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@cbrails.bsky.social

Your friendly neighborhood front-end developer! Specializing in WordPress, an all around geek, + Senior Editor & Developer for @yattatachi.com Co-founder & Developer of @hand-designed.com Portfolio: https://cabrailsford.com/

128 Followers  |  69 Following  |  69 Posts  |  Joined: 02.03.2024  |  2.1879

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a man with a beard is standing next to a river holding a camera . Alt: A bearded Robert Redford is standing next to a river as the camera zooms in on him, and then he subtly nods his head in approval.
23.03.2025 02:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™d say probably not, since the bulk of your work isnโ€™t developing. Doesnโ€™t mean you donโ€™t DO development, but itโ€™s not really your โ€œroleโ€ anymore.

07.03.2025 01:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wish I had known about this event happening prior to today, as I would have loved to attend!

28.02.2025 01:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

An icon for Ko-Fi would be a nice addition to complement Patreon

28.02.2025 01:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I suppose my fellow engineers using strong tags instead of divs is a step up, though if theyโ€™re already adding a tag, itโ€™s REALLY not a stretch to just use a heading ๐Ÿ˜

28.02.2025 01:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks, I hate it.

22.02.2025 21:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy birthday Anna! Hope itโ€™s as wonderful as it can be!

22.02.2025 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Would love to follow, if possible!

11.01.2025 20:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Absolutely horrifying

09.01.2025 23:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was also thinking of border-image when I watched the video, and despite @css-only.devโ€™s article, it just fails to fully click for some reason

04.01.2025 00:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

2025. Iโ€™ve been building websites for over 25 years! Iโ€™m an optimistic type, yet I canโ€™t help but feel uninspired in the popular direction of our field in this moment. There's still meaningful work to do here to be sure, but the driving trend to automate every creative step has become rather... sad.

03.01.2025 17:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Jealous

30.12.2024 03:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Beautiful. Magnificent. Amazing.

19.12.2024 20:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I feel similarly about AI (and frameworks) and it gives me pause going down that road if itโ€™s just going to lead to more work fighting the code.

I used frameworks way back in the day (Bootstrap v1) to get going and understand layouts, but generally now they can seem like a hindrance.

18.12.2024 21:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Watched this earlier today and was like, โ€œโ€ฆ oh yeeeeeaaaahโ€ฆ thatโ€™s still an optionโ€ ๐Ÿ˜…

18.12.2024 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I know I've seen a few people like @kevinpowell.co cover this in videos, but I don't remember whether it's fully explained *why* it works that way.

18.12.2024 15:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Donโ€™t get me wrong, I enjoy pineapple on pizza, but thatโ€™s certainly not EVERYONEโ€™s preference. Forcing that as a required field instead is just a silly reaction of, โ€œThere! I changed it! Are you happy?โ€

16.12.2024 12:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also, I wanted to say I first came across your writing via the article โ€œThe Internet According to Meโ€, and while multiple items resonated with me (Neopets, Oregon Trail, etc), it was the DARPA Chief reference that I loved, because Iโ€™m the same way ๐Ÿ˜† my brain went, โ€œHe gets it. We should be friends.โ€

15.12.2024 18:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think itโ€™s been close to a decade that Iโ€™ve told my family not to buy me things, because I prefer experiences and time with people over material items. Doesnโ€™t stop them from asking, even when they donโ€™t have much money in the first place, but feel obligated to buy โ€œstuffโ€ for others.

15.12.2024 18:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I feel this deeply, Ryan ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

15.12.2024 18:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh hey, we picked that one up at Anime NYC ๐Ÿ˜†

14.12.2024 22:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™sโ€ฆ hell, for sure ๐Ÿ˜•

13.12.2024 13:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looking forward to seeing them implemented!

12.12.2024 12:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Jet Lag! Jet Lag!

09.12.2024 17:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh yeah, thatโ€™s definitely @danielobrien.bsky.social!

07.12.2024 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

With lots of extra wrappers, JS, & workarounds / hacks ๐Ÿ˜…

07.12.2024 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man with a beard says well baked in a netflix ad Alt: Paul Hollywood says โ€œwell bakedโ€ in a clip from The Great British Baking Show on Netflix
07.12.2024 00:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow! A steal at that price!

06.12.2024 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But if they buy the book, how will *I* learn the technique?!

06.12.2024 18:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ain't that always the way? "This season wasn't great... guess I'll need to stick around and see if they course correct in the next one!" ๐Ÿ˜‚

06.12.2024 18:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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