Book notes: Working In Public
30 November 2020
I recently finished reading Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software by Nadia Eghbal , thanks to a book clu…
Read more →I'm a technologist, a designer, and a creator of things. I started this as a place to put together my thoughts on things that I think deserve a bigger stage than my twitter or GitHub.
I work at Google -- but the things I post here are my own, and don't necessarily reflect Google's views or opinions.
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30 November 2020
I recently finished reading Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software by Nadia Eghbal , thanks to a book clu…
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17 September 2020
Earlier today, we had a problem at Gymnasium . We released a new 5 minute tutorial on Making Headings and Lists more Accessible - which …
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Put simply, gitignore.io is a that is so profoundly helpful that I've forgotten what life was like without it. Its purpose is simple: fo…
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As of this very post, I've added support for MDX to my site. It should make writing new content much easier for me. By removing lots …
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This morning, I fully switched my personal site from Google Analytics to Fathom - something that I had been considering for a while, and finally decided to go all in on.
Read more →22 April 2020
🙌 What are the simple things that you're looking forward to the most? On my walk this morning, I found myself wondering what it's going to be like when things go back to normal...
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Some thoughts on building fault-tolerant web apps that didn't quite fit into my work on the upcoming book Surviving Other People's Web APIs
Read more →04 April 2020
Don't blink; it's all changing.
Read more →21 February 2020
If you follow me across the various other social networks I use, you'll likely stumble across my passion for cycling. For the past 8 or so years, road cycling has been my primary form of exercise. I love cycling; it keeps me sane, and helps me live a healthier life...
Read more →23 June 2019
I'd love it if my blog posts were automatically sent to dev.to - wouldn't you?
Read more →31 May 2019
I found a tool I love, and I want you to love it, too
Read more →17 May 2019
This one weird trick will have you chuffed to bits
Read more →27 April 2019
Compilers hate him! This one wierd trick will get you all settled right now!
Read more →17 April 2019
Let's talk about importing dependencies into your node projects. As your work gets more complex, you will inevitably come across many ways to import a library - it can get confusing quickly.
Read more →12 April 2019
This was inspired by a talk from Wes Bos at JAMstack_conf_nyc. Thanks for the tip, Wes!
Read more →02 April 2019
I finally got fed up with running out of disk space on my laptop.
Read more →28 March 2019
Thanks to you all, we made a solid donation to benefit victims of the NZ mosque shooting. Thank you from the depths of my heart. ❤️
Read more →26 March 2019
I thought I had a firm grip on destructuring objects in es6... and then working with Gatsby turned it all on its head
Read more →20 March 2019
You may never need this, and Postgres is plenty good. But if you do need it - maybe this will save you time?
Read more →19 March 2019
Get yourself some of these eggtastic stickers - 100% of proceeds go to charity!
Read more →13 March 2019
The Chrome Web Store is absolutely loaded with plugins, themes, and extensions. I use them to be more secure, productive, and connected.
Read more →28 February 2019
Fancy microphones marketed to podcasters are beautiful devices - but their most important function isn't intuitive at all.
Read more →25 February 2019
VSCode's format-on-save function was parsing my jsx React components like normal JavaScript. Maddening - yes, but the fix was simple.
Read more →24 February 2019
I've got some strong opinions on things - I hope that's okay.
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