CSS
Some rules about making rules
My first one is “never call them rules.”
John Williams
CSS
Is CSS a programming language?
And why does it seem to matter to so many people?
Work Life
AI, computers, and looms
We seem to be very selective about whose jobs deserve to be automated.
Work Life
“Keeping up” should not be an extracurricular activity.
Businesses that don’t strive for perfect efficiency are more creative and have happier employees.
Design
Using modern font stacks
Goodbye Google Fonts, hello (again) system fonts
Design
Maybe sometimes you should use pixels
The conventional wisdom is that you should not use pixel units, but maybe sometimes you should?
Thudfactor has gone super retro
An explanation and apology of sorts for things looking like 1992 around here.
Design
Real punctuation for programmers
How to give your UI a more polished look just by using the correct punctuation.
Search Engines
The underappreciated reason Google is useless
Search Engines have been overwhelmed by SEO spam, but is the struggling open web part of the problem?
Web Components
Syntax coloring in template literals
Template literals are great for assembling bits of CSS and HTML in Javascript, but what about the syntax coloring?
Food
Instant Pot steel-cut oatmeal
The easiest way I know to make oatmeal that doesn’t come in an envelope.
CSS
Prefers reduced motion
Supporting your site visitors who have motion sensitivities.