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I keep busy, because I know no other way! [...]
How karaoke preparation turned into self-discovery, through singing lessons! [...]
The browser has some nice built-ins for building a microphone recording component, so you don't have to use third-party libraries! [...]
The way JavaScript assigns and references variables is sometimes weird, let's learn why. [...]
You can layer CSS gradients as background images, even for text! Check out how I did it for making a marker-like highlight. [...]
Here's my current recommendations and gear for traveling to events as a techie! [...]
I like being able to do things without relying on the algorithms and connections in the world! [...]
I built myself a digital typewriter! [...]
I should make more money, right? [...]
It can be a pain to put in more effort on job applications, but it takes you further than you think. [...]
Cassidy's current "stack" of task-tracking, calendar, and note-taking apps [...]
I spoke at Figma Config 2024 in San Francisco! [...]
What is a girl to do when her startup goes kersplat? Why, she blogs about it, of course! [...]
Sometimes I am floored by how much money some people have. [...]
I went to Berlin for the first time and spoke at The Merge, a developer experience conference! [...]
I don't actually have anything to say, but I want to type on my keyboard right now [...]
I merged my personal website and my blog into one beautiful babyβer, website. [...]
I spoke at Front-end Design Conf in St. Petersburg, Florida, and it was great! [...]
The internet today reminds me of when I used to live in Seattle. [...]
New parents often are given very baby-oriented gifts, and here's some that are more about them. [...]
Brandon Sanderson books have brought me back to loving a good adventure story! [...]
I built an app for generating Form W-9s for U.S. contractors and freelancers, here's how! [...]
JavaScript can't target pseudo-elements, but that doesn't mean you can't mess with them! [...]
Using the power of Supabase and Netlify Build Plugins, I was able to make Jumblie a bit cleaner under the hood! [...]
I took a workshop from LinkedIn about how to post well, and they had helpful insights! [...]
Here's a step-by-step guide for quickly testing browser extensions locally in Edge or Chrome. [...]
If you're tired of your git branches being alphabetically sorted, you can change that! [...]
If you want a quick styling win, you can set a color for your input and progress HTML tags! [...]
Make your HTML more "self-aware" with a fun little trick to get its own index. [...]
Sometimes the defaults your web browser gives you aren't very cute. Here's a lil snippet I use to fix that. [...]
Just a little ranty rant about my fave JS library, ya know. [...]
Where are my internet friends? And where are their weird blogs? [...]
Today is the 100th Jumblie puzzle day! [...]
I tried out the ElevenLabs Beta! [...]
Cassidy Williams, this one, here, is the real one, don't listen to the others! [...]
2023 is over, let's recap. [...]
Here's some advice around stock options and why they are... the way that they are! [...]
This is how I publish to my Git-based blog straight from Obsidian (kind of) [...]
Sometimes our success is pushed to the side when the conditions aren't right, but that's okay. [...]
I can't "do it all" right now, but I can do some. Sometimes. [...]
Here's how you can add single line breaks in your markdown documents! [...]
I've got some gift suggestions for the nerds in your life! [...]
I built Jumblie, a jumbled word search game. Here's how! [...]
I found an unexpected use case for the newly, fully supported :has() selector! [...]
I participated in the 2023 Chicago Rapid Open! [...]
You can add co-authors to the TinaCMS bot now more easily [...]
When you render lists in React, you need to use keys. [...]
I made a game called Thirteen Potions for js13kgames, here's how I did it! [...]
I'm trying out TinaCMS to make it faster and easier to post here! [...]
When you want to call an API at runtime in an Astro component, you have to import it in a different spot! [...]
Sometimes you want to be able to credit others in a single Git commit, and luckily that's possible! [...]
Astro is the latest framework on the block that I've really been liking! [...]
The shows that I've watched during my maternity leave [...]
A letter to my past self about the roller coaster of emotions I've been through. [...]
We should build and use software that uses open standards, and be careful about the companies in which we place our trust. [...]
Sometimes when you have a bunch of anchor tags, the trailing spaces around them are underlined. Here's how to fix that. [...]
Learning to focus on what I did do, rather than what I didn't. [...]
I had a c-section recently and delivered my first baby! It was a lot. [...]
If you need to set headers in your Astro site to deal with CORS or custom requests, here's a few ways how! [...]
My current 'stack' of task-tracking, calendar, and note-taking apps [...]
Memorizing quotes is probably one of my favorite easy 'life hacks'. [...]
useEffect can be challenging to understand, and manipulating exactly when it runs is a good skill to have! [...]
I love the weird things that remind you that you're home. [...]
Making Netlify Redirects work with Astro is a quick one-line change! [...]
I have a love/hate relationship with my GitHub streak. [...]
Sometimes I can't really share what I work on, and I just gotta deal with that and be happy! [...]
With create-react-app, it was easy to import SVG files as components. Now with Vite, you can do the same! [...]
2022 is over, taking a lil look back on how it was. [...]
I think in one language when I hear another, and... I have no idea why. [...]
I've been at Contenda for about two months! [...]
When you want to pass Markdown components to a non-Astro component (while using Astro itself), you need slots! [...]
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet (but for real) [...]
My vision sucks... for now, with LASIK on the horizon! [...]
I learned a lot about moose and need to tell people, namely you, about them [...]
Cassidy updated her Zsh prompt to have some fun colors, the date, and git information. Here's how! [...]
Sometimes when you're working with the GitHub UI, you need to rename a folder before cloning it to your computer. Here's how! [...]
Sometimes you just want those pesky newline characters to actually work! [...]
If you don't want to use plain bullets, the ::marker psuedo-element is for you! [...]
Cassidy's current "stack" of task-tracking, calendar, and note-taking apps [...]
Updating your Next.js sites to have a language set for screen readers is important for accessibility, and only takes a few lines of code! [...]
Astro is the latest new framework that seems pretty dang nice! [...]
They kept us in Suspense!! [...]
Shallow routing isn't a deep topic. Heh. Heh heh. [...]
A little update on how some of my learning is going! [...]
It's always good to lead with pizzazz when you're ending a call. [...]
Next.js is very, very serious and you should never, ever joke about it. Ever. [...]
You must appease the SEO gods. [...]
Babel presets and plugins help you add even more functionality to your code! [...]
Both human and React children could use some help being understood. [...]
There's pros and cons to calling APIs at different times! [...]
Don't let 'em catch ya! [...]
You can use Netlify's snippet injection to add web monetization to any of your apps! [...]
Where will your logs be? Depends on where you call them. [...]
It's faster to deploy from CodePen to Netlify than it is to read this blog post. [...]
Strict mode helps you, help yourself. [...]
Environment variables in Next.js are pretty straightforward, and importing them to Netlify ain't too bad either! [...]
Sometimes you'll want some styles that can be applied across your Next.js applications. [...]
Don't be lost, don't be unfound, a 404 page gives you steady ground! [...]
Get rid of those long, gross import statements in your Next.js apps! [...]
Our team at Netlify loves coding together, remotely! [...]
CSS only gets you so far, sometimes, when you want to pay attention to window sizes! [...]
When things are server-side, there's some tricks to get back to client-land! [...]
Hot module reloading has a new look! [...]
Next.js allows you to both server-side render and statically generate websites. Why would you choose one over the other? Read and find out! [...]
Ever wondered how you should manage state information across your Next.js applications without installing anything extra? Look no further! [...]
The Scrabble keyboard has been a passion project of mine, and now it's real! [...]
Just released my latest side project with Electron, React, and Redux! [...]
After a bunch of trial and error, I built and programmed my first mechanical keyboard! [...]
This week was my first week at L4 Digital! [...]
I did a writing exercise using a random Wikipedia page. And puns. [...]
I've been learning about... learning lately, specifically subconscious learning. Here's what I've found! [...]
I built a pure CSS text carousel because I couldn't find one I liked. Here's how I did it, and tweaks for later. [...]
Closures in JavaScript are an important concept that all JS devs should know. So here's a summary for you. [...]
I got the app Sketch Club and have really enjoyed making some fun drawings! [...]
Push these sexy applications in his mind to spice things up and drive him nuts. [...]
Using the Mousetrap library, you can add keyboard shortcuts to your React apps. [...]
I made a Whitney Houston API. Because why not. [...]
I get a LOT of emails from people asking to "pick my brain." Here is how I wish people would approach this. [...]
I've been at Venmo for a year! [...]
The PNG file format has been around forever... sort of. Not really. [...]
The CSS Image Values Spec allows you to cleanly blow up pixel art on the web. [...]
Finding a mentor isn't always as explicit as it seems. [...]
From the negatives we see and experience online, together we can create positives. [...]
I had my first hackathon experience as a Venmo employee this past weekend, and boy was it fun! [...]
I'm leaving Iowa State in a few weeks, which is both a bummer and very exciting. [...]
Some people don't know how to ask for help. Luckily, there's a proper way to do it. [...]
Public speaking is the number 1 fear out there. Let's conquer it together. Lovingly. [...]
Too often people go for the biggest and best laptop out there, when there are reasonable, affordable options. Let's talk about it. [...]
We had the first ever Iowa State hackathon! [...]
Interviews are scary, but they don't have to be. When you're on the spot, it's best to be prepared. Let's prepare you. [...]
As much as I'd like to say that your looks will get you far, sometimes actual information is good to know too. [...]
You might question CS as a major, but I'm here to tell you not to! [...]
I love getting feedback from people. You learn most from it. [...]
I spoke at TEDxDesMoines, come hear what I had to say! [...]
Don't be fooled, I'm coding on Valentine's Day. [...]
This is part 2 of a two-part tutorial for beginners as an introduction to HTML and CSS. [...]
This is part 1 of a two-part tutorial for beginners as an introduction to HTML and CSS. [...]
Here's some of my favorite mashup music of the year! [...]
These are some great quotes that have really helped me out! [...]
(I'm not, actually) [...]
People should know what you're about! [...]
What if you could study exactly what you wanted to? [...]
You should be doing that thing. You know that. [...]
It's not too bad to start building the phone app of your dreams! [...]
Because we've all panicked about this at some point or another. [...]
The squeaky wheel gets the grease! [...]
Networking is one of the most important skills you can develop! [...]
I went to PennApps to hack some apps and take some names! [...]
Sometimes you don't feel like you're good enough, and that you're fooling everyone. You're not alone. [...]
We built some fun things at Startup Weekend! [...]
It's the mathiest day of the year! [...]
My sister and I were so thrilled to be included in such a cool event! [...]
My sister and I got some exciting news! [...]
I'm at a huge women in tech conference! [...]
I got to check out the Seattle Facebook offices for their summer hackathon! [...]
I had an incredible day!! [...]
I am a real Spaniard now! [...]
I'm studying computer science! [...]
Don't pronounce it! [...]
Here's some great free software! [...]
Someone made a wearable keyboard! [...]