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September 2023

September 29, 2023

I follow you for tech, not politics
September 28, 2023

Adding cursors to stuff for better UX
September 27, 2023

Why multi-page apps?
September 26, 2023

13 super rad web dev tricks you don't know about (but should)
September 25, 2023

Creating your first Web Component in five minutes or less
September 22, 2023

React is slow at its very core
September 21, 2023

Don't prematurely optimize for performance
September 20, 2023

What can you do with data attributes?
September 19, 2023

The craft of the web
September 18, 2023

The best way to learn JavaScript just got better
September 15, 2023

How do I know if I've found the best solution to a coding problem?
September 14, 2023

How to find the last matching item in an array with the new Array.prototype.findLast() method in JavaScript
September 13, 2023

How to copy and replace a value in an array with the new Array.prototype.with() JavaScript method
September 12, 2023

The new Array.prototype.toSpliced() method in vanilla JS
September 11, 2023

The new Array.prototype.toReversed() method in vanilla JavaScript
September 8, 2023

Getting emoji from country codes with vanilla JavaScript
September 7, 2023

The Array.prototype.every() method always returns true for an empty array
September 6, 2023

Speaking at State of the Browser Conference
September 5, 2023

Learning JavaScript is hard!
September 1, 2023

Is JAMstack dead (and was it ever alive)?

August 2023

August 31, 2023

How to add syntax highlighting to code as a user types in realtime with vanilla JavaScript
August 30, 2023

The most important articles ever written about web development
August 29, 2023

How to check if an element exists with vanilla JavaScript
August 28, 2023

How to create your own CodePen clone with vanilla JavaScript
August 21, 2023

Non-modal dialogs
August 17, 2023

Tabs are objectively better than spaces
August 16, 2023

Spicy takes
August 15, 2023

An intro to the dialog element
August 14, 2023

The bad year
August 11, 2023

Easier state management with Preact Signals
August 10, 2023

A mostly vanilla JS way to use Preact
August 9, 2023

(mostly) vanilla JS DOM diffing and data reactivity
August 8, 2023

An intro to state-based UI with JavaScript
August 7, 2023

Building complex apps with vanilla JavaScript (a series)
August 3, 2023

How to create your own API endpoints with PHP