Mastodawn

Ian Wootten Aug 17, 2024

My take on FastHTML is that it looks great if you are a new solo dev working in Python on a small project.

I don't know of a team I've worked with including a frontend dev that would be happy working in Python templates.

Ian Wootten Nov 13, 2023

Jake Rodkin Nov 12, 2023

A couple of days ago at work we announced the Steam Deck OLED. It’s available next week (Nov 16) and though it’s got a bunch of great improvements like longer battery life, faster downloads, the star is the ultra-bright HDR OLED screen.

The screens are ridiculously bright and vibrant, so we thought it would be fun to use actual Steam Deck OLEDs as lighting sources to light our entire launch trailer.

Of course this necessitated building a giant metal orb. First though, here’s the final spot:

Ian Wootten Nov 8, 2023

Hugo van Kemenade Nov 8, 2023

🏆 @ThePSF wins the "Wonderfully Welcoming" award from @github for welcoming new contributors!

https://reg.githubuniverse.com/flow/github/universe23/sessioncatalog/page/watch

#GitHub #GitHubUniverse #Python #PythonSoftwareFoundation @simon

GitHub | GitHub Universe 2023

Ian Wootten Aug 14, 2023

My blog celebrates it's 20th anniversary today. Here's some thoughts on that with lots of links to my best posts: https://www.ianwootten.co.uk/2023/08/14/reflecting-on-20-years-on-the-web/

Reflecting on 20 Years on the Web

Today marks the 20th Anniversary of my website ianwootten.co.uk. Here's a quick summary of the past 20 years with links to some of my most interesting posts.

Ian Wootten Apr 25, 2023

I've been dipping my toes into creating Generative Open Graph Art using Flow Fields: https://www.ianwootten.co.uk/2023/04/25/self-hosting-generative-open-graph-art-on-the-edge-with-supabase/

Self Hosting Generative Open Graph Art on the Edge with Supabase

I show you how you can make unique, randomised open graph images using generative art and then self-host them using Supabase and Fly.io

Ian Wootten Apr 17, 2023

Thanks @joshbressers and @kurtseifried for the mention of my pip post on the Open Source Security podcast! https://opensourcesecurity.io/2023/04/16/episode-371-pip-install-is-the-tool-we-deserve-but-not-the-tool-we-need/

Episode 371 – pip install is the tool we deserve but not the tool we need

Open Source Security

Ian Wootten Jan 23, 2023

Mosaic, the first widely available web browser was released 30 years ago today on January 23rd 1993.

It was the first browser that could submit forms to a server!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_(web_browser)

Mosaic (web browser) - Wikipedia

Ian Wootten Nov 24, 2022

Oh this is a useful summary of what's going down at twitter: https://twitterisgoinggreat.com/

Twitter is Going Great!

Twitter is Going Great is a project inspired by Web3 is Going Just Great to track the latest examples of how Twitter is actively falling to pieces thanks to its current owner Elon Musk (with special guests Jack Dorsey and the Saudi Arabian royal family).

Ian Wootten Nov 23, 2022

Well it took a while, but I think I've found all the interesting people I follow who have migrated to mastodon.

I'd imagine it is a high intersect with those that were first to twitter.

Ian Wootten Nov 21, 2022

Zach Leatherman Nov 21, 2022

It’s been three years in the making, but after some gentle prompting and prodding from a few friends (thank you @nhoizey!)—it has finally happened.

We’ve finally open sourced the #Eleventy Twitter Archive project named `tweetback`:

You may have seen this in action on my site https://zachleat.com/twitter/ or the newly shipped Eleventy Archive https://twitter.11ty.dev

You can find the source code for the project here:
https://github.com/tweetback/tweetback

Try it out!

zachleat’s Twitter Archive

A read-only indieweb self-hosted archive of zachleat’s tweets.

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