David BushellMore Front-end Bloggers4 min read
Friendship ended with Deno, now Node is my best friend
It’s finally time I go crawling back to Node! I’ve been using Node heavily this month on a SvelteKit client project. When did Node get so good‽ Deno has been my go-to runtime for so long I forgot how to Node. Now I’m back, I find all the ECMAScript† sugar is supported and the old annoying APIs have […]
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Shin honkaku
Shin honkaku is a sub-genre of Japanese detection fiction — and my new obsession! I’ve even designed my own book cover, scroll down to see… An intro to the genre “Shin honkaku” translates to “new orthodox” and pays homage to classic western authors of the early 20th century such as Poe, Queen, Van […]
David BushellMore Front-end Bloggers2 min read
Leaving them behind
Quick note before we begin: this is the first of two posts I’m publishing today. You’re welcome to skip ahead to: Shin honkaku — it’s far more fun! I’ve waited long enough! I’ve entertained one “wait six months” too many! The TL;DR for my updated AI policy has changed: The absolute vileness of the […]
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Removing the fancy button
My blog is standard.site ready but I’m pausing full integration for now. I desperately wanted the fancy button but after its novelty wore off I’ve accepted the truth. The Bluesky button is bad UX. This has been widely complained about from day one. The problem is obvious for Bluesky users. […]
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I said no and Apple said yes
The nice thing about keeping a blog is that I can say at precisely 9:51am, Wednesday 5th February 2025, I discovered that macOS 15.3 had enabled a feature that was phoning home every 15 minutes with personal data. And that I said “no” and turned it off. […]
David BushellMore Front-end Bloggers3 min read
“Programming” monitor
I’ve been rocking an LG monitor that has noticeable burn-in. The old dog takes a while to flicker into life too. I’ve had it around eight years (the Dell before it lasted ten). I think the monitor is too dumb to be spying on me but I’m due an upgrade anyway. […]
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RSS Club #009: Domains
This is an RSS-only post, thank you for subscribing :) I keep buying domains! When will I ever learn? Domain prices are increasing (again) because why wouldn’t they? Sub-domains are free! Host your side project on a sub-domain! Then if you get bored, who cares? […]
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CodePen: exposed!
I promise this post is not merely a comment on a Hacker News submission because good lord that would be desperate but that is where I’m starting: “They send all typed into editor input to codepen.dev almost immediately (you would see in 1-2 sec after you typed your secret that it appears in […]
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Abattoirs of taste
I keep hearing this damned word pop up and it’s starting to annoy me. It’s fast-tracking its way to becoming the free space on buzzword bingo for magic 8 ball enjoyers. That word is “taste”. I’ll try to define “taste” in the context that prompt engineers — or whatever they’re calling themselves […]
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Plagiarism ain’t cool bro :(
It’s not every day I read an email subject that makes my heart sink, only to find myself laughing out loud. Today I was told someone plagiarised my website! The snitch lol informant wishes to remain anonymous (they’ve obviously read my blog!) I wasn’t sure how to deal with this situation. […]