wout @wout.codes · 31/08/2026This looks lovely! You're touching on precisely the issues I have with Alpine (too much JS in HTML) and Stimulus (no reactivity). 000
wout @wout.codes · 21/08/2026Fantastic article by the great @debbiemillman.bsky.social And an excellent word for this era: SWOLLEN time.com/article/2026...time.comIs the World Getting Uglier?So much contemporary design feels more bloviating than expressive, as though visual volume now matters more than beauty, writes Debbie Millman. 020
Reposted by woutEveryone Hates Elon @everyonehateselon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Didn't have Kylie Jenner launching nonce goggles on my 2026 bingo card but here we are 313233
wout @wout.codes · 09/08/2026“A camel is a horse designed by a committee”. Well, the EU went a step further with the #PPWR and created a one-legged camel with 27 heads. If you're an artist/designer/maker/small business selling online, tell them how this affects you, let your voice be heard! ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...ec.europa.euEuropean Commission - Have your sayEuropean Commission - Have your say 010
wout @wout.codes · 09/08/2026I regret to inform everyone that our dog escaped our property last night, broke in to our neighbours' house, and ate their dinner. I'm conducting an internal investigation to figure out how this happened, which will involve eating the rest of our neighbours' pantry until his motives become apparent. 020
Reposted by woutncnvrgnt @inconvergent.net · 13/06/2026tailwind is a framework for creating the problem you are trying to solve; but now the styles are also incomprehensible 0152
wout @wout.codes · 09/06/2026Fairphone (Dutch) with /e/OS (French) has served me well for the past five years. And /e/OS 4.0 will be released in two days. 010
Reposted by woutHidde @hidde.blog · 06/06/2026Findings from this week's UN report on AI vs climate: 🌿 80-90% is not in training models, but in day-to-day use. 🌿 Generating an image is 1450⨉ more energy intensive than text, generating video much worse. 🌿 We need to monitor water and land footprint, as well as carbon. unu.edu/inweh/news/e...unu.eduRising Emissions, Depleting Water and Vanishing Land—UN Scientists: AI Is Threatening Natural Resources for BillionsBy 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warns 02315
Reposted by woutTim Riley @timriley.info · 06/06/2026I've written detailed walkthroughs of two big things landing in Hanami 3.0. Mailers: discourse.hanakai.org/t/previewing... And i18n: discourse.hanakai.org/t/previewing... We'll be shipping a release candidate in a week or two. Keen for any feedback now, let's make these as solid as possible!discourse.hanakai.orgPreviewing mailers in Hanami 3.0Our Hanami 3.0 release is coming soon (a release candidate in a matter of weeks), and one of the big new features is a rebuilt hanami-mailer gem. Here I’ll outline how mailers will integrate into Han... 073
Reposted by woutjeroen-huisman.bsky.social @jeroen-huisman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Bernie Sanders is een roepende in de woestijn met zijn kritiek op Ai. Het is moedig van hem dat hij als een van de weinigen de confrontatie aan gaat. Ai is schofterige diefstal van het werk van miljoenen mensen, journalisten, schrijvers, muzikanten, kunstenaars, etc. youtube.com/shorts/48X6Q...youtube.comAI is built on the creative work of millionsYouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders 2163
Reposted by woutSara Soueidan @sarasoueidan.com · 28/05/2026"I’m unsure how we can turn things around. But it seems clear that the answer to having too little humanness on the Web isn’t to have less of it and shut down our websites. [..] If you run a personal website, don’t get discouraged, keep it up. And if you don’t run a website, then why not start one?" 1327
Reposted by woutBridgetown @bridgetownrb.com · 21/05/2026Bridgetown 2.2 "Verdant River City" is out! It's a springtime bloom of new features: - Wikilinks in Markdown - Support for Falcon, the highly concurrent Ruby web application server - New sponsorship opportunities - Sneak peak at the Bridgetown Center program 👀bridgetownrb.comEveryone Deserves a Wiki: Bridgetown 2.2 is HereWikilinks in Markdown, support for Falcon the highly concurrent Ruby web application server, performance enhancements, bugfixes, and more! 022
wout @wout.codes · 12/05/2026Codeberg is a good place if you want a drop-in replacement for GitHub/Lab. 220
Reposted by woutJeremy @jeremywoertink.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Super stoked for the new Lucky v1.5.0 release! Finally got it out and it's a huge weight off my chest. Also, the new Bun integration by default is so slick. Love it ❤️ Thanks @wout.codes 🙌 142
Reposted by woutMia Tsai says buy her books @itsamia.bsky.social · 21/04/2026fuck sam altman forever for taking away the last places where we could engage in good faith: the creative arts, which should be a testament to human ingenuity. i am so mad that everything i read or listen to or admire is now tainted with doubt. do you understand? he is a thief of joy and i HATE HIM 2959491752
Reposted by woutFluck @fluck.site · 21/04/2026It has been quiet on the outside, but quite busy on the inside here at Fluck. We wrote up where things actually stand: the foundations, the roadmap, when beta opens: fluck.site/blog/where-w...fluck.siteWhere we areA catch-up after a few quiet months. The foundations are done, Fluck is properly registered and running, and the app itself is taking shape. 041
wout @wout.codes · 28/03/2026This is now a Gem: codeberg.org/w0u7/bun_bun...codeberg.orgbun_bun_bundleZero-dependency asset bundler with CSS hot-reloading, fingerprinting, live reload, and a flexible plugin system. Works with Rails, Hanami, or any Rack app. 020
wout @wout.codes · 28/03/2026Just released BunBunBundle, a zero-dependency bundler for #Ruby apps based on... #Bun. Works with #Rails, #Hanami, or any other rack-based app. codeberg.org/w0u7/bun_bun...codeberg.orgbun_bun_bundleZero-dependency asset bundler with CSS hot-reloading, fingerprinting, live reload, and a flexible plugin system. Works with Rails, Hanami, or any Rack app. 031
wout @wout.codes · 20/03/2026You hit the nail on the head! I've also been using DDG for years and had Kagi on y radar for a while. I was hesitant about the subscription fee but yesterday I paid it for the first time and it really is something else. The search results feel more accurate and well presented. 020
wout @wout.codes · 13/03/2026Bun is nice too btw. It's fast and gets out of the way. On a Crystal project I recently replaced an NPM/Vite setup with pure Bun for everything, including CSS HMR, and it works beautifully. I'm thinking about doing the same for our Rails projects. 021
wout @wout.codes · 03/03/2026You're not alone! My partner sold his iPhone because of it, and bought a refurbished older one instead. 100
wout @wout.codes · 24/02/2026The increasing number of LLM Bots (aka "AI Agents") creating PRs on GitHub is worrying. They are taking away time from open-source maintainers who are already time-strapped. But what's the best strategy to fight them? Block and report? Or demand endlessly complex tweaks to exhaust their resources? 010
Reposted by woutMeredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Engaging in mental gymnastics to justify what's convenient but unevidenced, unjust but personally beneficial, 'rewires your neural map' in ways that degrade your overall ability to understand and analyze the world around you, which is a precondition for intelligence and creativity. 1053795
Reposted by woutScott Riley @scott.is · 16/01/2026the new (beta) @penpot.app renderer is such a huge improvement. snappier in a 100-tab browser window from hell than the Figma desktop app with a single file open. i know i keep saying this but if you design for the web and you haven't tried penpot you owe it to yourself to give it a whirl. 1355
Reposted by woutLarge Heydon Collider @heydonworks.com · 11/12/2025You can fundamentally rewire your brain to properly understand CSS layout... for $34.50. Can’t say fairer than that! One day left. 23914
wout @wout.codes · 06/12/2025Every Layout is a reference I use daily. Complete CSS was a great level-up. Mindful Design is priceless. Andy's work, and by extension the Piccalilli team, delivers knowledge that will be with you for the rest of your life, not just until the next framework appears. I can't recommend it enough. 171
Reposted by woutncnvrgnt @inconvergent.net · 24/11/2025spending over a decade getting pretty good at doing "generative things" only to land in the decade of generative slop is ... not ideal 47312
wout @wout.codes · 25/11/2025Same! It pushed me into doing more with my hands again lately, so maybe that's a good thing? 030
wout @wout.codes · 18/11/2025They offered a reduced price of €37 but honestly we don't actually need the Adobe products. We also have licences for the full Affinity 2 suite. Keeping the Adobe subscription was just for convenience. 020
wout @wout.codes · 18/11/2025Just in from #Adobe: “Your Creative Cloud Pro subscription will increase from €29.99 to €65.54 starting next month.” Just so they can push more AI crap on us I suppose? That's insane! Happy to finally pull the plug there. 230