Mastodawn

New! Heckle is a brush script typeface for display use. It started as a tiny sketch for a t-shirt design in 2005, based on my memories of script lettering from the '40s and '50s.

More info here: https://www.marksimonson.com/notebook/view/introducing-heckle/

And here: https://www.marksimonson.com/fonts/view/heckle/

Dave Rupert 21h ago

Alex, the Hearth Fire 1d ago

so I got laid off again, for stupid AI-pilled reasons.

Anybody need a writer or editor with:
- 8+ years of technical writer/content strategist experience, mostly in software
- One published short fiction anthology (as editor)
- A master's degree in sociolinguistics
- A knack for learning new content management systems
- A love of working with invested SMEs
- A basic understanding of web dev
- Strong boundaries
- An aversion to generative AI?

Prioritizing remote work in Canada.
#GetFediHired

Dave Rupert 1d ago

When I grow up I want to be a human in the loop.

Dave Rupert 2d ago

Ariel Salminen 2d ago

I’m excited to announce the 1̶s̶t̶ 7th release candidate of Elena today! 🫶

Elena is a simple, tiny library for building Progressive Web Components. Unlike most web component libraries, Elena doesn’t force JavaScript for everything.

Crafted with love and care using HTML, CSS & plain JS: https://elenajs.com

Elena | Progressive Web Components

Elena is a simple, tiny library for building Progressive Web Components.

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Dave Rupert 2d ago

Related: you should check out @fnhipster's site. Damn cool graphics. https://fnhipster.com/

stream @ fnhipster

The chronicles of a webmaster: a stream of consciousness on technology, creativity, and a random series of events

Dave Rupert 2d ago

Just added ~20ppl to [REDACTED SECRET SOCIAL CLUB]. Some folks emailed me in 2024. Oof. I bear much shame.

I spent some time improving/automating the process to lower the cognitive maintenance costs. May do a write up but small idea has turned into big idea and now I've got my hands full.

Dave Rupert 2d ago

For Sale: GPUs, never slopped.

Dave Rupert 3d ago

Burton Smith 3d ago

When I was at Microsoft, we were trying to find ways around some of the pain points of #WebComponents, so I did an exploration on what Declarative Custom Elements could potentially provide us.

#html #css #javascript
https://dev.to/stuffbreaker/how-declarative-custom-elements-dce-could-improve-web-components-53eg

How Declarative Custom Elements (DCE) Could Improve Web Components

Declarative Custom Elements promise to revolutionize web components by eliminating JavaScript requirements, solving FOUC issues, and improving SSR.

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Dave Rupert 3d ago

Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊3d ago

A man used LLMs to generate hundreds of thousands of "songs", then used bots to stream them billions of times, to collect $8m in royalties. https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/north-carolina-man-pleads-guilty-music-streaming-fraud-aided-artificial-intelligence-0 Is there a better metaphor for late-stage capitalism than burning resources to make songs that are never listened to, then steaming them to robots that will never hear them, ad infinitum?

Dave Rupert 5d ago

Terence Eden 5d ago

This isn't your normal "looking for work" post.

I've decided to shut my business and do more volunteer / community work.

If you know of an organisation which could use a board member with strong digital skills, extensive experience in open source and open standards, or cybersecurity please let me know.

Nothing full time. Personal recommendations preferred. Feel free to share.