I’m sad to say I’ve recently joined the “unexpectedly been made redundant” gang 😢 So I’m now looking for a new role where I can bring my 20+ years of frontend dev experience to a team where things like user experience, design and accessibility are valued and who still care about the 'craft' of […]

I’m trying to put together a list of fun little web-based word/number games that work well on mobile, such as: https://wafflegame.net/ https://tiledwords.com/ https://squares.org/ https://numbercrunch.fun/ Can anyone recommend any other puzzles like the ones above? Mostly looking for games […]

I can totally imagine a not-too-distant future where writing code by hand (and thus exposing the loophole in the tithes system) is considered an act of rebellion. And where being _able_ to write code by hand marks you out as - to a certain group of people - a dangerous person indeed. From the […]

Okay this might be not be news to anyone but Svelte + Inertia Rails is a pretty fantastic combo. It's definitely making me rethink things a bit...

RE: https://indieweb.social/@jaredwhite/115889735713853275 Jared’s work on @bridgetown has been fantastic.

Jared White (Go Blue-nami! 🌊)@jaredwhite.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 10mo ago

It’s time I crank up the search for new work to 11, because wow I really need it. Bottom line: you bring me aboard your web publishing or software team because there are many fires vying for your attention and I figure out which ones to put out first. My CV: https://jaredwhite.com/cv/ My biz […]

Finally got around to taking a proper look at this visual regression tester for Lookbook: https://github.com/muriloime/lookbook_visual_tester It's very cool! It makes me so happy when people take time to build stuff like this that extends the capabilities of Lookbook. And the chap that made […]

Announcing the Gem Fellowship, a grant program for improvements to Ruby-related open source projects. https://gem.coop/fellowship/ Want to improve your favorite gem? Submit a proposal, starting next month.

It looks like QuietUI has been taken down :( Github repo and social media accounts are gone. This makes me very sad. I don't know what has happened but the creator (Cory LaViska) had clearly put a huge amount of work and love into it so whatever the case I hope he is okay 😞❤️‍🩹

Like free pizza and/or drinks? 🍕☕️🍺 Live in or near Brighton? ☀️🏳️‍🌈 Then come along to the Brighton Ruby meetup next Tuesday (7th Oct)! 👉 https://www.meetup.com/brighton-ruby-group/events/308609935/ The only catch is that you'll have to listen to me ramble on a bit about some of the lessons […]

Just got to Viana do Costello, ready for EuRoKu. It’s beautiful! And already met some nice Ruby people so feeling a little less nervous and lots more excited about the conference tomorrow. But first things first… siesta time 😄