Dave Rupert

Web components at Microsoft. Co-host at ShopTalk. Previously Luro and Paravel. Blogger.

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2026-05-26 15:36:05 UTC

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@nprofile…f83y Nice! I have a "Deadpool" status in my Obsidian where ideas can go to die. It can feel bad to discard all that work but like you said, not all drafts need to be published and sometimes it's more about getting that mix of emotion and words out of my brain and stored somewhere else.

2026-05-25 16:48:09 UTC

I've got 114 draft posts in the hopper and nearly every day I say "I should finish one!" but can't muster the dopamine. Some of that is I'm putting the bar too high for myself, but it's also something else. Even my daily deluge of tech videos is getting boring as shit. Social media... also dumb, offensive even.
Burnout, tech hype malaise... who knows. Space manga is good tho.

2026-04-19 18:03:39 UTC

It's fun to have friends that make fonts because when my wife is using the Cricut for a little project and needs some font inspo, I look like a goddam hero.
If you need some slam dunks to earn points with your partner:
- Simple Type by @nprofile…7zqp https://simplebits.shop/collections/fonts
- Loud Room by @nprofile…cqgf https://shop.loudroom.com/
- Beasts of England @nprofile…c3df https://beastsofengland.co/

2026-04-17 16:12:16 UTC

Random Thoughts:
- I think the case could be made that billionaires and venture capital are inflationary and need to be regulated.
- I think the incentives are off for AI. If AI companies charge per-token, the AI company has every incentive to use as many input/output tokens as possible (or that their infra can support).
- If AI makes you 10x more productive, then that's 10wks worth of work per week. On a team of 10ppl, that's 100wks (2 man-yrs) of work per week. No org is setup to handle that.

2026-04-07 18:20:03 UTC

📝 New post: Automatic inverted themes with light-dark()
https://daverupert.com/2026/04/inverted-light-dark/

2026-04-04 10:58:11 UTC

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@nprofile…f83y Couldn't get the old one to post. It had a backup BIOS switch but that didn't work either. It was an 8yo board/chip, and while it's not that old, it was hard to find docs/guides/videos/drivers on the internet to flash it and restore it. I followed all the steps I could find but got nowhere.

2026-04-04 00:15:02 UTC

Last week someone in my house -I’m not gonna say who to protect their identity- tried to turn off her son’s computer at bedtime and clicked the CMOS Clear button and wiped the BIOS. Anyways. Been doing computer repair and it ain’t fun. Ended up buying an entire new mobo+cpu.

2026-03-27 21:11:24 UTC

Uninstalled 40 vs-code extensions. Please clap.

2026-03-08 00:56:16 UTC

Goddamit, Rupe. Stop crying over industrial-yet-artisinal practices. Pull yourself together, man. You can go outside looking like this. https://youtu.be/c_UvVavl-eE

2026-02-27 17:30:07 UTC

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@nprofile…j074 @nprofile…xxr5 fwiw, we weren't rich but my parents got divorced in 1990 and I think this was a consolation prize.

2026-02-27 16:37:35 UTC

Sorry, everyone. I hate to rub it in your face, but I was cooler than you in 1990 and had this: https://walkman.land/sony/wm-af54
/via @nprofile…xxr5

2026-02-19 20:30:44 UTC

LinkedIn: Social Media for Business
FB: Non-Biz LinkedIn
Twitter: Nazi LinkedIn
TikTok: Dopamine Addict LinkedIn
Instagram: LinkedIn for Ads
Bsky: Weirdo LinkedIn
Mastodon: Great Social Media
RSS: Best Social Media

2026-01-18 18:03:01 UTC

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@nprofile…lel8 With CSS, like life, a little junk in the trunk isn’t a problem if you know how to use it 😅

2026-01-18 14:30:58 UTC

📝🌱 Finally got around to writing a bit about the recent changes to my website. https://daverupert.com/2026/01/my-2026-redesign/

2026-01-07 15:13:37 UTC

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@nprofile…cqgf As someone who has had two plumbers over in the last week and now has holes in my walls and ceiling… I empathize.

2025-12-12 16:04:37 UTC

Been using a lot of CSS functions in the last two days and ... I can't believe I'm saying this... but does CSS need a `console.log`?

2025-08-08 16:23:55 UTC

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@nprofile…4tpe "What else are they non-deterministing?" Scientists ask.

2025-08-06 13:10:06 UTC

Once you understand that your technology choices have security, performance, and accessibility considerations you become a much more boring developer.

2025-07-28 14:59:38 UTC

Watched K-pop Demon Hunters this weekend with the family and it's really good. I've been seeing some discourse about Pixar being cooked for over-relying on the CalArts style of generic, round rubbery characters but I didn't take a side. After watching K-pop Demon Hunters... I agree?
I think what was most clear from the movie was that Sony Animation is having fun. Like The Mitchells vs The Machines and Spider-verse, you can sense the foundation of play in the craft in Sony's animated films.

2025-07-25 14:46:44 UTC

Find people who care about kilobytes in a meaningful way. Who are brave enough to venture into the dark forests. Who will go to the trouble to make a goshdanged chart if necessary. To be clear, @nprofile…4tpe has headed down a cursed path, but with good intentions and a disciplined approach. Nice work, Zach!
https://www.zachleat.com/web/adventures-in-date-parsing/

2025-03-31 18:55:18 UTC

GodSVG, an SVG editor based on the Godot game engine. https://www.godsvg.com/

2025-03-27 19:11:06 UTC

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@nprofile…4tpe it comes superglued together.

2025-03-19 13:34:03 UTC

📝 Enshittification as a matter of taste https://daverupert.com/2025/03/enshittification-has-a-flavor/

2025-03-17 01:55:40 UTC

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@nprofile…4tpe Counterpoint: I think LCARS does its job.
1. Futuristic as fuck
2. Has all the appearance of a cohesive UI system without being specific in its implementation.
Sort of like the Klingon language or the languages of Tolkien, it’s a background prop meant to evoke an emotion and wonder.

2024-03-14 20:58:51 UTC

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@npub1xed…yg9w Your Fremen name is Maud’zlib

2024-03-12 14:17:51 UTC

Gonna make a browser extension that plays a fart sound every time INP goes over 500ms.

2024-02-19 15:26:09 UTC

Khan Academy made a ChatGPT bot to teach kids math and it uh... it can't do math and just makes shit up. Cool cool cool cool cool cool cool.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-is-tutoring-students-but-still-struggles-with-basic-math-694e76d3?st=606ux1exuaxyk3j

2023-12-18 17:09:58 UTC

Attn: Design companies! You can acquire Dave Rupert LLC today for a cool $1B.

2023-11-28 19:23:41 UTC

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@npub1xed…yg9w yes but it's tuned weird

2023-11-28 18:58:50 UTC

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@npub1xed…yg9w "the jamstack paradox" is the name of my new midwest emo band

2023-10-26 15:15:21 UTC

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@npub1xed…yg9w this is maybe my favoritest one yet.

2023-09-04 03:00:42 UTC

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@npub1c35…9pmh Liquid Death has helped me kick a diet soda habit. The teas are really great.

2023-08-30 01:28:23 UTC

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@npub1xed…yg9w yeah, if you use `sudo` your tooth turns purple. i think that's how it works.

2023-08-30 01:07:27 UTC

Not the most banger productive day, but I did get a root canal to remove bacteria from a dead tooth that was eating away my skull bones.... so we'll call that a win. 🫠

2023-08-28 16:06:07 UTC

Never trust a person over 40 who can't make bulleted lists.

2023-08-24 15:44:14 UTC

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@npub1xed…yg9w Heh heh, Beavis, he said “doodie”

2023-08-07 23:36:23 UTC

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@npub1c35…9pmh I will send thoughts and prayers instead and tell you "you can't put the genie back in the bottle" and then recommend 72 different build pipelines and editor plugins for you to install

2023-08-07 22:03:33 UTC

Thinking about quitting webdev until this whole typescript fad blows over.

2023-08-04 00:05:00 UTC

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@npub1q5l…ywp3 hm.. works for me... try this? https://scribe.rip/uplifting-shopify-polaris-7c54fc6564d9

2023-08-03 23:58:05 UTC

This writeup on the new Shopify Admin rollout is a gem and really shows the power and ROI of design systems. 10wk deadline to overhaul the admin. 3wks to update system and 86% of the admin section updated automatically.
https://ux.shopify.com/uplifting-shopify-polaris-7c54fc6564d9