I could see myself using these conventions for a custom element.
“The Fundamental Purpose of Middle Management: Context Down, Information Up - Jacob Kaplan-Moss”
I had completely forgotten about this little project I put together 8 years ago with my sister (who is an accomplished illustrator).
Not sure if there would be much point in updating the ebook files but the illustrations are still fun.
“AI datasets are filled with errors. It’s warping what we know about AI - MIT Technology Review”
“Building a Magical 3D button with HTML and CSS”
This one’s a lot of fun.
“The people I admire are mostly moving in spirals, guided by curiosity, poking their heads into things at odd angles, and reporting back with offerings”
“Pixels of the Week – April 18, 2021 by Stéphanie Walter - UX designer & Mobile Expert.”
“It turns out that the average income of artists is exactly zero.”
I see Anglophones are misrepresenting Denmark’s AstraZeneca decision again. Oh, well.
“Platform News: Using :focus-visible”
I might be the only one on the planet who actually likes having regular :focus styles and always seeing exactly what has focus on the page.
“Are You Stuck On Vision, Strategy, or Tactics? - Jacob Kaplan-Moss”
“Creating an Editable Textarea That Supports Syntax-Highlighted Code - CSS-Tricks”
This was way smarter than I expected.
We’re in a world where monolithic SPAs are ‘traditional’ and binding JS to individual elements after rendering is a modern ‘islands architecture’
On the one hand: this makes me feel grumpy and old
On the other hand: rebranding trad methods might get people to make better sites
“Google is testing FLoC on Chrome users worldwide. Find out if you’re one of them.”
“‘Agility Theatre’ Keeps Us Entertained While Our Business Burns – Codemanship’s Blog”
The only thing I’ll add to that is that quite often the development processes are agile and quite functional but it’s management that doesn’t change it’s mind
“Remotion: A framework for making videos in React - LogRocket Blog”
Here’s an interesting idea. It brute forces rendering by screenshoting a frame at a time using Puppeteer before combining using ffmpeg. Probably gets more reliable playback that way.
“Working around the viewport-based fluid typography bug in Safari”
“2021 is the year of modern JavaScript - Go Make Things”
Looks useful and interesting.
“Users of the iOS Discord App Will Be Unable to Access NSFW Channels — Pixel Envy”
The problem with Apple’s puritanism in the app stores isn’t just the puritanism itself but also the inconsistency—the fact that it blatantly lets big companies break its rules.