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Jbasoo

@Jbasoo@mastodon.social

Front-end dev. Enjoys nerdy stuff, cars, cooking, tinkering etc. UK based.

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si, to random
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Thoughts on Tailwind? I’ve been out the loop of CSS frameworks / design systems for a while and wondering what all the hype is about.

Jbasoo,
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@si People tend to be in 2 camps:

  1. Tailwind everything, vanilla CSS and preprocessing sucks
  2. Tailwind sucks, vanilla CSS and/or preprocess everything

Like most arguments on the internet, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. It's a top-tier utility library but trying to use utilities for everything (as Tailwind recommends) means you need to learn a new syntax for everything. It often doesn't support the more fun/complex CSS features or implements it in an extremely convoluted way.

bastianallgeier, to random
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I really love Laura Kampf’s videos and especially her house series. But I’m pretty sure when she’s done with the house she has replaced every tiny piece of it https://youtu.be/PIcft4sAtgc

Jbasoo,
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@bastianallgeier it's heartbreaking every time she finds something else that needs fixing

snazzyq, to random
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It’s always a sad day when you’re on a plane and you can’t get a full can of ginger ale because it’s not “free” but they also won’t let you buy one because it’s not a “premium” beverage. It’s the beverage of airborne kings and I would like to pay for the whole supply!

Jbasoo,
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@snazzyq I'm confused, they have it but won't let you buy it?

ianbetteridge, to random
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    Jbasoo,
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    @ianbetteridge @leftylabourtech It kind of makes my job making websites easier though. If something works in Chrome I know it'll work in Edge and a bunch of other browsers because they're all based on and contribute to Chromium. Safari is annoying because it's everywhere and almost aligned with the others but not quite. I'm sad at the decline of Firefox though, it's ok but often lagging behind on features and a bit quirky.

    Jbasoo,
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    @ianbetteridge @leftylabourtech yep! I'm torn between "competition combats monopolies" and "collaboration unifies"

    nzakas, to random
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    Since I need to completely reassemble my stationary monitor arm, I’m considering a new one.

    Can anyone recommend a VESA monitor arm that allows easy change in height (without tools involved)?

    Jbasoo,
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    @nzakas I have this one, there's a lot of a similar style. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08B8X4KBV?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

    Jbasoo,
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    @nmn @nzakas Yeah it can swing out behind and hit the wall if you're not careful when moving the monitor around but I don't have any issues with it. I only needed a couple of centimeters, which I need for cables anyway. If you offset the base a bit then the arm sits more sideways with the monitor in the center.

    jensimmons, to random
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    Are you excited about Nesting in CSS, now that it’s in both Safari and Chrome/Edge?

    How do you think your team will use it? When? How often? Or not?

    Jbasoo,
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    @jensimmons oh I'll use it all the time when it has enough support. It's the main thing that keeps me using a preprocessor.

    kushal, (edited ) to webdev
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    I have a page with 500+ <audio> tags, the src files are not loaded automatically preload="none". The page is super fast to load in a desktop browser, but not in any device. Any tips on what is happening and why?

    page size: 164KB

    Please toot for more reach.

    Jbasoo,
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    @kushal Can you check the network requests to see if Safari is respecting the preload setting? Preload is intended as a hint to the browser only so maybe Safari has some weird logic around what to load.

    Jbasoo,
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    @kushal oh, interesting. I wonder if the issue is network related or if it's just struggling rendering that many tags.

    Jbasoo,
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    @kushal @crschmidt in that case it might be a rendering issue. Could probably be confirmed by using the remote web inspector in desktop safari, hooking it up to a real device/emulator and checking the timeline.

    Solving that would be interesting though. Either adding pagination or doing some intersection observer magic to only write the tag when the user scrolls near the tag location.

    stephaniewalter, to webdev
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    Scoped CSS is Back: https://keithjgrant.com/posts/2023/04/scoped-css-is-back/
    We are getting scope to CSS and it’s going to be a game changer. You can test it in Chrome under a flag
    #CSS

    Jbasoo,
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    @stephaniewalter exciting!

    rem, to random
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    Pretty impressed as to how bad the onboarding experience with ID Mobile has been. Their live chat bot is trying to get my to cancel the plan when I'm asking to update my date of birth.

    Their support docs/site doesn't match the actual system (like phone support system).

    Started billing me 2 days ahead of delivering SIM.

    Create account, submit button doesn't work when 1password fills in pwd field.

    Love being this frustrated.

    Hope dob is the only problem!

    Jbasoo,
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    @rem Yikes, I was looking to switch but I guess I won't be going with them.

    Jbasoo, to random
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    I really hope US Mastodon gets as confused as US Twitter always used to for this year.

    thedextriarchy, to random

    OK I was wrong, I’m becoming an AI business comms accelerationist. Expose professional job lingo as the useless filler it is! Let people apply for jobs with “interested! 8 years exp”! If an AI can fill the rest out it was worthless information anyway!

    Jbasoo,
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    @thedextriarchy there was a meme circulating a while ago where person 1 used AI to turn a summary into an email and person 2 used AI to turn the email back into a summary. I can definitely see that happening.

    Jbasoo,
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    @thedextriarchy English language pleasantries are incredibly inefficient. I wonder if that's the kind of feature that's just unnecessary in some cultures.

    Jbasoo,
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    @thedextriarchy Yeah formal tone can be incredibly frustrating especially for those whose first language isn't English. My wife is Finnish and on the spectrum so the British style doesn't always click immediately 😅 She's much more direct. I guess AI conversation "decoding" might actually be helpful for some.

    Jbasoo,
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    @thedextriarchy Couldn't agree more. It almost feels like it's trying to address the human quirk of code-switching with a monetizable technological solution. Maybe helpful in some cases but it doesn't solve cultural friction.

    fringemagnet, to gaming

    The refresher dialogue you get in 'Return to Monkey Island' when coming back to the game after a couple of days of not playing, asking if you remember where you left off and giving you the option to get a brief reminder of the story so far and your current objectives, or just get right back into the game, is such a neat feature. More games should be doing this, please.

    #gaming #VideoGames #MonkeyIsland #ReturnToMonkeyIsland #adventuregame

    Jbasoo,
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    @fringemagnet I wish this was a thing in every game. I'm an adult who doesn't get to play that often and always forgets the controls!

    gadgetoid, to random
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    Measurements like “225ml of water” and “very large pinch of salt” just shouldn’t coexist in one set of instructions. Ever.

    Jbasoo,
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    @gadgetoid I agree in principle, but most people don't have a sensitive enough scale to measure a "pinch". I have one for baking and it's great but I don't imagine it's that common.

    matuzo, to random
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    After shitty Macedonian hotel WIFI, I'm now experiencing shitty WIFI at a camp site in Southern Greece. Don't you ever tell me again that performance optimisation isn't as important as it used to be.

    Jbasoo,
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    @matuzo i had that last week in rural Poland. Just gave up on using most sites as they were too slow.

    hdv, to random
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    Turns out I'll be joining CSS Day this year, this time to talk about ✨ popovers and dialogs ✨ https://cssday.nl/2023

    Jbasoo,
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    @hdv awesome! I'm looking forward to it

    davatron5000, to random
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    📝 I wrote about my love-hate relationship with the Hurdy-Gurdy (and software). https://daverupert.com/2023/05/hurdy-gurdy-software-engineer/

    Jbasoo,
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    @davatron5000 that's a heck of a metaphor and it makes perfect sense 😆

    bigzaphod, to random
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    Spent most of the afternoon playing Age of Empires 2 with my 9yo. I played on Xbox and he played on PC. Pretty fun! Brought back memories of when my brother and I would play AoE1 together back in the day.

    Jbasoo,
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    @bigzaphod I still remember some of the cheat codes for that 😆

    alexhern, to random
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    Hit the point in the last season of DS9 where the entire senior crew takes multiple days off shift to play a live event in a video game they enjoy

    Jbasoo,
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    @alexhern I really love the random low-stakes episodes like that. I wish they did more of those in modern Star Trek.

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