Alvin Bryan

@alvin.codes

Developer Advocate at Yoto, prev: Unleash (feature flags), Contentful, WSJ Front-end dev: https://alvin.codes/ Takes photos sometimes: https://alvin.gallery/ 📍Manchester, 🇬🇧

if you're celebrating people getting laid off from one of the very few companies that was consistently contributing to a fully open source product, because you think that css cascades are really that important, really take a long hard look at your priorities

I've been quiet here on the work front, and never made an announcement 🥁 But this year I joined Yoto! It's an audio player for children that aims to entertain without the need for screens. Why does an audio player need a developer advocate? You'll find out soon 😄

Back in the day, Twitter used to be really good if I set up a thread to connect freelancers with clients. Let's see if Bluesky can do it. Clients: if you're looking for freelancers/contractors, get in the comments Freelancers/contractors: get in comments Everyone else: boosts appreciated

" • Node.js 18.20.0+ supports both `assert` and `with` • Node.js 18.0.0 - 18.19.x only supports `assert` • In Node.js 22, the `assert` keyword was completely removed, so `with` is required." Do open-source, they said, it will be fun, they said