Wes Bos

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1May 11, '24Standardizing on one sock type is the ultimate life improvement239×14.9M28k1k1.7k
2Aug 19, '25China is nuts. You can just DM a machinist and they will make you custom stainless barbell grips without ever speaking a word of English. $20 a pair222×13.8M137k4.3k25k
3Mar 21, '25💪🏻 This is SO COOL I build an app to count dumbbell reps with an AI model in the browser using Tensorflow.js and a pose detection model79.5×4.9M11k6535k
4Apr 25, '25Guys Literally Only Want One Thing53.3×3.3M9.7k591474
5Nov 23, '23the urge to figure out how everyone is doing those mutli-browser window demos41.2×2.6M3.3k1191.1k
6Oct 17, '253000 isn't the only localhost port btw you can safely go up to 49151 here are some good options: localhost:42069 localhost:13337 localhost:16661 localhost:11125 localhost:7121 loca28.4×1.8M10k9712.6k
7Apr 18, '23Node 20 allows you to compile your app into a single executable along with the entire Node.js core so you can run your apps on systems where node isn't installed, or your don't tru28.3×1.8M5.6k725836
8Oct 9I have discovered $50 amazon photo frames to be the PERFECT home display screen They can be rooted, updated to run a modern browser, have WiFi and can be powered from USB 1280×800 27.9×1.7M10k44416k
9Nov 23, '23help me26.2×1.6M9.1k5801.7k
10Mar 4, '25Send me a photo of your desk RIGHT NOW. We're rating + roasting your setups on an upcoming video.17.8×1.1M5.9k1481.9k
11Nov 19, '25What the HECK is going on with tech? In the last week: Multiple cloud outages, x DMs totally broken, antigravity doesn't work, my watch is showing me 15 year old cal events, mac OS16.7×1M3.7k176416
12Oct 18, '24How is this website so fast? I take a look behind McMaster-Carr and detail all the techniques they are using to make it fast. They are doing it all — prefetching HTML, inlined CSS,14.7×913k5.2k4794.6k
13Dec 21, '23Client side only validation14.6×907k26k1.4k816
14Aug 28, '23CSS Nesting just landed in Firefox 117 which puts it at 100% browser support! You can start using it today — here are 11 examples on how it works 👇13.7×850k5k8831.3k
15Oct 29, '24GitHub copilot + Claude ♥️12.7×791k4.1k227483
17Mar 10, '23Nice free ngrok alternative. Use Cloudflare tunnels to proxy your localhost application to the outside world with https. 1. brew install cloudflared 2. cloudflared tunnel --url htt10.8×673k6.4k9613.8k
18Aug 19, '24This might be a bad idea but go to and try take your photo. It should print to my printer10.2×636k3.9k144906
20Aug 16, '24Soooo I got a receipt printer and I’m gonna control it with JavaScript10.0×620k8.6k2411.2k
21Feb 9, '24Taylor Swift runs on WordPress and jQuery. Drake runs on Remix and Tailwind. happy friday ✌️9.8×610k2.7k161373
22Nov 29, '22🔥 Three CSS tips for working with inconsistently sized logos9.7×019k2.7k6.3k
23Nov 7, '25my kids are going to lose their minds when they see this Sticker Dream: Just imagine a sticker and have it printed in seconds9.5×589k3.8k1852k
24Jul 18, '24I saw this nifty CSS Video Masking technique on the iPad website. Pretty neat use of CSS - not what I expected!9.4×584k6.3k5573.7k
25Aug 25, '23🔥 JavaScript Sets are about to become a lot more useful with these 7 new methods: .difference() .intersection() .symmetricDifference() .union() .isSubsetOf() .isSupersetOf() .isDi9.0×559k5.2k7941.4k
26Sep 6, '23Node.js finally has support for loading .env files! You'll no longer need the dotenv package Dropped in 20.6.0 Also supports passing runtime flags like --inspect and --watch8.7×544k4.9k792576
28May 26, '25name a worse app opening experience8.2×507k14k342202
29Jan 13, '23My DMs at 4am8.1×502k3.2k9263
30Aug 22, '23🔥 JavaScript Tag Loading Visualized8.1×501k3.5k5711.6k
31Oct 28, '22*casually scans 800,000 lines of code* LGTM 👍7.9×026k1.4k404
32Apr 5, '23When the youtube video looks like this, you know you are finally gonna get some answers7.7×479k10k91799
33Aug 12, '25Printed a diffuser for this LED grid. Look how cool this looks once you slide it on7.5×465k3.9k106728
34Nov 3, '25this is BY FAR my new favourite effect This entire thing is generated from a single image7.2×450k5.7k2132.6k
36Oct 23, '25This Lando Norris website is insane I dove into the code and broke it all down. Some really neat 3D effects along with scrolling and next level animations7.1×439k4.1k2952k
38Aug 18, '25we are in for a few years of security nightmares6.7×417k7.3k349509
39Aug 7, '25Apple's iPad site is running Next.js while all other pages aren't even running React. Is this new?6.7×414k3.1k70533
40Oct 29, '24Shots fired at cursor6.6×413k3.4k86487
41Oct 29, '22🔥 Weird one: Any HTML element can be visible and editable with display:block; and contenteditable - including style tags!6.1×013k2k2.6k
42Nov 10, '22I made a browser extension to detect who has paid $8 for their blue checkmark6.0×016k1.8k1.3k
43Jan 29, '24Damn! How did I not know about this VS Code feature earlier?5.9×367k3.1k4071.9k
44May 27, '25ITS HAPPENING Firefox 127 shipped today making it the first browser to support Temporal - the new API for working with Dates, times, timezones + durations5.8×362k3.1k216286
45Sep 27, '24🤯 How am I just finding out about display: contents; Suuuuper handy for CSS Flexbox + Grid where the children aren't direct descendants.5.7×357k5.4k5803k
46Jul 1, '25We have reached a generation that doesn’t know about view source5.5×342k4.4k109423
47Nov 3, '25Apple just launched a web version of the App Store and it's build on Svelte!5.4×338k4.1k181878
48Dec 4, '23never again will I complain about node + npm after trying to pip install and python run something5.4×333k3.2k164102
49Apr 17, '20Being a web developer is 5% algorithms 5% data structures 90% figuring out what is causing horizontal scroll5.3×015k2.4k132
50Jul 16, '24CSS can FINALLY animate height: auto!5.2×324k5.5k6532.5k
51Oct 15, '25tbh this is a red flag5.2×322k3.7k52148
52Apr 29, '24Modern CSS is TOO good. Disable scrollbars when this dialog is both a modal, and open No JS, no state, no classes, no aria labels - just a few lines of CSS5.1×318k4.6k4142.3k
53Mar 19, '25Y’all can hate on vibe coding all you want but I’m a freaking hero to my kids for making a math video game5.0×311k5.1k253723
54Jun 5, '25Anything but a backpack day! I 3D printed my daughter a HUGE Stanley5.0×308k5.9k111279
55Nov 22, '24Can we please stop with the scroll-jacking carousels on websites? CSS Scroll Snap is a much better solution! Re-built the Uniqlo home page with 6 lines of CSS and 4 lines of JS4.9×306k5.7k4055.1k
56Sep 12, '24Are you using position: absolute; to overlap elements? It's almost always better to Use CSS Grid instead!4.9×302k3.7k3393k
57Dec 19, '23🔥 As of today, CSS :has() is now supported in every browser! This is a next-level selector that opens up a ton of new possibilities. Here are 10 hot tips for using CSS :has() Deta4.8×300k3k5551.9k
58Aug 13, '25Man this is soooo cool Built a web interface to draw to the led pixel grid. Can even draw photos to it!4.7×290k3.3k120687
59Jun 1, '21Today I'm launching my Beginner JavaScript text guide! These notes are totally free and have been modeled after the content in my Beginner JavaScript course. This is a huge resourc4.6×07.8k1.9k2.8k
60Sep 12, '24every single app that uses a popup to sign in needs to stop hiding the address bar. There is no way to test if its a legit website and 1Password doesn't work4.1×257k7.4k322204
61Feb 23, '24dude invented true or false and named it after himself4.0×247k3.8k246215
62Oct 3, '25Microsoft Authenticator just asked me to sign in with Microsoft Authenticator3.8×239k8.4k254174
63Oct 1, '24This CSS Backlight Effect is sooooo damn cool! I've taken it a step further with SVG Filters Makes it work with any element - including video!3.7×232k2.9k2522.7k
64Jul 19, '24Pretty impressive that you can do it without JavaScript with this new CSS API heres a quick tutorial on how to code the iPad video scroller mask effect yourself3.6×223k2.6k2201.8k
65Jul 25, '24Yessssss! Node just shipped the ability to run TypeScript files directly!3.5×218k3.2k418652
66Nov 3, '25Dudes will see this and be like hell yeah3.4×209k3.7k95199
67Jul 22, '24heard a wild stat the other day where 90% of internet traffic is just motion detection videos of spiderwebs in a slight breeze3.4×209k5.4k168509
68Aug 16, '24Uh oh3.2×196k5k239167
69May 20, '25Holographic CSS Ticket effect. I love this effect so much that I had to recreate it. Here is how it's done:2.8×173k4.6k2523.8k
70Oct 24, '25who approved this name??2.7×170k4.7k195402
71Nov 4, '22I got banned from linked in for writing JS 😆2.7×06.9k642779
72Jul 17, '20Shoutout to whoever recommended putting roller blade wheels on your office chair. So much smoother and it’s not marking the flooring up! $30 and apparently they fit almost any chai2.5×06.2k713621
73Mar 20, '18😮 Did you know Chrome has a FaceDetector API?2.5×04.7k2k143
74Aug 21, '24Kids these days can’t even write a SQL injection without AI2.4×150k4.2k68174
75Oct 23, '25Don't [...spread] or .split() your strings! Use Intl.Segmenter API. Available in every JS runtime2.4×149k3k2251.6k
76Jan 9, '17Twitter is great because the creator of JavaScript will help you with JavaScript within 7 minutes2.3×04.1k2.2k3
77Jun 9, '22javascript is great until you see the php guys with lambos2.3×06.4k646192
78Jan 4, '22My daughter just told me 1 plus 1 is 11. I think shes going to be a JS dev2.2×07.2k54142
79Jan 18, '18🔥 Announcing my latest course on CSS Grid! From CSS Grid fundamentals to real world layouts in 25 videos / 4 hours. Totally free — Enjoy! →2.0×03.7k1.5k49
80Apr 11, '24can google please throw the ban hammer on these fake transparent pngs please1.8×111k5k11157
81Sep 6, '21🔥 JavaScript's new .at() method lets you pick items based on their index. This is super handy for grabbing the last item of an array or string because, unlike arrays, it supports 1.8×04.3k748339
83Oct 30, '17🔥 The next version of VS code will automatically add your import statements as you use functions from your project1.7×03.5k1.3k0
84Mar 13, '19🔥 JavaScript functions visualized1.7×03.7k975259
85Feb 6, '19My background pattern resources: → → → → → → → → →1.7×03.1k676893
86Oct 25, '19🔥 Here is a neat one! Since arrays are objects, we can destructure their indexes to easily grab the first and last items.1.6×03.3k888329
87Nov 28, '19🔥 Announcing Beginner JavaScript - a fun, exercise heavy approach to learning Modern JavaScript from scratch. No matter which framework you use, this is the solid base you need. G1.5×03k876305
88Jan 24, '22View post on X1.5×03.9k65368
89Apr 27, '20Request for proposal1.4×03.7k562129
90Oct 11, '18🔥 Announcing Advanced React & GraphQL! Come and learn to build a fullstack JavaScript online store with me →1.3×02.9k742103
91Feb 13, '19The reason I'm making a JavaScript fundamentals course is that I see so many rushing into frameworks and libraries without a good set of fundamentals. Frameworks, libs (and even la1.3×03.6k47543
92Apr 2, '18I legit spent 5 hours on an issue last Thursday and fixed it in 3 minutes today. Important reminder to take breaks on stubborn issues. I told myself to take a break and come back t1.3×02.9k84410
93Aug 20, '18🔥 Did you know CSS has a `turn` unit? It’s often easier to turn something `rotate(0.75turn)` instead of doing the math to `rotate(270deg)`1.3×03k76563
94Mar 23, '18🔥 If you are trying to align oddly sized images, set a hard width + height and then use object-fit: cover; to remove any distortion img { width: 200px; height: 200px; object-fit: 1.3×03k678176
95Aug 24, '20Developers be like <html> <p>Welcome to my site</p> </html> OMG straight 100s on lighthouse!1.2×03.6k29447
96Jun 13, '19Welcome to the world Kit Wesley Bos! 💙7lb 5oz. We were in and out of the hospital in 6 hours. Everyone is sleepy but doing great!1.1×03.5k383
97Dec 7, '22I've held back from screenshotting these, but the robots are finally here to save us from that guy 😆0.9×02.9k171107
98Jan 19, '22copilot knows0.9×02.7k28239
99Nov 12, '19VS Code. It's so good.0.9×02.7k19121
100Sep 17, '19Me: Google Calendar: My Mouse: 0.004 of a scroll Google Calendar: January 4, 19520.8×02.7k2448

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