A rather geeky/technical weblog, est. 2001, by Bramus
Another excellent post by Josh W. Comeau, this time covering CSS Transforms. In this blog post, we’re diving deep into the transform property. I’ll show you some of the cool and unexpected things you can do with it! As per usual, the post is packed with interactive playgrounds for you to try things out. The …
I you want to get the summary about browser choice on iOS, Stuart Langridge has got you covered: Last week I sat down with the UK Competition and Markets Authority, the regulator, to talk about browser choice on Apple devices, and whether the claims that limiting choice is good for security and privacy actually hold …
At Google, they’ve worked out a new way to progressively enhance images: When delivering images over the web, it is now possible to organize the data in such a way that the most salient parts arrive first. Ideally you don’t even notice that some less salient parts have not yet arrived, because by the time …
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Similar to how jq allows you to extract content from JSON files on the CLI, htmlq allows you extract content from HTML files. Like jq, but for HTML. Uses CSS selectors to extract bits of content from HTML files. You can pass in a local HTML file, but also pipe it to cURL requests. For …
Interesting video from the CodePen podcast in which Shaw goes over this approach to SSR with Next and Apollo: A probably-better approach is to use the getDataFromTree method, which walks down the tree and executes the queries to fill up the ApolloClient cache. Create a shared ApolloClient instance Render the page using getDataFromTree() to fill …
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If you have multiple accounts to use with Git — such as a personal and a work account — you can have your Git Config (typically ~/.gitconfig) conditionally include other configs depending on the folder you’re working in. In those extra configs you then can override some settings. Here’s an example ~/.gitconfig that has two …
Great post by George Francis, in which he leverages the Voronoi tessellation to generate aesthetically pleasing random patterns. When composing generative patterns, placing objects on a canvas purely at random can feel chaotic, while aligning them to a traditional grid can feel rigid/predictable. While both chaos and exacting precision can both be beautiful qualities in …
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Mid-August the WICG published a (unofficial) specification for a Native Eye Dropper — a tool you can use to get the color from the pixel that’s underneath the cursor — on the web. Let’s take a look … Usage The proposal is pretty straightforward: This API enables authors to use a browser supplied eyedropper in …
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I like this video from Vertiasium on Cosmic Rays and how they can trigger bit flipping in our computers, known as “Single Event Upsets”. Tiny particles from distant galaxies have caused plane accidents, election interference and game glitches. Solid buildup, good pacing, and well explained.