Steven Garrity

@sgarrity
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actsofvolition.com
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Best joke of the Oscars.
PSA: The guy in the “Butthole Whisperer” tshirt at the Halifax airport doesn’t wash his hands in the bathroom.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@silverorange/116211397553564882

I've been working with the web platform for years - and I was pretty blown-away to be able play my guitar through a website, and have it processed like a vintage amp.

https://www.silverorange.com/blog/the-web-is-guitar-amp

A.I. musicians are COOKED. I just recorded an ENTIRE SONG using nothing but my instruments and a few microphones. This would have cost upwards of hundreds of dollars in expensive A.I. subscription fees but for me it was completely FREE. Don't get left behind. This is the future!

If you have a kid around 10 years old loves soccer, I expect they'll love The Academy book series as our family has. I feel like someone plugged directly into my son's brain and formulated the perfect book for him.

https://actsofvolition.com/2026/03/the-perfect-book-for-the-10-year-old-soccer-football-fan/

The perfect book for the 10-year-old soccer / football fan

My son is 10 years old and loves soccer. He received a novel for Christmas called The Academy by T.Z. Layton. When we started reading it together, I felt like someone had plugged directly into my son’s brain and formulated the perfect book for him. The dialog among the characters sounds like my son talking …

Acts of Volition

One of our fine developers has written about the challenges of estimating and navigating a complex re-architecture of a key app component.

https://www.silverorange.com/blog/complex-software-estimations

Working with Clients on Complex Software Estimations

The following is a retrospective account of working with team leads, project managers, and a client, on the most challenging technical refactor I have ever worked on. Though I write this as a developer, my hope is that this will be useful for individuals in any role or level who…

Every web developer should enjoy this (and if you’re not a web develop, skip it):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE9W9Ghe4Jk

Shipping a button in 2026…

YouTube

A belated recap for #ffconf 2025 🍦❤️ With many thanks to the organizers who made it possible.

Next up: State of the Browser 2026. See you tomorrow!

https://maureenholland.ca/magpie/ffconf-2025

Magpie | ffconf 2025

All conferences should have an ice cream break before the final block of talks. I mean, I had a lot of takeaways from ffconf 2025, but that feels like the headliner.

@spydergrrl Know when CanUX will be in 2026 yet?
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