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Artificial Listicles
One of the things I’m noticing more an more with automated robot writing is its tendency to summarize key points in lists. Take, for example, the following prompt: What was The Beatles most...
View ArticleCSS is Logical
Documents flow in the direction of the writing mode. Elements flow in block and inline directions. The block and inline directions are based on the writing mode. Relatively positioned elements have a...
View Article“Hey, will you build me a website?”
Sure! What does the site do? What should users be able to accomplish? What are some similar sites that you like? How about ones you don’t like? Is this a completely new site, or are giving the...
View ArticleThe Adjunct Model of Teaching is Stupid and Broken
I teach web development at the college level, but I’m not a professor. Well, I am a certain breed of professor called an adjunct professor, but you’re unlikely to ever hear my colleagues refer to me...
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My Father’s Eyes
Eric Clapton was raised in a bizarre situation. He was only in his tweens when he discovered his sister was, in fact, his mother, and his mother and father were his maternal grandparents. And that...
View ArticleThe Perfect Storm?
Recently… Web components are “having a moment”. Some folks wonder if a collective effort towards a Global Web Documentation platform is a better alternative to Mozilla Developer Network. Chris took a...
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The Cheap & Lazy Way to Display Form Entries on the Front End of a WordPress...
I decided I wanted a Guestbook on this little ol’ site of mine after seeing a bunch of folks sharing Manu’s excellent example. I wanna be like the cool kids, too! I’d probably follow them jumping off...
View ArticleObligatory Reaction to My Old CSS-Tricks Job Re-Opening
DigitalOcean is re-hiring the position for CSS-Tricks lead editor, the job that they let me go from last year. I don’t have any points or quips to make about it. It’s just a job, right? Besides, that...
View ArticleSmashing Meets: Design Systems
I took the moderator’s seat for a recent Smashing Meets discussion on design systems. Brad Frost, Ben Callahan, and Nathan Curtis sat in as panelists, which was a real dang treat for me because I...
View ArticleThe New !important
I spotted this CSS used in a very popular WordPress theme: .wp-block-theme-button .button:not(.specificity):not(.extra-specificity) Those .specificity and .extra-specificity classes sure pop off the...
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