Mat “Wilto” Marquis

@Wilto@front-end.social
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Melee DPS.
I make websites.https://wil.to
I'm writing a course on JavaScript.https://piccalil.li/javascript-for-everyone
I make zines.https://multipa.ge
I make food.https://wiltomakesfood.com
My brain saw it fit to play a maelle.wav "PARRY IT" at me as a car approached the crosswalk just a little too fast for comfort earlier, so that'll be a cool last thought to have someday.
For the newcomers:
Oh, don't act like your basement workbench isn't beat to hell and stained with leather dye from that time you spent months working on incredibly detailed Tears of the Kingdom cosplay.
Listen, there are a couple things I miss about having an iPhone, but it's hard to argue with a literal five minute screen replacement on this Fairphone joint.
I'm on my third "I am a professional writer" parenthetical and counting, for anyone keeping score.
“lol” replied The Spirit. “lmao”

> Could one make a case that I do this because I come from an era before `querySelectorAll` was "safe to use," you might ask. I might respond by gazing glassy-eyed and haunted into the middle distance for an uncomfortably long time.

come for the javascript, stay for the ghost of javascript future

i don’t feel that i need to explain my art to you, warren

https://codepen.io/Wilto/pen/ByNvZmM

EQ Fidget

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> Anyway, here you are, thousands of lines of code after another developer (you) initially set a property containing that internal ID using a Symbol as the key—smart of them (you). That does present a logistical challenge for you (you), however: namely, that […]

never should've let me learn to type

> That’s trouble for the other developer, who, for purposes of this exercise, is also you. You're both of them—you've completed this course twice, making you two discrete developers. Eight more for the fabled 10x!

the payoff for this bit when I get to "by-value, by-reference" is gonna be so choice