Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostChris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Incredible Facebook slop ad I just got 31698231543
Reposted by 🐴 Alex Trostdanielroe @danielroe.dev · 19/09/2026don't be nice.roe.devDon't be niceSometimes, it's more important to be good than it is to be nice. 41734245
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostPaul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this. 349160724112
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostKevin Powell @kevinpowell.co · 17/09/2026What unit do devs use the most often in production? @trost.codes took his best guesses! (Shoutout to @projectwallace.com for the stats) 11659
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostJames @43081j.com · 15/09/2026i don't mind people using agents to create PRs, but please at least write the description and replies yourself 🙏 12804
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostGeoff Graham @geoffgraham.me · 14/09/2026📝 Why CSS-Tricks Has Been Quiet Lately (cc: @digitalocean.com @css-tricks.bsky.social ) geoffgraham.me/why-css-tric...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 811330
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostDaniel Schwarz @dxnny.fun · 14/09/2026It might be too early to really get into it, but I thought everyone should know that CSS-Tricks is mostly in limbo (again). @digitalocean.com, pay your staff (or at least respond). geoffgraham.me/why-css-tric...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 2456
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The person you should all be voting for in the most influential Bluesky thing is Kyle MacLachlan who has made exactly one post and it was a reply to someone and it was a hot dog 403635549
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostThe Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.theverge.comThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter seriesYou can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry. 367201009858
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostLuke Haas @lukehaas.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I can't play an instrument, so I figured out music theory in JavaScript instead. I now understand why there are 12 notes and why notes in the same key sound good 🎶 I've written up my findings with code examples you can run and hear. 2236
🐴 Alex Trost @trost.codes · 24/08/2026Looking for help to update my desk organization. Does anyone have recommendations on desk organizer things? Laptop stands, pencil holders, you name it, I'm interested. Please share! 571
🐴 Alex Trost @trost.codes · 24/08/2026Public Service Announcement - these pill bottle timers are fantastic if you're the type of person who takes pills and then forgets if you've taken said pill. 4776
🐴 Alex Trost @trost.codes · 20/08/2026I have so much trouble going through courses that contain a lot of stuff I already know. I never know what parts are safe for me to skip. Reading through things I already understand provides zero dopamine and makes me check out. I wish I could filter for the unknown! 290
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostJason Lengstorf @jason.energy · 19/08/2026The Full Stack season 1 finale is tonight! 8 teams started, 3 teams remain — and tonight, only 1 team can win watch live at 6pm Pacific: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EnK...youtube.comSEASON FINALE — Impress the judges · The Full StackYouTube video by CodeTV 1229
Reposted by 🐴 Alex Trostngrok @ngrok.com · 19/08/2026What do a port of Kubernetes to TypeScript and a high-priority bug in the kubelet have in common? They both feature in @samwho.dev's guide to probing, out now. We're experimenting with what next-generation k8s education looks like, and we hope you love it. 1466
🐴 Alex Trost @trost.codes · 19/08/2026I had optimized my website for developer relations stuff, but now I've left that world and get to redesign it however I want. Time to do a bit of rebranding, I suppose. 3220
🐴 Alex Trost @trost.codes · 18/08/2026I miss writing and I miss making fun little websites and CodePens. Starting again with zero momentum is always toughest. Not sure what to write about, not sure what to make. 5241
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostJames Gulland @jamesgulland.com · 15/08/2026Just a little something I am working on... 😊 152
🐴 Alex Trost @trost.codes · 14/08/2026After 5.5 years, today's my last day at Prismic. I want to thank everyone at Prismic, my team especially, for being so wonderful and supportive. I'll miss you all! As for what's next, I'm not taking another DevRel role. Moving on to something much less public. 7590
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostKilian Valkhof @kilianvalkhof.com · 14/08/2026We’re not sad because we ‘realized that knowledge work is mostly pointless [because AI can do it]’ We’re sad because everywhere we look people are fine, enthusiastic even, with garbage in nearly every aspect of their life. www.noemamag.com/why-is-every...noemamag.comWhy Is Everyone In Tech So Sad? | NOEMAA lot of people seem to be realizing that knowledge work is mostly pointless. AI might give us the pleasure of finding out what happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers. 0456
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostAsked 100 Devs @asked100devs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026These won't start hitting YouTube until next week, but figured I'd give an early release for people following this account, since they've been answering the questions that have helped make this happen 🙂 My very first guest was @nerdy.dev 65410
🐴 Alex Trost @trost.codes · 13/08/2026One of these days I'm going to watch all the videos in my YouTube Watch Later list. 3130
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostSam Rose @samwho.dev · 13/08/2026This might be the most beautiful thing I've read in my life. What a privilege to be alive in 2026. ordinaryabundance.comordinaryabundance.comOrdinary AbundanceA walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new. 13590220
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostCraig Roblewsky @pointc.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Just a random shout-out to @polypane.app. I've been working on a website with a fairly complex layout and I can't image developing anything without it. Too many features to list. Just try it. You'll love it.polypane.appPolypane. The browser for developers who care.Polypane has everything a browser has, plus all the tools you need to build responsive, fast, accessible, and SEO-friendly websites and apps, with multi-viewport synchronised previews and accessibilit... 1196
🐴 Alex Trost @trost.codes · 09/08/2026As a rule, things are never on sale when you actually need to buy them. 190
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostLucie @lihbr.com · 07/08/2026I don't know if I'm in a weird bubble of AI these days, but it's such a breath of fresh air stumbling(!) across words written by humans online. 1362
🐴 Alex Trost @trost.codes · 02/08/2026I don't post much here, and I do consider that a moral failing. 1443
Reposted by 🐴 Alex Trostvideogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 23/07/2026macromedia shockwave, print ad (1999) archive.org/details/eu_W... 3238671078
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostLucie @lihbr.com · 19/07/2026About a year ago, I started to work with @nuevotokyo.bsky.social on what would become VWFNDR™ + MBL: a camera app for Android (soon iOS) made with @nuxt.com and Capacitor. We released it to the public in May. Today, two months later, we just crossed 100K downloads and 1M photos taken. Thanks 🖤🟥 4413
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostJason Lengstorf @jason.energy · 14/07/2026The Full Stack premieres this Thursday at 12pm PT on @codetv.dev’s YouTube channel — join to watch these teams of builders compete to create real products over the course of 6 episodes hosted by @kelseyhightower.com and presented by @awscloud.bsky.social 34411
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE. 10676502620322
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostKevin Powell @kevinpowell.co · 21/05/2026More and more people I deeply respect and have learned a lot from over the years feel like they are speaking into a void, to the point where they are losing motivation to continue making content, which got me to write my first post on my site in over a year... www.kevinpowell.co/article/tell... 3030078
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostCassidy @cassidoo.co · 19/05/2026It's not fun to make tech content as much anymore, too. I'm doing some because I actually like it, but it feels like I'm shouting into a slop-driven void nearly everywhere. It's really tiring. I get so much joy reading individual blogs and newsletters still (like yours!), at least. 111726
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostPrince Wilson @maxcell.bsky.social · 18/05/2026>I desire to connect with people. I long for the days where I was vulnerable and shared my struggles with engineers who charitably stepped up to support me. I miss taking what I learned from those struggles and sharing them back out as a blog post or presentation All of this. 1467
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostMike Hartington @mhartington.io · 13/05/2026Welp it's official, I'm on the hunt for my next role. I learned a lot in the past 8 months, and I'm ready to get back out there for my next role. If you're looking for someone for devrel/devrel-adjacent roles, I got over a decade of experience in developer relations and ready help your team! 06831
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostJason Lengstorf @jason.energy · 06/05/2026NEW SERIES DROPS TOMORROW — join the watch party tomorrow at 3pm Pacific @itsthatladydev.bsky.social hosts a new series that explores just how much AI has impacted "build vs. buy" conversations around SaaS by putting devs to the test to build popular SaaS tools, presented by @replay-io.bsky.socialyoutu.beWe let AI compete in a reality game show coding challenge | The Greenfield Games S1 E1YouTube video by CodeTV 3189
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostJosh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 03/05/2026If you have a developer education budget at work, I would really encourage you to use it on your favourite developer educators. A lot of us are deciding whether or not to keep doing this stuff, and that support would help send a signal that we should keep going. ❤️ 315928
🐴 Alex Trost @trost.codes · 04/05/2026What do you all use to track your book reading? I've been using literal.club off and on for a couple years, but haven't really stuck with it. Trying to get back into reading atm and figure I'll give it another try. literal.club/trostcodesliteral.clubAlex Trost's Literal profile 970
🐴 Alex Trost @trost.codes · 01/05/2026Someday soon I'll likely tell someone that I'm a pretty big fan of InfoWars. Didn't have that on my bingo card. 081
🐴 Alex Trost @trost.codes · 01/05/2026Watched Hoppers last night. It's funny how all children's movies feel like wOkE pRoPaGaNdA because of extreme messages like "we're all in this together" and "humans are animals." Good movie. 1150
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostNeal Agarwal @neal.fun · 29/04/2026Introducing Cursor Camp, a website to hang out with other cursors. Out now :) > neal.fun/cursor-camp/ 331432456
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostKy @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 🐴 Alex TrostJosh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 27/04/2026🎉 Registration is now open for my latest course, Whimsical Animations! This course will teach you everything you need to know to design and build stunning, creative animations and interactions. It’s time to make the web less generic and boring! 😄whimsy.joshwcomeau.comWhimsical AnimationsLearn how to create charming interactions and delightful touches using the magic of CSS, JavaScript, SVG, and Canvas. I’m sharing all my tricks in this one! 313141
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostSara Soueidan @sarasoueidan.com · 21/04/2026I personally almost immediately click away. I rarely—if ever—read through the post. And I do take note of the author, unsubscribe from their RSS feeds, and stop reading their content. This may sound drastic but if the author is using AI to write their posts they're likely to continue doing it. 78614
Reposted by 🐴 Alex TrostLeila Brillson @leilza.bsky.social · 20/04/2026It’s finally happened. After 18 months. Finally, a media merger you can root for. 146230394332
🐴 Alex Trost @trost.codes · 15/04/2026Allbirds is pivoting from making shoes to... AI? Further proof that all you need to do is say AI and investors will lose their minds. www.cnbc.com/2026/04/15/a...cnbc.comStruggling shoe retailer Allbirds makes bizarre pivot from shoes to AI, stock explodes more than 700%Allbirds announced a deal with American Exchange Group to sell its intellectual property and other assets for $39 million in March. 120
