Charis

@charismagic.studio

🗺️ NL born, after 10 years in HK, summering in The Netherlands and wintering in Bangkok. 💕 Doing all things SmashingConf. 🌃 Dumpling eater and skyscraper admirer. 👩‍💻 Still building websites and loving it. 🧍‍♀️ Also love food, travel, games and Ferdi 🐈‍⬛

Taking your puking pooing yelling toddler with you to a hotel in Thailand. All free, welcome! Taking your fluffy well behaved and super fun cat with you. Very expensive!

My timeline here is full of people complaining about the world bc the US is fucking up so bad. I know. But you’re turning my lovely bluesky into a hell scroll too. Tell me the cool things you’re working on, something nice you’ve done lately.

🇵🇱 We’re exploring bringing SmashingConf to Poland! Next week we’ll be in Warsaw + Kraków and would love to meet the local tech community. If you’re into meetups, events, venues, sponsorships (or just know the scene), or would like to collab, I’d love to hear from you. 💌 charis@smashingconf.com

LLM's are helpful because they're trained on years of high quality educational material and forums where people helped each other. People aren't visiting forums or paying for educational content anymore because of LLM's. The well isn't going to magically fill itself in perpetuity.

every job i see these days is like: LEAD CONTENT ANALYST, Puppy Killing Factory (remote). $350,000 - $500,000. You will edit our internal newsletter (circulation 500). Associate Editor, Nonprofits, Global Good Magazine (in office, NYC). $27,000 - $28,000. Lead ALL of our fundraising efforts!

Save the date! #btconf returns to Düsseldorf on 19 + 20 April 2027. Same single-track magic, same friendly faces, same vibe. Speakers coming soon. Tickets are on sale (now publicly, for the newsletter subscribers first). Can’t wait to see you there. 💛 beyondtellerrand.com/events/dusse...

beyond tellerrand in Düsseldorf - 19–20 Apr 2027

beyond tellerrand is the affordable single-track event where creativity and technology meet. Taking place in Düsseldorf and Berlin these days with 500+ attendees each in a renowned, familiar and frien...

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So if people are not spending their money on courses and conferences, where are people spending their money on? Hobbies, claude tokens, groceries, holiday?

Doesn’t matter what it is, please tell me honestly, how much money do you spend per month on your main hobby? I’m working on a talk and I’m curious to get a wild figure. Feel free to reply, DM or email me. 100% no judgement, just amateur data research. Boost for reach please 💖

So, this is new. EU Waste Ban. No more destroying unsold clothes. As from 19th July 2026, destroying unsold apparel, accessories and shoes will become illegal for large companies as part of the EUs new EcoDesign Regulations. Glad to see they’re doing something about it.

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