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Hair is no longer a priority

Mark's been on holiday and has learned lots about boundaries. Brendan believes humanity is beautiful and it sucks. And they both agree the Internet doesn't have enough lunch ladies. Alternative titles for this episode: * Passing as a solid head of hair * Humanity is beautiful and it

Flurry wants to be an app

If you’re going to read a book on positioning,  do so before you do a bunch of heavy development. Change log * Added an occurrence-detail view * Adds a similar view for past dates * Improved positioning of Save buttons * Added an API for event listings (more on that soon) Backlog * Putting

The system of social interactions

The boys discuss the latest Game Changer episode, and someone has a crush on Mark.

Nudging a user when they've strayed off the path

Don’t try and debug code when you’re already late for an appointment. It just leads to chasing your tail. The changelog * Added user onboarding * The new workflow system is live * Preflight event checklists are now a thing * Mark recorded a blasphemous TikTok pilot The backlog * Figuring out what’

Anyway, my shoes are racist

Mark is going into the Total Perspective Vortex, on his way to realising he’s hot shit. And Brendan is on the other side waiting for him. Links * You're It!, by Alan Watts

Mark still builds web apps like it's 2005

When it comes to WYSIWYG, you can probably ship a lot less code than you think. And Bleach is better than Markdown. The changelog * The checkout modal is done * Got the content block editor working * Frontend pages are atomic and sexy The backlog Mark wants to add calendar attachments to

How do you make a vegan eggs benedict?

Mark had an intense therapy session and Brendan got nearly washed out to see at his Weekender. Also Mark's started a new thing again again.

Stop writing emails like it's 2005

Don’t spend your time writing HTML tables by hand just so you have attractive emails. The changelog * QR code and text code entry done * Tickets are now emailed to their respective person * Bootstrap Email FTW (+ kudos to @jhthompson for his Python port) The backlog * Mark needs to build a

A letter to my MP

I’ve never written to my MP before. In fact I forgot who it was and had to look them up. This is the letter I’ve just sent my MP, off the back of Wikipedia’s fight against being censored by our government, and the privacy implications inherent in

What did the 0 say to the 8?

Brendan's mom had a party to celebrate her life, and Mark remembers some chicken.

Mark squealed when he figured out how to do this

If you’re going to spend 8 hours a day on your keyboard, make sure all the keys work consistently or you end up with _ypos in your _opy. The changelog * Attendees can now obtain tickets via a checkout process * Mark built an elegant way of making ticket images * Organisers

The time to build is now

When the web was the Wild West, just about anything was possible if you had the tech. There were no borders on the internet, and even when money started moving around, you could setup shop in Basingstoke and have a paying customer in Dubai. But the web’s changing. In

Why I'm hiding from LinkedIn

I'm starting again (again) and I need to own it.

Creating custom Wagtail actions

The as-yet-undocumented method for adding custom items to a Wagtail save/publish menu.

I think this is how money laundering works

Brendan gets into it about his current situation with his family, Mark’s still singing, and they’re both opposed to AI drones and AI music.

Complex. PTSD.

Mark starts reading a great new book. Brendan is a bit overwhelmed by family stuff. And together they share love for food and therapy.

Episode 80 of the Convergence podcast

Mark ends Undo and cracks his head open like a coconut. Brendan ends art therapy, dodgeball, and eating. and together they try to stop asking a lemonade stand for grapes, waddle waddle. [The duck song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtN1YnoL46Q)

Why I'm ditching Spotify and why you should too

Recently it’s come to our attention that Daniel Ek, the CEO of Spotify, who Forbes estimates is worth over $10 billion, is now investing some of the money he makes off the back of Spotify subscriptions to fund military drones. This is via a company called Helsing, who provide

Get Better – The Extended Edition

Mark ran his first community singing group session, Brendan had a chat with his pasta/pastor, and we get to hear the full extended mix of Frank Turner's Get Better, by a dapper wizard.

Congrats, you’re burned out! Here’s what to do next

Burnout is something that affects neurotypicals and neurospicies alike, so today we’re going to find out what it looks like so you can spot it whether it’s in the distance or right up in your grill, and more importantly we’ll look at what we can do about