@jaredwhite Boycott ChatGPT ?

“Stage and screen legend Ian McKellen sits down for an extended conversation with Stephen Colbert about his long career as a performer, reprising his roles as Gandalf and Magneto in upcoming films, the unique joys of live theater, and the Shakespeare role he originated in the 1960s which resonates just as loudly today.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l2RqzVG4ag

How to Improve Your HTML Game:

On moving beyond unsystematic HTML by choosing a deliberate writing style, committing to validation, and regularly consulting the specification.

https://meiert.com/blog/improve-your-html-game/

#webdev #html

@nafnlj I'll have to share some of the "useful" AI spam I've been getting.. it's actually more intelligent sounding than many of the "human" comments 😅

It's a weird feeling deleting actually useful comment spam left by AI bots.

When a bug flies into my office

About the recent Notepad++ supply chain attack https://securelist.com/notepad-supply-chain-attack/118708/ #security

The new version of ZenPress is available (2.2.3) 😄

To make it easier for non-technical users to quickly set up effective and robust free caching plugins, I’ve added small buttons that apply an efficient configuration.

The cleaning of different caches is centralized in the admin bar.

And many other adjustments are available in the changelog: https://wordpress.org/plugins/zenpress/#developers

#wordpress #performance

Testing all of my plugins on #PHP 8.5 and #WordPress 7.0 (nightly). Zero issues so far just smooth sailing 😎

🔌 Plugin update! Simple Download Counter v2.3, features new Micro API and new shortcodes to display categories and multiple download links https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-download-counter/ #WordPress #plugin #free #opensource

🔌 Plugin update! Simple Login Notification v2.2, features option to exclude any users, adds "select all" checkbox utility, and improves email alerts https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-login-notification/ #WordPress #plugin #free #opensource

HTML Minifier Next 5, a Quick Upgrade Guide:

A checklist to work through the breaking changes of this major update.

https://meiert.com/blog/html-minifier-next-5/

#webdev #html #optimization

📻 I can't believe this needs to be said in the year of our blogs 2026, but if your "podcast" is just a YouTube channel with no way to subscribe elsewhere to an audio-only version, then you do not have a podcast.

Signal President Meredith Whittaker warns AI agents embedded in OSes are eroding end-to-end encryption's real-world security, despite its mathematical soundness. With root-like access to messages & data, they bypass E2EE isolation—urgent rethink needed! 🔒🤖❌
https://cyberinsider.com/signal-president-warns-ai-agents-are-making-encryption-irrelevant/

#AI #Privacy #Cybersecurity #Newz #Signal

One thing I've learned over the years. If you link to some article in your project, download a copy to your local machine. That way you can reference or recycle if it's ever taken offline.

@frontenddogma Excellent article thanks for sharing.

We’re Creating a Knowledge Collapse and No One’s Talking About It, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):

https://dev.to/dannwaneri/were-creating-a-knowledge-collapse-and-no-ones-talking-about-it-226d

#ai #documentation #learning #career

CSS in 2026: The New Features Reshaping Frontend Development, by @logrocket.bsky.social:

https://blog.logrocket.com/css-in-2026/

#css #functions

😎 Spent some quality time on this update for Contact Form X ⚡ Version 3.0 refactors all CSS/JavaScript, improves cookies, adds three custom fields (choose text, phone, radio, select, checkbox), and much more. Completely free and open source forever, get it @ https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-x/ #WordPress #plugin

Now Available: “On Web Development II”!:

A comprehensive ebook marking another 10 years of meiert.com, featuring 180 curated articles on web development from 2015 to 2025.

https://meiert.com/blog/on-web-development-2/

#books #webdev #html #css #management