A train from London to Germany, 240 euros. A flight from London to Germany, 50 euros. Whyyyyy is it still like this?
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 🐈⬛
I got pretty excited about the Claude integration with Buffer, but it doesn’t seem to work. *cries*
💡 CSS Tip! After corner-shape, shape(), and border-shape, another feature is available to play with: rounding polygons. css-tip.com/rounded-shap... You create a polygon, add a radius value at the beginning, and you have a shape with rounded corners!
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.
Free webshop idea: You only need to spend 1.5,- extra for free shipping. … Here are 5 products!
no i have not read david hamburger helper’s latest racist blog, just add it to that stack over there and i will get to all of them,,,never
Some Friday fun: if you are tired of the word “AI” here is a chrome extension that replaces it with 💩 in the browser in all your fonts. enshittifier.wells.ee/ #AI #Entshitification
🇵🇱 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.
I feel everything in this article so deeply. My main drivers have always been community, craft, learning and helping others learn - and man, it's such a tough time for all of those things.
Hi, friends. The last 6 years have been a blast, but I just don't like being on The Internet anymore. I'm leaving DevRel, and I wrote a little bit about why. Look after yourselves, and each other. Love, Salma
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!
Tech, whatevs. I just want to craft. I can’t be the only one. Right? Right?
Last month, I was speaking at @cssday.nl on the new <meta name=text-scale> tag. I've just published a blog post with my slides and summary. www.joshtumath.uk/posts/2026-0...
Talk: Let's fix the web's text size - Josh Tumath
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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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My "Poetic CSS" course goes live on Wednesday, with an Early Bird discount for the month of July! Here's another "side quest" on using shorthand properties: youtu.be/LNZQmOk3hKk Sign up for email updates (and a drawing for a handmade @OddBird mug): courses.oddbird.net/poetic-css/#... #css
Use Shorthands for a Fresh Start
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@paulvanbuuren.nl Ik kan u niet DM’en, u beantwoordt mijn email niet, moet ik straks aanbellen?
So if people are not spending their money on courses and conferences, where are people spending their money on? Hobbies, claude tokens, groceries, holiday?
Reminder: ticket prices will go up by €100 + VAT this Wednesday, 1st of July. There are a few cheap tickets left. We also announced @patmeenan.com, @stephaniewalter.bsky.social and @programmingart.bsky.social (MC). perfnow.nl/tickets.html
performance.now(); 19th and 20th of November 2026, Amsterdam
On 19th and 20th of November 2026, the seventh edition of performance.now() will take place in Amsterdam—a single track conference, covering today’s most important web performance insights.
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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 💖
I’ll be available for freelance work from August onwards. I can help you with: - Accessibility workshops, either in person or online - CSS workshops - Consultancy on HTML, CSS and accessibility - Front-end development EN or DE. Get in touch if that sounds interesting ❤️ matuzo.at/about-me
About me - Manuel Matuzovic
I’m a frontend developer, consultant, accessibility auditor, blogger, teacher, and book author from Austria.
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The HTML cat is out of the Web Audio bag. I've finally released HYPERBLAM. It’s my system for sampling, processing, and sequencing sound and music directly in HTML. hyperblam.how
Hyperblam Docs Home
Documentation for HyperBlam. Make HTML make music.
hyperblam.how
We are running Smashing Meets this Wednesday! It’s free and it will be about Sustainability. Hope to see you there! smashingconf.com/meets-sustai...
Smashing Meets — Friendly, inclusive, practical event for web designers and developers. — Meets Sustainability — June 24, 2026
Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 8–11am PDT / 5–8pm CEST, we are hosting a new edition of our online community event Smashing Meets. In this Meets, we're talking about sustainability, and what we can do ours...
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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.