Piccalilli

High quality, approachable and transferable content from people with decades of elite industry experience.

Website: https://piccalil.li

Public Key

npub16cx2w5aazfs5lg2dx70jx83kpn8r94xlygkak98gkq5znmqt7alq0n2vq4

NIP-05 Address

[email protected]

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsdvr982w73yc2059xn08errcmqen3j6n0jytwmzn5tq2pfas9lwlspzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejszrthwden5te0dehhxtnvdakqfytjvf

Publishing to

nostr.wine

nos.lol

relay.damus.io

Author Public Key

npub16cx2w5aazfs5lg2dx70jx83kpn8r94xlygkak98gkq5znmqt7alq0n2vq4

Show more details

Last Notes

2026-06-26 13:02:08 UTC

Beautifully illustrated guides on how stuff works, by mechanical engineer and artist, Bryan Macomber.
https://mechanical-pencil.com/

2026-04-20 13:02:13 UTC

Need to procedurally generate trees? Don't slop it and use this tool instead.
https://www.eztree.dev/

2026-04-09 15:01:55 UTC

A great reminder for us all. Don't get nostalgic and get surfing instead.
https://tylergaw.com/blog/the-old-internet-is-still-here/

2026-04-06 15:02:20 UTC

Extremely addictive. Extremely frustrating. Good fun though!
https://100jumps.org/play/

2026-04-02 13:05:52 UTC

A quick guide to creating syndication feeds
RSS and syndication are the backbone of the web and have outlived many cycles of the tech industry. There's never been a better time to properly syndicate your content either, so Declan is here to give you a high level tour of your options.
https://piccalil.li/blog/a-quick-guide-to-creating-syndication-feeds/

2026-04-01 15:01:50 UTC

Sorry to add more horror to our already horrifying industry at the moment, but this is important to make people aware of!
https://trysound.io/try-not-to-get-scammed-while-looking-for-work/

2026-03-12 15:00:53 UTC

Just a reminder, we're knocking 20% off all courses throughout March.
Use code NEXTLEVEL to save 20% and get some high quality education, written by humans *for* humans.
PPP discounts also available.
piccalil.li/courses
https://cdn.masto.host/frontendsocial/media_attachments/files/116/216/800/905/300/207/original/e8b645d0f851a23c.png

2025-12-15 16:01:02 UTC

This is very good.
https://rubber-ai.davidfitz.dev/

2025-11-28 09:13:21 UTC

The entire “Asynchronous JavaScript” module of JavaScript for Everyone is now free
This module has so far been one of the most useful to people taking JavaScript for Everyone, so we made it free so you can get an idea of how good Mat is at teaching JavaScript. Maybe it’ll convince you to get the whole course 👀
https://piccalil.li/links/the-entire-asynchronous-javascript-module-of-javascript-for-everyone-is-now-free/

2025-11-26 09:44:27 UTC

One year of Complete CSS 🎉
https://mastodon.social/@belldotbz/115615346884691861

2025-11-06 14:01:42 UTC

One for the Sim City fans. This is so cool!
https://terra.layoutit.com

2025-10-14 08:21:48 UTC

It's here. JavaScript for Everyone is now available to…everyone!
The amount of effort and experience packed into this course is unbelievable and we know you're going to love it.
Get yours for £189, down from £249, for two weeks only and super-charge your career prospects.
https://piccalilli.link/js4e-launch-morning-mastodon

2025-10-10 13:03:59 UTC

Bluesky isn’t the exciting bit, it’s the AT Protocol, just like ActivityPub is more exciting than Mastodon. Dan breaks down what is exciting about AT Protocol with this great article.
https://overreacted.io/open-social/

2025-09-19 08:30:19 UTC

- reply

Thanks! You lose a lot in caching then though, which especially problematic for a site like ours that generally has multiple views per user, serving *a lot* of users.
Your approach is great for small, simple CSS codebases though, especially if you can get the CSS and HTML under the size of a HTTP packet

2025-09-11 15:07:22 UTC

Un-Sass'ing my CSS: compiling multiple CSS files into one
A couple of really solid ways of compiling/truncating your CSS
https://piccalil.li/links/un-sassing-my-css-compiling-multiple-css-files-into-one/

2025-08-29 15:02:25 UTC

Not to spoil the article, but HTML is a lot more powerful than you might give it credit for.
https://frontendmasters.com/blog/opening-a-details-element-from-the-url/

2025-08-28 11:06:37 UTC

Are people’s bosses really making them use AI tools?
Andy Bell had heard companies were forcing employees to use AI tools so spoke to developers to determine if that was the case and learned some horrors in the process.
https://piccalil.li/blog/are-peoples-bosses-really-making-them-use-ai/

2025-08-22 15:01:57 UTC

We wrote about Pico CSS this week and Mike responded with their own classless CSS framework. It’s very nice!
https://mikemai.net/mcss/

2025-08-19 15:04:05 UTC

"I don’t write these posts for VC-funded LLMs to come along and gobble up and produce some shitty facsimile, or summarise what I’m saying with none of the nuance or context on someone else’s website."
Same.
https://localghost.dev/blog/this-website-is-for-humans/

2025-08-15 13:01:04 UTC

Very useful for interview prep and for brushing up your CSS knowledge in general.
https://css-questions.com/

2025-07-17 09:05:47 UTC

Not only is this some great, user-centred design, but the website is absolutely stunning.
https://namesake.fyi/blog/new-namesake-app/

2025-06-17 11:04:06 UTC

We've launched a new page that outlines what we're trying to do with open working projects and importantly, *why* we're doing it.
This isn't the internet we want and we're going to do everything to make sure we're making things better, not chasing profit over anything.
https://piccalil.li/support-piccalilli/
https://cdn.masto.host/frontendsocial/media_attachments/files/114/698/370/541/236/519/original/0b09f2ebf857d116.mp4

2025-05-20 09:02:52 UTC

Some very handy CSS snippets here that could comfortably be dropped in most projects.
https://adactio.com/journal/21896

2025-05-13 12:02:58 UTC

We need your support to do free projects for good causes and publish free high quality education
We’re trying a rather radical new approach at Piccalilli by doing real world projects — for real clients — in the open. This gives us a context to provide genuine high quality, real world education for free at the point of entry.
https://piccalil.li/blog/we-need-your-support-to-do-free-projects-for-good-causes-and-publish-free-high-quality-education/

2025-04-03 09:00:09 UTC

"Additionally, Medium estimates that 47% of all content on their platform is AI-generated"
🫥
https://blog.cloudflare.com/ai-labyrinth/

2024-11-26 12:00:04 UTC

We're delighted to announce that Complete CSS by @npub1v5t…qtkq is now officially live!
Complete CSS has taken nearly a year to produce and finally, it’s available for a limited Black Friday launch price of £189
https://buff.ly/4d9gzSQ
https://cdn.masto.host/frontendsocial/media_attachments/files/113/549/141/736/662/508/original/93c40090083b0745.png

2024-10-08 13:21:24 UTC

When the gov.uk team offer a rundown like this, you have to read it because that team are some of the best in the business of great user experience.
https://piccalil.li/links/building-a-robust-frontend-using-progressive-enhancement/

2024-10-03 13:19:27 UTC

Kevin Andrews shares some useful snippets of markup with handy explainers to help you deliver more accessible components.
https://piccalil.li/blog/practical-accessibility-tips-you-can-apply-today/

2024-09-13 05:47:36 UTC

You just know Font Awesome teaming up with Eleventy is only going to do good things for the web
https://www.11ty.dev/blog/eleventy-font-awesome/

2024-09-10 12:26:18 UTC

The new upcoming CSS course by @npub1hus…7lpp is now taking pre-orders for a very limited period.
We guarantee, you won't be the same developer after completing this course and more than likely, it'll give you the skills to push your career to a level you never thought was reachable before.
https://piccalil.li/complete-css/

2024-09-10 08:12:30 UTC

Introducing Complete CSS: our first course by Andy Bell. Pre-orders are now open for a very limited period.
https://piccalil.li/blog/introducing-complete-css/

2024-08-26 13:28:41 UTC

Learn to write better, resilient CSS by helping the browser to make decisions for itself with the simple, composable layouts this book teaches you to read.
https://piccalil.li/links/every-layout/
#PiccalilliLinks

2024-08-14 10:50:25 UTC

The second part of the Piccalilli redesign article series where we cover the second half of our design process, getting ready to build it.
https://piccalil.li/blog/redesigning-piccalilli-the-second-part-of-the-design-process/

2024-08-12 10:10:10 UTC

An incredibly well articulated, informative and entertaining run-down of the mighty HTML anchor element.
https://piccalil.li/links/the-anchor-element/
#PiccalilliLinks

2024-08-08 10:05:33 UTC

Sticky position in CSS can be super awkward and low-key enraging to work with. There’s plenty of little things you have to account for which Kilian Valkhof outlines really well.
https://piccalil.li/links/getting-stuck-all-the-ways-position-sticky-can-fail/
#PiccalilliLinks

2024-07-31 08:13:28 UTC

It’s always safe to assume JavaScript will not be available, so here’s a quick list of very realistic reasons it won’t be.
https://piccalil.li/blog/a-handful-of-reasons-javascript-wont-be-available/