Elliot Bentley

@jim.londoncentric.media any idea what’s going on with the lizzie line this week? I’ve never seen noticeboards warning of “disruption for the foreseeable future” before

Keyboard recommendations for around the same price as an Apple “Magic” Keyboard? I’m open to mechanical options

Aka why I’m never getting that gaming PC

Decided to try out the Zed text editor after hearing about it on @syntax.fm. While I love the tabbed worktree management, the performance is rubbish -- constantly freezing up and incredibly slow to search a big repo. Back to VS Code...

Some wild demos here, it was the "DVD screensaver" that really blew my mind master.dev/blog/somethi...

Great meetup, thanks to @willow.sh @scottspence.dev for organising! Hopefully we can squeeze in another before 2027 😉

Hot new chart types just dropped ❤️‍🔥

Amazing opportunity for #dataviz enthusiasts. Come work with me!

Thinking about life…

🎉 You can now draw arrows in Datawrapper locator maps! Choose between line arrows (to show routes) and flow arrows (to show magnitude too), and style them however you like. Learn more here: www.datawrapper.de/blog/arrows-...

Last week, Londoners voted in local elections. What was different this time around, and how does London compare to the rest of the U.K.? 🗳️ Our vis developer @elliotbentley.com walks us through the results. 📊 👇 www.datawrapper.de/blog/uk-elec...

This has been my bedtime reading lately, I’m enjoying the frequent charts and optimistic perspective

This will.i.am quote was my desktop wallpaper for a good while

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How likely are we to use AI tools, what for, and how often? And what does gender have to do with it? Our developer @elliotbentley.com looks at students' attitudes to get a better idea. 🧑‍💻 📊 www.datawrapper.de/blog/ai-gend...

Really hope my favourite podcasters are back at work today, my feed is getting desperate

We just launched a new website for @datawrapper.de It features a new design and shows even better how you can use Datawrapper to create great visualizations. Check it out: datawrapper.de

And SVG stroke too, pretty please 👼

I've been listening to this show since iTunes introduced podcasts in 2005. Thank you to the hosts for their dedication and congrats on an incredible run 🫡

"This is almost like the Saturday Night Live of posters. You put three idiots together and they say 'okay, we're going to hire AI to do labor posters.'" www.not-ship.com/the-demons-a...

If you missed the last Svelte London, here is your chance to see the wonderful @elliotbentley.com speak again guild.host/events/jsmon...

On a long enough timescale, every piece of software becomes a messaging app.

Surprise! I gave a last-minute talk at @svelte.london this evening

🥳 Oct 23rd at 6:15PM: Svelte London - October 2025 Join us for Svelte London October!! We're being hosted by Tessl! Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/cx03nw

@polygon.com I know you're going through some changes recently but really what on earth is this banner ad

OK, this must be the biggest color legend I have ever seen.

🌱 Just released Svelte Render Scan - a visual debugging tool that helps you track component re-renders in your app. Useful for debugging reactivity and performance issues in your Svelte apps! https://khromov.github.io/svelte-render-scan/

The @svelte.london meetup group is looking for a venue! Do you know anyone that can help out?

~new map~ In a tribute to the springtime bloom, I painted a dataviz of where the blossoms are in DC! Full process from inspirations, to realizing you have to re-paint the whole thing at twice the size, to DIY photo sessions – all detailed in this blog post. moriartynaps.org/cherry/

Removed Threads from phone today. Every time I open it, it’s just endless engagement bait. Getting served a cryptic rumour-mongering post from *Scaramucci* was the final straw for me.

I was finding the official #cityjslondon schedule difficult to read on my phone, so I vibe-coded this nice mobile-friendly alternative. Please enjoy! ejb.github.io/cityjs25-sch...

New favourite internet cat

Sincere question: why is it so hard to integrate typescript/intellisense autocomplete into copilot/cursor suggestions? The two valid options for this prop are RIGHT THERE and yet the LLM still suggests a third made-up option.

will be at this later - see you there? guild.host/events/svelt...