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Best Practices for Web Permissions

Permission prompts are the web’s main mechanism to protect powerful capabilities that are potentially dangerous to users’ privacy and security.

Building a responsive menu with CSS

For much of the time I’ve spent fiddling with the code for this site, I kept my navigation for desktop and mobile nearly identical. A horizontal row of labels and icons: on desktop, displayed next to my name and, on mobile, those same items under my name. That’s (fairly) recently been swapped out for proper, responsive, mobile navigation that’s facilitated with a bit of CSS.

Unlocking Auto-Height Transitions with Experimental CSS Features

The experimental CSS function calc-size(auto) can be used so that transitions and animations can go from zero (0) to this value. But that is unlikely to be the final syntax! ⚠️ So be forewarned.

The Pros and Cons of Using Variables in Figma Prototypes

If you are a designer using Figma then you are probably familiar with building prototypes to help take your static designs into realistic versions of your product.

Designing a website to not have 404s

The primary goal of this is to provide a better user experience. I am unsure what are the implications for SEO, but I am hoping that it will be positive. I will keep you updated on this.

Modern Web Development

The web development landscape is constantly evolving and as user requirements also change, developers continue to explore ways to build frontend applications with a balance of performance, flexibility, and maintenance. JavaScript-heavy frameworks help developers build frontend applications, but they often introduce scalability and maintenance challenges and can be complex to manage.

Why AI Won’t Build Your Engineering Team

When I was 19 years old, I dropped out of college and moved to San Francisco. I had a job offer in hand to be a Unix sysadmin for Taos Consulting. However, before my first day of work I was lured away to a startup in the city, where I worked as a software engineer on mail subsystems.

Building a Typing Game with Pure JavaScript

How many words per minute can you type? In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create a typing test game with JavaScript. The app will feature a timer that runs for 1 minute, then displays the result.

How Plugins Made WordPress Indispensable

WordPress has been around for over 20 years. Part of its continuing popularity stems from how extensible it is. A skilled developer can make the content management system (CMS) do just about anything.

Creating Fullscreen Animations with CSS Grid and GSAP Flip

A grid animation based on Rémi Clauss’ concept where grid items move to a specific position relative to their initial one.

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