Smaller and dumber đź”—
If I can make it smaller, I should. If I can make it dumber, I should. Smaller, dumber things have more applications, go more places, and require less [...]
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Priority of idle hands đź”—
I had a small, intrusive realization the other day that computers and the internet are probably bad for me. I mean that beyond the general advice to t [...]
Magic Words đź”—
Skills are the newest hype commodity in the world of agentic AI. Skills are text files that optionally get stapled onto the context window by the agen [...]
Write about the future you want đź”—
There’s a lot that’s not going well; politics, tech bubbles, the economy, and so on. I spend most of my day reading angry tweets and blog posts. There [...]
I'm swearing off APIs entirely đź”—
I got a lot of ideas for side projects rattling around in the old tin can. As part of my “No new projects” initiative, I’m trying to jump on building [...]
Waiting for the power to go out đź”—
It’s a secret to everyone! This post is for RSS subscribers only. Read more about RSS Club. It’s expected to freeze this evening in Austin and we may [...]
The best version of my site so far... đź”—
You might have noticed that I did a big design refresh on my entire site… unless you’re on RSS I guess. I’ll talk about aspects in detail, but at a hi [...]
Focus rings with nested contrast-color()? đź”—
As I was playing around with contrast-color(), I got a wild idea that you could use contrast-color() to invert its return value by nesting it: contras [...]
Interpolate contrast-color() to manipulate lightness đź”—
In my first post on contrast-color() I demo’d using color-mix() to change a background-color on hover, but I will be honest… mixing black and white is [...]
Using your design system colors with contrast-color() đź”—
One predictable pain point with contrast-color() is that it only returns black and white named colors. From a design systems perspective, that’s not i [...]
Algorithmic hover states with contrast-color() đź”—
Firefox 146 added support for contrast-color() joining Safari 26 in the First Implementor’s Club. For those unfamiliar, contrast-color(<color>) is a [...]
Twenty Twenty-Five đź”—
2025 was… a year. And I made it to the end of that year. If you’re reading this, I imagine you did too and let’s celebrate that. But also not one with [...]
Vibe Check â„–41 đź”—
🎵 Christmas time is here. Happiness and cheer. Fun for all… that children call… their favorite time of year. School’s out. The work laptop’s closed. [...]
One thing churches do well đź”—
Two friends of mine (brothers, actually) got laid off from their job at a megachurch here in Austin. We met through a mutual friend that started atten [...]
Grid Paper đź”—
Try Grid Paper I’ve been getting into drawing dungeons on isomorphic grids. It’s fun but I was a little frustrated with the process of sourcing and pr [...]
Inkwell Games đź”—
Inkwell Games bills itself as “Daily puzzles worth thinking about” and that’s a great tagline. Right now they offer two daily puzzles: Stars and Field [...]
Clues by Sam đź”—
Clues By Sam is a daily puzzle game where you get to uncover a criminal conspiracy by following the clues… made by Sam… err… Johannes. It’s a little i [...]
La Rinconada, Peru đź”—
Above the clouds in the Peruvian Andes there is a town named La Rinconada. It holds the title of being the highest year-round settlement in the world. [...]
Golden candlesticks đź”—
In high school I had the weird, cyclical circumstance of reading Arthur Miller’s The Crucible at least once a year at every grade level. Like Groundho [...]
Precious Plastic đź”—
The same people behind Project Kamp also run a project called Precious Plastic which is an open source plastic recycling platform. As most are well aw [...]