George Rodier

I'm so gosh-darned excited! css-tricks.com/css-tricks-h...

It turned out soooo good!

I’ve been slowly making a pork broth for a ramen. And my house now smells amazing. And now I’m beyond excited to dive into it (despite having a couple more hours to go.

The 10th entry in my "How The Heck" series is going to be all about touchscreens! In the meantime, you can check out the archive here: perthirtysix.com/how-the-heck

With Arc dead, come to Firefox. Let's not give Chromium any more market share. A thriving web is a diverse one. If you want something really close to the Arc experience, check out Zen. zen-browser.app

“why wouldn’t the internet archive be using the latest php” probably the same reason my sonos speakers are like a decade old, they get the job done and would expensive and laborious to update and i am not a billion dollar company

Abstractions and architecture make code easy to extend and modify. DRY is about domain logic, not lines of code. Agents and humans benefit from code that is designed to be extended and modified and is implemented in as few places as possible.

I built a fun little Chrome extension that lets plants invade your abandoned tabs the longer you leave them unread. To access them again, you have to slash through the vines 🪚🌿

Was thinking this exact thing recently blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/bottlen...

Not all bottlenecks are issues that need to be solved

I’m a vim user but whenever I see lists like this, I’m reminded how little of it you NEED, but at the same time, how many more commands I want to try to incorporate into my flow

I’m torn on this. I think it’s right to call out that soft navigations load much faster and are more reflective of what user will experience. BUT… This shouldn’t be a call to go all in on SPA’s. That initial page load is so poor and there is no reason every page load can’t be as fast as the soft.

I’ve always liked the idea of building a reader app as a good project because it will force you to learn a ton about the web and a is more involved than a basic CRUD app. But holy hell, the amount of tiny decisions and edges cases to consider to build a performant app with good ux is mind blowing!

I was thinking about atproto more and had a thought: no one needs to know or care about the protocol. we just need to normalize the idea that it’s bonkers to allow any company to own part of your identity it’s like how you used to lose your phone number if you switched carriers. that sucked

I came across other examples like this in their docs last week and had to stop reading them. Explain compaction, context window size not equaling addressable memory, etc instead of the “look at our little human” bs. It’s such a misrepresentation to the masses & a disservice to curious individuals.

Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5 are the first models that have really clicked with me and how I would use them to produce code (which I would describe as very human in the loop). Not coincidentally, it’s also the first time I think better models may also have diminishing returns for the way I use them.

At the same time, software is changing, and it can change for the better. It’s really up to us. If we can now do even more with less, we should aim higher.

If you'd like to contribute to an oss project, don't focus on creating PRs. Help the maintainers triage issues and review existing PRs. Test beta releases, and give feedback about new APIs and features. Join the community and be around to help others. They need your care way more than your code now.

Me whenever I see AI “art”

I’m taking 10 days off work for first time since I returned from paternity 9 months ago. Drove down to my parents in SC south of Myrtle Beach. Today I played a round of golf with my Dad. Tonight, we’re taking the kids to a Halloween festival. Life is good!

don't be nice.

My brother is far too talented. This has to be one of the coolest birthday cards I’ve ever received!

This past week I’ve been working night and weekends to help support a project at work after the kids have gone to bed. And I gotta say, while I couldn’t do this all the time, I don’t hate occasionally working extra when I know my effort is going towards making things better.

Just heard Into The Fire from Bruce Springsteen come on the radio. It brought me back to 25 years ago and immediately made me tear up

The trick is not for the ai robot to clean the laundry/dishes but to actually put them away neatly after they are clean

Here is my fully documented HTML boilerplate. It is a lean, minimal and solid foundation I use across the sites I develop. Written mostly for me, because I'm sure to forget why I've done things the way I have, but I hope it is of use to you too. vale.rocks/posts/html-b... #HTML #WebDev

So often I get pulled away from actual implementation to do architecture, software design, requirement solutioning, code review, etc. So it’s always good when I can step away and do something at home for myself, because (and it’s always a good reminder)… Coding is fun!

Corn season is starting to wind down, but still have a couple more dishes up my sleeve. Tonight did a summer corn carbonara!

What an incredible article! Trust me… it’s worth it!

Make a band bigger: I’ll give you two - Ladle and The Global

It’s been far too long, but pizza night tonight was an incredible success! Started with a summer pie with a roasted garlic cream sauce, bacon, jalapeños, and corn. Finished with a classic - homemade red sauce, pepperoni, basil, and hot honey. All with a simple yet delicious homemade dough!

It’s been far too long, but pizza night tonight was an incredible success! Started with a summer pie with a roasted garlic cream sauce, bacon, jalapeños, and corn. Finished with a classic - homemade red sauce, pepperoni, basil, and hot honey. All with a simple yet delicious homemade dough!

The Full Stack season 1 finale is tonight! 8 teams started, 3 teams remain — and tonight, only 1 team can win watch live at 6pm Pacific: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EnK...

hello bluesky, this is going to be just as jarring of a change for me as it will be for you all… my demands are simple: hire me and i can go back to being an ever-changing incorporeal sky avatar https://dame.is/available