Russell Heimlich

@chrisburnell.com Sorry about the server woes. I found it helpful to start a private git repo to document every step when I set something up on my server.

Reaches cruising altitude "Welp time to npm install"

Just watched Elio with the kids. My favorite part was the cameo from @sethrubenstein.info

Went to the library today

CSS or BS from @keithamus.social "We show you a CSS property name. You tell us if it's real or if we made it up." www.keithcirkel.co.uk/css-or-bs/?r... I got 13/20 correct

If the future of layout is not CSS, it better be this

YouTube algorithm just gave me a string of bangers: Blur - Song 2, but every "woohoo" is done by Mario www.youtube.com/watch?v=66yH... oasis wonderwall but maybeeeeeeeeeeeee www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6iU... Roxanne but its just Rocks www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPjS...

Happy Birthday to my Dad, who reminded me today that "technical transformations" aren't new. He lived through the era where interpreted languages were supposed to kill off low-level machine coding. Instead, the two became the foundation for everything we use today. Same panic, different decade.

Updated MacOS Tahoe. For some reason the hostname got set to /etc/localtime This caused things to break. Reset the hostname: sudo scutil --set HostName "Whatever" Things were happy again.

Modern software development as every team switches to Claude

optional.is/required/202... I remember listening to all of the podcasts that came out of SXSW panels. I couldn't get enough of them. It's how I learned about the web back then.

@chrisburnell.com Thanks for the vaporwave track suggestions in chrisburnell.com/article/unus...

lol www.tmz.com/2026/02/24/m...

Happy day! My Reddit account is 19 years old today www.reddit.com/user/kingkoo...

These Sesame Street snowboards are sick!!!! gilsonsnow.com/collections/...

Two tools for calculating better fallback fonts - clagnut.com/sandbox/font... from @clagnut.com - www.highperformancewebfonts.com/tools/fafofal/ from @stoyan.me

Foggy night

Confetti. A video encoder's worst nightmare.

My name is definitely not Jess

@shoptalkshow.com mentioned DummyImage.com in episode 695 shoptalkshow.com/695/#t=37:52

My music highlights from 2025 according to @listenbrainz.org listenbrainz.org/user/kingkoo...

New year, new website. Here's a little (big) write up about the evolution of my website, and some of the new fun things I built in the redesign. p.s. please don't find any bugs, thank you

A message from my 5 year old to the world: "Underwear begins with you!" I think he was just spelling but the message still resonates

A flexible system for consistent stroke widths across type sizes v7.robweychert.com/blog/2026/01...

Designing Better CSS Box Shadows Easily "A single shadow rarely looks natural. Real shadows are layered: a tight shadow near the object, and softer ones farther away." theosoti.com/blog/designi...

One of the best QR generator tools out there nuung.github.io/qrcode-gen/ Open source made from pure HTML, CSS, and JavaScript github.com/Nuung/qrcode...

HAPPY NEW YEAR 5:30 AM SNOW SQUALL NATIONAL WEATHER ALERT

5 year old bumbling around while yelling "TATER TITS"

Lady behind me at the checkout in Target had a $75 gift certificate to Arby's. Someone is going to have a beefy 2026.

Google icons in 2014 #WebDesignHistory

Congrats to the blue team for winning the world series

Hi socials!

No-code AI agent automation? You mean Yahoo! Pipes 2025

3 fundraising rounds in two months. Totally normal business things. Definitely not a bubble or anything...

Always loved CSS Tricks and their reference guides. Used the flex-box one so many times ❤️. Inspired me to try my hand at making my own cheatsheet for animation-range. See what the 6 values get you so you can pick without having to test each one. Hope it helps! webkit.org/blog/17184/s...

"The Ultimate Social Media Size Guide" Download ready-to-use #SVG templates with safe zones for any size. Filter by platform and content type, then copy a direct link to share with clients and designers for easy collaboration. mediacheatsheet.com #webtools #socialmedia

Grunge Web Design Style in the 1990s – David Bowie in 1997 – p2 output in 1998 – Spectacle in 1996 – Urban Diary in 1997 #WebDesignHistory

Got Tech Debt? It's easier than ever to create with AI. But you can be intentional about it and manage it well. alley.com/news/technic...

@dbushell.com I like your popover glossary cards. They're nicely done. I mostly consume your content via RSS so I miss out most of the time.

This year's State of Devs 2025 survey is now open! survey.devographics.com/survey/state...