Any of you more small-electronics-inclined dorks know how I’d even begin to go about tracking down this component to replace it?
Mat “Wilto” Marquis
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Independent web designer and developer that specializes in helping teams build fast, accessible websites. Author of the course JavaScript for Everyone (wil.to/js) from Piccalilli. Editor of https://multipa.ge. Melee DPS.
We've already lost so many talented educators, and most of those still here are struggling to some degree. If you value what they do, especially any smaller creators/educators, reach out to them in some way and let them know. It'll mean more to them than you might imagine.
Amazing the things people will chuck out on the curb when all they really need is a year or two of occasionally thinking “I gotta fix up that stupid thing I dragged in off the curb someday” and a few hours of work.
exactly
It doesn’t matter if it works
Ultimately, whether LLMs "work" as a technology or not doesn't matter. The widespread adoption and deployment should be regarded firstly as a threat to the labor force.
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Erin Kissane@kissane.myatproto.social · 2d agoMy hottest AI take is that the executive class is petrified of labor and saw that whatever else LLMs are/aren't, they're fine labor-smashers + that a ton of ordinary people find the artificial hyper-complexity and scamminess of modern life and work so unbearable that they'll throw a god-box at it.
I regret I have but one heart to give this take 💜 My thing with LLMs is: all of their environmental, legal, and epistemological issues could disappear overnight, and the tech is still going to be used as a cudgel to smash worker power, and to disenfranchise folks already struggling to get ahead.
Erin Kissane@kissane.myatproto.social · 2d agoMy hottest AI take is that the executive class is petrified of labor and saw that whatever else LLMs are/aren't, they're fine labor-smashers + that a ton of ordinary people find the artificial hyper-complexity and scamminess of modern life and work so unbearable that they'll throw a god-box at it.
My hottest AI take is that the executive class is petrified of labor and saw that whatever else LLMs are/aren't, they're fine labor-smashers + that a ton of ordinary people find the artificial hyper-complexity and scamminess of modern life and work so unbearable that they'll throw a god-box at it.
Alright Claus, time to make good. You still owe me for 1992. wil.to/posts/2027-w...
_Part_ of My 2027 Web Platform Feature Ranking Christmas List
Yeah yeah, "ho ho ho," sure, whatever. Sit down, Kringle.
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This has become this, through the power of polylactic acid.
Mat “Wilto” Marquis@wil.to · 2y agocomputer science is my passion
CSS-Tricks has a new owner! Yes, I've got the keys to the castle, so to speak. And, even after 12 years of working on the site, I'll admit I'm a little overwhelmed and nervous about that. https://css-tricks.com/css-tricks-has-a-new-owner/
CSS-Tricks has a new owner!
Yes, I've got the keys to the castle, so to speak. And, even after 12 years of working on the site, I'll admit I'm a little overwhelmed and nervous about that.
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If you needed a win as badly as I have lately, mark this one down: CSS-Tricks is returning as an independent publication. Spread the word. wil.to/posts/taking...
Taking Back CSS-Tricks
We all needed a win.
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Normal, that's the main thing. We can all agree that this has been a normal thing to spend my evenings making.
I crest the hill clad in my ceremonial garb — a Carhartt over a paint-stained black pullover sweatshirt — and, with screwdriver in hand, bellow the traditional song passed down through generations of greater-Boston townie: “CA-AAR’S FU-UUCKED.”
If they wanted to make Cyberpunk: Edgerunners S01 infinitely more relatable, all they had to do was have David occasionally mutter “things should quiet down a little next week, and then I can take a break” during the last few episodes.
Only two (2) copies of Multipage Version #2: IMAGES left — after this, I probably won’t do another run of ’em until issue #3. Act fast. Also, stickers! So far, I have “JavaScript [is] for Everyone,” “THE PEOPLE DESTROYING THE WEB HAVE NAMES AND ADDRESSES,” and the issue #2 sticker sheet up there.
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The Venn diagram of “people that think one must ‘get on board with AI or get left behind’” and “credulous dorks that think a flying Tesla could ever happen” looking like the moon that they’ll definitely be able to stamp their little feet and demand their cars drop them off at someday.
I should’ve said, too: if you’ve already grabbed yourself a seat for vanilla JavaScript for Everyone — or you’re considering it — you’ll get the expanded New Game+ version as soon as it drops. Who doesn’t like free DLC? bsky.app/profile/wil....
Mat “Wilto” Marquis@wil.to · 2w agoWant to hear some exciting news about JavaScript for Everyone: New Game+? Want to learn about putting the `setHTML()` method and Trusted Types API to use? Want to know why my “status” screen has a little skull-and-crossbones icon up next to my name? Well, do I ever have the newsletter for you!
Tomorrow, October 16th, marks Practical Accessibility's third birthday. 🎂 To celebrate, I am gifting everybody 25% off for the next 48 hours 🎁 Individual and team licenses alike! The discount is automatically applied during checkout—no code is needed. 👉🏻 practical-accessibility.today Enjoy! #a11y
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A get-right-down-to-it online course for Web designers and developers who want to start creating more accessible Web user interfaces and digital products today
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Want to hear some exciting news about JavaScript for Everyone: New Game+? Want to learn about putting the `setHTML()` method and Trusted Types API to use? Want to know why my “status” screen has a little skull-and-crossbones icon up next to my name? Well, do I ever have the newsletter for you!
We Continue
A behind-the-scenes look at my work on JavaScript for Everyone, from Piccalil.li.
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It is not a common occasion at all that you get to be the first person on the web to properly document a HTML tag that shipped in a browser, but that is what I've done today. Have you ever heard about <HYPE>? I've explained it in this newly updated article: vale.rocks/posts/html-r...
Antiquated HTML Snippets and Artefacts
Overviews of the very many snippets of HTML that were once commonly included on websites to address specific cases with certain technologies, browsers, operating systems, or extensions. Fragments dating back to the days of Internet Explorer and Netscape, to more modern bits that are nonetheless obsolete.
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in elementary school sometimes they used to tell u "make sure u do this on your own, dont have mommy write it for u". foolish. kids that used mommy freed up significant time for other goals! kids that dont use mommy will fall behind! give all your banking information & biometric data to mommy also
Introducing the Accessible Components Library! Common components with accessibility requirements, test scenarios, and automated tests. • Free to use and adapt • Human-readable tests in Gherkin • Mapped to WCAG 2.2, levels A to AAA Dig in! #Accessibility #OpenSource #WCAG #AccessibleComponents
Introducing the Accessible Components Library - TetraLogical
We've open-sourced our Accessible Components Library, and, as you might expect, this includes the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code. But, we thought, "Why stop there?" So, we've also published ...
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Switched to drinking herbal tea most of the day to cut back on my nigh-inhuman caffiene intake, and the benefits have been really noticable: • Screaming forever-headache • Consistent execution of frame-perfect pre-00:00 microwave alarm cancels • Improved sleep only at times when sleep is undesirable
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I get it, older leather is less likely to be a uniform 16-on-center, so anchors just takes some guesswork out of hanging.
Not one hundred percent sure where this anachronistic-ass hobby came from, but why not.
Multipage Just noting Mat's Multipage Version zine rules. I bought both issues right away. It's weird, it's funny, it's a work of art, and you might even learn something. The page... https://chriscoyier.net/2026/10/09/multipage/
Multipage
Just noting Mat's Multipage Version zine rules. I bought both issues right away. It's weird, it's funny, it's a work of art, and you might even learn something. The page that is a spliced version of Marc Andreeson proposing the IMG tag in HTML with all his recent crazy shit about how he "has" zero...
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