Iain Bean

@inbn.dev

curator, component.gallery

TIL you can grab the subtitles on a youtube video and drag them to a different part of the screen. Don't you just love it when there's an incredibly useful feature that's existed for years and you only discover it by accident?

Do people take motion sickness into account when building websites, beyond prefers-reduced-motion? I like when animations are done well and don't want to switch _all_ of them off, because then I feel like I'm missing out on a whole facet of web design but I feel like things are getting out of hand.

10 years ago I wrote (and presented on) Design Machines. This year felt like the right time to revisit those themes and present them at Dot All 2025. It's about labour, AI, Luddites, big tech, and collective power. We got this. craftcms.com/events/dot-o...

AI or Bust(ed): Why ‘Adapt or Be Replaced’ Is a False… | Craft CMS

AI is already reshaping our industry, but the “learn AI or get left behind” narrative being shoved down our throats misses the real story. This isn’t…

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🦊 I am downright delighted to announce that my latest book, YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION, has a brand new look. I really love it, and I hope you do too. Here’s a look at what’s changed and—maybe more importantly—what’s stayed the same: ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/refres... #YDATUbook #books #unions #1u

Refresh. — ethanmarcotte.com

In 2023, I wrote a book. Several months later, my publisher closed its doors. And now? We’re back, and better than ever.

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Every time someone proudly posts "so I asked chatgpt" they're saying something *incredibly* fucking embarrassing without realizing it. It's like walking into a party absolutely covered in dogshit and not understanding why all these people are being so mean and rude

adding view transitions to an astro site with two lines of code feels like magic* *until you realise it's broken all your client-side JavaScript

Total occurrences of the word 'Christmas' in the song 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)' by Darlene Love: 28

😮 Bluesky pro-tip: in the accessibility settings, you can enforce that the images you post must have alt text. This is important for folks who use screen readers. Instead of seeing the image, the supplied text will be read to them instead.

Screenshot of the Bluesky settings page, under "Accessibility Settings". There is a toggle labeled "Require alt text before posting".