Seriously, do we need yet another version of Low Quality Image Placeholders?
Why do some people want to do additional work just to show useless colourful pixels to users, delaying the rendering of the actual image?
As a user, I hate LQIP. Single colour backgrounds are fine, though.
Ten tips for better CSS transitions and animations
users may not realize what it is about the transitions or animations on our websites and apps, but they can keenly spot the difference between good and bad. They intuitively know when an app’s movement feels good, and when the impression is instead generic or unpolished—even if they can’t explain how or why.
Looks like Google likes it when we start improving websites performance! 🚀
Accessibility Beyond Code Compliance
Design systems (and pattern libraries within them) codify your organization’s design and coding guidelines in such a way that the software you produce is consistent and the teams working on delivering that software are able to be more efficient because they aren’t having to design and build every interface from scratch. Having a design system that is accessible enables teams to avoid introducing new accessibility bugs in the process of creating bespoke interfaces. It also means finding and fixing an accessibility bug in the design system should fix it in all of the products using that design system. (That last part isn’t always perfect, but I don’t have time to get into that today.)
Everything is awesome: Don't forget the Lego
Six paediatric health-care professionals were recruited to swallow a Lego head. Previous gastrointestinal surgery, inability to ingest foreign objects and aversion to searching through faecal matter were all exclusion criteria. Pre-ingestion bowel habit was standardised by the Stool Hardness and Transit (SHAT) score. Participants ingested a Lego head, and the time taken for the object to be found in the participants stool was recorded. The primary outcome was the Found and Retrieved Time (FART) score.
TIL there are nullish coalescing operator (??) and assignment (??=) in many programming languages, including JavaScript.
Never used them, always either using || or initialising variables with undefined.
Should I refactor? 🤔
Coil bids farewell, but not goodbye
we’ve decided to sunset Coil’s products and development efforts. On February 2, 2023, we will no longer accept sign-ups for the Coil Membership. On March 15, 2023, we will discontinue our service
The photo I use as my avatar everywhere is 10 years old, maybe it's time for an update? 🤔
Having my phone in my pocket doesn’t trigger anything but distraction. It can do everything, and so I feel nothing in particular about it. A physical camera takes photos, but it also makes me think about seeing. And I like that.
Finally available on Apple Music! 🎧🥳
“Radio Soulwax presents As Heard on Radio Soulwax, Pt. 2”
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