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…
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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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How to reset your Open Graph embed on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook
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 …
Read more →gitignore.io is great
05 August 2020
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…
Read more →MDX - I should have done this sooner
22 July 2020
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 …
Read more →Why I switched to Fathom for analytics
03 May 2020
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 →On normalcy
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...
Read more →Help your users when your web app crashes
22 April 2020
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 →Are you suddenly a remote worker? Let's figure it out together.
04 April 2020
Don't blink; it's all changing.
Read more →Introducing Pistola - Building a passion project with radical transparency
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 →Do you have your own Gatsby site? Let's brainstorm a dev.to cross-poster
23 June 2019
I'd love it if my blog posts were automatically sent to dev.to - wouldn't you?
Read more →I have to tell you about Dependabot 🤖
31 May 2019
I found a tool I love, and I want you to love it, too
Read more →UX Chat: Design chiefs cheerfully champion chopping chatter to charge CSS with cheery charm
17 May 2019
This one weird trick will have you chuffed to bits
Read more →Promise.allSettled() Pt.2 - it's partly settled!
27 April 2019
Compilers hate him! This one wierd trick will get you all settled right now!
Read more →Picking apart JavaScript import syntax
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 →Solve* all your problems with Promise.allSettled()
12 April 2019
This was inspired by a talk from Wes Bos at JAMstack_conf_nyc. Thanks for the tip, Wes!
Read more →I reclaimed 10GB of disk space from node_modules
02 April 2019
I finally got fed up with running out of disk space on my laptop.
Read more →Egg sticker update: We raised $176 NZD!
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 →Deconfusing JavaScript Destructuring Syntax
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 →Quick tip: Here's how to uninstall Postgres from your Mac
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 →Egg them all
19 March 2019
Get yourself some of these eggtastic stickers - 100% of proceeds go to charity!
Read more →5 Chrome extensions I use for productivity
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 →My favorite design problem
28 February 2019
Fancy microphones marketed to podcasters are beautiful devices - but their most important function isn't intuitive at all.
Read more →Embracing Prettier
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 →It was time.
24 February 2019
I've got some strong opinions on things - I hope that's okay.
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