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  • “use it or be left behind”

    A clip of an OpenAI chart for "tokens processed". The data starts in May and ends at the end of July. It shows a massive drop around June 7

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  • surely the most shameful of labels to have

    A clip of a bluesky label that reads: "User - Frequent AI Imagery"

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  • @csswizardry.com got me with a nerd snipe, so I tidied up @piccalil.li's PWA stuff as a nice little Friday afternoon thing

    Install piccalil.li today!

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  • I really like how @simplebits.com operates

    simplebits.com

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  • yOu'Re aBsolUteLy rIgHt

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  • remembering the good old discourse days

    A cartoon metronome. On one side it says "Should designers code?" and on the other, "is CSS a programming language"

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  • @wil.to's draft for his newsletter, GOING OUT LATER, sums up AI stuff incredibly well in the Q&A

    Sign up to get it piccalil.li/javascript-f...

    How does AI impact the course? How is JS knowledge going to remain useful in this AI world and how does this course play into that? First and foremost: it isn't involved in the creation of the course, full stop. I can't claim to know the future any more than anyone else, but I *can* tell you what I worry about; I'm great at that. I worry that increased reliance on these tools will eventually do away with the most frustrating part of the process of learning JavaScript: actually learning how JavaScript works. We can pretty easily recognize the output of these tools as "minimally viable" — a convenience for producing prototypes, or a way of abstracting away some of the day-to-day repetition of our work. The results of those tools still need *considerable* oversight from someone with enough experience to recognize the potential failings of that output. By abstracting away the frustrating parts of our work, you might never gain the real-world experience you would need to provide that oversight, and without that, well — anyone can press a "generate some JavaScript" button. Why should it be you? The ability to type fast has never been the mark of a strong developer, and that's certainly not our *value*. A developer's value, as a professional, is in their ability to solve problems in measured, performant, reliable, and forward-thinking ways. *Experience* is what makes a great JavaScript developer, not the volume of their output. I can't say where the field of JavaScript development is headed, but I know this much: there will always be value in skill and experience. I don't do push-ups because I like to do them; I do them to get stronger. I wouldn't say I'm writing this course out of spite — not exactly — but I'll say this much without a moment's hesitation: I'm here to help you learn JavaScript, because I want to help you get stronger, more experienced, more knowledgeable, more skilled, more *valued*. That's what I want for you, and for us, as an industry.

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  • i do far to much maths every day for someone who only wanted to do arts and music

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  • is the for you feed a new thing? p good tbh

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  • I'm making a little internal dashboard and all I added was picocss.com with my semantic HTML and it looks just right.

    Very handy tool.

    (obvs i'm not gonna show you the dashboard for legal reasons etc)

    Open graph image for Pico CSS • Minimal CSS Framework for semantic HTML

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  • forcing mat to talk about his judge judy appearance https://www.twitch.tv/wiltostreams

    Open graph image for WiltoStreams - Twitch

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  • I'll be honest, when I see a great article and it's got AI-generated images, I wont share it

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  • tried stripe's llm thing on their own docs site and it was just…wrong

    what's the point

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  • For friends in later timezones: pre-orders for JavaScript for Everyone are available now.

    Get a pre-order copy for £149, saving £100 off the full price of £249 for two weeks only.

    Pre-orders close again after August 26, 2025.

    https://piccalilli.link/js4e-pre-order-launch-bluesky-afternoon.

    Open graph image for JavaScript for Everyone

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  • you can just wear crocs all the time

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  • the "developers embrace AI or get out" rhetoric is so weak

    produce a product that's actually good and ethical then maybe we'll be more on board

    sure some devs are finding AI useful, but using it to gate keep? nah man

    find another way to make the needle move, bro

    Open graph image for GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out.

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  • make the graph go up tho eh?

    more of this stuff coming as AI breaks containment from the tech enthusiasts https://www.404media.co/guy-gives-himself-19th-century-psychiatric-illness-after-consulting-with-chatgpt/.

    Open graph image for Guy Gives Himself 19th Century Psychiatric Illness After Consulting With ChatGPT

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  • trust me, no one wants search on piccalil.li more than me

    An arc search modal where I'm searching for "piccalil.li logical properties" showing a duck duck go result and a link to the piccalilli article

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  • ur LLM when you ask it to write CSS

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  • writing an article on css centering

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