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And yes, I know I keep posting this and no one ever plays it. But the IDEA that you can store state/data in a URL is really flipping cool.

I’m listening to the Vergecast with the guy who made the tiny office suite with data in the URLs:

“why don’t we make more things like this … this kind of play was pricey before AI. It’s hard to make stuff like this.”

Err. No? Why is a static-hosted web app with no backend “hard” and “pricey”?

I’ve been thinking about simple, low-infrastructure, low-dependency, privacy-friendly, ad-free, fast, friendly web apps for years.

It’s not hard or expensive. It’s just not profitable. So no one other than hobbyists does it.

Again… here’s flippin junk-free Words With Friends: https://words.pico.games/ !!

Hell yes!!!

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:noip2mnj36qtkmsulke7tv3b/post/3mytrk4ks3c2v

Pffft. People saying they’re welling up with tears at a 3 minute game trailer.

What is this thing.

Hmm…

Some art thing.

Oh…

Oh right… a weird fish drawing thing.

OH…

Hang on…

🥲

(What is this emotional magic??)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z-NTmezsVds

For FREE? Go get this web people.

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:f64vb5rx6mqokvtn3gbgtnkv/post/3myu6cwakpc2r

Puzzmo’s card games are so good.

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:p5ode5bkf6vjtt6ahtssuxui/post/3mysf3h5dsk25

Does anyone I know use a buckwheat husk pillow? I’ve heard good things about them in the past. Wondering if I should try one.

This is amazing news. Well done Geoff!!

https://mastodon.social/@csstricks/117507965781292746

Missed some #thankYouToday’s as I was off on a little mini break with my in-laws. Who are kind and generous and welcoming and brilliant people who I live dearly. So thank you for them.

If you’re in the south of the UK, Bletchley Park really is a superb museum. Recommended. We keep going back for more.

https://twit.social/@gilester45/117497351133083096

So weird being a subject matter expert on the topic that’s top of the headline national news! 🤓

Man, I’m glad I don’t host websites for other people anymore more.

#thankYouToday for rain. Blessed, wonderful rain. We need it. And I like it. For now at least.

#thankYouToday for the cute babies that a couple of friends of ours have. We are well past the stage of life where friends are getting married & having kids. But we know some younger people who had kids recently. And these two are adorable.

I’m not broody! My two are perfect and very much enough!!!

Having fun reading and writing today.

LLMs are not just machines. They are machine-building machines! This comes with way more responsibility. And understanding it may change how you use them.

https://rosswintle.uk/2026/10/llms-are-not-like-manufacturing-machines/

This was very much inspired by “The Decoherence Trap”, which is a most excellent piece of thinking, writing and design by Kristen Maevyn

https://maevyn.codes/decoherence

I’m pretty proud of some of the writing I’ve done over the years. It’s time to start re-posting some of it where they are still – perhaps more so! – relevant.

In this post I argue that “People might not be dying at the hands of your if statements, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t care.”

https://rosswintle.uk/2019/01/not-all-software-development-processes-are-equal/

I’m not really one to make predictions about tech. Mostly because I’m not a regular tech user.

BUT! Of the things I’ve made predictions about – publicly or not – I can only think of 1 that I got wrong.

Years ago, I thought having a camera inside a mobile phone was stupid & no one would want it! 🤦