Would you uproot your life to join Y Combinator with no guarantees?
Travis Chase did — and Font Awesome hasn’t looked back.
Catch this cozy, nerdy, inspiring episode of Nerd Show & Tell:
🎧 www.podcastawesome.com/episod...
#StartupLife #PodcastAwesome #TechFounders #WebDesignNostalgia
Bluesky
Travis Chase is the kind of founder who still remembers his first programming thrill:
📞 Building an answering machine from scratch.
This week’s podcast episode dives into code, culture, and the real story behind FA’s YC journey.
🎧 youtu.be/85DrXrY0RvA?si=RrNJ_...
#IndieDev #YCFounders
We finally lured @supercodepoet into a recording booth.
We talk about:
• Dodging accounting for web design
• Star Wars trading cards rule
• Building a business your way
• And what it’s like getting mistaken for your own clone brand 😅
Listen in: www.podcastawesome.com/episod...
#DesignTech
New on the docs and new in Eleventy v3.1.0:
HTML Relative Passthrough File Copy (only copy files referenced in templates!)
Designing a website but haven't considered persons with disabilities?
👀 Might wanna rethink that.
Lindsay gives some perspective to show how empathy is the new UX.
🎙️ www.podcastawesome.com/209285...
#AccessibilityMatters #WebDev
A responsible security disclosure for the Syntax Highlight plugin: github.com/11ty/elevent...
Due to quick action by npm and good granular access security policy there was no impact and no action is necessary.
New release: Eleventy Fetch v5.1.0
Streamlined: 47% smaller! Backwards compatible with existing cache files! Bug fixes! Endorsed by the new pope*!
*not really
💬 “Use HTML.”
– Says Lindsay, the accessibility-aware design and developer whisperer
Why HTML? Because HTML already has accessibility baked in.
(Also: don’t reinvent the button, = friends.)
🎧 👀 youtu.be/bIiTfeJ7gYU
#AccessibilityTips #WebAwesome #HTMLFTW #FAteam 💻💥
Sidewalks are accessible infrastructure that many of us don’t think about. But they're life-changing. Lindsay draws the line between curbs & keyboards in our latest 🎧 youtu.be/bIiTfeJ7gYU?...
#PodcastAwesome. #Accessibility #InclusiveTech
Your design isn’t “bold.”
If users can’t read the text or navigate with a keyboard, it’s just broken.
Lindsay breaks down misconceptions about accessible design.
🎙️ youtu.be/bIiTfeJ7gYU
#UXDesign #A11y #EmpathyInTech 🚫👀
Did you miss the pre-order deal?
No problem. With an active subscription, you'll get v7 when it's released. But you can still save 20% off your first year of Font Awesome Pro or Pro+ until launch day.
fontawesome.com/plans
A huge thanks to everyone who pre-ordered Font Awesome 7 — we’re excited to release the upgraded icons, toolkit improvements, and new Pro+ packs!
Right now, we’re focused on wrapping up the finishing touches ahead of the official launch in June.
Node v24 was released today and our test suite is already green to go: github.com/11ty/elevent...
Congrats and thank you to the Node.js team for all of your hard work! nodejs.org/en/blog/rele...
🧑💻 Accessibility ≠ just for “someone else.”
It’s for everyone.
In our latest #PodcastAwesome episode, Lindsay breaks down why building access into the web helps all users — and how @webawesome.com is making that easy.
🎧 Listen now → youtu.be/bIiTfeJ7gYU?si=kViQt...
#InclusiveDesign
This is it! The lifetime discount to pre-order Font Awesome 7 or upgrade to a Pro+ plan ends today, April 30, at 1pm ET / 10am PT.
After that, the kitchen closes and the deal’s off the menu. Get your lifetime discount now!
fontawesome.com/plans?utm_so...
Plans & Pricing to Meet Your Icon Needs | Font Awesome
Our Free Plan lets you get going right away. Switch to a Pro plan to get more icons, styles, Kits, pageviews, & Actual Human Support.
Eleventy Arbitrary Milestone Alert: 11ty/eleventy has crossed 18000 Stars on GitHub!
Add yours: github.com/11ty/eleventy
Taking VentoJS for a spin in Eleventy: chriskirknielsen.com/blog/taking-...
There's only 1 day left to lock in your lifetime discount on Font Awesome 7 before the price goes up tomorrow, April 30 at 1pm ET (10am PT). We’re talking steep, STEEP discounts people!
fontawesome.com/plans?utm_so...
🤫 Real quote from set: “Wait, do we want the butter pat melting or room temp?”
It’s the little things that tie an icon campaign together.
🎧 Hear the story behind the shoot: youtu.be/1RCj_ScG4wI?...
Some icons whisper. Chisel shouts. 🔥 With strong lines and layered edges, Chisel was built to stand out. Perfect for bold, high-impact designs.
🔗 Check it out → fontawesome.com/icons/packs/...
The clock is ticking ⏰ Our pre-order window ends in just TWO days on April 30! Unlock steep discounts on Font Awesome 7 plans before time runs out. Don't wait! fontawesome.com/plans?utm_so...
Plans & Pricing to Meet Your Icon Needs | Font Awesome
Our Free Plan lets you get going right away. Switch to a Pro plan to get more icons, styles, Kits, pageviews, & Actual Human Support.
🎥 We asked our team: Can we shoot this entire promo in one day?
The answer: Yes. But only if Steve never removes the hot dog costume. 🌭
🎙 Go behind the camera with Podcast Awesome: youtu.be/1RCj_ScG4wI?...
🎞 From idea scribbles to heart-shaped butter pats, the FA7 promo went from funny-ha-ha to jaw-drop.
Hear how the video crew took a script and turned it into diner / icon magic.
Watch the behind-the-scenes of the Font Awesome 7 Promo video: youtu.be/dlgLRcjkzMs?...
🐾 The FA7 diner promo wasn’t just cooked up in a day — it was a day.
12 hours. One camera. Dozens of pancakes. And the best crew this side of the fa-style guide.
🎧 Hear how we pulled it off: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RCj...
🎬 Go behind the scenes of the FA7 marketing video — from the heart shaped butter-pat to Steve’s all-day commitment to hot dog suit acting excellence.
👀Watch now! youtu.be/dlgLRcjkzMs?...
The Eleventy Meetup is happening today: 11tymeetup.dev/events/ep-23...
Starring @mwdelaney.me and vrugtehagel!
See it in action on `eleventy-base-blog`: github.com/11ty/elevent...
New in Eleventy Bundle v3.0.4: a new option to populate per-route bundles with content right out of your HTML.
Here’s an example that puts all `<style>` element content into a `css` bundle:
Want your UI to feel more like a sketchbook? 📝 Thumbprint icons keep things casual, imperfect, and full of character. No more boring, stiff icons!
🔗 Get the vibe → fontawesome.com/icons/packs/...
Hand-drawn charm. Digital precision. ✍️ Thumbprint is the best of both worlds, giving your site a fun, human touch.
🎨 Give your icons some soul → fontawesome.com/icons/packs/...
Try out the brand new v3.1.0-beta.1 Release: 22% smaller and 11% faster than v3.0!
🎙️ The Font Awesome 7 Q&A is ready for replay!
Couldn’t make it to the live Q&A with @davegandy? Don’t sweat it — the full replay is now available.
🔥 What’s inside?
🍔 New icon styles
⚡ Pro+ details & tech upgrades
📌 Watch it now: www.youtube.com/live/6dvsodS...
*Finally* on the docs: how to add Sass to your Eleventy project www.11ty.dev/docs/languag...
What if icons were made of ... jelly? 🟠 Jelly icons are soft, rounded, and ready to be squished. Add some friendly vibes to your design!
🔗 Get squishy with Font Awesome 7 → fontawesome.com/icons/packs/...
📅Live Now! Watch the Font Awesome 7 Q&A: www.youtube.com/live/6dvsodS...
🎤 Last call for the big event!
In two hours, Dave Gandy is answering your biggest questions about Font Awesome 7 — live April 16 at 1pm ET/10am PT!
🍽️ New icons, fresh features, and Pro+ deep dive
📅 April 16 – Don’t miss it!
🔗 Be there or, you know, be square: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dvs...
Added a quick little search form to the header on 11ty.dev.
🎙️ We’re going live TOMORROW — are you ready?
@davegandy.com is stepping up to the mic to talk all things Font Awesome 7, and you don’t want to miss it
📅 Live Q&A – April 16 at 1pm ET/10am PT
🔥 New icons, fresh styles, & performance boosts
Drop your questions below! www.youtube.com/live/6dvsodS...
The name? Weird. The icons? Awesome. 🌭 Notdog is for designs that don’t take themselves too seriously. If you like fun, this set’s for you.
🔥 Grab it here → fontawesome.com/icons?utm_so...
Thank you to Roman Kenig-Gusev (github.com/102) for donating the `eleventy` package name on npm to our project! (and Jo Jara Kroese for facilitating!)
🎙️ Live Q&A with Font Awesome Founder Dave Gandy!
Have questions about Font Awesome 7? Now’s your chance to ask!
📅 April 16 at 1pm ET / 10am PT
🎤 Live Q&A covering new styles, Pro+, and what’s next for Font Awesome.
🔗 Submit your questions! youtube.com/live/6dvsodS...
#FontAwesomeQandA
Thanks to the @e18e.dev folks for more dependency reduction improvements!
Try them out now on v3.1.0-alpha.1: github.com/11ty/elevent...
🚨 Live Q&A Alert!
Join Font Awesome founder @davegandy.com on April 16 at 1pm ET / 10am PT for a live Q&A on Font Awesome 7 — new styles, Pro+, and everything in between!
🔗 Save your seat & send your questions now! youtube.com/live/6dvsodS...
#FontAwesomeQandA
Font Awesome 7 upgrade path:
Step 1: Change your kit version to 7.
Step 2: … That’s it.
Magic? Nah, just painstaking design updates to make your life easier. 🎩✨ Hear the full story on Podcast Awesome! www.podcastawesome.com/2092855/epis...
Ever wondered how many hours go into making an icon set? Jory & Noah spent a long friggin time refining every little detail. 👀 Now, Font Awesome 7 icons are sharper, smoother & more balanced than ever. 🎙️ Listen now! www.podcastawesome.com/2092855/epis...
Some icon sets are practical. Others are pure fun. Font Awesome 7 ProPlus? Both. Hear how we let icon designers cut loose & bring the weird in our latest episode! 🎙️ www.podcastawesome.com/2092855/epis...
🍽️ Get a heaping helping of awesome — at a specials menu price.
For a short time, Pro is $99/year and Pro+ is $119/year. That's a 20% savings for the life of your subscription. 🤯
Get it before the deal’s off the menu!
🔗 Grab your plate! fontawesome.com?utm_source=x...
🍔 We changed the recipe — and it’s better than ever!
Font Awesome 7 is officially launching soon, and if you missed the reveal, you can still check out the menu.
🍽️ New styles, major updates, and Pro+ exclusives.
🔗 Check it out here! fontawesome.com?utm_source=b...
Got questions about Font Awesome 7? We've got answers! Read our newest blog and get the fix on all things Font Awesome 7. 📢
blog.fontawesome.com/font-awesome...
www.befreaky.co is #BuiltWithEleventy 🏆
Featured on Awwwards: www.awwwards.com/sites/befreaky
New release: Eleventy Navigation v1.0.0 (after 2+ years dormant!)
Access the data cascade, pin items in a group, improvements to default sorting, support for aria-current, and more!
Release Eleventy Navigation v1.0.0 · 11ty/eleventy-navigation
Add support for eleventyNavigation.pinned boolean to pin nodes to the top of their navigation group (while also respecting order among pinned nodes) #60 Add support for multiple comma separated key...
🚨 Did you miss the big reveal? We saved you a seat!
🍽️ Font Awesome 7 is officially served!
🔥 New icons, fresh styles, and faster performance — all ready for you to dig into.
📌 fontawesome.com?utm_source=b...
🚨 Last call! 🚨
We’re going live in just a few minutes with something brand new, fresh out of the FA-kitchen.
👀 Watch now before the special is off the menu!
📌 fontawesome.com
if you like it, you should’ve put a webring on it
We were told this would get better engagement if we added some text...
We were told this would get better engagement if we added some text...
⏳ The wait is over! Something fresh is coming off the grill, and it’s about to be served. 🍽️Don’t miss out—we go live in 3 hours.
🔗 Watch here: fontawesome.com
⏳ The wait is over! Something fresh is coming off the grill, and it’s about to be served. 🍽️Don’t miss out—we go live in 3 hours.
🔗 Watch here: fontawesome.com
🎥 Isaac helped us turn our fa-wishlist of marketing and education content into reality including ...
Screencasts ✅
Video podcast ✅
Behind-the-scenes docu magic ✅
🎙️ Hear how it started: youtu.be/R6r-FGAMVUw?...
#VideoProduction #FontAwesome
Thanks to all the lovely folks that left feedback on our navigation improvement mini-project pull request, we’re shipping an improved nav to 11ty.dev: github.com/11ty/11ty-we...
It’s live now!
Something’s cooking, and it’s almost time to take the lid off. Get ready. 🍽️
fontawesome.com?utm_source=b...
🎬 From studying film during a Hollywood shutdown to actually making movies with us (oh, boy do we have some fun stuff to share in the future!) — Isaac's Font Awesome origin story is one for the screen (and now, a podcast)!
🎧 Listen in: youtu.be/R6r-FGAMVUw?...
#NerdShowAndTell
Something fresh is on the way. The countdown is almost up. 🍽️
fontawesome.com?utm_source=b...
arielsalminen.com is #BuiltWithEleventy 🏆 by @arie.ls
Ariel Salminen (@ariel@social.design.systems)
New website launch day! 📮 I handcrafted a super simple new site for myself to better showcase what I do and have a future home for experiments I may want to tinker with. Designed in the browser…
We made a small modification to the leaderboards this time: for scaling and maintenance reasons (this list now includes over 1100 web sites!) the results will only show sites that have scored 400 on Lighthouse. Thanks y’all!
Eleventy Leaderboards №29
11ty.dev/speedlify/
🥇 a11yproject.com
🥈 lamplightdev.com @lamplightdev.com
🥉 simoncox.com @simoncox.com
#4 zachleat.com
#5 oupspuppetry.gr
#6 fumes.junglestar.org
#7 artofmusic.lu/en/
#8 declanbyrd.co.uk
#9 curtisjurgensen.com
#10 iainbean.com
#11 jfroehlich.net
🍽️ Something’s sizzling in the Font Awesome kitchen… and it’s almost ready to serve. Any guesses? 👀 More details dropping soon!
fontawesome.com?utm_source=b...
we can neither confirm nor deny that the leaderboards may be actively leaderboarding
The Hardest Thing About Design Isn't Design
It’s people. The real UX challenge? Navigating egos, silos, and bad decisions before they happen. Bryan Zug shares how to build trust & actually get things done. Tune in: www.podcastawesome.com/2092855/epis...
Some fashion choices are strong with the Force. Others are just … strong with questionable judgment. (Cargo shorts, we’re looking at you.) This tee? Definitely the first one. But only until March 25th!
cottonbureau.com/p/R9TDB2/shi...
New v3.0.1-alpha.5 🐀 core pre-release available for testing: github.com/11ty/elevent... includes build and install performance wins, a reduction of node_modules from 27MB to 21MB, a bunch of Dev Server fixes and more!
New release: Eleventy 🛎️ Dev Server v2.0.7 includes bug fixes for CSS reloads, supports returning a `Response` in your onRequest callbacks (easily proxy to a different server using `fetch()`), and a bunch of other goodies!
Release Eleventy Dev Server v2.0.7 · 11ty/eleventy-dev-server
Adds support for Response objects returned from onRequest callbacks, simplifying usage with Fetch and unlocks easy-to-configure proxy server behavior #9 Fixes bug with requests to server while it i...
Wouldn't you know it ... the original link will take you to the buzzsprout page, doh! 🤦 go here for the full episode! www.podcastawesome.com/2092855/epis...
Good Design ≠ Just Making Pretty Things
If your work never ships or makes an impact, are you really designing? 🤔 @bryanzug.bsky.social breaks down why “artifact culture” is holding designers back & what to do instead. 🎧 Listen here: 🔗 www.buzzsprout.com/admin/209285...
Themed tees? Yeah, we do got 'em. And this one is straight out of your favorite intergalactic rebellion. Your wardrobe is impressive. Most impressive. Snag yours before they jump to lightspeed!
cottonbureau.com/p/R9TDB2/shi...
🤔 Think design is all about pixel-perfect Figma files? @bryanzug.bsky.social says nope. In our latest podcast, we talk about why great design is really about great relationships. 🎙️ Listen now: www.podcastawesome.com/2092855/epis...
This very useful, very durable, and ultimately very portable content is #BuiltWithEleventy 🏆
You might know us from the guides we have put together, like the de-risking guide and the UX guide. Governments all around the world have used them to make services more accessible and add more value to the public — all while saving millions of dollars. You can still find them here: 18f.org/guides/
The GOV.UK Publishing Design Guide is #BuiltWithEleventy: design-guide.publishing.service.gov.uk
via insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2025/02/25/c...
Welcome to GOV.UK
GOV.UK - The best place to find government services and information.
Hey folks! Send your best wishes to Bob after knee surgery!!
After successful knee replacement surgery, I find myself in a recovery room staring across at recovery room number 11. #11ty
Coming soon to a Eleventy v3 alpha near you: dependency housekeeping improvements have yielded a drop in our dependency count from 190 to 151 and a reduction in our core node_modules weight from 27.4 MB to 21.8 MB.
Duplicate dependency versions · Issue #3673 · 11ty/eleventy
From the lovely https://node-modules.dev/
New on the docs: Use Node’s CPU Profiling feature to dig deep into your build performance and improve your build times:
Debug Performance
A docs page for Eleventy, a simpler static site generator.
New image optimization recipe to save on build minutes.
Store your optimized output images in .cache for disk cache re-use (note: preserving .cache across builds is a host-dependent feature)
Transform method option to put generated image disk cache in .cache folder · Issue #285 · 11ty/eleventy-img
This works today to store output images into .cache/ and then copy those assets to the output folder post-build: import fs from "node:fs"; import Image, { eleventyImageTransformPlugin } from "@11ty...
tracker.greenweb.org is #BuiltWithEleventy 🏆 by @fershad.com
Blog post:
Introducing the Green Web Tracker - Green Web Foundation
This post introduces the Green Web Tracker, an open source website to track the green hosting of domains.
How Do You Get People to Actually Use a Design System?
📢 Be more carrot 🥕, less stick. @darn.es shares how to make design systems irresistible.
Listen to the full convo here or watch the video version on our YouTube: www.podcastawesome.com/2092855/epis...
What’s in a Name?
"Design Engineer," "UX Developer," "Creative Technologist" — how much do job titles actually matter?
@darn.es says they’re just a vehicle to get where you want to be.
Full episode:
youtu.be/JJQ46bLjL6U?...
New plugin: 11ty/image-color to get colors from an image. Create theme-specific CSS from an image (or even a URL using our IndieWeb avatar service).
GitHub - 11ty/image-color: Small utility to efficiently fetch the colors from an image.
Small utility to efficiently fetch the colors from an image. - 11ty/image-color
Using the `addDateParsing` configuration API to set a project default time zone:
Set project default time zone · Issue #3668 · 11ty/eleventy
Inspired by https://bsky.app/profile/slow.dog/post/3lj4a4qoavc2u from @bixfrankonis Notably, dates are assumed to be UTC by default (when a time zone is not specified) and you can work with them us...
designsystem.webstandards.ca.gov is #BuiltWithEleventy 🏆
Source code: github.com/cagov/design...
🔔 Backers, check your inbox!
Week 6 is all about 🎨 colors, 🖌️ tinkering, and especially tinkering with colors: tweak color palettes to make them yours, more elaborate theme remixing, a host of color palette improvements, and new color tokens!
Not a backer? Visit webawesome.com and don’t miss out!
Good engineering feels boring because:
🔧 Simple = Reliable
🔄 Simple = Repeatable
⚡ Simple = Actually Works
Dave’s LEGO team did less and won more.
🎧 Why boring beats flashy → www.podcastawesome.com/2092855/epis...
🚀 Startups waste months on features nobody asked for.
Dave’s rule?
👀 Assume half of what you think matters… doesn’t.
🛠️ Ship just enough to learn.
♻️ Iterate based on reality, not guesses.
🎙️ Learn more on Podcast Awesome → www.podcastawesome.com/2092855/epis...
A tiny release to the `latest` branch of `@11ty/is-land` (v4.0.1) fixes unnecessary build artifacts that rolled up with the published package:
Release is-land v4.0.1 · 11ty/is-land
This release has no production code change impact — it only corrects extra unnecessary build artifacts that were included with the published package (1.28 MB -> 20 KB) Adds npm package publishing p...
First looks: <is-land> v5.0.0 Beta 2
Broadened browser support
Passive event listeners
Rename attribute prefixes
New Import Maps examples
Supports: Petite Vue, Vue, Svelte, Solid, Lit, Preact, and Alpine.js
Release is-land v5.0.0-beta.2 · 11ty/is-land
Compressed file size: v4.0.0 at 1.61 kB to v5.0.0 at 1.79 kB Broadens browser support (thank you @vanarok in #21) and adds (cut the mustard-style) feature test: v5.0.0 supports Chrome 54, Firefox ...
who scheduled this to go out at 3am on Saturday 🤔😅
Eleventy Import v1.0.10 adds the `--within` CLI option to filter imported items to those created or updated within a specified time frame.
npx @11ty/import [type] [target] --within=7d
Release Eleventy Import v1.0.10 · 11ty/eleventy-import
Adds within CLI option to filter entries to only include those created or updated with a recent time frame. Uses the same syntax as Fetch duration (e.g. "24h", "7d"). Also supported as a options pr...
🔔 Backers, we’re back in your inbox this week with another update!
Web Awesome components now use native events (at your request)! Plus, nested components now inherit some attributes, a utility to reduce FOUCE, & more.
Not a backer? Visit webawesome.com and don’t miss out!