Dave Rupert

Dave Rupert

@davatron5000.bsky.social

Web components at Microsoft. Co-host at ShopTalk. Previously Luro and Paravel. Blogger.

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Dave Rupert
@davatron5000.bsky.social

Today we’re announcing that we (ran out of money and) have been acquired by [Large Company]. We at [Startup who will be culturally decimated by Large Company] look forward to continuing development on [Product that will be shuttered in two years].

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Josh Collinsworth
@collinsworth.dev

Looking for more Tupo to play (and/or just a cool way to support the game?) Puzzle Packs just launched! 🎉👀 There are four packs of 25 puzzles each, one per difficulty level, to sync to your devices and play any time. Each pack is $4, or get the whole set for $10 (~40% off)! 🎁 playtupo.com/packs

playtupo.comTupo · A daily sudoku-style logic puzzle with a twistA simple logic puzzle of numbers and colors. One new puzzle every day, starting easy and getting harder through the week.
Dave Rupert
@davatron5000.bsky.social

This month it's "software factory". Four months ago it was "agent harnesses". Four months before that it was "loops" and "gastowns". Four months before that it was "agent skills". Four months before that it was "MCP". Four months before that... Ughck. Feeling nostalgic for 2010s JavaScript fatigue.

Dave Rupert
@davatron5000.bsky.social

A short story: GPUs, never gamed on.

Ed Zitron@edzitron.com

NVIDIA seems to be channel stuffing, forcing Amazon and other customers to take early delivery. The argument that these things are "scarce" when you don't even have anywhere to plug them into is nonsense...unless NVIDIA is saying you NEED to take them now, or else. GPUs are stacked in warehouses.

Dave Rupert
@davatron5000.bsky.social

Need a reliable, friendly computer babysitter? Call Dave Rupert to watch over your AIs, CIs, and DMs and I'll dispatch a human-to-human alert if anything actually needs your attention.

Dave Rupert
@davatron5000.bsky.social

👋🤠 Howdy, fellow Texans! Early voting starts TODAY and goes to Oct 30th. All y'all know there's fixin to be some bullshit this election cycle, so don't wait and schedule time to vote early. Make sure your vote gets counted. Find your polling place: www.votetexas.gov

votetexas.govYour Guide to Voting in Texas | VoteTexas.govVoteTexas.gov is your go-to resource for voter registration, election dates, polling locations, and more. Get the info you need to make your vote count.

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Brian Talbot
@talbs.me

My first open source release: Tiny Tells! Six small status characters in one <tiny-tell> tag. They're animated like little cartoon characters, so a state change is a reaction, not an icon swap or a spinner. MIT licensed, 14 KB, no dependencies. tinytells.dev

Dave Rupert
@davatron5000.bsky.social

Client-side whatnow? 😁

Noam Rosenthal@nomster.bsky.social

Things I hope to push forward at TPAC: - Declarative fragment / client side include - declarative skeleton/shell - CSS navigation matching - parser/patch reflection in mutation observers - responsive image improvements - connection allowlists - focusreset - CSS module imports Gonna be interesting!

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Mike Masnick
@masnick.com

The same time a bunch of journalists are telling everyone that it's okay to go back to X now ...

Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦@angel-shalagina.bsky.social

🚨 BREAKING: Elon Musk personally proposed slowing down Ukraine’s Starlink access, and Trump agreed, The Telegraph reports, citing four sources. Musk reportedly later feared backlash from European customers and publicly denied responsibility, blaming the White House instead.

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Sarah Frisk
@friskymakes.bsky.social

Okay, did it. Definitely not perfect, but sometimes perfect is the enemy of posting anything. sarahfrisk.com

sarahfrisk.comHi, My name is Sarah! - Sarah FriskI'm a UX Engineer specializing in crafting design systems, scalable front end applications, and helping to bridge the gap between design, product, and engineering.
Sarah Frisk@friskymakes.bsky.social

Tempted to just release my site redesign now, because i'm definitely in the Zone of Constantly Tweaking It, and need to just put it out there.

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kepano
@stephango.com

This is Pele, my new rendering library for diagrams and charts, compatible with the latest Mermaid syntax. - 100-500× faster than mermaid.js - 6× smaller bundle - No dependencies - Easy to theme - Responsive to device width - Open source (MIT) Try it at pele.run

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Piper Haywood
@piperhaywood.bsky.social

“Please do not understand me too quickly.” Please do not understand me too quickly. Came across this quote via an old interview with Richard Ayoade when he was asked what he would change in the world. “I... https://piperhaywood.com/please-do-not-understand-me-too-quickly/

piperhaywood.com“Please do not understand me too quickly.”Please do not understand me too quickly. Came across this quote via an old interview with Richard Ayoade when he was asked what he would change in the world. “I suppose maybe, maybe a slight slowing down.” “Of the world?” “Yes, of quickness, to feel that comprehension has been reached.” The quote is originally from...

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Drew Bragg
@drbragg.dev

Welp... Got laid off from Podia today. Kinda a lot to process for a Thursday. I'll have something more coherent to say eventually. For now, send Ruby/Rails leads. Or dog pictures.... Both are good.

Dave Rupert
@davatron5000.bsky.social

I left X and my 25K follower account after 9 porn bots liked one of my posts and no one else did. Realized all the engagement there is fake. Why would I let my mind be influenced by a bot farm manipulating an algorithm I don't control with a wealthy racist at the helm? Easiest decision of my life.

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social

I left x despite having a large following bc I don’t want to make free content for the world’s wealthiest racist. It’s not worth it to me.

Dave Rupert
@davatron5000.bsky.social

We need a new labeler for this.

Kristian Kiehling@kristiankiehling.bsky.social

Following Ukrainian strikes on russian data centers: Tucker Carlson's views dropped 71% Douglas Macgregor's views dropped 62% TCN views dropped 34% Scott Ritter's views fell 43% Rick Sanchez's views fell 39% Max Blumenthal's views fell 37% (@angertab)

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Sarah Higley
@codingchaos.bsky.social

Wrote a thing on why we should have interactive lists on the web: sarahmhigley.com/writing/inte... If anyone has their own interactive list use cases that aren't covered, send them to me! I'm putting together an ARIA spec PR this month.

sarahmhigley.comThe web needs interactive lists | Sarah HigleyA plea to developers: if this gets created, let's not fuck it up. This is a slightly more spec-heavy post than usual, but hopefully still useful.