RSS never tracked you.
Email never throttled you.
Blogs never begged for dopamine.
The old web wasn’t perfect.
But it was yours.

More of the small web, please. More charming weirdos doing their own thing and proudly sharing it, regardless of the metrics.

@mwichary this is a one-off, an interview with Helena Zhang @minoraxis of Departure Mono fame (perhaps you know her?) https://youtu.be/7X5CJxYnpEE?si=AnNhdXPZOJxzh0Zl

New episode of Next Without For Podcast!
TOPIC: Atari 8-bit Development Environments
https://www.nextwithoutfor.org/2025/05/show-015-atari-8-bit-programming.html

@spencersb keep us updated!

The Answer to the DRM questions for Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? Enhanced (DOS, 1990) are, in no particular order:

23
Kent
dragon
calcium
1796
Warren
revenue
1792
Willard
1937
Crater
Tanzania
Hartford
Duluth
London
Gem
Silent
squeaker

If Will Bunch wrote it, you should read it.©

"#Trump is selling the White House at a rate of roughly $1 billion a month (!) - the biggest scandal in US history, 10X worse than Watergate

This needs a name: #Cryptogate

This needs a complete guide, which I've written

This needs us to demand action"

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/trump-cryptocurrency-scandal-corruption-billions-20250529.html

@Aphrodite @nela @0xabad1dea

I am thus reminded of this classic: https://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/unix-koans/prodigy.html

> “This code is difficult to read,” said Master Foo. “It is only thinly commented, its invariants are not specified, and I see no narrative description of its architecture or internal data structures anywhere. These problems will seriously impede your cooperation with other programmers.”

> The Prodigy drew himself up haughtily. “I do not seek the cooperation of other programmers,” he said. “Every time I thought I had found one who might match me in skill I have been disappointed. Thus, I work alone.”

> “But even the hacker who works alone,” said Master Foo, “collaborates with others, and must constantly communicate clearly to them, lest his work become confused and lost.”

> “Of what others do you speak?” the Prodigy demanded.

> Master Foo said: “All your future selves.”

> Upon hearing this, the Prodigy was enlightened.

There is no winning with narcissists like Trump. All Tim Cook bought with his million bucks was a brief placation, and it cost his and Apple’s reputations dearly.

Another short-sighted, short-term move that failed to read the room, at the expense of long-term brand value. Forget “owning primary technologies” — THAT’s the real Cook Doctrine.

Cook chose poorly, again.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/technology/techs-trump-whisperer-tim-cook-goes-quiet-as-his-influence-fades.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/05/the-app-store-prevented-more-than-9-billion-usd-in-fraudulent-transactions/

Also:

- Apple prevented eleventy million attempts to choose a mobile browser engine that isn't theirs.
- Apple prevented a zillion attempts to use reader mode on websites it didn't think were suitable for it.
- Apple prevented a squillion developers from getting a better cut of their app sales.
- Apple prevented basically everyone from putting their own music straight onto the stock music app.
- Apple told everybody what software to run on the device they literally own.

Windows is a scam invented by Linus Torvalds to sell more Linux

@mattgemmell oh the profile looked a little different. I wasn’t sure if it was GMK or DCS. Which reminds me it’s time to swap out my keyboard, I think. I really need better board and keycap storage solutions.

@mattgemmell Paperwork is such a lovely set. I have DCS Paperwork, for my >40% boards https://www.keebtalk.com/t/what-did-you-get-in-the-mail-today-part-1/1572/7804

Caption I originally posted this with:
"This is definitely me."

Edit 1: Google image search shows this meme showed up on Facebook 5 years ago, so no AI.

Edit 2: Well, I stand corrected. It shows up in 5 year old threads, the actual image indeed seem to be AI contrary to what I thought. Should that matter in this context? I personally don't think so but hey, you do you.

Thanks for all the interaction. Have a nice day.

Double bubble! 🫧

On scroll text bubble up effect with 1 div, no text duplication, no JS - just a little bit of #CSS trickery and a simple #SVG #filter! 🪄

Live on @codepen
https://codepen.io/thebabydino/pen/NWmBmrZ

#CodePenChallenge #svgFilter #CodePen #text #textEffect #code #coding #frontend #webDev #webDevelopment #web #dev #scrollAnimation

The vibe of ZX Spectrum game devs was immaculate

9️⃣ 593 ❤️ Cycling gradient glow with no text duplication - see it on @codepen https://codepen.io/thebabydino/pen/rNPOpJK

A super simple, but cool #SVG #filter trick.

We create the gradient text.

The filter creates a blurred copy of it and places it underneath.

We then animate the #CSS #gradient stops... magic! 🪄✨

#cssGradient #svgFilter #glow #coding #filterEffect #gradientGlow #frontend #web #dev #webDev #webDevelopment #code

I also set up an itch.io page for my #tic80 #platformer #demo "The Tower of Einar" !

https://mvuone.itch.io/the-tower-of-einar

There's a long way to go, and I'd love any feedback I can get from the community here, as it's my first time getting this far in a #gamedev project~

Hello all~
My first beloved fedihome, peoplemaking.games, is likely winding down in the near future. Out of the options available sunny.garden looked to match my pace (truth is, I am very rarely a person making games, despite my wishes to be).

I think I've managed to bring over all my follows, so hello again <3

As for an intro for new fedi neighbors on sunny.garden: I'm mvu, a 30-something canadian webdev in the public sector, aspiring artist-of-some-sort, one-day solo game developer, dabbling beginner musician, and lover of esoteric things and those who make them.

I look forward to sharing this new corner of the fediverse with you all ~