No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious - Ted Chiang [link]
Ted Chiang argues that AI is not conscious, comparing text to deepfake media and warning against anthropomorphism.
Remy Sharp, Brighton-based developer and founder of Left Logic, shares insights on web development, coding, business, and personal projects.
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Ted Chiang argues that AI is not conscious, comparing text to deepfake media and warning against anthropomorphism.
A blog post discussing the use of Standard.site to enrich social cards on websites, with reflections on UI size and web development trends.
A developer accidentally breaks their newsletter delivery by misconfiguring DMARC, causing a 3% open rate.
A developer recounts creating a Game Boy game over 30 years, using AI coding tools like Claude Code without writing code, reflecting on tech evolution.
Explores the anti-pattern of using HTML popover for modals, highlighting focus and click-through issues.
Learn about the $$$ function in devtools to query through the shadow DOM for easier debugging and element selection.
A blog post sharing lesser-known macOS apps for productivity, including notification management, screenshot tools, and more.
Troubleshooting slow Mac network speeds caused by Apple's AWDL feature and DFS channel conflicts.
A developer's personal recap and key takeaways from attending the State of the Browser and Web Day Out tech conferences.
A developer shares a custom Git alias to quickly list the most recently worked-on local branches, helping track workflow across multiple branches.
Explains how to use the CSS `text-size-adjust` property to respect user's system font scaling for better web accessibility.
A detailed post-mortem of a major JS Bin outage, covering root causes like CloudFlare issues, server overload, and lessons learned.
A developer shares a list of outdated JavaScript and CSS tricks they've removed from their code, including performance hacks and modern alternatives.
A blog post discussing the Advent of Code programming challenge, its recent changes, and a suggestion to use it for learning or experimenting with AI.
A developer's personal experiment with AI-driven software development using local LLMs, detailing setup, challenges, and initial impressions.
A personal reflection on the talks and themes at FFConf 2025, covering diversity, privacy, web components, and AI in web development.
A guide on using Docker to create a secure sandbox environment for running command-line AI tools, with practical examples.
A guide to enabling syntax highlighting and Prettier formatting for HTML templates inside JavaScript web components using a specific VS Code comment.
Automerge is a local-first sync engine for building collaborative, offline-capable applications, preventing data conflicts.
The evolution of FFConf from a pure JavaScript conference to a broader web development event focused on ethics, community, and personal growth.