Damien Solimando

@dsolimando
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Father, husband, programmer, musician

CSS module scripts landed in Firefox 147, so you can import CSS directly into JavaScript.

Docs:

Import attributes https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/import/with
CSSStyleSheet https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CSSStyleSheet

30yrs ago, I started using the internet as an escape from reality.

These last few years, I've started using reality as an escape from the internet.

The 50-year quest to replace developers

❌ 1970: COBOL
❌ 1980: CASE tools
❌ 1990: Visual Basic
❌ 2000: Low/No-Code
❓ 2020: #AI

Result? We need more skilled developers than ever.
Blocker isn't the code; it's the complexity. 🧑‍💻💡

By Stephan Schwab
https://www.caimito.net/en/blog/2025/12/07/the-recurring-dream-of-replacing-developers.html

The ethical case against using LLMs for work is straightforward and unambiguous

The productivity case against using LLMs for work is complex and requires an understanding of volatility, variability, biases, security issues, lock-in, and more

But it turns out that if you don’t have any time for ethics, you also don’t have any time for understanding complex systems, so neither case matters to them

If you put the Apple icons in reverse it looks like the portfolio of someone getting really really good at icon design
After being let go from Microsoft, Clippy fell on hard times

Wrote a custom C++ engine to render raw WAD geometry directly to the DAC.

Pure vector output, 1D occlusion culling, no rasterization tricks.

Running on a MOTU M4.

Callenson had the courage and conviction to stay with the scene and keep filming. Not to run away, but instead to follow the scene. To continue documenting what was unfolding.

I’d like to think I’d have done the same. I’m not sure at all that I would have.

https://daringfireball.net/2026/01/lets_call_a_murder_a_murder

Let’s Call a Murder a Murder

Caitlin Callenson’s courage in the face of insane danger is just remarkable.

Daring Fireball

This should be a legal requirement for being allowed to sell networked devices.

(Original title: Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life)

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/bose-open-sources-its-soundtouch-home-theater-smart-speakers-ahead-of-eol/

Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life

If companies insist on bricking gadgets, this is a better way to do it.

Ars Technica