Bluesky feature request: User-proposed alt text updates. For when it's close, but not quite good enough to repost in good conscience. It'd obviously require a huge amount of abuse prevention settings, but a boy can dream.
The Brannock Device transformed the way we measure feet forever, and more than a century after its invention… it has barely changed. Listen to A History of the United States in 100 Objects on the 99% Invisible feed 👉 https://bit.ly/4fNZhPW
Tonnes of updates in our latest Rowboat release! Major improvements for row/column selection, editing features, find/replace, and more. Lots more on the way from our amazing summer interns, but I don't want to spoil the surprise. Check it out, share w/ friends, and send us feedback! rowboat.net
Rowboat
A lightning fast tool for understanding large datasets.
rowboat.net
🆕 Nova 14 is out! A HUGE language server upgrade: connect to already-installed servers OR one-click install new ones, with automatic updates, pinned versions, and more. Also enjoy powerful language upgrades. ON SALE now, 40% OFF until August 1! ⬇️ Get it at nova.app
Aphera 1.0 is live! 🎉 Download and trial free (no CC required), or grab it now at launch pricing for 50% off for the next two weeks only. We built Aphera to work with your images intentionally, without overwhelming, and to get your creative flow back. This is just the start! aphera.co
Aphera • A Mac photo editor
A speedy, intentional, and modern RAW photo editor built natively for Mac.
aphera.co
You can now nominate a Site for Tiny Awards 2026. They asked me to be a judge this year so should be fun tinyawards.net/nomin...
Good morning early risers (yes, this is "early" to me - I know, I know you've been awake for hours…). Do me a favour please. Encourage that colleague or friend to apply to our CFP, and pop 25-July in your diary for @ffconf.org tickets release. Also, please share 🙏❣️ ffconf.org/cfp
FFConf Call for Papers
FFConf is accepting talk proposals. Submissions are reviewed continuously; speakers receive travel & accommodation.
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It's all custom/handwritten code… almost no dependencies, and the engine behind it is written in C++ and then compiled with WASM. (And on desktop it's even faster, since the C++ part is fully native: rowboat.net/product/desk...)
Rowboat
A lightning fast tool for understanding large datasets.
rowboat.net
Greg Wolanski@gregwolanski.com · 2mo ago@benfry.com, is there any place I can read about how you make Rowboat so fast? 🙂
A single Next.js instance using ~500MB of RAM versus ~30MB with Svelte. For the Lesse Studio team, that difference sparked a complete rethink of their stack, leading them down a rabbit hole of self-hosting, optimization, and rebuilding their agency website from scratch: tympanus.net/codrops/?p=1...
@benfry.com, is there any place I can read about how you make Rowboat so fast? 🙂
New Cherry Bones now out! shop.cherrybonesmag.com/products/che... Quick highlights: - it has more pages! - it costs less! - It's really good! (better than issue 1!?) - there's a bunch already in the US, so US shipping cheaper and quicker - one run only this time, when it is gone it is gone.
Cherry Bones - Issue 2
Cherry Bones - Issue 2
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717: Better DX for Web Components, What Was Popular That Now We’re Used To? Dave's changing up his camera angles, Chris has been upgrading his Sprinter van, how many hobbies is too many, what kinds of web tech was popular years ago that now seems normal, why isn't the DX around web components…
717: Better DX for Web Components, What Was Popular That Now We’re Used To?
Dave's changing up his camera angles, Chris has been upgrading his Sprinter van, how many hobbies is too many, what kinds of web tech was popular years ago that now seems normal, why isn't the DX around web components better, how can I structure my code to compose other custom elements, and what still can't be done on the web these days?
shoptalkshow.com
Just attended a lovely talk where a product went from 6.6 seconds to 0.8 seconds for first contentful paint by ditching MUI and CSS-in-JS and using vanilla CSS with in-house components instead. #webexpo
For the last *9 hours*, @github.com git operations have been failing with cryptic auth errors ~5% of the time on @netlify.com, @vercel.com, and presumably everywhere. Not a peep on githubstatus.com. 🥺 Make it stop. --- www.netlifystatus.com/incidents/4l... www.vercel-status.com/incidents/jm...