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The world we're designing
On the topic of craft and web development, over on Bluesky Kameron Hurley shared this excerpt from the book Stolen Focus… One day, James Williams—the former…
Optimize for optionality and build towards checkpoints
In a project management-themed Hackers Incorporated episode, Adam Wathan introduced derisking projects with save points. The entire episode is definitely worth…
The order of accessible name computation steps
I try to be a good web citizen, and keep things accessible. Now, I'm no expert, but there are some things web developers should check at least: Do images have…
:nth-next-sibling? No need.
Yesterday, I discovered a new wish I had in CSS: when selecting the next few siblings of an element, instead of having to do…
Worrying about the future of interaction design
A weeknote starting 9 September 2024. This post from Steve Messer got me thinking about the future of interaction design again this week. With the rise of tools…
Limitation Breeds Creativity: A Study in Composition with Custom Properties
It’s been a little while since I’ve played around with making creative stuff with CSS just for fun. My trip to State of the Browser conference at the weekend…
My Figma design system
Why I created the design system I’ve been pushing pixels since 2005 and have studied hundreds of design systems over the years, even before they were called…
Naming conventions for CSS classes
I’m working on a UI library for people who love HTML and modern CSS, and one of the many details I’m currently sweating is naming conventions for CSS classes…
How to write error messages that actually help users rather than frustrate them
One of the most consistently neglected parts of today’s user experiences is our handling of errors. We’re so busy designing the happy paths through our products…
More myself online
It’s really surprising how many fully remote jobs require mandatory, several-times-a-year travel under the pretense that “face-to-face time is really important…