Dylan Smith
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I messed up my RSS feed this week and, in a moment of serendipity, stumbled upon this old post.
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Note posted 2022-12-13T21:32:44
One “crappy” thing about RSS that I actually like is when someone screws up their feed and their last _n_ posts get republished. It’s a nice smoke signal that they’re working on their site, and someti...
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August 28, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I messed up my RSS feed this week and, in a moment of serendipity, stumbled upon this old post.
dylanatsmith.com/notes/2022-1...
dylanatsmith.com/notes/2022-1...
This good boy got a terminal diagnosis today. 💔
August 25, 2026 at 12:47 PM
This good boy got a terminal diagnosis today. 💔
We cataloged browser fallbacks and workarounds in the github.com codebase so we can track them and remove obsolete code.
- 232 WebKit
- 169 Chromium
- 72 Firefox
- 18 Edge
- 12 Internet Explorer
- 232 WebKit
- 169 Chromium
- 72 Firefox
- 18 Edge
- 12 Internet Explorer
August 13, 2026 at 1:43 PM
We cataloged browser fallbacks and workarounds in the github.com codebase so we can track them and remove obsolete code.
- 232 WebKit
- 169 Chromium
- 72 Firefox
- 18 Edge
- 12 Internet Explorer
- 232 WebKit
- 169 Chromium
- 72 Firefox
- 18 Edge
- 12 Internet Explorer
Work offsite karaoke can only mean one thing
March 2, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Work offsite karaoke can only mean one thing
We didn’t realise how good we had it with Sublime Text.
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
We didn’t realise how good we had it with Sublime Text.
This little tooltip copy might be my favourite thing I’ve done in almost four years at GitHub.
November 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This little tooltip copy might be my favourite thing I’ve done in almost four years at GitHub.
📼 My talk with Pavel from this year’s LGTM, GitHub’s internal design conference.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2Wh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2Wh...
The big impact of tiny details
YouTube video by GitHub
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August 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
📼 My talk with Pavel from this year’s LGTM, GitHub’s internal design conference.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2Wh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2Wh...
It’s weird that AI is terrible at writing code in my area of expertise but so good at writing code I know nothing about
August 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It’s weird that AI is terrible at writing code in my area of expertise but so good at writing code I know nothing about
z-index is a code smell
July 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
z-index is a code smell
Just got back from watching 28 Years Later. I could post a spoiler of the ending and nobody would ever believe me.
June 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Just got back from watching 28 Years Later. I could post a spoiler of the ending and nobody would ever believe me.
Went to Stockholm, ran a marathon
June 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Went to Stockholm, ran a marathon
Hate to be on a flight with a number that sounds like the name of a documentary
April 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Hate to be on a flight with a number that sounds like the name of a documentary
“Haven’t you created a FigPal yet?”
Ma’am, I am in my late 30s and want to spend as little time on this computer as possible.
Ma’am, I am in my late 30s and want to spend as little time on this computer as possible.
April 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
“Haven’t you created a FigPal yet?”
Ma’am, I am in my late 30s and want to spend as little time on this computer as possible.
Ma’am, I am in my late 30s and want to spend as little time on this computer as possible.
pixel blindness
noun
the inability to see discrepancies between a user interface as it was designed and as it was built in code
noun
the inability to see discrepancies between a user interface as it was designed and as it was built in code
March 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
pixel blindness
noun
the inability to see discrepancies between a user interface as it was designed and as it was built in code
noun
the inability to see discrepancies between a user interface as it was designed and as it was built in code
Go ahead. Make the joke in the Zoom chat.
March 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Go ahead. Make the joke in the Zoom chat.
“Design engineering” without making design decisions is just frontend development.
March 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“Design engineering” without making design decisions is just frontend development.
I’ve been working in tech long enough that nothing surprises me anymore. Except when I meet someone in person who seemed like a dweeby little nerd on Zoom and I find out they secretly had strong muscles.
March 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I’ve been working in tech long enough that nothing surprises me anymore. Except when I meet someone in person who seemed like a dweeby little nerd on Zoom and I find out they secretly had strong muscles.
I never thought it would happen to me
(shipping a sparkly icon to indicate AI features)
(shipping a sparkly icon to indicate AI features)
February 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I never thought it would happen to me
(shipping a sparkly icon to indicate AI features)
(shipping a sparkly icon to indicate AI features)
Me: Please make sure you’re inviting designers to your team kickoffs
Me a thousand team kickoff invitations later: Oh no
Me a thousand team kickoff invitations later: Oh no
February 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Me: Please make sure you’re inviting designers to your team kickoffs
Me a thousand team kickoff invitations later: Oh no
Me a thousand team kickoff invitations later: Oh no
If you think “tree surgeon” sounds like a weird job title, wait till you find out what the tree surgeons think of “software engineers.”
February 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
If you think “tree surgeon” sounds like a weird job title, wait till you find out what the tree surgeons think of “software engineers.”
Reposted by Dylan Smith
If you’ve used GitHub Copilot chat on GitHub.com/copilot recently, you may have noticed some new life breathed into the Copilot chat avatar with interactive 3D character animations. Let's do a deep dive 🧵on how we hacked it together for the front end 🤓’s out there…
February 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If you’ve used GitHub Copilot chat on GitHub.com/copilot recently, you may have noticed some new life breathed into the Copilot chat avatar with interactive 3D character animations. Let's do a deep dive 🧵on how we hacked it together for the front end 🤓’s out there…
