Box Fresh Windows
Setting up a Windows box in a jiffy
Testing
Learnings on testing, and why I should be better at it
Agentic Coding, MCP, blah, blah
It's probably time to get on the bandwagon
Opt In CSS Resets At Selector Level
Using the 'not' selector to add thoughtful opt-in CSS resets when you want them, but retaining sensible defaults in most other cases.
Generally when I start a project, I'm incredibly reticent to start thinking about what I might need for fear of Yagni. Any dev working for any length of time on sufficiently large projects will be all too familiar with building solutions that allow for 'future flexibility'. A future, that inevitably, never arrives, or at least not in the shape you thought it would.
What I mostly see is that when you add what you think you're going to need, what you'll end up needing will be just different enough to ensure you have to rebuild the thing anyway. So you may as well just build what you need, when you need it.
May 16, 2025
Old Habits Die Hard
Questioning long held assumptions in HTML
8 Out of 10 Cats Should Prefer Tailwind
Starting on a large scale web application today and not picking Tailwind? What the hell is wrong with you?
CSS Reset
These things definitely still exist, but do I *really* need one?
Personal Productivity System
My own interpretation of this rediscovered hypertext term
Wrapping third-party libs... I'm yet to see "we can switch out the library without affecting the rest of the codebase" actually happen irl
Feb 10, 2025
An Interpretation of the Digital Garden
My own interpretation of this rediscovered hypertext term
A Blast From The Past
Stumbling across an old project helps me see how far I've come, but also what's been lost along the way.
Choosing Astro
Why I chose Astro to build this site.
My Ideal Job
If I were to come up with my perfect job spec. It'd tick these boxes.
Interactive Non-interactive Elements
How too much abstraction can take you far, far away from the basics.