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Losing You

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Losing You is an existential narrative short film storytelling slideshow kind of a thing. I didn’t know what I was getting into when I hit play (okay I had some idea because I’ve watched exurb1a’s videos before). But the story just kind of started, and I sploshed along for the ride.

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Thoughts on my app, d20

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I’m trying to decide what to do with my dice rolling app, d20. It’s based on Electron, which I don’t love. And currently the thing is built targeting Intel Macs. But I don’t want to ship a universal version because that would create an app size equivalent to two whole Electron apps, which is clearly ridiculous.

So I think my options are to ship a build targeting Apple Silicon only, or abandon the Mac app entirely and transition to a PWA.

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Obsidian

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The latest version of macOS fixed a longstanding bug in the Accessibility Keyboard that prevented word prediction from working properly in browser-based text-editing environments (I’m assuming it’s something to do with contenteditable regions). Because of that behavior, I was never able to give Obsidian a a proper try—word prediction is a must for me if I’m writing anything more than a sentence or two.

So I’ve installed Obsidian, exported all my Bear notes into a folder in Dropbox, and I’m giving it a shot. A nice benefit of Obsidian operating on a “folder of files” is that I can draft blog posts (like this one) directly in my site’s src folder. Kinda neat.

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npm rant

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I hate npm so much. I had a situation where I couldn’t work on a project because I couldn’t get the dev environment running locally.

I’ve gotten to the point where I hate even having a build step at all. The benefits are not worth it in the long run.

I feel like I should be able to create a moderately complex website (or even a web app) and it should be able to run for a minimum of five years without needing compatibility updates.

The worst part of this is that the web platform is probably one of the most backward compatible runtimes in the history of computing. You can take some HTML/CSS/JS from 20 years ago and it will probably run just fine in a modern browser now. Build steps ruin this.

If you build a web application with no build steps, you could pick up working on that project a decade from now and not have to worry about not being able to work because of compatibility issues.

There has really never been a better time to ditch build steps. CSS is awesome now. It has variables. It has nesting (maybe not everywhere yet but still).

Code organization? Modern browsers support ES modules, so it’s not like you need one gigantic bundle.

As @jimniels@mastodon.social said, if you are writing JavaScript in VSCode, you are using TypeScript. You get a lot of editor support without actually needing to build anything.

I can’t speak to other frameworks, but Vue works great in the browser without a build step. No, you don’t get to use the official single file component feature, but with ES modules, you can get something kind of close.

There is also Alpine.js which works really great with existing HTML.

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10/22/2023

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Regarding the Cloudflare app, I used 11ty to generate the frontend site. It uses Alpine.js for interactivity and Pico CSS for styling. Deployed to Cloudflare Pages.

The backend API is Hono running in a Cloudflare Worker. I used Cloudflare’s embedded SQLite database (D1) for data storage.

It was a little bumpy figuring things out, but the docs are pretty helpful. I find Cloudflare’s UI and docs less intimidating than AWS.

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Accessibility Keyboard: turn off modifier key sounds

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This one has been driving me mad for years. Clicking on modifier keys on the macOS Accessibility Keyboard would make this awful typewriter clunking sound.

How to make it stop:

Go to System Settings > Accessibility > Keyboard.
Click the little info icon next to Accessibility Keyboard
Make sure Play sounds for key and dwell actions is off (it probably is already)
Click Done, then click the info icon next to Sticky Keys.
Turn off Beep when a modifier key is set.

You might be thinking, “But sticky keys isn’t even on!” To which I respond, yes that’s why it took me so long to find that setting and why I’m writing it down on the interwebs.

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01/18/2023

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Attention everyone using Linktree. Imma need yall to switch over to the far superior and much friendlier omg.lol. That is all. Thank you.

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1Password

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I don’t like 1Password’s reveal button on the lock screen because I miss the thrill of correcting a mistyped password without seeing it.

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01/10/2023

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Dear RSS reader,

I am removing microblog posts from my main RSS feed. If for some weird reason you would like to continue getting them, please subscribe to the following feed:

/journal/category/microblog/feed

What remains are the 3–5 articles I write per year, usually about web development and personal projects.

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Manifest V3

2022-12-18T15:42:01Z

Cracks knuckles Chrome Manifest V3 here we go…

Holiday Sprint 2022

2022-12-17T00:57:18Z

I started holiday vacation today and I have a plan drawn up to catch up on side projects. I’m calling it Holiday Sprint 2022.

I started with some quick updates to my DIY Pinboard replacement and managed to knock out the whole backlog!

Holding

2022-11-14T23:24:14Z

I don’t mind holding and listening to silly music. I get it. Customer service is swamped. But I hate the recurring message telling me how important I am every 10 seconds.

iA Writer

2022-11-12T01:10:29Z

I had to switch over to iA Writer for NaNoWriMo. I love Scrivener and Ulysses but if you give me unbridled font choices, I will never get any writing done.

Almost monospaced hits Hacker News

2022-11-07T17:00:40Z

Yesterday, instead of writing on my NaNoWriMo novel, I wrote an article about the font I was using. Inexplicably, it hit the #1 spot on Hacker News and stayed there for hours. This is the most traffic my dusty little corner of the web has seen in a while.

SMA Simulator

2022-09-28T17:41:45Z

SMA Simulator you can use with no tech required!

First, find a comfortable place to sit down.

Next, reposition yourself so that you’re almost comfortable, but not.

Don’t move for 4-6 hours.

Repeat until you’re ready to exit the simulation.

(I jest, but like low key for real tho 😅)

To the moon

2022-09-27T21:35:58Z

If I could drive my wheelchair at an optimistic 7 mph directly toward the moon, I would arrive there in about 3.9 years. 🌕👨‍🦼

RIP Mac app icons

2022-08-23T18:23:20Z

Mac app icons used to be dope before they made everyone use the same shape.

Blot - turn a folder into a website

2022-07-29T04:25:11Z

So this is a pretty cool app that can take a cloud folder and turn into a website. Publishing a post by dropping a file into a folder is just about as low-friction as it gets. https://blot.im

CSS movies

2022-07-18T17:28:08Z

World War Z-Index #CSSMovies

Wordle 100

2022-07-18T16:05:28Z

This might be the most consistent thing I’ve ever done.

Homemade app project

2022-06-10T03:30:48Z

I’m working on a side project where I am trying out some new guiding principles:

It’s just for me. Don’t worry about making it scale or work for anyone else.
Use the most low-tech approach that is practical.
No build step.
Use only CSS named colors.

Character test

2022-05-24T19:19:00Z

In my experience, a good test to gauge someone’s character is whether they’re the kind of person who would “make a scene” in a restaurant. Legitimate complaints? Fine, but those should be rare—and discreet. If it’s a drama for the other patrons to watch… nope.

Just sayin’.

12/03/2021

2021-12-03T20:25:27Z

I try not to complain about apps too much because software is hard, etc, but Apple Music, the app, is so bad.

It’s clunker than Spotify, which is saying something because Spotify is an Electron app.
For years iTunes and then Music has been plagued with the whole randomly-skips-songs bug.
The UI is inconsistent to the point where it’s not always clear whether you’re searching your library or the AM catalog.
Various UI is horrible—just now the app took focus away from the search input three times whilst I was typing in it (wtf)

Guess it’s back to Spotify for me. It’s a damn shame because iTunes on Windows XP was my favorite app and the reason I eventually became a Mac user in 2006.

Publishing personal notes

2021-09-20T02:14:39Z

This might not be useful to anyone else but my SSH key on my web host, NearlyFreeSpeech.NET, recently quit working. I first noticed it when my deployments on DeployHQ were failing. Long story short, it seems that OpenSSH recently invalidated certain (weaker) RSA keys. I made a personal note about how to create a custom keypair and upload it to DeployHQ.

I wanted to share the note with someone so I published it. I haven’t shared this yet but I recently created a system for publishing my plain text notes to an 11ty site. I wrote the code in a very this-is-just-for-me manner (home-cooked you might say). Maybe eventually I will cleanup the code and release it. Plenty of apps have this note-publishing functionality but I like the idea of my notes being on my own website that I control.

07/08/2021

2021-07-08T05:52:19Z

I’m thinking of doing GitHub Game Off again this year. Web game idea—an idle game where you control a money printer and the goal is to print more money in order to buy upgrades for your money printer.

Come to think of it, this game probably already exists (I mean other than the IRL “game”).

Bloomberg's UI dumpster fire

2021-06-26T00:00:21Z

This UI is a hot mess:

Got hit with an annoying yellow alert screaming at me as well as an obnoxious subscription modal that has a lot of weird shit happening within.

For starters it’s extremely disruptive. The design is chaotic (evil). And what kind of pricing choice is this? I can choose $1.99 a month or, inexplicably, $290 a year. You have to click around and read the gray print to realize it’s a 3-month offer.

No way I’m paying for Bloomberg though because, among other reasons, The Big Hack.

06/14/2021

2021-06-14T03:38:59Z

I started using Craft toward the end of last week when a coworker shared it with me. After playing with it over the weekend I am very quickly becoming a superfan.

As a designer I'm impressed with the beautiful, snappy UI.
As a developer I'm impressed with the control over data and ability to export to many formats.
As a user with a pretty severe mobility impairment, I appreciate the first-class support for working in a mouse-oriented manner or keyboard-oriented manner, depending on which is easier in the moment (referring to the Mac version).

06/12/2021

2021-06-12T00:55:31Z

Two ideas I live by:

People are weird.
Everything is complicated.

06/09/2021

2021-06-09T03:19:10Z

I have been writing CSS for 15+ years but I only recently started using user styles via the Stylus browser extension. I don’t know why I haven’t done this sooner. It’s really an amazing perk of the web. Don’t like something about the way a website looks? Change it!

06/06/2021

2021-06-06T01:17:04Z

Playing Universe Sandbox inevitably ends with dropping Sagittarius A in the solar system just to see what happens. Spoiler: everything gets eaten.

06/02/2021

2021-06-02T01:49:24Z

I constantly have theme music from various Mario games stuck in my head. I blame the Stream Doctors.

The Top 10 Games You Can Play in Your Head, By Yourself: Second Edition

2021-05-24T22:15:18Z

I’m fascinated by this book, The Top 10 Games You Can Play in Your Head, By Yourself: Second Edition. Yes, this is a real book that you can actually purchase.

The original was 14 volumes published in the late 1980s and early 1990s by an author writing under the name J. Theophrastus Bartholomew. I don’t know how widely it was distributed originally, but at some point it went out of print. It was discovered at a yard sale in 2014 in Minnesota by Sam Gorski and D.F. Lovett. They were able to contact the original publisher to get a list of Bartholomew’s ten favorite games and the rights to an unpublished volume.

As far as I can tell, we don’t know the identity of the original author. But after reading this¹, I’m salivating for more content from him. I heard that another book may be coming out. We’ll see.

The games themselves aren’t really games like you would imagine. They are more like creative prompts for you to imagine your own story. It’s an intriguing concept. I’ve struggled with it in the few attempts that I tried it (I’ve only tried Space), but I’m planning to try again because the concept is so fascinating to me.

If you know anyone who likes role-playing games, storytelling games, or who are just particularly imaginative, you might consider recommending this book to them.

Because I have SMA, I am unable to handle a physical book. Unfortunately, the publishers decided not to offer an e-book version. There is an audiobook version available, however, so that's what I used. ↩

04/30/2021

2021-04-30T02:36:07Z

Sometimes I think to myself, “I wish Simplenote had [feature].” Then when I play around with a note app with lots of features I think, “Why can’t it be nice and simple like Simplenote?” Ugh… why am I like this?

04/25/2021

2021-04-25T06:08:43Z

I bought a computer that connects one computer to another computer. https://tinypilotkvm.com/

I’m essentially using this as an accessibility tool. It will let me operate other computers without having to install all of the software and hardware I need for accessibility.

04/21/2021

2021-04-21T21:49:57Z

There are two types of people:

People who acknowledge that Nacho Cheese is the best Doritos flavor
People who are wrong

04/17/2021

2021-04-17T02:39:03Z

I created a dummy async function (JS) to use when testing out ideas. I love to pop open CodeRunner and mess around with different patterns and syntax and having a ready-to-go async function available is really handy.

function doingStuff(stuff = 'stuff', ms = 2000) {
  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    setTimeout(() => resolve(stuff), ms);
  });
}

04/09/2021

2021-04-09T03:05:28Z

I set up my site’s WordPress theme to automatically strip all CSS styles on April 9th in celebration of CSS Naked Day.

The point of the silly exercise is to celebrate semantic HTML and web standards. The idea is that if your website’s HTML is well-written then your website should still be generally usable—even without CSS styling. I’m sure my site isn’t perfect, so let me know if you find anything completely broken.

03/17/2021

2021-03-17T03:44:48Z

I really dislike this trend of web services that are only available via mobile app (ie, don’t offer a web version). I’m not really able to access my phone easily so I’m all-in on desktop and web apps. I’m not saying companies shouldn’t go mobile app only. I’m just personally annoyed by it.

02/28/2021

2021-02-28T21:56:39Z

Update for Minimal Character Sheet. You can now choose to make your character sheet publicly available as a read-only version. https://minimalcharactersheet.com

02/16/2021

2021-02-16T03:04:41Z

Launched d20 v3 today! After about 2 years in the making it’s finally out. Here’s the “official” tweet.

https://twitter.com/blakewatson/status/1361340608384753664

Get it here: https://d20app.me/

02/12/2021

2021-02-12T05:40:24Z

Hey Nova users! I made a color scheme for you. Tomorrow Night Eighties, based on the Base16 Tomorrow Scheme “eighties” variant. Here’s a Nova link: nova://extension/?id=blakewatson.TomorrowNightEighties&name=Tomorrow%20Night%20Eighties

02/04/2021

2021-02-04T23:39:18Z

I added CoinMarketCap to my A Fine Start page so I can ratchet up my anxiety level in one click.

02/04/2021

2021-02-04T03:46:43Z

Whenever I want dark mode on a website that doesn’t have it, I use the Stylus extension to add this CSS, which works surprisingly well:

html {
    filter: invert(0.85) hue-rotate(180deg);
}

01/27/2021

2021-01-27T02:47:44Z

Nova by Panic is so buttery smooth. Been using it for work (and play) for a few days. Fast as lightning. I hit a rough edge or two but no showstoppers.

01/25/2021

2021-01-25T16:28:24Z

I always misspell the word “habit” by putting 2 Bs. But I just thought of a mnemonic device to help me remember: You can put a B in habit, but don’t make it a habbit.

01/16/2021

2021-01-16T02:23:36Z

Not too bad for a WordPress site.

01/06/2021

2021-01-06T06:22:34Z

d20’s icon evolution…

01/02/2021

2021-01-02T22:14:52Z

I didn’t think I was going to like macOS Big Sur but I’m kind of into it.

01/01/2021

2021-01-01T22:33:35Z

I’ll be releasing d20 v3 very soon. Here’s a sneak peak. Big new features: 1) you can group your presets, 2) you can roll attacks and damage at the same time. 🗡 🏹 🔥

12/31/2020

2020-12-31T01:29:09Z

Oldie from a few years ago… this is article about what football will look like in the future is a mental trip you will not see coming. https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football

12/23/2020

2020-12-23T05:25:50Z

If you need a last minute gift for the developer in your life, check out these programming zines by @b0rk. Or you can just buy them all for yourself, which is what I did 😄. https://wizardzines.com/

12/23/2020

2020-12-23T04:24:26Z

PSA: If you are trying to capture a website or social media post for proof, don’t screenshot it. Images can be altered so no one can really trust that it’s accurate. If it is public, grab the URL and archive it with @waybackmachine.

12/17/2020

2020-12-17T06:24:46Z

BTC 👀

12/13/2020

2020-12-13T02:32:52Z

Web app developers: make dark mode in your app a device-specific setting rather than an account-specific one. Your users might use different devices in different contexts (a light or dark room for example).

Adding an option for defaulting to system preferece is one way to do that.

12/04/2020

2020-12-04T06:27:42Z

Who knew watching microbes could be so relaxing. Do yourself a favor and take a peek into the soothing odyssey that is Journey to the Microcosmos. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBbnbBWJtwsf0jLGUwX5Q3g

12/01/2020

2020-12-01T05:17:12Z

A site dedicated to coding fonts: https://coding-fonts.css-tricks.com/fonts/operator-mono

I’ve used Operator Mono for several years now. Previously, I used Anonymous Pro. There’s something industrious and nostalgic about monospaced fonts that I just love.

I also enjoy using monospaced fonts for writing. I fell in love with Nitti when I first discovered it in iA Writer. I now use iA Writer Duo often when writing. The iA Writer fonts and the IBM Plex Mono fonts they are based off of are freely available.

10/26/2020

2020-10-26T02:28:38Z

I added a pop-out player on synthwave.live so you can have quick access to playback controls and info about the current track.

10/07/2020

2020-10-07T05:36:09Z

Sneak peek of d20’s new icon and website.

09/20/2020

2020-09-20T05:18:47Z

I commissioned a favicon for synthwave.live!

09/02/2020

2020-09-02T03:16:39Z

I gave Zoom permission to access my Downloads folder. I’m pretty sure that was a bad idea. Fortunately my Downloads folder is 90% boring screenshots.

08/11/2020

2020-08-11T04:23:16Z

That moment when you have to search the web because you can’t remember if the person you’re thinking of is still alive.

Spoiler: Steve Wozniak is definitely still alive. Phew. 😅

08/09/2020

2020-08-09T20:46:14Z

Sometimes I have an irrational fear of new code concepts or problems.

Example: I put off learning about JS’ requestAnimationFrame for years just because it looked scary. When I took an afternoon to make a little canvas game, I realized it wasn’t scary at all.

Getting over this irrational fear of new things is one of my tips in Finishing side projects.

08/05/2020

2020-08-05T06:07:47Z

I hope that one side effect of the pandemic is a lot of new songwriting by all of our favorite artists.

07/30/2020

2020-07-30T05:43:25Z

If you want the Simplenote web interface to make the first line of a note a little larger (like it does in the Mac app) I made some user styles that handle that as well as style the note list’s scrollbar in Firefox.

https://gist.github.com/blakewatson/d55e47e34cd777f43271f6bdb803d4bb

If you use these with a custom style extension, make sure you use Stylus and not the official Stylish extension which is filled with tracking BS.

07/29/2020

2020-07-29T14:55:09Z

Side projects are awesome, but notorious for dying out before they get completed. I wrote about some of the tips and tricks I use to stay motivated and ship my side projects. - /journal/finishing-side-projects/

07/22/2020

2020-07-22T20:21:34Z

I’ve been using Operator Mono as my code editor font for years, but today I grabbed Operator Mono ScreenSmart and it’s great. It especially improves legibility of light themes in my experience.

07/19/2020

2020-07-19T05:37:39Z

Week 2 of learning how to make games with the HTML canvas API. I present to you my (simplistic) take on Space Invaders. /space-invaders/

07/17/2020

2020-07-17T01:36:37Z

Here’s 100 ideas for coming up with a story idea I thought of during a brainstorming exercise. https://app.simplenote.com/publish/RmcDcD

07/12/2020

2020-07-12T03:47:03Z

I wanted to play with HTML canvas a little bit so I made this simplistic pong game. Making it was a lot of fun. /pong/

06/16/2020

2020-06-16T05:23:04Z

Adobe is discontinuing Flash after 2020. No more updates and it won’t even play Flash content after that date. I hate Flash as much as the next person but there are so many great old Flash games that will be made unplayable; which is kind of sad.

05/11/2020

2020-05-11T15:51:22Z

Pro tip: if you feel like your DuckDuckGo search isn’t getting the results you’re after and you are thinking of checking Google, add “!sp” to your DDG search. That will search Startpage, which is privacy-friendly Google results.

04/08/2020

2020-04-08T03:33:18Z

Made this with #chromemusiclab https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/song/5600990213439488

04/06/2020

2020-04-06T16:19:29Z

The crazy thing about the speed of light is that it’s not even that fast. https://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html

04/06/2020

2020-04-06T05:28:44Z

“I wanted to walk through the empty streets. And feel something constant under my feet. But all the news reports recommended that I stay indoors.”

2020-04-01

2020-04-02T02:19:29Z

Just getting rid of some malware with CleanMyMac X.

Every Default macOS Wallpaper – in Glorious 5K Resolution

2020-03-31T02:29:42Z

https://512pixels.net/projects/default-mac-wallpapers-in-5k/

I really love these classic Mac OS X desktop backgrounds (which have been updated to 5k). I’m using the Tiger wallpaper on my MBP as tribute to my first Mac back in 2006.

03/27/2020

2020-03-27T03:25:10Z

TIL VS Code can enable/disable extensions on a per-workspace basis.

03/20/2020

2020-03-24T19:09:11Z

Here are @zeldman's tools for slow design in an anxious world. 🐢

Big type
Hierarchy
Minimalism
Art direction
Whitespace
Branded
Authoritative

03/24/2020

2020-03-24T18:57:31Z

If your app is gonna support Markdown syntax, then at least support the basic typographical elements. I can’t stand this behavior I see in some apps where bold and italics work but links, lists, and blockquotes don’t.

03/08/2020

2020-03-08T05:41:06Z

Lately, I’m really into synthwave mixes on YouTube. I’m compiling them into a playlist. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs2mlyRcw6kQThkOPNYcKVXlUoYlGyqPN

03/04/2020

2020-03-04T05:03:28Z

When I see a well-written error message that not only tells me what’s wrong, but also how to fix it, I’m like… FIX IT YOURSELF if you’re so smart then… sheesh.

02/29/2020

2020-02-29T22:26:59Z

No one:

shannpersand: Now you can code in Comic Sans: https://github.com/shannpersand/comic-shanns

02/25/2020

2020-02-25T04:08:47Z

Annoying (to me) UI patterns:

Hidden scrollbars
Menus requiring sustained mouseover
Text on top of busy images
Newsletter signup modals
DIY form controls
Infinite scroll
Autoplaying media
Cookie disclaimers
Alerts when leaving a site

02/24/2020

2020-02-24T06:27:14Z

No one:

Me: a browser-based Yahtzee clone with personal high score tracking and RANDOM.ORG integration. /rdo3/

02/24/2020

2020-02-24T04:25:00Z

I’m still rocking macOS Mojave. At this point I wonder if I can make it to the next major release.

02/20/2020

2020-02-20T22:18:36Z

I really love the Rainier - Retro theme for VS Code. https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=joytrekker.rainier

02/19/2020

2020-02-19T17:29:12Z

I have this fear that governments will ruin the web and in the future we’ll have to tell stories to our grandchildren about how awesome it was.

Scratchpad

2020-02-14T06:20:52Z

/scratchpad/

Need a quick place to jot something down? I made a little scratchpad. Stores whatever you write there directly in your browser so you can reference it later. That’s it. That’s all it does.

02/05/2020

2020-02-05T19:12:17Z

I just realized that in Firefox and Chrome you can select multiple tabs by holding shift or cmd/ctrl and perform actions on multiple tabs at once. #TheMoreYouKnow

PHP is A-OK for Templating

2020-02-05T02:47:35Z

https://css-tricks.com/php-is-a-ok-for-templating/

Love this pattern for templating a WordPress site (or any PHP-powered site). How have I not been doing this?

02/01/2020

2020-02-01T21:16:08Z

One way definitely not to get me to signup for your [WHATEVER] is to pop up a large, garishly animated sign-up box right in the middle of the page while I’m trying to use your website.

02/01/2020

2020-02-01T20:17:03Z

I don’t always write webpack configuration files, but when I do, I… wait, actually I never do. I just use @laravelphp Mix. - https://laravel-mix.com/

01/31/2020

2020-01-31T00:55:57Z

I see a lot of “jQuery sucks” or “don’t use jQuery in 2020” to which I say: use whatever works for you. If jQuery helps you make a better website or app, use it. It’s hardly a terrible choice. If anything, it’s battle-tested and reliable.

01/24/2020

2020-01-24T03:37:57Z

Web dev is so complex these days. Feels wrong to say all the complexity is bad. But it feels wrong to say it’s good. I use it but it never feels right to me. I feel this essay by @bastianallgeier 💯 https://bastianallgeier.com/notes/simplicity-part-2

01/17/2020

2020-01-17T05:38:16Z

I can’t stop watching this video by @cassidoo. Cracks me up every time. https://twitter.com/cassidoo/status/1216871876192088065

01/16/2020

2020-01-16T04:26:51Z

I’m scared to upgrade to Catalina. I’ve heard a lot of people complain about bugs. Anyone have anything good to say about it?

dg/twitter-php

2020-01-15T07:19:39Z

https://github.com/dg/twitter-php

I wasn’t satisfied with the IFTTT applet that was posting my microblog posts to Twitter for me, so I made my own custom integration using this handy library.

01/14/2020

2020-01-14T07:07:17Z

I just created an IFTTT service to automatically tweet microblog posts from my WordPress site. Let’s see if it works! #testing

Styling your first webpage with CSS

2020-01-14T06:41:43Z

https://able-dev.com/2020/01/13/styling-your-first-webpage-with-css/

This is part 2 of a beginner series I’m writing over on Able Dev. I had a lot of fun writing it. I just wish my example site wasn’t so ugly. What was I thinking? 🤷‍♂️

CSS Bed

2020-01-10T22:30:03Z

https://www.cssbed.com/

I love this collection of minimal, “classless” CSS stylesheets. I would love to see this list grow.

01/08/2020

2020-01-08T06:25:36Z

I really love this simple CSS stylesheet. I would love to see a curated collection of these kinds of minimal, typography-focused CSS “frameworks.” - https://uglyduck.ca/typesafe-css

01/02/2020

2020-01-02T01:47:17Z

A lot of people think that the Y2K bug was all hype. While it wasn’t world-ending, it was a problem that could have significant consequences. Fortunately, we saw it coming and had time to fix it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGrKKrsIpQw

11/10/2019

2019-11-10T19:09:44Z

I can’t stand reading Twitter threads. Such a disruptive, distracting reading experience.

10/31/2019

2019-10-31T03:59:01Z

I thoroughly enjoyed this look at JavaScript history and how the language progresses in a way so as to preserve backward compatibility. This is the tale of “Smooshgate.” https://css-tricks.com/yet-another-javascript-framework/

10/27/2019

2019-10-28T02:55:18Z

I loved this idea ever since I heard it, and it’s one of the things I love about the web—the idea that you can have your little lemonade stand on the Internet, as it were. https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/

10/14/2019

2019-10-14T16:54:19Z

Figures out a couple of complicated components; gets stuck naming them. #hardproblems

10/13/2019

2019-10-13T03:02:17Z

PSA… You can subscribe to all my posts with the following RSS URL: /feed/

If you would like to subscribe to my microblog only, use this RSS URL: /feed/?cat=6

10/13/2019

2019-10-13T02:53:43Z

Following up on my search for typographically minimal WordPress themes, I found two fantastic ones by Anders Norén: Davis and McLuhan

10/11/2019

2019-10-11T07:00:05Z

I really like the (past) work of http://plaintxt.org/. I would really love to see a modern version of it. If anyone is working on quality typographic minimalism in WordPress themes, I would love to know about it.

Ad-block shaming

2019-10-04T05:04:56Z

I’m so sick of ad-block shaming. “We noticed you are using an ad-blocker…” Here’s my response: “I noticed you have been tracking me all over the Internet and exploiting my personal data for commercial gain.” I get that not every website has the same level of tracking. But I don’t see how a user has any choice but to just block everything. I can’t vet everyone’s advertising practices. Instead of shaming me into turning off my ad-blocker, I think websites should pitch why they deserve an exception. You want me to turn off my ad-blocker? Tell me what you are doing to protect my privacy. A great example of this is Daring Fireball:

For readers, these are ads that, again, are visually unobjectionable, and which offer the most privacy you could hope for. Not only is there no tracking involved, there is no JavaScript involved. They’re just images, text, and HTML links.

— New on Daring Fireball: Display Ads

Able Dev

2019-09-30T04:08:48Z

https://able-dev.com/

I started a website for people with disabilities interested in learning to code. The field of employment can be somewhat limited for people with disabilities. I have found success in web development and I have made it a sort of personal mission to get more people with disabilities to code. I’m figuring out this new site as I go, so it’s a work in progress.