You have done such a wonderful job organising the 11ty meetup and fostering a community. I've only been able to attend a few times, but each has been a highlight. Thanks for running it all these years, Sia!
A frantic-looking Dr Hunter S Thompson donning a cowboy hat stands in deep snow under oppressive blue light in the Colorado mountains, aiming a silver pistol at an old grey typewriter.
For the machine and I have reached an impasse, I shall take a reprieve and Log Off.
An open web links openly.
A screenshot of the zeroheight blog, featuring a bunch of articles with colorful hero images.
Fancy writing an article for the @zeroheight.com blog? 😀 zeroheight.com/blog/
I'm always on the lookout for new contributors, and the focus is on the future of #designsystems, how to navigate enterprise design systems, and how-tos on everything DS.
This is a paid opportunity, of course. 🙌
I'm excited for the MacBook Neo from the perspective of it being a reasonably priced Safari/WebKit testing machine.
I imagine they'll be cheap second-hand as well due to the education market.
The lower-end specs won't be an issue for testing either. Maybe a benefit, even.
#Safari #WebKit #WebDev
I'm disappointed to see CSS carousels still being touted as 'accessible'. They plainly aren't, as has been discussed many times. The linked MDN doc even mentions many shortcomings and has been updated recently to remove some of the unfounded accessibility claims: github.com/mdn/content/...
The social media presences surely helped, but I think the proven track records of making quality open-source projects was the more valuable asset.
That made the project immediately trustworthy, and knowledge of how to manage such a project eliminated many of the typical early growing pains.
Said with only the greatest respect and admiration, of course.
Trying to get past all the @npmx.dev evangelists in the feeds today:
It’s that time again - I’m on the hunt for new clients from the beginning of April. I’m open to full or part-time contracts outside IR35.
I can help you with:
- design system consultancy, coaching, management or documentation
- content design
- UX writing
- technical writing
1/2
Congratulations to @npmx.dev, which has today entered into alpha!
It may still be early days, but it's a masterclass in community-first building. One of the most impressive open-source projects I've seen in terms of ethos.
npmx is how open-source should be done. I've written about it here:
npmx is now in alpha: this is our story, as told by our team and friends
There truly is no experience quite like being crammed into an old, butchered shitbox being driven recklessly by a teenager on provisional plates.
A most adrenaline-filled adventure relayed in text:
vale.rocks/micros/20260...
who is building this for atproto?!?!?!?!?!
This is the unlock.
Regular people are not motivated by high-minded decentralization talk. But bees? Hundreds of live bees? Buzzing loudly? That's a memorable experience that cuts through the noise.
A website, but that humming sound while browsing turns out not to be your computer fan but instead hundreds of live bees.
Replacing old code with new code, only to end up keeping the old code around for compatibility reasons, is like when you say goodbye to someone and then walk in the same direction as them.
I was trying to find how other people were currently achieving this effect the other day, and I was searching using the keywords 'ragged', 'jagged', and 'ripped torn paper'.
I still consider the elytra a recent addition to Minecraft, but the update that introduced them is now a decade old.
Oof.
This was a really good read on Moderation Tooling Design, which I saw via the @roost.tools discord: vale.rocks/posts/modera...
Thanks, Amy.
Setting proper headers has been on my to-do for yonks. Finally got around to it just now. 'Ooray!
A website, but you're disturbed by the slight tinge in the air of burning flesh and hair.
Making your own bookmarklets doesn't have to be all that difficult, and @vale.rocks shows you how, step-by-step.
css-tricks.com/a-complete-g...
Content moderation tooling presents an entirely different collection of user interface and user experience challenges unlike any other software.
Design isn't for flair or optimising engagement but is instead about protecting.
I wrote about some considerations:
vale.rocks/posts/modera...
#UI #UX
Not quite it, but have you seen this?
www.avibagla.com/blueskydicti...
There really is nothing quite like the reliability of a well-crafted script in your bookmarks bar.
Was my pleasure writing for @css-tricks.bsky.social, and my thanks go to @geoffgraham.me for adding that final layer of shine.
All the magazines are saying it. Bookmarklets are so in right now.
You may consider them obsolete in the face of shinier tools, but they prove themselves a solid, stable staple of any developer's toolbox.
Fast, stable, time-proven. What isn't to love?
#WebDev #FrontEndDevelopment
I wasn't at all trying to insinuate that you agreed with or endorsed such things, merely that it is very relevant given you touched on politics more generally, and I figured you might not be aware given that you didn't mention it.
Certainly a yikes that has kept me far away from him and his work.
It doesn't bother me at all. I'm just having a bit of a joke around.
Not quite sure what the platform as an entity with brand guidelines has to say, but I'm personally very much enjoying seeing the assorted art and interpretations of the logo people are coming out with.
This art of Stoat's mascot Toast is absolutely smashing!
