Spaghetti Code
Copy-pasta is a recipe for spaghetti code.
Blag
It doesn't take long to go crazy
It doesn't take long to go crazy; it takes long to get back.
Bad Assumptions
I'm going to make a bunch of bad assumptions and we'll get to fix them later
How to Stop Hating Your Tests
Permalink: How to Stop Hating Your TestsJustin Searls gave a great talk at RubyConf 2015 about testing and tests and how to test.
The Art of Labeling
Permalink: The Art of LabelingRob Dodson covers some of Chrome's dev tool features regarding accessibility in this A11ycasts video.
Effective Estimation
Permalink: Effective EstimationAn excellent talk about how to improve the process of estimation. I particularly appreciated the discussion about how to turn estimation into a probability curve.
A Radical Approach to Powerful Headings
In 2016 I attended CSSConf and saw Keith Grant's presentation "Stop Thinking in Pixels". When I later redesigned my website, I took inspiration from some of the concepts that he covered. Of particular note—and what I want to dive into in this post—was his section about typographic scale.
Elon Musk Thinking About the Future
I think the value of beauty and inspiration is very much underrated—no question—but I want to be clear: I'm not trying to be anyone's savior. That is not the…I'm just…trying to think about the future and not be sad.
Not Quite Horizontal Rules
Angular Rules
I really wanted to call this post "Angular Rules" but it's not at all about AngularJS, and I generally dislike clickbait. Rather than mislead people on what this is about, let me make myself clear: This post is about styling horizontal rules to be angular such that they slope at a nice angle.
Thoughts on Bots
For the last few months—wait it's been more than a few now—for the last six months I've had some ideas bouncing around my head, particularly relating to chatbots. Some of these ideas have led me to start working on implementing a chatbot (specifically for Slack, in node) in my spare time. At this point I have little more than an API wrapper, but I've also been learning to use some of the new ES6 features, so even without a working chatbot I'm happy with what I've accomplished so far.