I came up with a somewhat foolish new benchmark for testing image generation models, to exercise the new ChatGPT Images 2.0:
"Do a where's Waldo style image but it's where is the raccoon holding a ham radio"
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Vibe coding.
Very March 2026.
Jaaaa het was zalig. Snel weer!
Building a community isn’t about you. It’s about the people in it; connecting people and creating a space where everyone feels heard and welcomed.
Yes, you’ll likely make friends and build valuable connections. But it's not a place to sell and yell. It will work because it’s shared, not broadcast.
Once a recruiter asked me how many websites I made.
A very easy way to find out the project was not for me.
For me this all depends on how heavy it’s been authored and type of content.
If the message is still the same, and if it’s very technical content. Not a problem at all.
Is it a very personal piece, that has been made very bland, no thanks.
Sadly the south of Europe is not feasable for us :-((((
We are not selling enough tickets in that region and we need to be able to sell enough tickets in the country itself too.
SmashingConf Amsterdam was so amazing. It was my dream to organise a conference in Amsterdam when I joined the team. In my home country, in the amazing venue Tuschinski, with so many people I know.
It’s been stressful, tiring, emotional, but mostly magical.
What a week! 🥳
👯♀️
AmsterdamConf Amsterdam was indeed very Smashing! I might be a little biased, but other people seem to like it too ;-)
Me me me! See you there! 💚
8 days to go. 8 reasons to join #btconf Düsseldorf 2026 🧵
1. Annie Atkins
2. Single-track
3. Chip Kidd
4. 15 years
5. Lauren Celenza
6. Düsseldorf
7. Positivity
8. Spring
27–28 April → beyondtellerrand.com/events/dusse...
Why do the Japanese like their buns askew (2026)
see you there!
12 days. Join #btconf Düsseldorf 2026. Design. Code. Creativity. And an event packed with lovely people. Tickets still available: beyondtellerrand.com/events/dusse...
Ohhhhh interesting! I am very curious how you find it. My air broke two weeks ago, I got another air.
Maybe a Neo would have been enough 🤔
Ohhh interesting! Would you also use it for development work?
Aaaaand my workshop and talk for Smashing Conf next week are ready! 😅
I'm looking forward to the event and visiting Amsterdam again!
And if you are in or close-ish to Amsterdam and can't afford it (I know it's expensive!), there is the completely free The Web You Want being put on by CMD Amsterdam: the-web-you-want.org
And if you're going to Smashing, you should go to that too, since you're already there!
We got @philhawksworth.dev a job!!!
Ok, maybe it’s just for two days. He will be your MC next week at SmashingConf Amsterdam, and we can’t be more excited.
smashingconf.com/amsterdam-2026
Agree with everything!
Do expect quite some AI in Amsterdam, but we hope it’s the good kind.
Today is the last day of the launch sale, with 20% off for the next 15 hours or so.
I am not a fool, and you can become not one too! ;)
Happy Easter peoples!
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me: *visits website for the first time ever*
website: You’ve read your last free article.
The fun thing about doing a podcast with a pro like Lenny is that his team can slice the thing up into TikTok-style shorts after the fact, here's 48 seconds of me talking about the cognitive cost of agentic engineering
staring into the void. the void has a newsletter. the void wants me to subscribe for $8/month to access the full void. the first three paragraphs of the void are free. i have read the free void. i need more void
So now I make sure to get into the coding quickly 😆
Anyway, I'm really looking forward to this one, I think it's going to be really good, and the rest of the lineup is great too: smashingconf.com/amsterdam-20...
And you can get a bit of a discount while tickets last: ti.to/smashingmaga...
So my talk is coming together for Smashing Amsterdam.
Turns out, updating a talk can be harder than making a new one from scratch 😅.
