Notices by karolina (fox@front-end.social)

@anildash has been on absolute fire lately, but pickled brains absolutely sent me:

“ I talk to young founders these days and for them, there’s no other world than the Trump world. I ask them what inspired them to go into tech and they say they read Marc Andreessen’s manifesto, they read Peter Thiel’s books, and I think, “Oh, your brain’s cooked.” They come in pre-pickled. But everyone else who could have told an alternate narrative has been hounded out of the industry.”

https://sf.gazetteer.co/theyve-pickled-each-others-brains

If I get one more wrapped-like emails, I’m going to lose it

this website is exactly what the internet exists for. 💯 wholesome

https://neal.fun/size-of-life/

“Silicon Valley’s Authoritarian Tech Right is not theorizing this world. They are already building it.

Democracy persists as a legacy interface— maintained for stability, while being systematically hollowed out and replaced.”

https://www.authoritarian-stack.info/

spot on and no prisoners taken analysis on how apple leadership (cough, tim cook, cough) bent the knee to fascists by @anildash

https://www.anildash.com/2025/09/09/how-tim-cook-sold-out-steve-jobs/

@aesthr exactly like that

@cczona yep! seriously there's a subscription service to "share the bike with up to 5 people". kill me

@janl yep. i tried installing the app and it wouldn't let me connect to the bike unless he completely de-registered the bike from his account. then i found out their "subscription" where you "can share the bike with up to 5 people". seriously, end me

today in how capitalism ruined everything: I couldn’t use my dad’s e-bike because you need a SUBSCRIPTION TO SHARE A BIKE

fucking no notes

genuinely bemused as to why people still publish on medium

Consent is critical for the future of the web, and it’s now in high demand, as expertly described by @anildash.

It’s not accidental that white, privileged men, who run the tech industry, have so little regard for it.

In the context of feminist writing: they’ve never learned it. Everything was always for their taking; they felt entitled to women’s bodies, so why wouldn’t they feel entitled to everything else? Sky is the limit when you think you’re king.

https://www.anildash.com//2025/05/27/internet_of_consent/

@Ashedryden this was definitely invented in an all male suit meeting in which one of them said “the missus would love that”

“HTML is the most significant computing language ever developed. Underestimate it at your peril.”

I’ve been saying this for 10+ years and being endlessly mansplained by mediocre developers who will be receiving this pure gold article by @tim from now on.

https://www.wired.com/story/html-is-actually-a-programming-language-fight-me/

how do I even begin to explain that over a decade of devaluating design and frontend as disciplines coupled with the JavaScript frameworks pure disregard for the web platform resulted in absolute dogshit interfaces being the norm

“We could be choosing to create software that is local-first, more private, and more thoughtful. Still, we're choosing to build for the machine—not for each other.”

This analysis of current state of the design industry is spot on.

https://trends.uxdesign.cc/

This damning analysis of AI and it’s supposed potential of simplifying work/generating money for investors is so worth your time.

„All of this excitement, every second of breathless hype has been built on this idea that the artificial intelligence industry – led by generative AI – will somehow revolutionize everything from robotics to the supply chain, despite the fact that generative AI is not actually going to solve these problems because it isn't built to do so.”

https://www.wheresyoured.at/pop-culture/

„If nothing else, this illustrates the disconnect between those building AI systems, and how much (or, rather, how little) they understand the jobs they wish to eliminate. A little humility goes a long way.”

🔥

„The freelancers having their livelihoods replaced by bosses using generative AI aren't being "replaced" so much as they're being shown how little respect many bosses have for their craft, or for the customer it allegedly serves.”

👏🏻

📣 I'm looking for a new role! In case you don’t know me, I’m a designer, speaker, front-end dev & photographer with 15+ years of experience.

I’m after:

→ Senior+ level Product or Lead Designer roles
→ Remote (async) or Australian timezones
→ Full-time, but also open to part-time and consulting

Boosts very appreciated :blobcatheart: Looking forward to learning what’s out there!

Learn more about me here:

https://karolinaszczur.com/cv

#GetFediHired #FediHire #Design

2000s: can’t believe i have no space left on my hard drive to store my things
2010s: can’t believe i don’t need hard drive space because all my things are in the cloud
2020s: can’t believe all my things are used to train an ai without my consent, better store it on my hard drive

full circle strikes again