Custom Cursor Accessibility đź”—
For the unaware, macOS has settings or preferences or whatever it’s renamed tomorrow. Buried deep within this UI labyrinth are pointer settings. Windo [...]
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Is it Time to Regulate React? đź”—
Regulate?! Sounds like rage bait. I’ll try not to disappoint. It’s right to balk at the idea of government intervention in your sacred tech stack. Leg [...]
Croissant Favicons and Tauri Troubles đź”—
Croissant v0.4 is out! I fixed a few minor bugs and added favicons. Feature Requests I’ve had a surprising amount of feedback. I wasn’t expecting anyo [...]
RSS Club #004: Ghost of Autumn đź”—
The summer solstice has long past which means it’s Christmas soon if the local supermarkets are to be believed. I refuse to eat a mince pie before Nov [...]
What is a Linux? đź”—
Do you build websites like me? Maybe you’re an Apple user, by fandom, or the fact that macOS is not Windows. You’ve probably heard about this Linux th [...]
Email: The Final Form đź”—
I’m taking one last stab at my contact form before it’s binned forever. Back in May I came up with a “progressive dehancement” technique to validate f [...]
Not My Cup of Tea đź”—
As blog topics go, last week’s Next.js clownshow was a freebie. A bit of front-end dev and a middle finger to fascism. I had it drafted before my tea [...]
RSS Club #003: Silksong đź”—
This is an “RSS-only” post where I discuss topics tangentially related to my usual web design and development feed. Ignore or enjoy! Before I delve in [...]
How Much Does Freedom Cost? đź”—
Trump’s National Design Studio has an executive order to “modernize the interfaces that serve everyday citizens”. That means rich/white people (but no [...]
Let’s see Paul Allen’s CSS Reset 🔗
CSS “resets” are boilerplate code designed to remove or normalize browser defaults. They provide solid foundation to build bespoke CSS upon. When util [...]
I Shut The Emails Out đź”—
Last week I let the emails in by self-hosting an unencrypted SMTP server on port 25. That was a “fun” challenge but left me feeling exposed. I could h [...]
Trillion Dollar Elephants đź”—
I was hesitant to post this because the WHATWG & friends war party is strong on the defence! I’d ask for parley but this is going to get spicy so I wo [...]
RSS Club #002: Dino Edition đź”—
As the VC-funded web continues to ensloppify, it’s important to remember that we don’t need to play their games. Despite billion dollar efforts the we [...]
RSS Club #001 đź”—
Welcome to RSS Club! The first rule of RSS Club is: you tell everyone about RSS Club. RSS is the best way to follow weblogs. I’ve used NetNewsWire for [...]