Notices by Large Heydon Collider (heydon@front-end.social)

📢 I have a big anouncement to make 📢

https://briefs.video/videos/introducing-webbed-sites/

The reason it's considered (by many) acceptable to churn/sling/vibe code using AI is largely due to how we frame development in respect to design. We consider design thinking as both innately human and a non-technical code-free occupation. We think of developers as machines who only encode design.

If developers get replaced by AI, it's only because we dehumanised them already. And the development itself *will* get worse. Because the best developers actually think deeply about their work.

Bluesky has perfected being Twitter.

It's concerning to me that this """ethical dilemma""" comes up so frequently regarding self-driving cars. Does self-driving mean *never slows or stops*? Are self-driving cars all designed after the bus in Speed?

"This AI output is highly inaccurate."
"Nah, you're just prompting it wrong."
"How do I go about prompting it the right way?"
"You really need to know the subject you're asking about. Then you can help it avoid making mistakes."
"If I know the subject deeply myself, why am I asking an AI about it?"
"It helps to train the AI."

📝 New Blog Post: Poisoning Well

I have started publishing nonsense content on my blog, to hopefully mess with LLM crawlers.

Here is the article, all about it: https://heydonworks.com/article/poisoning-well/

And here is the nonsense companion article, all about whatever: https://heydonworks.com/nonsense/poisoning-well/

When you find out Sebastian Coe is a massive transphobe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3uLA0NuPl8

I am 43 today. My wish is for everyone to reply with a new conjugation of the word “cunt”.

I’ll start us off:

— cuntesque
— cuntible
— ...

📼 Why Is Everything Binary?

The latest briefs.video.

https://briefs.video/videos/why-is-everything-binary/

@sam no pressure https://webbed-briefs.teemill.com/product/you-would-not/

It's only just sinking in there's a social media platform called Truth Social where sharing is "re-truthing". Feels too stupid to be real.

Another satisfied customer.

@joachim dungarees are cool too! Will merge that PR tomorrow, thanks again.

Not sure what agender fashion is but I had a sudden hankering to own a boilersuit.

From the people who brought you React. https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/113790220085063594

@joachim @notabene @ffoodd @HTeuMeuLeu You are a treasure! Just to note that I'm still refining some wording. I'll notify you of any further changes.

Would the ability to sign this, like as a manifesto, be of any help? Thinking it might add weight if referring to it during negotiations.

I've drawn up a set of principles for approaching web accessibility. I hope they help to frame your work as we enter 2025. https://github.com/Heydon/principles-of-web-accessibility

I've adopted an approach to life which boils down to "what can I do today that will help me sleep better tonight?"

It can be physiological stuff like absorbing some sunlight or getting some exercise, or it can be getting peace of mind (ticking off a dreaded errand or taking a step towards a longer-term goal). So long as I do some of this shit I might actually sleep through these long fucking winter nights.

I am available for new contract work.

I have 20+ years 😩 experience in web design and development and I’m still learning. I have written courses and books that have influenced interface design across the industry. I love prototyping, writing documentation, creative coding, and I do everything with accessibility and inclusion in mind.

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