I need to brush up on my CSS skills. Does anyone have a recommendation for a book, tutorial series, or video course?
I ranted about frontend build steps at MagnoliaConf 2025
Why I told a room full of people to delete Vite and Webpack.
Personal website of Blake Watson Online since 2005
I’m a software engineer, side-project enthusiast, hobbyist game developer, sometimes writer, and full-time wheelchair user.
Journal
NaNoWriMo is dead, long live NaNoWriMo!
Reflections on the yearly writing challenge that inspired me to write my first novel—and the nonprofit’s tragic end.
Understanding, not slop, is what’s interesting about LLMs
LLMs don't actually understand us. But, maybe a facsimile of understanding is good enough to make computers easier for everyone.
I changed my fonts after six years of using Cloud.typography
This is the story of how the dreaded flash of unstyled text drove me to purchase some new fonts.
blakewatson.com turns 20
I bought this domain as a college student using a friend’s credit card. Twenty years later, it’s one of the best decisions I've ever made.
Your freeform digital character sheet for D&D 5e
Six years after launching it, I introduce Minimal Character Sheet and its features.
40
Damn.
Microblog
Better late than never! I put a few notes on my blog about my tech talk from October. https://blakewatson.com/journal/i-ranted-about-frontend-build-steps-at-magnoliaconf-2025/
I don't mind the notch so much on iPhones, but I really can't stand it on MacBooks. Whenever the menu bar is too long and some of the menus appear on the other side of the notch, it just looks so ridiculous. No way Steve Jobs would have approved of this.