The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the To-do List – Zeigarnik Effect and Developer Productivity
Learning about the Zeigarnik Effect and how it shapes my mental capacity has been a productivity and mental health game-changer.…
Why a Meeting Costs More than a MacBook Pro – the Business Case for Fewer Developers in Meetings
The meeting's opportunity cost is higher than the price of a brand-new M1 MacBook Pro. If the meeting was pointless, might as well cancel it and fly one of the devs to Bali instead.…
Got Spaghetti Stylesheets? 4 Techniques for Managing CSS Complexity
This week, I want to take a look at some tried and true techniques for unwinding your spaghetti CSS. The techniques are covered in their general form – with links to framework level implementation examples.…
Why Your CSS is Always Messy and Chaotic – Understanding CSS Complexity
Does the thought of making a minor style update in a large front-end project give you pause? This week, I want to take a look at what makes CSS complex.…
3 Interview Questions to Spot "Fake Agile" Software Engineering Teams
Here are 3 questions to help you find out if the company you are interviewing with is doing AgileFail.…
The Boar, the Lobster, and the Juniper – 3 Patterns of "Agile" Software Development
Have you ever worked in an 'agile shop' that actually feels more like waterfall development? Raises hand – I have and it's pretty terrible.…
Why is :hover:after valid but not :after:hover? CSS Pseudo-Class and Pseudo-Element Selectors
In this post, I will briefly go over the history of CSS pseudo-element and pseudo-class selectors, how they differ, how to combine them in everyday usage, and why I am an ::after only guy now.…
How to Get Started with Web Accessibility – My Top 5 Resources
Here's is a list of web accessibility resources I would recommend to the 2012 version of myself – along with when and how to use each.…