"nobody should start a new project in the 2020s based on React. Full stop. … Client-side web development is perhaps best conceived of as influence-oriented programming. Once code has left the datacenter, all a web developer can do is send thoughts and prayers."
Infrequently Noted
If Not React, Then What? - Infrequently Noted
Frameworkism is now the dominant creed of today's frontend discourse, and it's bullshit. We owe it to ourselves and to our users to reject dogma an...
We had a family day out to Comicon. As is traditional, Mrs L went dressed as a lobster, and met many interesting people, including Jesus who ran up to ask for a selfie.
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Trump Guitars hit with cease and desist from Gibson over use of Les Paul body shape
Guitar World
Trump Guitars hit with cease and desist from Gibson over use of Les Paul body shape
Breaking: The patriotic line was launched as “the only guitar officially endorsed by President Donald J. Trump”, but Gibson says it inf...
 "The patriotic line was launched as β€œthe only guitar officially endorsed by President Donald J. Trump”, but Gibson says it infringes on its trademarks". As a Les Paul player, I hope they sue him for squillions.
The official "Bing Wallpaper app" does some nasty, malware-like things to Windows https://www.techspot.com/news/105673-official-bing-wallpaper-app-does-nasty-malware-like.html - "nasty tricks … which include trying to change the browser's settings and set Edge as the default system browser. If the default browser isn't Edge, the app will open the default browser after some time asking to enable the previously installed Microsoft Bing Search for Chrome extension." I'm shocked. SHOCKED I tell you. It's as if Microsoft don't want independent browsers fairly competing on Windows.
Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X
the Guardian
Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X
We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles
 " X is a toxic media platform and … its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse".