Ben Smith

Full stack web developer at Thuma. Passionate about accessibility, neovim, and coffee.

[wispem-wantex @wispem_wantex]

Incredible

[wispem-wantex @wispem_wantex]

"Large diffs are not shown by default" is an insane thing to say on a site whose main purpose is reading diffs

[htmx.org / CEO of decade old computers(same thing) @htmx_org]

we as an industry do a terrible job of capturing the workaday history of technology, focusing mostly on glorious futurism or hagiography about folks who were often just right-place-right-time

i'm hoping ken will turn this into a book!

[htmx.org / CEO of decade old computers(same thing) @htmx_org]

incredibly interesting first article in what i hope is a long series over his technical career from htmx discord member ken whitesell

https://t.co/YhpEksjq7G

[htmx.org / CEO of decade old computers(same thing) @htmx_org]

i use an iphone 12 mini w/40% battery capacity like the aristocrat that i am

[Thomas H. Ptacek @tqbf]

so we're keeping track, ai is forcing me to re-embrace tmux, markdown views, and FUCKING NROFF

[Will @hampsonw]

New Pi extension: pi-token-burden, a simple visualization tool for viewing how shamefully bloated you let your context window get before even starting your session.

pi install npm:pi-token-burden

https://t.co/rCNadEAJg7

for https://t.co/ttloinbJ4w by @badlogicgames

[Zack Korman @ZackKorman]

Vercel's "find-skills" skill will:
1. Recommend a skill with critical security findings.
2. Install that skill globally.

THEN tell you "btw that skill you just installed might've been malware".

[Ben Smith @smithbm2316]

@htmx_org …look like they were built in this decade and are bucking the trend of modern flat UI at the same time. i think a lot of average consumers would look at those 90s and 00s interfaces and gag at how out of date it looks (smh), no matter how much i disagree with that opinion

[Ben Smith @smithbm2316]

@htmx_org have you come across any newer stylesheets or sites that don’t subscribe to modern flat ui but aren’t just nostalgic re-implementations of interfaces from the 90s and 00s? don’t get me wrong, i love how those UIs looked, but i am curious if there are people building UIs that…

[Ben Smith @smithbm2316]

@htmx_org i have exclusively worked in the react/modern js ecosystem merry go round for my career and the fear to show a loading indicator when something is happening that all of these “modern” js frameworks have upsets me deeply to my core. the browser gives it to us FOR FREE 🫩

[Ben Smith @smithbm2316]

@gregwedow @htmx_org any chance you’d share some screenshots/links? i’m interested to see what you’ve cooked up! I’ve been a dark mode user for years because pure-white bgs are blinding to my eyes. i’ve found recently that gray bgs offer a nice text contrast while not being flashbangs to my retinas.

[Ben Smith @smithbm2316]

@rough__sea @simonw’s cli tool “llm” is probably close to what you are looking for! I have used it a decent amount in my exploration with terminal agents, link here:

https://t.co/YgJbOQwgva

[htmx.org / CEO of decade old computers(same thing) @htmx_org]

happy to report that @goodtweetsalex's & my paper "The Missing Mechanic: Behavioral Affordances as the Limiting Factor in Generalizing HTML Controls" has been accepted for the @ACMHT '25 Hypertext Conf in Chicago this September:

https://t.co/dosA0lbbcn

hope to see you there!

[htmx.org / CEO of decade old computers(same thing) @htmx_org]

MIKE AMUNDSEN IS TALKING GET IN HERE

https://t.co/g2FzJCPBAL

[Ben Smith @smithbm2316]

@neogoose_btw @usgraphics everything @usgraphics touches turns to gold, I also have been rocking the semi-condensed variant since v2 came out and it is just brilliant

[Dmitriy Kovalenko @neogoose_btw]

have to admit that new @usgraphics Berkeley Mono semi-condensed mode is a total banger.

I didn't know that I needed it until I tried so good

[Mitchell Hashimoto @mitchellh]

Ghostty on Reddit, there's a lesson in this. 🤣

"r/macOS": Neat, nice app. iTerm is nice too. I love choice.

"r/linux": arguments about what "native" means, angry they have to click one link to learn what it is, disappointed that another terminal exists, 50-comment discussion about GTK vs QT

[U.S. Graphics Company @usgraphics]

It is totally Official. We are now a sponsor of @htmx_org .

Utterly dependent on them. Hope to be an enterprise supporter one day! Please keep making amazing enterprise ready sofware like HTMX (sorry Intercooler.js)

Link in the comments to support them.