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Yesterday's article on why the shadow DOM sucks may have been one of the most hated pieces I've written in a while. But I stand by what I said, and today I wanted to respond to some of the comments I got. Let's dig in! "Global styles can break your . ...

In last week's article about my web component boilerplate, I wrote [The shadow DOM] an anti-pattern that makes everything about using web components worse. Death to the shadow DOM! The "benefit" of the shadow DOM is that it encapsulates your HTML, .. ...

Earlier this week, one of my friends who thinks they might have ADHD asked me if ADHD folks ever feel restless or angsty when they're not being productive. Speaking just for myself here: yes! But it takes a few forms. You're bored, but can't find ...

My digital garden has an entire section with copy/paste code snippets and boilerplates. I use these nearly every day when writing code. It helps me start working faster, and saves me from having to rewrite the same code over-and-over again. I created ...

This morning, fellow ADHDer Abbey Perini post this amazing 10-minute talk she gave at DotJS Conf on coding and ADHD. Abbey has a similar perspective that I do on ADHD: knowing you have it means that you can start to embrace your strengths instead of ...

Forced Colors Mode is an accessibility feature that, as my friend Ben Myers explains replaces websites' colors (backgrounds, borders, text, focus outlines, and more) with a significantly reduced color palette, sometimes comprised of user-selected ...

It's rough out there. AI is being used to devalue work, justify layoffs, and depress wages. An utterly shit economy is making everything cost more. Tech is being propped up by a bubble (AI) that will pop eventually. And when it does, things will get ...

Today, I wanted to quickly share how I built Kelp's toggle switch component with a single HTML attribute and CSS (no JavaScript required). Let's dig in! The [role="switch"] attribute The [role="switch"] attribute is functionality identical to [role= ...

A few weeks ago, I learned a fancy new word from Andrew Sage: prefiguration. A few months ago, when SNAP benefits abruptly disappeared, I immediately started working on bringing a Community Fridge to my town. It's something I'd wanted to do for a ...

Nearly 15 years ago, I shared a video produced by a group called the Advent Conspiracy about how the holiday season has lost all of its original meaning, and is now just a celebration at the alter of capitalism. They encouraged people to spend less . ...