• Archive

    • Home

    code Documenting Complexity
    Web Platform toggleAttribute and ARIA properties
    7 min read

    A case study of how design by committee puts the developer, and therefore the end-user, last.

    code SwEng Primers
    Python An introduction to Python in 2022
    9 min read

    Python continues to improve every year. Having overcome the 2-to-3 transition, its future is brighter than ever.

    code Stupidly Simple
    JavaScript Reducers, Explained
    10 min read

    Why bother making code more complicated than it can be?

    tech Considered Noxious
    System Design Stop persisting defaults!
    4 min read

    Enable yourself to change the experience of users who stick with your default options

    code Documenting Complexity
    Web Platform The EventListener interface
    3 min read

    This questionable API design turned out to not be a mistake after all, thanks to the inclusion of Web Components

    code Stupidly Simple
    React What does JSX compile to?
    8 min read

    One of React's key strengths is the simplicity of JSX

    code Surface-Level Architecture
    Web Design & Implementation: lite.duckduckgo.com
    8 min read

    Coded as a historic website while running on modern infrastructure, lite.duckduckgo.com provides a simple but fast search engine experience.

    code Stupidly Simple
    Web Platform Rearranging ordered lists
    7 min read

    What do you do if an <ol> doesn't start from one?

    tech Productivity Wins
    Tech Useful .new shortcuts
    3 min read

    This little-known gTLD offers quick shortcuts to participating web services

    code Documenting Complexity
    Web Platform DOM Attribute Nodes
    4 min read

    An obscure corner of the spec lacking any practical use due to an unnecessary constraint.

    code Stupidly Simple
    JavaScript Dynamic import() hooks with then()
    8 min read

    A little-known relic from the Promises/A+ specification can be (ab)used to define import hooks.

    design Design Demystified
    Tailwind CSS Outlined inputs and notched borders
    17 min read

    Material Design's outlined input explained, and how the technique can be reused for any box.

    code Documenting Complexity
    Web Platform Part 1: DOM chaining | jQuery's not .done yet
    16 min read

    Mindset is shifting away from jQuery, yet the web platform is still lacking many of its fundamental features. In part one, we take a shot at making the native DOM interface fluent.

    code Open Source Secrets
    Web Platform Selecting an HTML element's text
    34 min read

    Only <input> and <textarea> elements have a .select() method. Are we doomed to bring in a third party library to perform a basic function?

    code Stupidly Simple
    Computer Science ICan’tBelieveItCanSort
    5 min read

    A sorting algorithm so simple and inefficient, it's bound to rescue your interview.

    code Stupidly Simple
    React You don't know React.useReducer
    6 min read

    useReducer's dispatch isn't really like Redux - you can do whatever you want with it. Avoid having to write useMemo boilerplate.