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Imoptimal

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Small business website expert | I help small businesses create & manage their website in a way that increases profits and reduces stress | Schedule a free consultation on my website.

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collinsworth, to random
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New post, kind of weirdly personal-feeling one. I don't know if it'll land with you, but I hope it at least gives you something to consider.

https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/devaluing-frontend

Imoptimal,
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@collinsworth

Probably the rise of tools that offer easy drag and drop for anyone to use, thinking that the point of a website is just to look nice on the first glance.

skc, to random
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Seriously wish people would report to plugin devs before .org plugins team for a security issue on a plugin. One fix requires a complete refactor to pass all of standards checks of modern plugin requirements and that may kill one of my older plugins as I just don’t have a time for that right now.

Imoptimal,
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@skc

That's unfortunate.

But if it's not profitable, and you have no time to attend to it, let it go... it will open free space for new opportunities.

Imoptimal,
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@skc

It's never easy to let go something you've built and feel proud of, but the harsh reality is that no software lives forever, even with the best intentions.

Imoptimal, (edited ) to Hrvatska
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Know and the unknown... :underheart:

1/2

slightlyoff, to random
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Apple blinked, but that doesn't mean they aren't still working overtly and in the shadows to hold the web back.

So, SO much more to do, but this is an incredible moment and one to celebrate. Amazing work from @owa and friends:

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apple-backs-off-killing-web-apps/

Imoptimal,
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@slightlyoff @owa

What do you expect from a company that has built it's fortune on exclusivity?

I think was always overpriced, and the best thing you can do is to use and support .

Imoptimal,
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@DevWouter @slightlyoff @owa

is far from being innocent, but is there a viable third option?

I tried to find alternative mobile OS, still nothing worth mentioning.

Imoptimal, to Cats
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:underheart:

Green t-shirts with a cat theme, in the window of a clothing store.

pointlessone, to mastodon
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The latest drama is that Automattic is about to sign a deal with OpenAI to train AI on WordPress.com and Tumblr content.

Everyone’s got very angry about it. Everyone also conveniently forgot to even mention that OpenAI probably already had crawled most if not all of WP and Tumbler.

Automattic also allows users to opt out and that fueled the Opt Out/Consent discussion that started a bit earlier. I’ll get to it later.

Just the day before (or it feels like it) Google signed a deal with Reddit to get all the data to train their AI.

Everyone’s got very angry about it. Everyone also conveniently forgot to even mention that Google of all corps probably already had crawled most if not all of Reddit. The $60M Google paid is a convenience fee to get a nice db bump instead of having to scrap and clean up all that text.

Reddit doesn't let user to Opt Out.

Last week (or it feels like it) one guy wanted to bridge public toots from Mastodon to bluesky.

Everyone’s got very angry about it. Everyone also conveniently forgot to even mention that people could read those toots just using a different client or a browser. All the bridge did was bring toots to a different audience and allowed them to engage with those toots.

The bride also allows people to opt out and that rekindled the Opt Out/Consent discussion that started a bit earlier. I’ll get to it later.

Some time last year a guy built a Fediverse search engine because discovery between instances is terrible.

Everyone’s got very angry about it. Everyone also conveniently forgot to even mention that most toots are indexed by big search engines anyway but because they rank low they just rarely surface in the results.

The search engine also allowed people to opt out and that kinda started the Opt Out/Consent discussion. I’ll get to it in a bit.

Some time later a completely unrelated thing happened. Discord decided that they won’t let people hotlink images uploaded to Discord.

Everyone’s got very angry about it. But also this time people didn’t forget to mention that you shouldn’t use discord for anything you don’t want to lose. Thing like lore, documentation and basically anything that can be useful 5 minutes after it was said better be somewhere else. The reason is Discord servers are private in the sense that you have to use a specific piece of software with an account to access it. Anything posted there is not accessible outside, including through a search engine.

While all this was going on quite a few people in seemingly unrelated fashion were expressing dissatisfaction with interactions they were having on Mastodon. Specifically they were angry about certain types of replies they were getting. The replies were not threatening or insulting but they were not welcome in a way that I’m having trouble articulating. The most common case I saw is someone would post something open-ended or state a problem they have and they would get a bunch of suggestions how to possibly solve it or people sharing their experience either affirming the problem or otherwise.

Some people got very angry about this. They also conveniently forgot to even notice that this is a non-standard arrangement and they want to Opt Out of the more common case provided by the platform.

So finally we’re at the Opt Out. There’s a lot of different takes but the main thrust is that things should be Opt In instead of the other way around. And I agree. Where I don’t agree is that you all Opt In when you post stuff publicly on the internet. Once you do you set your thing free into the world. You resign control over it. You do not expect to opt in to every single read on your blog. If you want to control who access what you write you don’t post it on the internet in public, you send it in private. Consequently you do not retroactively revoke access. You all know that internet never forgets. You can’t unpublished things on the internet. It was already copied, screenshotted, and archived. And you didn’t know what happens to it unless you’re told.

Public stuff on the internet is public.

Imoptimal, (edited )
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@pointlessone

You're not an exclusive owner of anything you posted publicly online.

The only thing you own is your credibility and knowledge/skills. AI won't ever be able to take that away, even if it learns to fabricate a similar content to yours.

I don't see any issue - you get what you asked for by using those for-profit platforms (users come second, if at all).

chriscoyier, to random
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Where I’m at on the whole CSS-Tricks thing: https://chriscoyier.net/2024/02/28/where-im-at-on-the-whole-css-tricks-thing/

Imoptimal,
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@mdavis @chriscoyier

Still use it for CSS flexbox overview, so there's evergreen content relevant for years to come.

sldrant, to random
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Dog back from surgery last night and seems to be happier now. She finally found a sock to eat which was too big to pass. 4 figure vet bill is tough to swallow too.

Imoptimal,
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@sldrant

Glad to hear it went well, regardless of the bill.

collinsworth, to random
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Just realized it's been several weeks since I've seen somebody answer an online question with "I asked ChatGPT, and it said...," which I'll take as a generally positive sign.

Imoptimal,
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@collinsworth

Let's be fair - it helps with short code snippets (takes less time than googling), but if one doesn't have enough knowledge to read and adjust it - it's pure trash.

collinsworth, to random
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Serious question: do all programming languages get made fun of? Or is it only certain ones?

I'm realizing JavaScript, PHP, and CSS are pretty commonly the butt of programming humor. But to the best of my knowledge, I have literally never seen a joke or meme about Python, Ruby, Rust, Go, barely even Java.

Is this because I don't operate in those circles? Do I just see the languages I'm close to?

Or is it just fashionable to make fun of certain languages and not others?

Imoptimal,
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@collinsworth

Maybe because those web technologies are ever present in the daily lives of most people, so their flaws pop-up more often to anyone remotely familiar with programming.

arnan, to wordpress

No more jQuery required for clicktracking. Update today!

https://ajdg.solutions/blog/adrotate-banner-manager-5-12-8-first-update-of-the-year/

Imoptimal,
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@arnan

Nice, the less dependencies the better.

I love modern vanilla JS - it can do so much nowadays.

Imoptimal, to random
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:underheart:

A white flower bush with a magnificent scent, close-up.

arnan, to motorcycles

Izamal in Yucatan Mexico.

Imoptimal,
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@arnan

Really good photos - beautiful buildings and the weather.

How do you stay focused on work when it's so nice outside?

Imoptimal,
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@arnan

Smart choice.

iamfran, to random
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✍️Design is not my passion

Something it took me way too long to realise, even if deep down I always knew it.

Doesn't mean it's not what I want to do for a living, but it definitely isn't what I want to live for.

My longest article to date, for a reason.

https://iamfran.com/archives/design-is-not-my-passion

Imoptimal,
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@iamfran

That's a bold and brave statement.

One should always try to find balance between work and everything else in their life - that's the healthiest approach, regardless of the passion.

mandrasch, to CSS
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Devtools: "Animations: Inspect and modify CSS animation effects" 😮 🤩 👏 https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/css/animations #css #webdev #animations

Imoptimal,
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@mandrasch

Yeah, it's amazing what can be done in modern web development, using simple native tools.

Yet, just because you can add a lot, doesn't mean you should - animations could be tricky when it comes to #webAccessibility.

Imoptimal, to Hrvatska
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I feel like a ... :underheart:

A bunch of sparrows in the front yard, playing in front of my window, because I'm a Disney princess!

Imoptimal, to Cats
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:underheart:

Imoptimal, to Hrvatska
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:underheart:

Cat face on the coffee with milk.

Imoptimal, to Hrvatska
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War is never the answer...

:underheart:

A monument dedicated to Holocaust, on the main train station in Zagreb. It's shaped like a stack of suitcases.

Imoptimal, to Cats
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:underheart:

Fluffy long hair brown tabby cat, napping in a green box on a window.

Imoptimal, to animals
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If it's not still obvious that I'm obsessed with , here's a thread where I'll post photos of random cats I've taken throughout my journey called life...

1/:blobcat:

Imoptimal,
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38/:blobcat:

Imoptimal,
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39/:blobcat:

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