Blog Archive: Page 3 of 3

A list of all the posts on this blog.

• Using modern font stacks

  Mar 25, 2024 | Goodbye Google Fonts, hello (again) system fonts

• Maybe sometimes you should use pixels

  Mar 14, 2024 | The conventional wisdom is that you should not use pixel units, but maybe sometimes you should?

• Thudfactor has gone super retro

  Feb 28, 2024 | An explanation and apology of sorts for things looking like 1992 around here.

• Real punctuation for programmers

  Feb 14, 2024 | How to give your UI a more polished look just by using the correct punctuation.

• The underappreciated reason Google is useless

  Jan 26, 2024 | Search Engines have been overwhelmed by SEO spam, but is the struggling open web part of the problem?

• Syntax coloring in template literals

  Jan 16, 2024 | Template literals are great for assembling bits of CSS and HTML in Javascript, but what about the syntax coloring?

• Instant Pot steel-cut oatmeal

  Jan 8, 2024 | The easiest way I know to make oatmeal that doesn’t come in an envelope.

• Prefers reduced motion

  Dec 13, 2023 | Supporting your site visitors who have motion sensitivities.

• Exploring HSL

  Dec 10, 2023 | We continue exploring color in CSS by taking a close look at HSL.

• Exploring RGB

  Dec 8, 2023 | We begin exploring color in CSS by taking a close look at RGB color.

• Web development of auld lang syne

  Nov 6, 2023 | Removing any form of CSS post-processing has me nostalgic for the other web development strategies that have become obsolete thanks to modern development strategies.

• AI integration: challenges and discoveries

  Aug 8, 2023 | I spent a couple of weeks diving into coding _with_ AI, and there are a lot of challenges. The most concerning, however, have very little to do with the technology.

• Some notes about working with AI Art

  Jul 31, 2023 | AI art is often described as just “writing a prompt,” but of course it’s more difficult than that.

• User-initiated element resizing in CSS

  Jul 3, 2023 | CSS offers a browser-native way to make elements resizable, but it comes with a lot of limitations.

• A month (or so) with GitHub Copilot

  Jun 19, 2023 | Some thoughts on GitHub Copilot, the AI-powered code assistant.

• Article typography

  Jun 16, 2023 | Three CSS typography properties to improve your site’s readability

• Here is a cat picture

  Jun 4, 2023 | John discusses the history of HTML’s image tag.

• This is an alpha

  Jun 3, 2023 | The Thudfactor First Post

• What studying the humanities taught me about software development

  May 11, 2019 | At its heart, “Agile” is just the technology industry learning how to work like artists.