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πŸ’« I make a weekly web dev news show: The Callback 🌈 I lead DevX @ Prismic.io 🐴 Created Frontend.Horse πŸ’™ he/him trost.codes New Haven, CT

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Thanks for saying that! Glad it's not too terrible and should hopefully work.

06.03.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've avoided it for so long because it seemed like something forever outside of my wheelhouse. A five minute YouTube video later and it's not too bad.

06.03.2026 18:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

😧 That sounds PAINFUL. I accidentally touched part of the shaft when it was still heating up and learned a lesson quickly.

06.03.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A raspberry Pi Pico with soldered headers

A raspberry Pi Pico with soldered headers

Learned how to solder on my lunch break. It’s not pretty but I think it’ll hold.

06.03.2026 17:44 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

My thought was "Shaundai is already world class at too many things, surely she can't ALSO be world-class at CSS battling. No one is THAT perfect."

06.03.2026 17:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I could definitely see that. My final four is a super tough match up.

06.03.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, you're definitely right, there are going to be some big upsets. I'm curious if anyone's made a perfect bracket. @tolin.ski have you released that info?

06.03.2026 16:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

SORRY I STILL BELIEVE IN YOU <3

06.03.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic concept and execution. Y'all are crushing it over there.

06.03.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a-trost's Bracket | March Mad CSS Check out a-trost's bracket picks!

4/4 coming out of the first round.

madcss.com/bracket/a-tr...

06.03.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

I never got past the first horse boss guy. I got real close but never made it.

06.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Always a classic.

06.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
They hacked web fonts?
They hacked web fonts? YouTube video by Prismic

This week on The Callback:
- Cloudflare clones Next.js out of spite
- Anthropic's plunder gets plundered
- Chrome gets its fonts hacked
- And more!

Watch and laugh along on YouTube:
youtu.be/R34ifge0v-U

05.03.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Could not agree more.

05.03.2026 20:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hate coming back to video games months later only to forget what buttons to press. And I’m too deep into the game for tutorials or to start over.

05.03.2026 20:03 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1

Haha I'm glad you liked it! Thanks so much for watching!

05.03.2026 19:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I genuinely think this is my funniest and overall best episode in a while. I'm excited to see if you agree!

05.03.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
They hacked web fonts?
They hacked web fonts? YouTube video by Prismic

This week on The Callback:
- Cloudflare clones Next.js out of spite
- Anthropic's plunder gets plundered
- Chrome gets its fonts hacked
- And more!

Watch and laugh along on YouTube:
youtu.be/R34ifge0v-U

05.03.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh dang, good to know... I've kept them for about a month now since switching, but might hold onto them a bit longer to see if anything changes.

05.03.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I went with these and have been happy so far. Needed to reach a bit further in my house and these did the trick over the ~10 year old Google mesh ones.

www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKVDZXS...

05.03.2026 14:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent list

05.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Curling.

05.03.2026 14:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Three google mesh routers

Three google mesh routers

I upgraded my home WiFi and now have these three old google mesh routers. Any idea what I should do with them?

Would someone on Facebook marketplace take these? Also do I need to β€œwipe” them before handing them over?

05.03.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah these are some wonderful colors

05.03.2026 13:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
xkcd: npm edition

i saw the interactive xkcd on hackernews and decided to make it render a real npm graph

it uses webcontainers to `npm i {pkg}`, then renders the bricks based on the dep tree scaled by disk size

04.03.2026 16:17 πŸ‘ 94 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 6
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Good vibes, bad vendors AI coding works now. Here's how to think about it.

Here’s how I’ve been thinking about AI-assisted engineering / vibe coding: its pros and cons, the underlying power dynamics, and its implications. Please enjoy. Or please enjoy flaming me. One of the two. werd.io/good-vibes-b...

25.02.2026 12:24 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 7

Too spooky for work

04.03.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very valid question.

04.03.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Okay this is definitely the more urgent matter.

04.03.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The CSS Color SaddleBrown, #8B4513

The CSS Color SaddleBrown, #8B4513

SaddleBrown is where it's at, unsurprisingly.

04.03.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0