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Yesterday, I wrote about how much I loved working with the team at Cloud Four on a recent project. One of the things they do very well that most dev teams I've worked with do not is make full use of GitHub's PR Templates feature. In my consulting ...

Last week, I wrapped up a project I got to work on with the amazing team at Cloud Four, converting a very old app to modern HTML, CSS, and Web Components. I don't normally get sentimental about work, but I'm so sad that this engagement has come to an ...

One of the weirdest "debates" I seem to perpetually have with framework-enthusiastic developers is whether or not a is "just as good" as a . Spoiler: it's not. Let's dig in. The problem Among the React crowd, and also among people who seem to enjoy . ...

Today, I want to talk about squirrels, and visible natural selection in action. Let's dig in! How this all works Natural selection is one of the main processes that drives evolution. When DNA splits, replicates, and combines to make a new being, ...

Last week on Bluesky, Kyle Shevlin posted Was literally thinking ~2 weeks ago how the era of JavaScript frameworks was so much more fun than what the industry is obsessed with now. The JS era was democratic, anyone could invent, innovate. The AI era ...

A while back, I wrote about how a majority of the bugs I've run into while building Kelp UI have been Safari-related. Today, I wanted to share another one, and how I fixed it: temporal inputs. Let's dig in! What are temporal inputs? Temporal inputs . ...

In HTML, you can associate a with its field using the [for] attribute, with the ID of the corresponding field as its value. What's your favorite season? This associates the field with the for assistive technology, and also lets you click the label to ...

I've been rapidly adding more and more stuff to my digital garden, and wanted to let you know about a few new additions. All of my ADHD content has been added, including my guide on ADHD traits, info on ADHD medications, and how to get ADHD ...

I've been hearing from more and more friends who are having AI forced upon them and rammed down their throats at work. Goals and bonuses tied to using AI at work AI working groups 1x1 meetings where "how are you using AI in your work right now" is .. ...

Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day) here in the United States. I am not Indigenous, but as a white person living on stolen land, I have a strong obligation to learn more about the original caretakers of the places I call home. Just last week, I learned ...