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I decided to give it a go on a full switch to Linux, tell me all the things I should be trying on it and recommended programs/packages

Very different bookends today with the keynotes at @dddperth.bsky.social This morning we had Kesha who came all the way from the US talking about AI & this afternoon, local Noongar educator Rhys is slowing us down and talking about things that technology can't replace #DDDPerth

Took a few years to align schedules but Kesha Williams is finally joining us at @dddperth.bsky.social today talking about who is responsible for what the AI we're using does #DDDPerth

What if your front-end tests ran automatically on every PR—and caught issues before users ever saw them? 🚀 @amyskapers.dev shows how to build reliable front-end testing pipelines with #GitHubActions in this practical @yowconf.bsky.social talk. 🎥 youtu.be/2om5ofTuV2Q?...

@aidanmorgan.bsky.social is telling some truths at #AgentConPerth

At #AgentConfPerth today with a bunch of humans talking about robots (probably) including @melissahoughton.dev who's talking about how agents have all grown up now (time goes so fast!)

Don't miss @amyskapers.dev workshop "Modern Front End Fundamentals" at NDC London, 26-30 January. See the full agenda and secure your tickets at ndclondon.com 🇬🇧

Do I know anyone on here that works on the ArcGIS app? Or knows someone who might?

It feels good to be on stage again after a few months off, ending the year with a bang on the @yowconf.bsky.social roadshow #YOW25 This time I've even brought my own entourage, with our whole family having a few adventures along the way

The recent commotion around Tylenol and autism reminded me how many neurotypicals are so uninformed about neurodivergence they think neurodivergent conditions (autism, ADHD, OCD etc) are some sort of plague that you can catch if you’re not careful enough.

Change of pace this Friday while I'm at @microsoft.com Perth helping out at VSCode Dev Days for @github.com Copilot

This was the final slide from my Reasons To Be Cheerful talk yesterday at #DDDPerth and it seems to have resonated with a lot of people so I’m sharing it here.

A very full on day but a wonderful one, back at the stadium for #DDDPerth 2025! It's been such a pleasure to be involved with @dddperth.bsky.social over the past 8 years and to see such support from the community Congrats to the entire committee, we did it again! Now for a well deserved rest

And closing up the day, @rendle.dev is reminding us of all the reasons we still have to be cheerful in the world today at @dddperth.bsky.social #DDDPerth

Kicking off @dddperth.bsky.social for 2025, wearing a dress printed in code snippets that she has based her talk off 🤯 #DDDPerth

Getting the final things ready for @dddperth.bsky.social this weekend and taking a look at my name badges from previous years (I swear I should have a 2017 one somewhere) Just a couple more days before I can add another to the collection!

Do people genuinely group their browser tabs together? I feel like the only time I ever have a group is when I accidentally make one by dragging a tab wrong and I genuinely haven't ever felt a need for this feature

It must be getting close to @dddperth.bsky.social because Speaker Training has now begun! Over the next month, @jake.ginnivan.net and myself will be working with the speakers to help them prepare for the big day!

So excited that @rendle.dev is joining us all the way in Perth next month!

Tired of wondering if your front-end tests actually run? 🧪 @amyskapers.dev shows how to use GitHub Actions to spin up live previews, run front-end tests on every PR, and build bulletproof CI/CD workflows at #YOW25 ✨ MEL 4-5 Dec | BNE 8-9 Dec | SYD 11-12 Dec yowcon.com

while the current official number is hotly debated, there are actually far more tags in HTML than the ~150 commonly cited! that number merely represents the ones we’ve discovered and domesticated — there are potentially thousands more in the creeping unexplored corners of the deep web & dark net

A very packed room this morning at #AgentCon as we kick off with a session on Agents, Automating, Copilots and why we should actually care about them

Your design will be tested by users - your only choice is whether to run the test yourself before launch - @jominney.bsky.social #NDCOslo

@jominney.bsky.social got into web development because building websites is WAY more fun than rocks 🤣 @ndcconferences.com #NDCOslo

While some front end developers might consider themselves artists, we're really just putting boxes in boxes - Lemon #NDCOslo

Last day of @ndcconferences.com #NDCOslo this week and Lemon is talking about all the amazing things we have now in CSS 🥳

@philna.sh is discovering why you shouldn't work with children, animals or generative AIs 🤣 @ndcconferences.com

Actually making it to a talk for a change, seeing if @philna.sh can make my life easier teaching us how to build an AI agent at @ndcconferences.com

Watching @damianm.com get physically restrained in the audience to stop him from interrupting someone who said something wrong about agile at #DDDAdelaide 🤣

@larsklint.bsky.social is talking feature release techniques and tools at #DDDAdelaide and apparently no one understands @jakeginnivan.bsky.social's architecture The audience has collectively agrees that Jake probably does at least 🤣

Really enjoying @larene.dev's keynote on # accessibility at #DDDAdelaide this morning! So many excellent points and stories, it really is an important topic we need to keep in mind with everything we build

“We, the designers and builders of the web, decide who is welcome”. - @larene.dev #DDDAdelaide

Because #DDDPerth wasn't enough last weekend, we're off on a quick trip to Adelaide for #DDDAdelaide tomorrow and our last trip for the year!

Feels nice but a little strange to be at #DDDPerth today! But really great to be here for the 10th anniversary of the amazing conference that so many people have built over the past decade

Hey peeps, WiTWA's (Women in Tech WA) People's Choice Awards closes for voting tomorrow, you can vote for up to 5 people so if you haven't voted yet you've still got time to let some of the amazing women who've been nominated know how amazing they are! witwaawards.awardstage.com#!/peoples-ch...

Had a few people very concerned about my charging cable last week, but the cable of death has now officially been replaced with some shiny new braided cables In my defence, the cable functioned perfectly fine, there are no exposed wires and there were never even any sparks from it

Setting the bar for the rest of us at #CPHDevfest, @damovisa.me has coordinated his slides and outfit with the venue lighting

Because multiple long hauls aren't enough fun, this time my back is already screwed up from the travel last weekend, yay 😬 REALLY looking forward to a real bed again in ~24-30 hours

Winter in QLD really is something else. This morning when we landed in Brisbane it was 6 degrees. It's currently 30 🤣

Getting back in the blog habit - here's one about the custom link shortener I use, now including auto-generated QR codes and how it all works (or just the link to my GitHub repo so you can clone the whole thing and use it yourself) blog.amyskapers.dev/building-a-c...

@aaron-powell.com says he didn't know where Denmark was before he went there, clearly he didn't know it was in Western Australia 🤦‍♀️

Decided not to heckle @aaron-powell.com because he's talking about burnout at #DDDMelbourne which is important Then he heckled me, so apparently all bets are off!

So far this trip I have almost left my laptop at home and on the plane. If anyone sees me without it, please check if I know where it is? 🤦‍♀️