Notes

Your CSS is an interface - Eric Bailey

Human-friendly CSS is an interface that […] allows someone using your website to easily make modifications. The web is malleable, and that is a highly intentional design decision. (via @ericwbailey)

https://ericwbailey.design/writing/your-css-is-an-interface/

The Single-Page-App Morality Play - Baldur Bjarnason

‘The biggest hindrance to the web’s progress isn’t non-expert developers, tooling, libraries, Single-Page-Apps, or Multi-Page-Apps. It’s bad management.’ (via @fakebaldur)

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2021/single-page-app-morality-play/

Why are hyperlinks blue?

What happened in 1993 to suddenly make hyperlinks blue? No one knows, but I have some theories.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/internet-culture/deep-dives/why-are-hyperlinks-blue/

Reducing Carbon Emissions On The Web - Smashing Magazine

‘The mean average emissions for websites with a PageSpeed score of 100 is about 1 gram of carbon, which rises to a projected almost 6 grams for websites with a score of 0.’ (via @smashingmag)

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2021/09/reducing-carbon-emissions-on-web/

Oh Hello Ana - Blog

lovely redesign of Ana’s personal website. plus: guestbooks are back! (via @ohhelloana)

https://ohhelloana.blog/

HTML Boilerplate

Manuel shares his current setup for new HTML documents, including all the best practices for 2021.

https://www.matuzo.at/blog/html-boilerplate/

Don't Rush to Simplicity

To me simplicity is made more beautiful when understood through a long personal struggle with complexity. When I can dance with it, having turned a mighty nemesis into an old friend, and teach others to do the same.

https://www.swyx.io/simplicity-rush/

Which type of novelty-seeking web developer are you? Baldur Bjarnason

‘There is no history in web development and everybody walks on the shoulders of giants thinking-or pretending-that they’re just following a dirt path conveniently laid out by nature.’

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2021/which-kind-of-web-developer-are-you/

I haven’t seen that much joy and relief on Twitter in a long time. A nice change from all the doomscrolling!

Looking at coronavirus.data.gov.uk - Matthew Somerville

Yesterday I was looking for data on less-then-ideal emergency information sites. Then @dracos does this amazing case study with more detail than I could have hoped for! 😍

http://dracos.co.uk/wrote/coronavirus-dashboard/