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

• Big type
• Hierarchy
• Minimalism
• Art direction
• Whitespace
• Branded
• Authoritative

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.

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

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.

No one:

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

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

No one:

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

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

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

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/

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.

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

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?

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.

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/

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.

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

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

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?

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.