Building a design token system
A very detailed and thorough overview of how to use design tokens to power a distributed design system and site architecture. The crux is ensuring design (Figma), code (CSS), and content management […]
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Creating content migrations in Craft CMS
A useful primer on how to use migration files in […]
A loveletter to a tiny TV
Eric introduces the Tiny TV 2, an adorable piece of faux-retro tech that lets you load videos onto a tiny, replica cathode ray TV (which is obviously using an LED panel, digital files, and visual […]
A filterable, indie search engine
Another attempt at a privacy-focused, simplified search engine, with some interesting filter options – called "optics" – which let you customise your results. Only want to search personal sites? […]
A GitHub content editor
Prose is a service that connects with any GitHub repo you want, and then lets you edit Markdown and plain text files directly from a dedicated text editor. Particularly useful for people using GitHub […]
WikiFlix
A Netflix-inspired UI for public domain films, animations, shorts, and similar media that the Wikimedia project has archived and catalogued in some way. Contains some real classics, including much of […]
Written Unconformities
The trouble with drafting blog posts and then mentally filing them under "done", without ever actually hitting publish.
Optimise Lightroom by rebuilding previews
A step-by-step guide to forcing Lightroom to rebuild preview files. This can help reduce the overall size of the Previews folder/database, which often retains outdated previews for files you've […]
A static-site CMS that runs in VS Code
A clever, open-source CMS designed for static site generators like Eleventy, Astro, and Hugo which use Markdown files and frontmatter metadata. The CMS itself runs directly in your IDE, giving you a […]
Track design system use & adoption
A new tool that allows an organisation to check how, where, and why components are being used across shared codebases, and gain insights into their usage and […]
Styling on the Server
The increasing use of React Server Components is meaning the end of the CSS-in-JS era. But what options exist to fill that gap? I've been pleasantly surprised with what I've found.
Intro to design token schema
An interesting look at the early draft proposal for an official design token specification and file format. The pitch is a strong one: standardise design tokens so that every tool can understand […]
DDEV: A Worthwhile Investment?
Various notes from my battle to get a local development environment working for Craft CMS.
Jamie's bookshelf
I'm a sucker for a personal collection displayed on the web, and I really love the simplicity of Jamie's design for his digital bookshelf. An easy rating system; simple (and fast) filters; and a very […]
The ideal viewport doesn’t exist
A useful piece of research diving into the continued fragmentation of viewport and screen sizes across the web. I was actually one of the data points, as I saw the original call to arms (a clever […]
SVG crop
An absolutely fantastic little utility site that takes pretty much any SVG and removes all of the white space. You can drag'n'drop, upload image files, or just paste markup directly into a text […]
A Local Data Store in Astro
A quick (and dirty) way to fetch local data from a JSON file and modify the look of a page in Astro, completely natively.
Half Way (And A Bit)
With half the year now firmly in the past, how are my 2022 goals coming along?