Workaround for a stupid iOS Safari bug where re-orientating the screen breaks
June 2018Useful regex trick to match things inside matching quotes (and brackets) while also handling backslash escapes
June 2018I’m kind of embarrassed to admit how helpful this was in my understanding of floats:
June 2018Good introduction to "lenses", a functional pattern for immutably accessing/updating objects. The examples are in typescript but I think they would in JS too
June 2018Some super nice background effects coming to CSS in the future. This post shows some of the ways the backdrop-filter property can be used, including some nice iOS like effects
May 2018Thought provoking post on the cost of openness - namely the emotional labour of dealing with everyone's ability to interact with you/your posts
May 2018Diagram showing the new React lifecycle in React 16+ after changes for React fiber
May 2018It's here (in beta!) -- you can now try out Overleaf v2 :)
May 2018Really great blog post on React Fiber, walking through building your own mini-Fiber. Makes the concepts a lot clearer
March 2018Some principles on what motivates people within a group e.g. a work team
March 2018Generalised advice on providing screen reader support. Mostly the advice is to use native elements, and if that doesn't work use ARIA. The most interesting bit to me was clear advice on using ARIA live regions
March 2018Quick test setup for testing visual changes in the browser. Useful for css refactoring
February 2018Some good tips on designing consistent drag and drop UIs. Somewhat obvious but ensuring that affordances are kept the same is key.
February 2018Super interesting read on techniques for making drag and drop UIs accessible. Some very clever ideas.
February 2018Useful examples of HTML/CSS components with built in accessibility. Great for copy/pasting a quick example.
December 2017Table from ARIA spec showing implicit aria-role definitions of HTML elements and the possible optional aria-roles for the elements.
December 2017Useful post describing how to create & analyse Node core dumps to find a memory leak
December 2017Great post on writing questions that assess whether a student has understood a concept (called a diagnostic question). Written in the context of maths, but applies equally to other topics (e.g. programming) too
December 2017