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    Create an accessible Menubar based on the WAI-ARIA design pattern for a menubar widget.

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    Create multiple entry points without ejecting from the safety net of Create React App.

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    Tips maintaining focus and effective communication whilst working from home.

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      Stretching off before the #EtapeCaledonia tomorrow morning. 
      
      85 miles. Sub-5 target. Let’s go!
      A pint of Guinness on a pub table sat alongside a river
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      the amount a child vomits is mind blowing
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    15. Web Witch 🔮 Stephanie Stimac

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      Having been on maternity leave for the last 5 months has been interesting when I hear things about AI because I have very much tried to not be in the know with what's going on. When I logged off the sentiment very much felt like "Companies are expecting devs to use AI to be more productive" and that
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      Didn’t quite make the sub-5 target, but picked up plenty of PBs along the way! 🥇
      Etape Caledonia 2026
Distance: 136.72km
Time: 5h 24m
Elevation: 1431m

      Andrew James

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      Stretching off before the #EtapeCaledonia tomorrow morning. 
      
      85 miles. Sub-5 target. Let’s go!
      A pint of Guinness on a pub table sat alongside a river
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      I made a cheerful offhand comment in a group conversation about people using Waymos as barricade material and the LOOK I got
      
      Oh. Right. That, uh, isn’t a normal topic of conversation in most places, huh
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    30. danielroe @ jsheroes 🇷🇴

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      I recommend starting with a (barebones) template, no matter how you build.
      
      I have one I use for my apps.
      
      if you want to _learn_ nuxt, alex lichter’s videos are great, vercel just released a nuxt course for react devs - and it’s definitely worth joining the nuxt discord.
      
      roe.dev/ama
      
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      how to get started with nuxt in 2026
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    34. kat cosgrove

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      subnautica is an enjoyable game that does not stress me out in the least!!!! :)
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    38. Sara Soueidan

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      Probably doesn't qualify as fun for anybody but I've been doing a test installation of UTM on my MacBook 😄
      
      UTM is a virtualization software for macOS, which is useful if you do #a11y work and want to test your work using a Windows screen reader (which you should!)
      
      Anybody interested in a writeup?

      Rachel Andrew

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      I miss doing fun things on my computer and then writing about it. What fun things are you all doing on your computers during these trying times?
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