A quick light-dark() experiment 🔗
I wanted to experiment with the new CSS function light-dark() and get a sense of how to use it in a CSS architecture of nested (web) components. I thi [...]
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Vibe Check №32 🔗
An unseasonable gloomy spring in Austin, TX. The kids are nearly done with school for the year and summer plans are shoring up. My son goes to middle [...]
Thoughts on Cosmotechnics 🔗
A fine post by Ethan Marcotte called The negotiation cycle led me to an incredible essay by Alan Jacobs called From Tech Critique to Ways of Living. I [...]
Ideas for my dream CMS 🔗
Matt Haughey wrote a blueprint for his “Dream CMS” and we had him on ShopTalk to talk about it. That got me thinking about what features I’d want in m [...]
The native app install experience 🔗
At the end of each MSNBC YouTube video right now they have a 30 second post-roll of Ali Velshi explaining the 5-step process on how to install the new [...]
A weighted vest 🔗
I bought a 40 pound weighted vest for $40 dollars on Amazon. The workout term for this is “rucking” and has connotations with being outdoorsy and/or i [...]
Mouthguard 🔗
“You know those body builders with the big arms and skinny little legs? Your jaw is like that.” My dentist is explaining this to me while both her han [...]
How do you verify that? 🔗
Hank Green posted a video about four lies he believed. It’s a great video because it’s embarrassing to be wrong on the internet and here is smart pers [...]
John Romero doesn’t believe in prototypes 🔗
A couple weeks ago I joined a conversation about John Romero and prototypes. Tyler posted some thoughts about Romero’s autobiography, Matthias shared [...]
Vibe Check №31 🔗
Howdy. It’s March already. Let’s catch up. In January, Austin had a freeze but thankfully uneventful. Brings up a lot of “my dumb hyper-capitalist ult [...]
How to get on a podcast 🔗
I’ve been co-hosting a weekly podcast for nearly 12 years with over hundreds of guests and I want to tell you the secret to getting invited on a podca [...]
Duolingo 🔗
Duolingo does a great job capturing the novel delight of learning a new language. You hop on, take a short quiz, and a little green owl waves at you a [...]
A tale of three architectures 🔗
It’s been a couple years of working full-time on Luro and we’ve travelled through at least three (or four?) different distinct architectures. If that [...]
Week Links №1: Mid-Feb 2024 🔗
I’ve read the entire internet so you don’t have to and here’s some links I found. Is this the start of a newsletter? 🤷♂️ I tried this two years ago. [...]
UI = f(statesⁿ) 🔗
“UI is a function of state” is a pretty popular saying in the front-end world. In context (pun intended), that’s typically referring to application or [...]
A dozen thoughts about AI 🔗
AI. It’s the talk of the town (or at least this year, that is). I’ve been in dozens of conversations about AI in recent days. The likelihood that the [...]
Continuous startup jobs 🔗
Two years of working on Luro full time has taught me a lot about #startuplife. While I could probably fill a book with what I’ve learned so far, the b [...]
CoraQuest 🔗
CoraQuest is a “family cooperative dungeon crawler” created by adorable dad-daughter duo Dan and Cora Hughes from Huddersfield, UK. Feeling the boredo [...]
A holy communion 🔗
You and I are partaking in something magical. The electric meat inside my cranium told my fingers to punch mechanical keys to send signals through an [...]
“I used to listen to your podcast” 🔗
Often when I talk with folks who know me from my podcast they will say something along the lines of, “I used to listen to your podcast!” Then they blu [...]