2024: The Year Of ...
What are my goals, themes, and overarching desires for the year ahead; and how does 2023 compare to what I had hoped it would become.
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Moderate people, not code
Ryan always has some interesting thoughts around the ethics of online communities, and this is no exception. There's a lot of great questions and thoughts in here around whether or not we should be […]
Climbing the ladder of abstraction with AI
Wattenberger frequently breaks my brain with some of their incredibly well-reasoned and unique ideas, and this talk from AI Engineer Summit is no exception. The core ideas being introduced are around […]
Contextual advertising
A high-level overview of the differences between behavioural and contextual advertising, and some of the (many) advantages of the […]
Optimising for INP
Google have recently announced a change to their Core Web Vitals metrics. The existing FID stat is being sunset, and replaced with a new way of measuring responsiveness: Interaction to Next Paint, […]
Is Web3 bullshit?
Yes, it is 😉 Of course, Molly does a much better job of outlining why the Web3 experiment appears to be failing so spectacularly, and politely calls out the rest of the industry for allowing the […]
The struggle of emoji on the web
I use emoji quite a lot on this site, which means I'm already aware of some of the more unusual browser/OS quirks. Don't ever use flag emoji (except pirate 🏴☠️) because Microsoft refuses to […]
11ty tips I wish I'd known
Several excellent tips on how to best setup, configure, or use Eleventy, all with excellent explanations. I particularly liked the breakdown of the data cascade model […]
Styled Component Quirks
Styled Components have tripped me up a few times today, but I ended up learning some useful tricks as a result.
White liberal performative art
An inciteful, well written, and intensely interesting (and important) look at media trends within modern white, liberal culture, focused around Bo Burnham's Inside but touching on a much […]
Regex 101
A brilliant tool for quickly troubleshooting or writing regular expressions. Works perfectly for JavaScript syntax in […]
Partial hydration with 11ty and Preact
A great rundown of how to build a site using Preact and Eleventy that gives you the best of SPA-lite hydration and the speed/resilience of SSGs, all with the power of progressive […]
Astartes: Warhammer 40K short
It's a few years old, but I was blown away by Astartes. Sure, the lore is a bit dense so I didn't fully know what was going on, but the story was well crafted enough that it kept me hooked […]
Colour contrast checker
Coolors are generally my first stop for palette design anyway, but now that I've discovered this quick WCAG contrast checker they've become invaluable. There are a few similar tools out there, but […]
Collapse SVG to a single path
Very useful tool: just upload an SVG and it will attempt to output the file as a single path 👍 Fantastic for converting icon libraries for design […]
Captain Edward font
A beautiful new serif font from Simple Bits based on old nautical typography. There's something about the alternate ligatures and subtle roundness to the serifs that I utterly adore. Plus, the […]
Practical elegance
I really like the concept of practical elegance that Seth argues for. It's effectively an argument for true UX: optimising the user's experience to make it as useful and memorable as […]
Content buddy
Jeremy is a great writer. I therefore shouldn't be surprised that his advice on content editing is incredibly […]