WebDev
Wanting more interactivity on my blog, even at a minimal level, has made static site generators more trouble than I want to deal with.
The morning after blues, from my head down to my shoes
A lot of folks are asking if AI makes developers more efficient, but we'd have to know how to measure efficiency first.
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time string band
Sunday’s on the phone to Monday, Tuesday’s on the phone to me.
Giving the AI coding thing "the old college try," not that I tried that much in college.
All of the greenery is coming down, boy
Some thoughts after the first few weeks of my lyric guessing game.
When people argue about "purity tests" in politics, it’s to dodge accepting uncomfortable compromises.
Heavy.
The principle that reshaped how I wrote CSS.
Another 10 lyrics for you to identify!
Bejofo reworks their JavaScript game to run without JavaScript, which is an interesting experiment — and reinforces my biggest concern about modern web development hosting infrastructure.
What happens when a business starts outsourcing the busy-work? Is that even useful? Or is it just another cash drain?
I’m always having a debate with myself about how to handle images for blog posts — and whether they need images at all.
I give you the lyrics, you tell me the artist and song.
I've gone and done it. I took my nice, static site and turned it dynamic. Wow, what a headache.
Ever heard that “work expands to fill the time available”? Let's dig into why that’s only half the story — and what Parkinson’s Law gets wrong about how real work (and real people) actually operate.
How to mark up elaborate headline structures
In this first link roundup, I share posts about metrics, AI psychology, and accessibility that caught my attention this last week.
Working with the JavaScript implementation of Processing in a way that cooperates with other JavaScript / frameworks is a little tricky.
Regardless of what you think about it, JavaScript is a crucial part of the platform.
