Michelle Barker

@michelle@front-end.social
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Professional CSSist, unprofessional drummer, trying to make tech for good (or at least tech that doesn’t suck) 💖 
She/her
Bloghttps://css-irl.info
Personal sitehttps://michellebarker.co.uk
Codepenhttps://codepen.io/michellebarker/
Michelle Barker12h ago
Nyx Mir16h ago

I am begging writers & writing-related-workers of all kinds—but especially people working in journalism and blogs—to stop using “AI art” to accompany your writing.

Please have solidarity with your fellow creative workers 💜

Michelle Barker4d ago
Excellent words from @fershad https://fershad.com/writing/sam-yeah-nah/ 💚
Sam, champion, yeah nah - Fershad Irani

Some thoughts on Sam Altman's recent post

Michelle BarkerJun 11
World Wide Web ConsortiumJun 11

W3C has opened a new session of its CSS Basics course on W3Cx, where you can learn how to take your web pages "from bland to bold" with the power of CSS styling. This course is part of W3C's "Front-End Web Developer" Professional Certificate.

You can audit this course for free for 5 weeks after enrolling, or opt for the premium version with unlimited access, graded assessments, and a W3Cx certificate.
https://www.w3.org/news/2025/new-session-of-the-w3cx-course-on-css-basics/

Michelle BarkerJun 11
Had my first visit to a nuclear waste plant yesterday and saw actual nuclear waste processing in action (behind a 6ft thick window), so that’s something to tick off the bucket list ☢️✅
Michelle BarkerJun 11
Bread and CircusesJun 11
Do the right thing.
Michelle BarkerJun 7
Heading home after another awesome #CSSDay. Great to see lots of familiar faces and meet some new web friends. So much creativity and joy 💖
Michelle BarkerJun 4
popover + @starting-style are pretty dreamy, huh? #css
Michelle BarkerJun 4
tanteJun 4

With so much hype and recent articles on "AI for coding" and how everyone not doing it is dumb maybe this is a good time to relink my article on "Vibe Coding".

Which I think focuses purely on "output" when developing or creating something is not just about the output.

https://tante.cc/2025/05/23/on-vibe-coding/

On "Vibe Coding"

The hype about the potentials (it’s always future potential, never real current use) of AI has discarded its last cycle (“reasoning models”/”deep research”, both terms being factually untrue and deeply deceiving at best) and moved to a new double whammy of “agentic AI” and “Vibe Coding”. Now “agentic AI” basically just means that some LLM […]

Smashing Frames
Michelle BarkerJun 3
Matthias OttJun 3

Yes, yes, yes, yes, @jasonsantamaria! 👏

“For now, I’m planning on continuing to roll up my sleeves. I want to make things because I’m human and alive. I want to go on journeys and grow. I’m not always looking for an easy path, I want the friction. Because if I give up the journey, what am I really making? What do I actually learn?”
https://typo.social/@jasonsantamaria/114619767646232888

Jason Santa Maria (@jasonsantamaria@typo.social)

📢 A bunch of unresolved thoughts and feelings on AI, the web, and making things. Writing this mostly for future me: https://jasonsantamaria.com/blog/large-language-muddle

typo.social
Michelle BarkerJun 3

This from @Robb resonates: https://robbowen.digital/wrote-about/looking-elsewhere/

I’ve been feeling the cultural burnout hard, and struggling with the idea of staying in an industry that is increasingly making me sick to my stomach. I’m hoping to glean some sparks of inspiration from the wonderful people at CSS Day that might help me feel that joy and motivation again for a craft that has been slipping away from me.

Looking elsewhere - Robb Owen

Against the backdrop of mass layoffs, LLMs, site-builders and vibe coding what does it mean to conscientiously build for the web, and where do we go from here?

Robb Owen Digital