Substack writers, you need a website!
π https://elizabethtai.com/2026/06/10/substack-writers-you-need-a-website/
π https://ellyloel.com/substack-writers-you-need-a-website/
I didn't set a cookie.
π https://kuber.studio/cookie/
π https://ellyloel.com/i-didnt-set-a-cookie/
Information Foraging: A Theory of How People Navigate on the Web
π https://www.nngroup.com/articles/information-foraging/
π https://ellyloel.com/information-foraging-a-theory-of-how-people-navigate-on-the-web/
Your documentation is still in your Mum's filing cabinet
π https://gerireid.com/blog/organising-documentation-for-humans-and-ai/
π https://ellyloel.com/your-documentation-is-still-in-your-mums-filing-cabinet/
The open universe
π https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/open-universe
π https://ellyloel.com/the-open-universe/
Announcing: Skeleton π©», the culminating project of my PhD!
π https://www.frank.computer/blog/2026/07/announcing-skeleton.html
π https://ellyloel.com/announcing-skeleton-the-culminating-project-of-my-phd/
i forgot to share it here, this is what i built with friends at the melbourne html day event yesterday!
draw something fun, but make sure you get the bugs off your drawing !!
https://html.beer/get-these-bugs-off-my-drawing/
","summary":"","url":"https://front-end.social/@elly/117062724381921992","date_published":"2026-08-09T00:30:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Elly Loel","url":"https://ellyloel.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F581cc10dfc8e204d283627b1a46a8922%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ellyloel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-09 00:30","date_timestamp":1786235418,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95231343","content_html":"i love this!
even tho participation in web standards work is theoretically as easy as replying to an issue thread on github
actually participating is often only possible for those privileged enough to either:
a) get paid to do it as part of their job
or
b) have extra free time and energy to do unpaid work...
front-end.social","summary":"","url":"https://front-end.social/@elly/117039922975073448","date_published":"2026-08-04T23:51:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Elly Loel","url":"https://ellyloel.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F581cc10dfc8e204d283627b1a46a8922%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ellyloel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-04 23:51","date_timestamp":1785887496,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"95117220","content_html":"The Absolute State of Management - Infrequently Noted
π https://infrequently.org/2026/07/state-management/
π https://ellyloel.com/the-absolute-state-of-management-infrequently-noted/
Native Apps Should Be Avoided Whenever Possible β No One's Happy
π https://nooneshappy.com/article/native-apps-should-be-avoided-whenever-possible/
π https://ellyloel.com/native-apps-should-be-avoided-whenever-possible-no-ones-happy/
The Lost Discipline of the Alarm: What Notification Design Forgot
π https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ira28fgSF7M&si=gbvFqbY4XHvDlzHB
π https://ellyloel.com/the-lost-discipline-of-the-alarm-what-notification-design-forgot/
Umyazu
π https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/umyazu
π https://ellyloel.com/umyazu/
The Web is for People β Dan's Blog
π https://www.torgo.com/blog/2026/06/the-web-is-for-people.html
π https://ellyloel.com/the-web-is-for-people-dans-blog/
i want to see stats for which are the most (and least) used html elements.
surely someoneβs queried the http archive dataset for that before, right?
","summary":"","url":"https://front-end.social/@elly/116792367703110157","date_published":"2026-06-22T06:35:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Elly Loel","url":"https://ellyloel.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F581cc10dfc8e204d283627b1a46a8922%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ellyloel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-22 06:35","date_timestamp":1782110102,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92629446","content_html":"AI Doesn't Fix Accessible Systems. It Depends on Them. β Anna E. Cook
π https://annaecook.com/writing/2026/ai-doesnt-fix-accessible-systems-it-depends-on-them
π https://ellyloel.com/ai-doesnt-fix-accessible-systems-it-depends-on-them-anna-e-cook/
All tomorrowβs parties. β Ethan Marcotte
π https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/all-tomorrows-parties/#fn-next
π https://ellyloel.com/all-tomorrow-s-parties-ethan-marcotte/
Permacomputing
π https://permacomputing.net/principles/
π https://ellyloel.com/permacomputing/
Ways of moving | everything changes
π https://everythingchanges.us/blog/ways-of-moving/
π https://ellyloel.com/ways-of-moving-everything-changes/
Web Browsers on Video Game Consoles
π https://vale.rocks/posts/game-console-browsers
π https://ellyloel.com/web-browsers-on-video-game-consoles/
The unreasonable effectiveness of simple HTML
π https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/01/the-unreasonable-effectiveness-of-simple-html/
π https://ellyloel.com/the-unreasonable-effectiveness-of-simple-html/
It doesnβt matter if it works | Henry From Online
π https://henry.codes/writing/it-doesnt-matter-if-it-works/
π https://ellyloel.com/it-doesn-t-matter-if-it-works-henry-from-online/
Designing with Mustard β Anna E. Cook
π https://annaecook.com/writing/2026/designing-with-mustard
π https://ellyloel.com/designing-with-mustard-anna-e-cook/
Mouthwords | everything changes
π https://everythingchanges.us/blog/mouthwords/
π https://ellyloel.com/mouthwords-everything-changes/
Our CSS isn't opinionated enough
π https://www.craigabbott.co.uk/blog/2026/our-css-isnt-opinionated-enough/
π https://ellyloel.com/our-css-isnt-opinionated-enough/
The Impact of AI-Generated Text on the Internet
π https://ai-on-the-internet.github.io/
π https://ellyloel.com/the-impact-of-ai-generated-text-on-the-internet/
@torb thank you! and hereβs the link jovo.bigcartel.com/product/bβ¦
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ellyloel/41659510","date_published":"2024-07-17T00:50:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Elly Loel","url":"https://ellyloel.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F581cc10dfc8e204d283627b1a46a8922%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ellyloel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-07-17 00:50","date_timestamp":1721177418,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"34562473","content_html":"@robwatts thanks!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ellyloel/34562473","date_published":"2024-03-31T08:20:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Elly Loel","url":"https://ellyloel.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F581cc10dfc8e204d283627b1a46a8922%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ellyloel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-03-31 08:20","date_timestamp":1711873207,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19248917","content_html":"@cygnoir I think so unfortunately, or in my case probably just not posting at all because Iβll forget.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ellyloel/19248917","date_published":"2023-05-19T23:43:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Elly Loel","url":"https://ellyloel.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F581cc10dfc8e204d283627b1a46a8922%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ellyloel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-19 23:43","date_timestamp":1684539801,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19248906","content_html":"@topgold itβs not that Iβm opposed to it but itβs not where my friends and family are.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ellyloel/19248906","date_published":"2023-05-19T23:42:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Elly Loel","url":"https://ellyloel.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F581cc10dfc8e204d283627b1a46a8922%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ellyloel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-19 23:42","date_timestamp":1684539760,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19176581","content_html":"@cygnoir only thing Iβve found so far is Buffer but itβs very much not IndieWeb unfortunately.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ellyloel/19176581","date_published":"2023-05-17T05:07:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Elly Loel","url":"https://ellyloel.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F581cc10dfc8e204d283627b1a46a8922%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ellyloel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-17 05:07","date_timestamp":1684300078,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19157871","content_html":"@gregmoore Thanks! Iβll have to have a look into that, very odd that itβs just one post on the whole site, Iβm sure thereβll be an interesting explanation to it.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ellyloel/19157871","date_published":"2023-05-16T14:07:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Elly Loel","url":"https://ellyloel.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F581cc10dfc8e204d283627b1a46a8922%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ellyloel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-16 14:07","date_timestamp":1684246027,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19155659","content_html":"@jayeless @writingslowly @gregmoore omg Iβm being enabled! π±π
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ellyloel/19155659","date_published":"2023-05-16T12:05:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Elly Loel","url":"https://ellyloel.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F581cc10dfc8e204d283627b1a46a8922%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ellyloel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-16 12:05","date_timestamp":1684238739,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19152697","content_html":"Iβm sure Iβve heard a statistic about how itβs almost always more time consuming and more effort to start over, right?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ellyloel/19152697","date_published":"2023-05-16T08:40:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Elly Loel","url":"https://ellyloel.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F581cc10dfc8e204d283627b1a46a8922%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ellyloel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-16 08:40","date_timestamp":1684226404,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19152693","content_html":"Though, thankfully, this time itβs not because Iβm working on some god awful code full of technical debt, Iβm working on my own website. π (I hope my sarcasm is being conveyed by that emoji)
\nDoes anyone else constantly have this feeling? How do you convince yourself not to do it?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ellyloel/19152693","date_published":"2023-05-16T08:39:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Elly Loel","url":"https://ellyloel.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F581cc10dfc8e204d283627b1a46a8922%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ellyloel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-16 08:39","date_timestamp":1684226387,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19106918","content_html":"@prealpinux ππ»
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ellyloel/19106918","date_published":"2023-05-14T11:33:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Elly Loel","url":"https://ellyloel.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F581cc10dfc8e204d283627b1a46a8922%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ellyloel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-14 11:33","date_timestamp":1684063998,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19104802","content_html":"@z428 morning!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ellyloel/19104802","date_published":"2023-05-14T08:59:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Elly Loel","url":"https://ellyloel.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F581cc10dfc8e204d283627b1a46a8922%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ellyloel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-14 08:59","date_timestamp":1684054766,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19103642","content_html":"@V_ Thanks for the welcome!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ellyloel/19103642","date_published":"2023-05-14T06:57:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Elly Loel","url":"https://ellyloel.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F581cc10dfc8e204d283627b1a46a8922%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ellyloel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-14 06:57","date_timestamp":1684047453,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19103640","content_html":"@maique Thanks! π
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ellyloel/19103640","date_published":"2023-05-14T06:57:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Elly Loel","url":"https://ellyloel.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F581cc10dfc8e204d283627b1a46a8922%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ellyloel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-14 06:57","date_timestamp":1684047435,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19103636","content_html":"@Miraz we are! Ah wonderful, always nice to find others online from around here.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ellyloel/19103636","date_published":"2023-05-14T06:56:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Elly Loel","url":"https://ellyloel.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F581cc10dfc8e204d283627b1a46a8922%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ellyloel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-14 06:56","date_timestamp":1684047419,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19102659","content_html":"@cygnoir πππ» (I love your profile picture btw)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ellyloel/19102659","date_published":"2023-05-14T05:22:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Elly Loel","url":"https://ellyloel.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F581cc10dfc8e204d283627b1a46a8922%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ellyloel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-14 05:22","date_timestamp":1684041724,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19102648","content_html":"@jean Thank you! Thatβs very exciting, I love all the stickers π
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ellyloel/19102648","date_published":"2023-05-14T05:21:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Elly Loel","url":"https://ellyloel.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F581cc10dfc8e204d283627b1a46a8922%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ellyloel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-14 05:21","date_timestamp":1684041664,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19102398","content_html":"Hi there @Miraz, from Naarm (Melbourne, Australia). ππ»
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/ellyloel/19102398","date_published":"2023-05-14T04:49:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Elly Loel","url":"https://ellyloel.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F581cc10dfc8e204d283627b1a46a8922%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"ellyloel"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-14 04:49","date_timestamp":1684039751,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19102261","content_html":"Hey @jean, thanks for the lovely welcome! I had a little look at the welcome page and I think I might have to email through my address for one of those awesome stickers π
\nAlso I had a question you might be able to help me with, I enabled cross-posting to my Mastodon account (@elly@front-end.social) and then sent out my hello world post on here but it seems like it hasnβt come through on the other account for some reason, is there something Iβve done wrong or missed maybe?