Better Diacritics on Windows
Annoyed by Alt-codes and incomplete keyboard shortcuts? Yearn for the long-press functionality of every other OS? Just freakin' want easier en-dash access? Windows doesn't have to be this annoying; there are some options!
Visit for a surprise
How should a Rick Roll link (obviously hidden from sighted users) be marked up for assistive technology? That's the question Eric is answering, and the result can be summed up as: preserve the […]
Mastering SVG Animation
For the past couple of weeks I've been lucky enough to take part in Cassie Evans'
latest SVG workshop (the first truly exceptional perk of the
"new" career 🤩). The workshop was split into five […]
GitHub settings to change master to main
I think it's cool to see GitHub embracing calls to move away from "master branch" terminology and doing so in a way which provides further flexibility and power to its users. That's a win-win no […]
WordPress is renaming 'master' to 'trunk' on Git repositories
The debate around the common practice of naming the primary branch in Git "master" continues, but I thought the statement from WordPress had some interesting points. They largely mirror my own views […]
In defense of a fussy website
Sarah has put into words some feelings I've had recently about the web (and uses two sites as examples that I keep returning to as well: Josh W Comeau and Cassie Codes) […]
Images good to the last byte
An exhaustive guide to image optimisation, compression, formats, and quality on the […]
Trunks and Masters
There are several strong arguments for moving away from using "master branch" as default terminology, but what should it be replace with? Personally, I like the idea of extending the tree abstraction that we use when talking about branches, so have started using "trunk".
Easily rename Git master branch to main
Turns out it's pretty simple to rename any branch in Git. Scott has a full step-by-step guide, but there are a few […]
Easter Inspite of It All
We were supposed to spend Easter weekend in Devon with Alison's parents, but clearly that wasn't going to happen this year 😁 Instead, I largely spent the run-up mildly panicking that I was never […]
How much is 100?
100 words should not be a hard concept. I mastered counting to 100 at least a decade ago. Yet, I have absolutely no idea whether any of my "100 words" contain 100 […]