see! 000
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Two things I love: #London from above and early Instagram when every photo had the valencia filter. | #photograph #fotografie 020
Peter J Coles @peafield.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Studio Ghibli recreations are out. Wallace and Gromit style is in! 000
