Crafty Field Migration
Migrating content between fields in Craft is not as simple as it might be. In the wake of Craft 5, I've been getting a lot of practice, and wanted to write up some of the techniques I've been using.
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Jamstack slide decks
I needed to throw together a quick presentation for an internal team meeting at work, but I've maxed out my Slides.com free usage and really hate Google's offering, so went digging for something […]
Find people on Fedi from the IndieWeb
A clever browser extension that uses rel="me" links to find people's Mastodon/Fediverse accounts from their personal […]
A collection of single-purpose tools
An incredibly extensive collection of single-user tools. Need to check colour contrast? Grab image metadata? Generate a gradient? Yup, all of those are in here. The list is immense and the tools are […]
A Missing Narrative
Ever spend weeks writing something, hit publish, and then feel completely unsatisfied. That's what just happened to me. So I figured I'd try to work out why.
Follow any web feed from Mastodon
Just mention @birb in a post to Mastodon with a link, and RSS Parrot will search the site for any kind of feed, convert that feed to an RSS output, and then launch a Mastodon account that […]
Make any feed an RSS feed
A clever service that takes any input URL and attempts to identify lists of links (i.e. a feed) and then convert this into an RSS feed that anyone can subscribe to. Great for pulling content out of […]
Disable Auto Summarisation in Readwise Reader
I think automatically pumping every article saved to Readwise through an LLM is a bad idea. Luckily, you can turn that feature off!
Time to rethink mobile-first CSS?
An interesting look at whether the current mobile-first paradigm is problematic. Ultimately, the title feels a little like click-bait; to me the solution proposed remains mobile-first, but suggests […]
A Bookmark Feed
Mastodon makes saving interesting links for later very easy, but getting these into a feed reader or note-taking service seemed impossible until I came across a neat little hosted solution.
Let an rss feed be a reminder
Ashur has voiced something I've been doing for years: feed readers may be efficient, but that efficiency robs websites of their individuality. I've long had sites that I subscribe to but […]
Resurrecting web marginalia
A few careful thoughts about the utility of "web marginalia", in this case for discovery; things like blogrolls, feed lists, and webrings. John wonders if their demise is in part due to the loss of […]
Debug iOS Safari with Xcode
Need to debug an iOS or iPadOS device but don't have one? Got a Mac of some kind? Turns out, Xcode is a pretty comparable environment to the real deal and almost any mobile Safari bug can be tested […]
Bookmarklet for responsive image linting
Not overly tested, but covers a lot of the common gotchas around building responsive images for the web, and quickly identifies areas for improvement. Definitely feels like something that could be […]
Using data-attributes for style variations
An interesting approach to using data attributes to drive CSS utility classes. I'm not sure I like the overly granular control (it feels like it falls into the same category as Tailwind, but now with […]
Automating the deployment of your static site on your own server
Need to self-host your front end away from the "modern" services like Netlify or Vercel? As both continue to get a little sketchier with time, it's definitely something I'm having to […]
EAA: what you need to know
An excellent overview of the European Accessibility Act, how it overlaps with existing regulations, and the impact it might have. Doesn't get too technical, but does do a good job of explaining the […]
Tailwind and the death of web craftsmanship
I have used Tailwind on various projects. I think for prototyping and quick proof of concepts, for one-off projects that never need to be updated, it has some advantages. But for code that you want […]