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McAfee’s Advice Seeing the Light – Cubans Using Crypto to Evade US Sanctions
17.9.2019
The United States has been the most dominant force in the world, both, economically and politically. The countries going against it have been confronted with strict sanctions, putting serious pressure on their currency and economy. Such countries usually have high inflation rates, and struggle...
Indian Lawmaker Raises Hope of Positive Crypto Regulation
12.9.2019
A member of the upper house of the Indian parliament has given the crypto community some advice on what can be done to influence the government’s crypto decisions. He encourages anyone to reach out to him and discuss their concerns, including issues related to the draft bill to...
Styling Links with Real Underlines
30.8.2019
Before we come to how to style underlines, we should answer the question: should we underline?
In graphic design, underlines are generally seen as unsophisticated. There are nicer ways to draw emphasis, to establish hierarchy, and to demarcate titles.
That’s clear in this advice from Butterick’s...
Advice for Technical Writing
22.8.2019
In advance of a recent podcast with the incredible technical writer and Smashing Magazine editor-in-chief Rachel Andrew, I gathered up a bunch of thoughts and references on the subject of technical writing. So many smart people have said a lot of smart things over the years that I thought I'd round...
WDRL — Edition 272: Unactionable Advice, Bye iframes Hello ShadowDOM, And Teams Not Made Of Stars.
16.8.2019
Hey,
what’s more powerful than a star who knows everything? Well, a team not made of stars but of people who love what they do, like their company’s vision and can work together, support each other. Like a galaxy made of stars — where not every star shines and also doesn’t need...
Creating a Diversity Scholarship Program for Your Conference
20.5.2019
My partner and I ran a design and development conference company for eight years. During that time, we produced hundreds of hours of conferences, both on-site and online. Diversity scholarships were only becoming a typical conference offering around the time we decided to sunset our business....
Interviewing for a Technical Position Doesn’t Have to Be Scary
26.4.2019
Jacob Schatz (@jakecodes) is a staff engineer over at GitLab and was kind enough to share how he conducts job interviews for technical positions and his thinking process for them. Technical interviews are talked about often and can be a touchy subject for some, so it’s worth noting that this...
Using CSS Grid the right way
22.2.2019
Violet Peña has shared her recommendations for using CSS Grid. They basically boil down to these high-level points:
Use names instead of numbers for setting up our grid columns.
fr should be our flexible unit of choice.
We don’t really need a grid system anymore.
Although this is all great advice...
The Slow and Steady Refactor
28.1.2019
Over the past week or so, I’ve been reading Refactoring by Martin Fowler and it’s all about how to make sweeping changes to a large codebase in a way that doesn’t cause everything to break. I bring this up because there’s a lot of really good notes in this book that have challenged my recent...
Script & Style Show: Episode 23: Blogging, CodePenning, and Podcasting with Chris Coyier
1.10.2018
In this episode: David kicks off by recounting a heroic (and tiring) sprint across the O’Hare airport to make his flight home from Toronto. CSS-Tricks scribe Chris Coyier joins Todd and David to discuss CSS-Tricks, CodePen, podcasting, and numerous walks down memory lane. This episode...
Crypto Exchange Hacks in Review: Proactive Steps and Expert Advice
31.8.2018
Only since the beginning of the year, over $742,68 million have been stolen from crypto exchanges, and a series of attacks goes on. Why does this happen and how can exchanges defend themselves?
What bit of advice would you share with someone new to your field?
18.7.2018
The most FA of all the FAQs.
Here's Laura Kalbag:
Find what you love. Don’t worry about needing to learn every language, technique or tool. Start with what interests you, and carve your own niche. And then use your powers for good!
And my own:
Buy a domain name. Figure out how to put an HTML file...
A Strategy Guide To CSS Custom Properties
16.5.2018
CSS preprocessor variables and CSS custom properties (often referred to as "CSS variables") can do some of the same things, but are not the same.
Practical advice from Mike Riethmuller:
If it is alright to use static variables inside components, when should we use custom properties? Converting...