Rob Blake

Trying out the Photocraft slop clone of Photoshop has reminded me how much I love the Gimp. Over the last few years it has really come a long way. www.gimp.org

Google is ramping up to punish the use of AI for content generation. They have yet to come out and say it but there are clear signs that they are moving in that direction. This could be a much needed boon for beleaguered human writers on the web. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMUA...

Bluefin is simply amazing.

I wrote a piece about my experience with Bluefin Linux treb0r.net/post/bluefin...

This is a wonderful article that gets to the core of why we still need humans, even if they are massively enhanced by AI. www.anthropic.com/research/vib...

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Fantastic article. fluxus.io/article/a-hi...

I completely agree with this take. I invested over a decade learning WordPress and the Gutenberg editor drove me away. Sad really.

If you don't like the current obsession with all things AI, prepare to see your nightmare future in the Agentic State. Fancy having AI rule everything in your life? They're working on it. Details here: www.globalgovtechcentre.org/about-whitep...

Last year, I predicted we’d see during the next 2 years promotions for AI-free experiences. I just saw my first one. United is now advertising their customer service app is a human, not an AI. People don’t want to be handled by machines. Nobody likes being on the receiving end of AI.

Another wonderful article. @frontenddogma.com is the best source of interesting technical news and opinion out there.

This is such a great article. I'm fascinated by JavaScript and the ecosystem around it. Old enough to remember it in the early days too.

One of the best bookshops in the UK. Waterstones Bradford.

#WomenInPoetry #PopeFrancis Nessuno ora sa dire se risaliamo verso l’alba o rotoliamo al fondo della notte stringendo solo un pugno di parole. #VersiPerMe Margherita Guidacci Le poesie Le Lettere Ed. ©️ niphisi yellowcarpe•t

The best tech surprise of the year by far is KOReader. A fantastic, powerful and Open Source alternative document reader that you can use on your Kindle. It's so good it has blown my mind. koreader.rocks

I do like this old railway bridge that crosses over the canal. It's actually the start of a viaduct. Those Victorians built to last.

Keeping it on the <dl> – another HTML gem you never use… christianheilmann.com/2025/04/18/k...

After several months hands on with @payloadcms.bsky.social I can confidently attest that it is in fact the 'new' WordPress. Except it's better in every way and obviously built by passionate people who know what worked in the old paradigm (and what didn't). A breath of fresh air.

After 5 years in the making, I'm very happy to finally release Anime.js v4, my dream animation library: 🧩 New modular API ⚡️ Highly performant 🖱️ Scroll-linked animations 🫵 Draggables ↔️ Responsive ✨ Additive animations 🪽 WAAPI support And so much more! Check out the new website animejs.com!

Good morning London #SotB2025 Cc @londonwebstandards.org Spotted this on my way to The Barbican

It’s no myth: Astro 5.5 is here Dive deep with better diagramming tool support, typesafe sessions, and improved Markdown compatibility astro.build/blog/astro-5...

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The canal. Our 'linear park'. A nice place for a quiet walk.

Happy first day of (meteorological) spring!

Calderdale, Yorkshire, UK

Astro 5.4 is a picture-perfect release 🖼️ better Markdown images 🔒 more secure dev and preview servers ▲ easier ISR config in the Vercel adapter astro.build/blog/astro-5...

I'm so impressed with this new setup. I am going to call it the CAP stack: Coolify, Astro and Payload. It's like a breath of fresh air! #webdev

How did I not know about Derek Sarno? I've been watching all of his videos. He is now easily my new favourite chef... www.youtube.com/watch?v=94j6...

Finally got around to taking Coolify for a spin. coolify.io

Imbolc walk

Interop 2024 reached an all time high interoperability score! Every browser tested earned a 99, while overall interoperability reached 97% test pass rate (in preview browsers). Read more about the success of Interop 2024: webkit.org/blog/16413/t...

The Pennines in winter. I feel blessed to call this home.

New Doves single dropped. The best of the Manchester bands IMHO. youtu.be/hwHc4z9q1pg?...

Cold days

So Dell killed the XPS line of laptops. They had a place in my affections for being the first mainstream laptops to offer Ubuntu pre-installed. Heady days.

The older I get, the faster time seems to fly by. That's actually a good thing because the Monday after the Christmas holidays is my least favourite day of the year. Looking forward very much to suddenly arriving in spring.

I've drawn up a set of principles for approaching web accessibility. I hope they help to frame your work as we enter 2025. github.com/Heydon/princ...

Manchester

A lovely sunny day in West Yorkshire. I really love this time of year. Breathing space before the New year gets underway.

I just did a ten mile walk over the moors and through the woods. Feeling so much better now.

Very pleased to have left Wordpress. webdesignerdepot.com/matt-mullenw...

Beautiful website, fascinating technology... onicai.com

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Chinatown

A powerful talk from @slightlyoff.bsky.social at #PerfNow. 75% of new devices with browsers are phones. The web is not successful on mobile. Many things try to steal links from the web and move them to apps from closed, proprietary app stores. The web is losing.

Autumn Trees, Ryburn Valley.

Now I've had to really get to grips with this, I love it even more. I now have perfect local copies of web pages in my own personal archive that even gets automatically synced with my phone, images and all. It really is a game changer.