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 2020Useful article demonstrating some flexible approaches to CSS custom properties.
July 2020Neat technique for "layering" links over other links, making them appear to be nested. Useful pattern for card navigation.
July 2020Round-up of various accessible, responsive table styling techniques
July 2020Comprehensive overview of the XState API
June 2020Paul's simple guide to setting up a Raspeberry Pi as a macOS backup. Really easy to follow
June 2020New on the @Mozilla accessibility blog: Proper VoiceOver support coming soon to Firefox on MacOS #a11y
May 2020On 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 2020Neat CSS animation trick using multiple borders
April 2020Practical examples of questions Marco asks in his 1:1s, along with how often each type of question gets asked.
January 2020Template for scheduling time within a 1:1
December 2019Fairly barebones but good intro to containers/Docker. Aimed mostly at developers with some experience of production/shipping. Gives a decent background if short on why containers are needed, what the underlying technology is and the actual Docker interface
December 2019Best explainer I've read on DNS CNAME records. See also the article on DNS itself and on A records.
November 2019New SaaS startup that offers a11y reviews of your product
August 2019Really excellent explainer on SVG coordinate systems. Alternatively titled "what on earth does the viewBox attribute on <svg> do?". Includes a super helpful interactive demo
July 2019tldr: "What Are Your Optimising For?". Builds on the Observation -> Impact -> Question/Request framework for giving feedback, focusing specifically on how to ask a good open ended question. One that doesn't shut down further discussion/feedback
June 2019