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no longer here • freelance web dev for hire—https://xitter.cf/t.co/KaYWeZnVr4 • @jegtnes.com on Bluesky • @jegtnes@indieweb.social on Mastodon

london
Joined October 2010
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Sadly I'll be sipping caipirinhas on a beach in Brazil but if this were not the case I would run, not walk, to the WDC online ticket booth to purchase my 12th WDC ticket. What a lineup!
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alex jegtnes ✨ retweeted
Newsletter: Tech's hyper-growth era is ending. Almost every major web platform has seen traffic declines since 2021, and the industry is getting desperate as it realizes there aren't any massive new markets left- and generative AI isn't the next big thing. wheresyoured.at/rotcombubble
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alex jegtnes ✨ retweeted
Having talked to many burnt out friends and colleagues in the past few months I’ve reached a conclusion and it is this: we collectively require a state sponsored year off. Anyone?
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Happy May Day--always loved this story from 1982 about a British trans woman who was fired from her job at the General Electric Company after transitioning. Her fellow trade unionists at ASTMS rallied around her and successfully won her job back. digitaltransgenderarchive.ne…
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Hey internet — I'm looking for new web dev contracting opportunities in London, UK, or remotely. I'm a design-minded developer with ten years of experience. I care deeply about users: web performance and accessibility is at the heart of everything I do. jegtnes.com/work-with-me/
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alex jegtnes ✨ retweeted
The transatlantic econ discourse
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it is a "spend hours rewriting entire function and then most of the file to subsequently realise that the issue is with a dependency of a dependency having had a breaking change and silently failing" kinda day 😌 live laugh love
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my thoughts on social media at this point
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I currently have zero interest in the new Zuck thing but I have two Bluesky invites if anybody wants to try the new Jack thing
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lads I found the absolute platonic ideal example of Norwegian cuisine at the airport: managing to offend three separate nations in one fell swoop. perfection. unimprovable-upon. 10/10
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apropos nothing I am on bluesky at @jegtnes.com and mastodon at @jegtnes@indieweb.social
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having been a freelance front-end dev for this long and having dealt with projects written in a dozen back-end languages I know in my heart if they are written in python, ruby, or C# the amount of time I need to set up the project is measured in days to weeks
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alex jegtnes ✨ retweeted
the ai grift on this fucking web site is so absolutely cringe. it really is the new crypto. tasteless, vapid, insipid tech bros trying to build a following by overhyping the most banal, uninspiring bullshit we've ever fucking seen.
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women: pretty please may we have a small amount of pockets, as a treat 🥺🥺 clothes manufacturers: lol no men: it'd be sick if I could fit a portable games console and a travel wallet comfortably in a single pocket clothes manufacturers: say no more fam 👌
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alex jegtnes ✨ retweeted
It's with much sadness my @newskitdesign adventure is at an end, we’ve been made redundant. I’m devastated for my lovely team. So I'm looking for a new design or accessibility lead role, ideally on a #designSystem gerireid.com DMs open and RTs welcome!
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when I'm benevolent dictator I will introduce an advanced internet literacy and comprehension test that will allow you to skip any chatbot, patronising helpdesk decision tree, and 101-level question, and instantly speak to a human in customer services who knows their shit
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The co-founder of Wikipedia just schooled Elon Musk about free speech
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alex jegtnes ✨ retweeted
oUr TwElVe PoInTs Go To sWedeN #eurovision
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