Nostr notes by Mat “Wilto” Marquis

A little JavaScript for Everyone Fun Fact™ — why not. ...

2026-04-06T18:46:18Z

A little JavaScript for Everyone Fun Fact™ — why not.
https://piccalil.li/javascript-for-everyone

As you might’ve seen here in fits and starts, I finally got ...

2026-03-31T16:22:15Z

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/

You gotta make your own fun. ...

2026-03-12T15:13:42Z

You gotta make your own fun.

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2026-03-03T13:53:25Z

what’s npm

Sticker check, nerds. ...

2026-02-24T14:00:37Z

Sticker check, nerds.

I’d never tell anyone they MUST* understand JavaScript to work ...

2025-10-24T12:37:53Z

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

I was afraid of that. Stand by for scheming.

2025-10-13T19:55:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…hyy9
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I was afraid of that. Stand by for scheming.

And hey — while you're waiting, @npub1940…zhyh and I ...

2025-10-13T18:39:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…p5fd
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And hey — while you're waiting, Christopher Kirk-Nielsen (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).

This is it. 86,791 words. 836 emdashes. 625 `const`, 141 `let`, ...

2025-10-13T16:57:07Z

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.

Alright, this is it. Today is the your last chance to snag a spot ...

2025-08-26T14:43:52Z

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/

—ho-ly shit

2025-07-25T14:13:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…w28l
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—ho-ly shit

...nah, right? yeah, nah right? ...

2025-07-25T13:20:02Z

...nah, right?

yeah, nah

right?

> ... it wasn't unheard of for some oh-so-clever young ...

2025-07-24T18:04:48Z

> ... 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

"AI coding" is reaching levels of second-hand ...

2025-05-21T20:12:10Z

"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

> The point of AI isn't to make workers more productive, ...

2025-04-30T12:09:01Z

> 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

It is 2007. I am copying text from a Word document and pasting it ...

2025-02-24T16:30:18Z

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.

I’m grudgingly over at ...

2024-11-01T15:21:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…3qu8
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I’m grudgingly over at https://bsky.app/profile/wilto.bsky.social

hey boards of directors or whatever: for a shockingly low fee, ...

2024-10-14T19:47:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…2uhy
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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

starting a change dot org petition to convince matt mullenweg to ...

2024-10-14T19:37:55Z

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

Ah hell, thanks for the catch. In my head, I had “well, these ...

2024-10-14T14:56:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…kmcn
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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.

Hey, is there any interest in my writing up the process and ...

2024-10-11T14:09:44Z

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.

Hey, in case you missed it the other day: my first post for ...

2024-10-01T16:28:59Z

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/

i wasn’t always like this there was a time where i rode a ...

2024-09-23T18:28:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…cmgm
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i wasn’t always like this

there was a time where i rode a classic motorcycle to a boxing match

oh you _know_ the raspberry pi nas for system snapshots and ...

2024-09-17T15:15:37Z

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

oh, no, I'm _way_ out of my depth here; safe bet that I'm ...

2024-08-15T19:54:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…9e0n
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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

spoke too soon earlier, but up and running with quickemu now ...

2024-08-15T19:42:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…tqd8
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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)

oh, hell yeah; saving this for the next time i definitely ...

2024-08-15T14:40:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…vpe2
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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

i tell you, if it were both legal and possible to get an instance ...

2024-08-15T14:25:44Z

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

I can’t believe I’m doing this, but: do any you ...

2024-07-08T14:09:11Z

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.