Mat “Wilto” Marquis

Melee DPS.

I make websites.: https://wil.to
I'm writing a course on JavaScript.: https://piccalil.li/javascript-for-everyone
I make zines.: https://multipa.ge
I make food.: https://wiltomakesfood.com

Public Key

npub1nwk8tl2mxu3vlrmfgsur4p84qm09hsuegdy5tj4u6p3y3hdgu9kqecslxa

NIP-05 Address

wilto_at_front-end.social@momostr.pink

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nostr.wine

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relay.damus.io

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2026-04-06 18:46:18 UTC

A little JavaScript for Everyone Fun Fact™ — why not.
https://piccalil.li/javascript-for-everyone
https://cdn.masto.host/frontendsocial/media_attachments/files/116/359/243/745/731/029/original/e7fcdd67fe216847.png

2026-03-31 16:22:15 UTC

As you might’ve seen here in fits and starts, I finally got around to tuning up my personal website a little bit.
https://wil.to/

2026-03-12 15:13:42 UTC

You gotta make your own fun.
https://cdn.masto.host/frontendsocial/media_attachments/files/116/216/846/867/964/818/original/3c203895778d74f8.mp4

2026-03-03 13:53:25 UTC

what’s npm

2026-02-24 14:00:37 UTC

Sticker check, nerds.
https://cdn.masto.host/frontendsocial/media_attachments/files/116/125/965/984/772/808/original/9155fc9f2097ac51.png

2025-10-24 12:37:53 UTC

I’d never tell anyone they MUST* understand JavaScript to work on the web, but I will make the case that one SHOULD*. To understand JavaScript is to know the boundaries of how users can interact with your medium — any role is improved by that.
https://wil.to/newsletters/mat-update-15/
* https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119

2025-10-13 19:55:39 UTC

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I was afraid of that. Stand by for scheming.

2025-10-13 18:39:43 UTC

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And hey — while you're waiting, @npub1940…zhyh and I cooked you up a couple little somethings you can use to show off your love* of the `#${!+[]+![]}` programming language in the world:
https://cottonbureau.com/p/NHCZJK/shirt/javascript-for-everyone
https://cottonbureau.com/p/BE2DSA/shirt/javascript-is-for-everyone
https://cottonbureau.com/p/H8VVRJ/sticker/javascript-for-everyone
* Affection levels may vary depending on day, browser, and error(s).
https://cdn.masto.host/frontendsocial/media_attachments/files/115/368/298/465/235/315/original/36630cd84b7fc10c.png

2025-10-13 16:57:07 UTC

This is it. 86,791 words. 836 emdashes. 625 `const`, 141 `let`, 16 `var`. One (1) reference to the pause music from Battletoads for the NES.
Spread the word: JavaScript for Everyone launches tomorrow.
https://cdn.masto.host/frontendsocial/media_attachments/files/115/367/909/516/814/017/original/a7bdd2707a322485.png

2025-08-26 14:43:52 UTC

Alright, this is it. Today is the your last chance to snag a spot in the course at the lowest possible price. Head on over to https://piccalil.li/javascript-for-everyone to lock it in, and I'll see you in the Discord.
Also, this reminder comes with a little formal announcement:
https://wil.to/newsletters/mat-update-10/

2025-07-25 14:13:51 UTC

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—ho-ly shit

2025-07-25 13:20:02 UTC

...nah, right?
yeah, nah
right?
https://cdn.masto.host/frontendsocial/media_attachments/files/114/914/072/284/105/237/original/7a11e025fe66617c.png

2025-07-24 18:04:48 UTC

> ... it wasn't unheard of for some oh-so-clever young dork with `$` in his eyes to write `$el[ ( $el.hasClass( "open" ) ? "remove" : "add" ) + "Class" ]( "open" );` to access either the `addClass` or `removeClass` methods of a jQuery-wrapped element, depending.
what a time to have been alive

2025-05-21 20:12:10 UTC

"AI coding" is reaching levels of second-hand embarrassment far surpassing even the sweatiest of public meltdowns over an NFT:
https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/pull/115733

2025-04-30 12:09:01 UTC

> The point of AI isn't to make workers more productive, it's to make them weaker when they bargain with their bosses.
https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/27/some-animals/#are-more-equal-than-others

2025-02-24 16:30:18 UTC

It is 2007. I am copying text from a Word document and pasting it into a field in WordPress.
It is 2014. I am copying text from a Word document and pasting it into a field in WordPress.
It is 2025. I am copying text from a Word document and pasting it into a field in WordPress.

2024-11-01 15:21:36 UTC

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I’m grudgingly over at https://bsky.app/profile/wilto.bsky.social

2024-10-14 19:47:42 UTC

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hey boards of directors or whatever: for a shockingly low fee, you can hire me to tell your Allbirds J. Haircut CEO that he is embarrassing himself with a level of focus, intensity, and cringe rarely seen outside of a kid at recess Naruto-running full speed into a wall then loudly blaming the wall

2024-10-14 19:37:55 UTC

starting a change dot org petition to convince matt mullenweg to have one (1) conversation with any one (1) person who has less than $500,000 to their name and who does not personally rely on him for their paycheck

2024-10-14 14:56:28 UTC

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Ah hell, thanks for the catch. In my head, I had “well, these are ‘syntax-directed operations,’ so syntax that directs an operation, so an operator.” Right you are, though.

2024-10-11 14:09:44 UTC

Hey, is there any interest in my writing up the process and result of going from a decade of MacsBook Pro [sic] to this Framework joint and Ubuntu? On the one hand, man, who cares, but on the other I really could’ve used an unvarnished write-up when I was thinking about switching.

2024-10-01 16:28:59 UTC

Hey, in case you missed it the other day: my first post for Piccalilli is a guide to destructuring assignment and the many ellipses of modern JavaScript.
https://piccalil.li/blog/a-guide-to-destructuring-in-javascript/

2024-09-23 18:28:40 UTC

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i wasn’t always like this
there was a time where i rode a classic motorcycle to a boxing match
https://cdn.masto.host/frontendsocial/media_attachments/files/113/188/278/689/186/753/original/0da76d928b0bb0eb.png

2024-09-17 15:15:37 UTC

oh you _know_ the raspberry pi nas for system snapshots and backups got to have a YoRHa logo ascii art motd jesus have i always been like this

2024-08-15 19:54:21 UTC

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oh, no, I'm _way_ out of my depth here; safe bet that I'm getting the silent treatment for doing something completely wrong

2024-08-15 19:42:05 UTC

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spoke too soon earlier, but up and running with quickemu now (apart from no audio devices showing up in big sur)

2024-08-15 14:40:25 UTC

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oh, hell yeah; saving this for the next time i definitely don't do the thing i definitely did not do about half an hour ago now

2024-08-15 14:25:44 UTC

i tell you, if it were both legal and possible to get an instance of macOS Catalina running in a virtual machine on linux that would really have solved a lot of my ongoing computer problems fifteen, maybe twenty minutes ago

2024-07-08 14:09:11 UTC

I can’t believe I’m doing this, but: do any you Certain-Kind-of-Dorks have one of those repair-it-yourself Framework joints, and if so, is it any good?
I’m here on a perfectly good MBP with super-glued keys and a growing screen crack that I guess will just go in the compost bin soon, and nothing could be more offensive to my crafting sensibilities.