See also: https://css-tricks.com/php-templating-in-just-php/
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Cool PHP things I recently discovered:
Plates - native PHP templates
https://platesphp.com/
Tapestry - static site generator made with Plates
https://www.tapestry.cloud/
More nice little packages
https://thephpleague.com/
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No I don’t want to update my scanner’s software right now. Yes I’m sure. It’s just like I said yesterday and the day before that and the day before that.
- Arc browser
- The new Edge design
- The new Slack design
- Craft
What do you call this UI design style?
It’s sort of modular, delineating between the window container and inner containers. Rounded corners everywhere.
I'm one of those people who enjoys making fun of Tailwind even though I've never used it.
But I keep hearing the same thing from different people who like it. They don't put it in these terms, but what I hear is:
Tailwind lets you style things without naming a bunch of things.
Not saying this is an insurmountable problem of other CSS methodologies, but just that Tailwind involves less coming up with names.
And naming things, as we know, is one of the two hard things in computer science.
Want to know how to filter an HTML list based on a user’s selection? I accidentally started a series of CodePens demonstrating just that!
After sending a message (email, text, chat), I:
idk what Mailbox > Synchronize does in macOS Apple Mail but synchronizing literally anything isn’t one of them.
And here is a bit of a love letter I wrote a few years ago. https://blakewatson.com/journal/why-i-host-my-websites-with-nearlyfreespeech-net/
In which my weird web host gets an upgrade (and also continues to be weird). https://blog.nearlyfreespeech.net/2023/08/22/bigger-better-faster-more/
My weekend project. I recently backed a Kickstarter for Writer Emergency Pack XL, a deck of cards, each one with a creative prompt for getting a story unstuck. https://writeremergency.com
Problem is I can’t really handle a physical cards. And it seems they discontinued their accessible, web-based version.
So I got someone to help me scan in all the cards. Then I built a little card viewer thingy in HTML.
I don’t think I have the right to share it, so I’ll have to drop a few screenshots instead.
100 ways to generate a story idea https://blakewatson.com/journal/100-ways-to-generate-a-story-idea/
Alan Turing: I wonder if the machine can convince us it’s human. 🤔
Every web app: I wonder if the human can convince us it’s not a machine 🤖
Want to do frontend dev work on NASA apps? We’re hiring a senior frontend developer (US remote). https://mricompany.applicantpro.com/jobs/2991684
I just realized that soda names sound like street names for drugs (aside from the one that actually is).
Here is my lazy, 3-rule, CSS snippet for adding dark mode to any webpage. https://blakewatson.com/notes/c325ca71/
(Intended for user styles. If you are designing dark mode on a website you control, you should probably do it better than this.)
@eleventy This page appears to be empty. https://www.11ty.dev/docs/images/
I’ve been using Microsoft Edge for a few days and I gotta say, I think they made a better Chrome than Google.
- Less creepy ad stuff
- Cool features like vertical tabs, split view, and more stuff I haven’t explored yet
- I think the UI looks better but that’s subjective
(Obligatory FYI: Firefox is my main browser. I’m a multi-browser user)