Jack Whiting

I've got availability for new projects kicking off in May, due to a project falling through. Preferably front-end work, I'm a big fan of @astro.build and @craftcms.com at the moment, but happy to work with other tools. Some examples of past work on my website jackwhiting.co.uk.

How anyone has been productive in this heat is mind boggling. Feel like 70% of my day is just drinking water and having cold showers.

Got post Download Festival blues this week. Had such a blast.

Handed a couple of projects over to clients, working on my website, and prepping for Download Fest. Looking to be a good week so far!

Anyone want to chip-in on some farm land and go live there and care for animals and grow food?

When working with React don't forget that buttons/anchors don't exist and to make everything a div with an on-click event. That sounds top-notch. (this is sarcasm, please don't do this).

How’s your bank holiday weekend? I’ve burnt my head and looking after a lil one who’s ill!

Current Jam - youtu.be/Kcs-4EZSUW0

I name all the servers I spin-up after Transformers. Currently telling Megatron to clear his cache.

Does anyone have any recommendations for freelance PPC/Marketing advisors for a small business? New client looking to help guide their business and needing someone that can help with ad campaigns.

Happy birthday to me!

Didn't get to stick around after @heypresents.com but was lovely to see everyone and meet new people. What a last one! #AllDayHey

Enjoying the **last** #AllDayHey. The biggest thing I get from events, that I can't get from anywhere else: people who care about the things I care about. I'm always nervous attending, worrying I'll be alone, and it never goes that way. But it's always okay. See you at the next event, right?

As a fellow introvert, Fiona hits it right on the mark. #AllDayHey

Watching @philhawksworth.dev somehow pivot different biscuits into talks is an art form (or pure winging it). #AllDayHey

About to be blown away by view transitions. #AllDayHey

Going to be a bittersweet day! #AllDayHey

Good morning #AllDayHey peeps. Look forward to seeing you all soon!

Leeds bound. 🎉

Man I really need to get a new profile pic - I don't think I've had hair in like 5 years.

I think I've developed too many hobbies, I don't seem to have enough time for them. In the last year I've added Warhammer and 3D printing.

My music playlists are so jarring sometimes, listening to some heavy screamo song followed by a soundtrack from a musical. Both absolute bangers.

Been having a load of fun with the new Diablo 4 expansion over the last few days. Action RPGs tickle my brain.

This time next week I'll be on my way to Leeds for @heypresents.com - hell to the yeah.

🎉 Registration is now open for my latest course, Whimsical Animations! This course will teach you everything you need to know to design and build stunning, creative animations and interactions. It’s time to make the web less generic and boring! 😄

Mad that vanilla CSS has come so far, what I used to write overly complex mixins for in Sass, is now just native and works in all browsers with one line. (side throwback to writing tables for layouts..)

2 WEEKS TO GO! 🎙️ 8 industry-focused talks 🔖 Curated single-track programme 📍 Everyman Cinema, Leeds, UK ☕ Top notch indie tea & coffee 💻 Free co-working for all attendees 🧃 Post-event networking with social

Seems a bit mad it's taken me 2.5 years to get blinds in my office, but I may be able to finally work now without being blinded by the sun in the aft.

I'm a newer convert to @astro.build (last 6 months) but it's so lush. Launched a few production sites using it, alongside the Cloudflare adapter, and it scaffolds out lightweight front-ends with ease. Should have done this earlier...

Opened an AI generated React project I've been tasked with updating.. Gosh this is awful.

Realized today I follow Yorkshire Tea, and then was completely offended by the new Tea offerings.

✨ I just published a new blog post about a nifty lil’ animation technique: sprites! Sprites are used all the time in video games, but they’re less common on the web. We do have the tools to manage it in CSS, but there’s a gotcha. In this post, I share some of the cool use cases I’ve found:

I hate that every community is now wrapped in Discord, so much lost information buried. Bring back forums.

Absolute banger this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcrN...

Took a peppermint tablet (I'm getting old) for my stomach, now whenever I drink all I taste is peppermint. Ruined my tea.

Started spinning up the new site for my (solo) agency, using @craftcms.com headless and @astro.build, and it is bliss. Tiny react islands where I want some more complex rest just straight up Astro goodness.

I'm fuelled by Coffee and Pokémon cards these days.

In Brum tonight to see Honey Revenge and Rain City Drive. Sneaky trip to the Lego shop on the way. Long week, needed break!

Seeing people rebuilding their site - it's on my list but as with everything else I'm my worst judge and need to find the time!

Astro 5.17 is now available! Move the dev toolbar, partition your cookies (we had to look it up too, no worries) and create the images of your dreams with cool new optimization options.

Craft 5.9 is here, bringing new ways to organize your content, and a slew of improvements to authoring, accessibility, development, performance, and security. #CraftCMS craftcms.com/blog/craft-5...

Really nice piece on iconography and user interfaces. App designers should take a note on this, the "everything needs an icon" is unbearable both for usability and development honestly.

Sending all my love to any Americans out there who don't stand for this shit. Fuck ICE. My heart breaks more each day.

My gosh, I need this Lego set. www.lego.com/en-gb/produc...

Merry Christmas you beauties.

It's that time of year again! Let's have a look at the deals we, and our much loved community are offering this year. It's the most important time of year for independents, so let's give them our support 💛 piccalil.li/links/black-...

Tickets bought. Let's go!