Bookmarks

Things your manager might not know

things your manager might not know

March 2021
The good line-height

Tool for computing the the CSS line height so that it fits exactly onto a (pixel based) grid

January 2021
A primer on engineering delivery metrics | LeadDev

Good article introducing what engineering delivery metrics are, how they can be sold to the team, and what they are useful/not useful for.

November 2020
lookup.design - ui examples

A UI "search engine" - search for screenshots of UI patterns used on other sites.

September 2020
Transparent Textures

Library of (themeable) transparent textures

September 2020
A CSS-only, animated, wrapping underline. | Nicky blogs

Nice CSS trick to animate underlines for links

August 2020
The Complete Guide to Centering in CSS | Modern CSS Solutions

Excellent practical guide to centering with modern CSS.

July 2020
CSS Button Styling Guide | Modern CSS Solutions

Excellent and comprehensive guide to styling buttons using modern CSS.

July 2020
Icon Button CSS Styling Guide | Modern CSS Solutions

Comprehensive guide to styling buttons containing icons.

July 2020
Accessible Colors | WCAG 2.0 AA and AAA color contrast checker

Good accessible colour checker, with tools to adjust font size and weight. And provides suggested colours if not accessible.

July 2020
The Wet Codebase by Dan Abramov – Deconstruct

Well presented talk on not being too hasty to create abstractions.

July 2020
React Training: When do I use functions in a Hooks Dependency Array?

Good analogy made in this article. You must include state in useEffect dependencies array, and some props. Which props? Props that might change, because "props are someone else's state".

July 2020
Responsive Designs and CSS Custom Properties: Defining Variables and Breakpoints | CSS-Tricks

Useful article demonstrating some flexible approaches to CSS custom properties.

July 2020
Nested Links Without Nesting Links — Sara Soueidan – Freelance-Front-End UI/UX Developer

Neat technique for "layering" links over other links, making them appear to be nested. Useful pattern for card navigation.

July 2020
Bruce Lawson’s personal site  : Accessible data tables

Round-up of various accessible, responsive table styling techniques

July 2020
Using a Raspberry Pi for Time Machine

Paul's simple guide to setting up a Raspeberry Pi as a macOS backup. Really easy to follow

June 2020
Proper VoiceOver support coming soon to Firefox on MacOS - Mozilla Accessibility

New on the @Mozilla accessibility blog: Proper VoiceOver support coming soon to Firefox on MacOS #a11y

May 2020
Apollo 15 Hammer-Feather Drop

On August 2, 1971, Dave Scott performed one of the most legendary experiments, literally an out of this world one: the galilean 'hammer & feather' held on the Moon

April 2020