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Makes me want to code up a quick PWA for location getting and conversion. 🤔

The linked post is worth a read. W3W seems so good on the surface, but dig a little and it’s really not.

There are better alternatives:

Open Location Codes (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Location_Code) are implemented by Google as Plus Codes (https://maps.google.com/pluscodes/)

And if you’re in the UK there is a free Ordnance Survey locator app (App Store: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/os-locate/id810024913)
https://mastodon.green/@Philsturgeon/114360649451117125

Highly inspired by @samwho.dev’s work.

Was reminded of my 161% nerdy and totally over-the-top write up of the static-hosted, “serverless” 2-player scramble game I made.

Binary encodings ahoy!!!

(I, like, literally can’t believe I did so much thinking and wrote so many words about “minimal Scrabble game encodings”. 🤣)

https://rosswintle.uk/2024/04/static-not-scrabble/

Game (Free! No login!!):

https://words.pico.games/

After hearing this I’m revisiting the epic email I sent about my care when I had appendicitis.

It’s almost comically funny in hindsight. But actually life-and-death serious.

I KNOW the health system is under great strain. I have utmost respect for everyone on the front line. But really, just understanding patients points of view better would help so much.

If you’ve ever had a bad healthcare experience, and in particular (but not exclusively) if you are neurodivergent, this podcast is worth a listen. It will make you feel validated. And it’s full of tips for how to get good care.

Helen’s not here, but THANK YOU FOR THIS WHOLE SERIES!!!

https://pca.st/episode/ee92a0c8-8f87-4ed2-aaff-fe20df7fdb3c

So the stuff about LLMs hallucinating dependencies is such a prime example of where GenAI’s non-determinism falls horribly flat. A vastly more complicated and resource hungry way of doing it wrong.

I am convinced that there are better ways to speed up coding than this.

Hang on. Hang on. Y’all have TALKING PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS???

What do they normally say???

https://www.theverge.com/news/647830/crosswalk-hack-musk-zuckerberg-voices-california

If anyone is wondering what this is, it's my browser extension that adds a command palette to any WordPress site that you log in to.

https://turbo-admin.com/

And if you're wondering why this might be hard, it's because it's a browser extension and therefore 100% JavaScript, front-end code. No knowledge of the back-end at all.

Have been sat in bed today feeling poorly. So got back to hacking on Turbo Admin.

They said it couldn't be done, but plugin install is now working great and lots of related multisite bugs fixed.

They also said integration with User Switching couldn't be done. But it really wasn't too hard.

No mouses were harmed, or even used, in the recording of this video.

@ivory Ivory on MacOS (v2.3.3) keeps resetting me to a single huge column. I usually have it on 3 columns. Is this a known issue?

Frick. This is amazing! Turns photos – or your webcam – into ASCII.

https://editandmodify.xyz/tools/ASCII/ASCIIEditor.html

If you've not seen them before, these inclusion/accessibility posters from the UK Government are a really good reminder/reference and learning resource.

https://ukhomeoffice.github.io/accessibility-posters/posters/accessibility-posters.pdf

#bookmarks

I don't know how to describe this. A… no-code, drag and drop web page builder that looks like it's time travelled from 1990?

Wild.

Fun.

Amazing.

https://hotglue.me/

#bookmarks

Datastar is an interesting looking JavaScript interactivity framework that I came across recently. Like AlpineJS or HTMX, ish.

Not tried it, but looks interesting.

https://data-star.dev/

#bookmarks

Yes, I'm bookmarking open tabs again. It's my mindfulness. 🧘🏻

I'm not even sharing that many. I'm an absolute bookmark hoarder!!

I'll get these on my website at some point. They're already synced. Just not displayed.

You can mute me for 30 mins if you like.

Here's a big list of free programming/coding books. Amazing stuff.

https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books?tab=readme-ov-file

#bookmarks

A super article on traits of good software developers.

https://endler.dev/2025/best-programmers/

#bookmarks

This is such a great tool. A web-based file converter backed by ffmpeg and other stuff, presumably using WASM.

https://howtoconvert.co/

#bookmarks

PSA for command-line folks on a Mac:

In MacOS 15.x (Sequoia) they have replaced regular rsync with openrsync for licensing reasons.

And it's mostly the same, but there are TINY cases where it isn't compatible.

And yes, I found this out the hard way at work today!!!