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1. ARIA roles can remove their children’s semantics

   Published Jan 13 2026 in Accessibility

   ARIA menus require to include elements with "menuitem" or otherwise they're be empty.

2. Clean up your Mac with open source

   Published Jan 13 2026 in macOS , Tools

   Clean your Mac's disk space with this free and open source CLI tool.

3. The Trust Equation

   Published Jan 12 2026 in People , Shower thoughts

   A formula to evaluate trust using credibility, reliability, intimacy, and self-orientation.

4. Firefox DevTools hides unreferenced CSS variables

   Published Jan 10 2026 in Firefox , CSS

   Since Firefox 145, DevTools hide unused custom properties.

5. If you don't care, I don't care...

   Published Jan 07 2026 in Tools

   Quoting Jim on shipping half-assed software.

6. Automatically load .env files in Node.js scripts

   Published Jan 06 2026 in NodeJS

   Node.js supports a native way to load .env files programmatically now.

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