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I write about the intersection of frontend web development, punk, and gardening. I used to write more. Now I write less.

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February 2025

February 7, 2025

Named colors
February 5, 2025

Getting a date in the current user's timezone with JavaScript
February 4, 2025

When should you use React?
February 3, 2025

Alienating the right people

January 2025

January 31, 2025

Spaghetti code is a people problem
January 30, 2025

Responsive tables
January 29, 2025

How the tech you build is used
January 28, 2025

Checking what type of node something is with JavaScript
January 27, 2025

Durable websites
January 24, 2025

Accessibility is woke now?
January 23, 2025

Lettering.js: converting a jQuery plugin to a Web Component
January 22, 2025

Tech is more political than ever
January 21, 2025

How would you share state between Web Components?
January 20, 2025

Creating hope
January 17, 2025

How to structure functions
January 16, 2025

How do implicit arguments in JavaScript callback functions work?
January 15, 2025

What is a callback function?
January 14, 2025

How to show snippets of content only on certain dates in Hugo SSG
January 13, 2025

Free and indie
January 9, 2025

The :empty pseudo-class in CSS
January 8, 2025

Your Web Component questions answered!
January 7, 2025

HTML-over-the-wire is overrated
January 6, 2025

Cool URLs don't change (but they don't have to last forever)
January 4, 2025

Navigating ADHD as a developer
January 3, 2025

Custom attributes in Web Components
January 2, 2025

Goals for 2025
January 1, 2025

Big picture thinking and the New Year

December 2024

December 31, 2024

Understanding how your code works
December 30, 2024

Just grab a library
December 23, 2024

Action bias
December 23, 2024

The real cost of build tools
December 20, 2024

Live by your own rules
December 20, 2024

Testing DOM manipulation and Web Components
December 19, 2024

The joy of social media
December 18, 2024

A formula for debugging (and asking for help)