Markus Finell

Getting close to a working Astro+Payload starter setup. Static build with SSR islands. If I get this to work well and is usable as a starter template for new projects without any setup issues, it's byebye WP for good.

A colleague asked why I don't like tailwind. Me: "I like writing CSS" Them: *Scoffs*

Such a weird thing, registering to vote. Being a citizen should be enough.

Loving my #strava monthly graph right now! #running

The job search kanban app is coming along. Without any international job listing apis it will have to be a purely swedish service. Are there any out there?

To say that I am "reading" Walden is less accurate than saying that I am looking at the words in sequential order, occasionally managing to connect them into coherent concepts. #booksky

22 Cells in Nuremberg (Douglas Kelley) is a real fly-on-the-wall experience. As important reading today as it was 70+ years ago, if not more so. #booksky

When I was laid off and needed to find a new job ASAP I went into full project manager mode. Set up a kanban board with potential jobs, applied for, interview booked, status etc. I'm tinkering with something similar, combined with the swedish employment service job bank api. Fun! #webdev

Att titta på innan man röstar i år: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKDU... #svpol #val2026

22 Cells in Nuremberg is a great read so far! #booksky

Building a thing with @astro.build, @sugarcube.sh and #payloadcms. Really nice! #webdev

Har du svårt att välja vad du ska rösta på? MP, V och delar av S vill ha ett välfärdssamhälle där vi förbereder oss på den kommande klimatkrisen tillsammans utifrån mänskliga rättigheter. C säljer ut välfärden. Tidölaget strävar med SD i spetsen mot en fascistisk stat som förstör naturen. Välj rätt.

Goals to reach before I’m 40: Sub 40 10k Sub 3:30 marathon 100-mile finish. 1059 days to go. #running #ultramarathon

Just stumbled upon an actively managed website using a <frameset>. Holy childhood memories batman!

Hey #running bsky peeps! Who should I follow in the #trailrunning #ultrarunning scene?

My dog picks blueberries

Designing in the browser (and visually managing your DS more broadly) with @sugarcube.sh is getting closer and closer. Fun thing to know: the panel and controls are defined in your config. Think of how dat gui or lil gui work with bindings. Similar principle.

There's a notice board down by the local grocery store. Every time I'm there I play the game "count-the-AI-generated-posters". There were 5 today. I wonder if they really don't notice when they put them up that there are multiple others that look EXACTLY the same.

I am tossed back and forth between 1. being so fed up with the state of the web and the world, I just want to move to our homestead and become an arborist full time. and 2. feeling super excited to build clean, hand-coded things that work super well for everyone.

I'd say I was pretty aware of all the possibilities and information my browser shares about me, but it's still wild to see all this data in black and white. :/ https://kuber.studio/cookie

The web is just documents. Just text interpreted by a browser. It shouldn't be so fekkin complicated. Hate build tools, compiling, docker containers, makefiles, configs. If it's possible to build it simpler. Build it simpler.

Moving my personal Astro site from codeberg pages to my own server. Gonna raw-dog markusfinell.codeberg.page instead. Fun! #htmlprogrammer

Added a blog to @sugarcube.sh so I can write about things like releases without just linking you out to the boring docs. First post up: O̶n̶e̶ ̶H̶u̶n̶d̶r̶e̶d̶ ̶Y̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶S̶o̶l̶i̶t̶u̶d̶e̶ Two Years of Sugarcube

Oh and btw! Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy would be an AMAZING slow-paced semi open world video game. #booksky

I've read two books in a row where the description of the location is so spot on, my mental image of the places matched 100% when I saw pictures of the actual places that inspired the books. Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernieres and Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy. Both A+ books! #booksky

Youtube channel idea: slow-paced videos of doing chores around the homestead. Digging, planting, harvesting, cutting and stacking firewood etc. No narration, only sounds of the squeaking wheelbarrow, firewood being stacked, birds, wind...

Good, but should also ban the production of more products than a company will reasonably be able to sell.

37 today. Weekend spent at spa. Now wife is trying to upstage the hotel's three course dinner while we listen to Taylor Swift. I'm happy!

Lite ”on the nose” kanske?

I see this more and more. I feel the same. Haven’t come home excited to show the family what I’ve made in a loong time.

I rarely listen to music. I just put on the Garden State soundtrack and holy shit it takes me back. What a collection of amazing songs. Thanks Zach Braff and The Shins!

Glory! Thanks for this great update!

On the one hand, being sent away to watch the kids go swimming is a pretty chill task. On the other, I am dodging grocery duty and I have two lives to keep from un-aliving themselves.

oh this looks interesting www.w3.org/community/no...

Working outside... *swats at fly* ...was a great... *swats at bee* ...idea! ... *swats at mosquito*

Summer remote work posture:

Not following many ppl in the 59°N area, everyone on here seems to be melting and I'm here working from the patio in a nice 21°C breeze and partial cloud cover. 😅

He’ll play wonderwall around the campfire later.

Current personal project: WordPress starter theme using @sugarcube.sh, combined with a custom block plugin "Every Layout Blocks". Could be a solid setup for building pages! #everylayout #wordpress #webdev

Saw E.T. with daughter last night. First time since childhood. Had a thought: The absentee dad seems like a douche/racist. Leaves his obviously liberal (immediately accepts an alien into their home) family for some other woman. And come on, who *hates* Mexico?

I’ve met the same baby fox on my last two runs. Not at all as shy as they usually are. We’re friends now I think.

Decisions. One massive wp theme with all of the theme stuff AND functionality of the site. OR theme-related stuff in the theme and one massive plugin with all of the functionality of the site. OR many little plugins that handle specific things. Hmm... #webdev #wordpress

Potato update!

To get this dinosaur of a laptop to work, I need the cord that connects this adapter to the outlet. I know nothing of electronics. Can anyone help? #itsupport

The Dark Night at the Museum

Bad UX of the day: Which one of these is selected? Yes/No-buttons on an newsletter unsubscribe page with the question "Do you want e-mails from us?". #a11y #webdev #ux