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Healthcare, Selling Lemons, and the Price of Developer Experience
9.2.2023
Every now and then, a one blog post is published and it spurs a reaction or response in others that are, in turn, published as blogs posts, and a theme starts to emerge. That’s what happened this past week and …
Healthcare, Selling Lemons, and the Price of Developer Experience...
Moving Backgrounds
9.2.2023
We often think of background images as texture or something that provides contrast for legible content — in other words, not really content. If it was content, you’d probably reach for an <img> anyway, accessibility and whatnot.
But there are …
Moving Backgrounds originally published...
Why discounting your game works: psychology edition!
8.2.2023
Also: the big guns - and blockers - come out in MS x ATVI
YouTuber baits MMA fighter to promote fake NFTs: Nifty Newsletter, Feb. 1–7
8.2.2023
YouTuber Logan Paul and his CryptoZoo NFT team face a lawsuit alleging that they executed a rug pull
The truth about CSS selector performance
7.2.2023
Geez, leave it to Patrick Brosset to talk CSS performance in the most approachable and practical way possible. Not that CSS is always what’s gunking up the speed, or even the lowest hanging fruit when it comes to improving …
The truth about CSS selector performance originally published...
Which showcase should you announce your game at?
6.2.2023
We rank 'em, subjectively. Also: Sony results & lots of news
The Double Emphasis Thing
6.2.2023
I used to have this boss who loved, loved, loved, loved to emphasize words. This was way back before we used a WYSIWYG editors and I’d have to handcode that crap.
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The Double Emphasis Thing originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of...
Plus: The Hogwarts Legacy express is pulling in...
3.2.2023
And yes, Dead Space is having a great time of it still!
A Fancy Hover Effect For Your Avatar
3.2.2023
Do you know that kind of effect where someone’s head is poking through a circle or hole? The famous Porky Pig animation where he waves goodbye while popping out of a series of red rings is the perfect example, and …
A Fancy Hover Effect For Your Avatar originally published on CSS-Tricks...
Porsche NFT trading volume nears $5M: Nifty Newsletter, Jan 25–31
2.2.2023
Professionals working in the Web3 space shared various ways and tools that can help users prevent NFT theft
Winning at game discovery on TikTok (& Instagram Reels!)
1.2.2023
Also: why network effects help platforms, perspectives for game genres & more
Caching Data in SvelteKit
1.2.2023
My previous post was a broad overview of SvelteKit where we saw what a great tool it is for web development. This post will fork off what we did there and dive into every developer’s favorite topic: caching. So, …
Caching Data in SvelteKit originally published on CSS-Tricks, which...
Deep dive: Shell Shockers' multi-million $ web game success
30.1.2023
Also: interesting Hype Curve research & lots of discovery news
Plus: the big (continuing!) Steam hits for January?
27.1.2023
Also: next week's big titles, and lots more data
AR, VR, and a Model for 3D in HTML
27.1.2023
Tucked down somewhere in the Safari Technology Preview 161 release notes is a seemingly innocous line about support for a new HTML element and attribute:
Added support for <model src> and honor <source type> attributes (257518@main)
Anytime I …
AR,...
Can another big game release crush your launch sales?
26.1.2023
A reasonable question, answered! Also: Battle Pass boons & tonnes of news
Binance tightens NFT rules: Nifty Newsletter, Jan. 18–24
25.1.2023
Lawyers believe that NFT court orders could help reach defendants that cannot be contacted using ordinary means
Animating CSS Grid (How To + Examples)
25.1.2023
I’m pleased to shine a light on the fact that the CSS grid-template-rows and grid-template-columns properties are now animatable in all major web browsers! Well, CSS Grid has technically supported animations for a long time, as it’s baked right …
Animating CSS Grid (How To + Examples)...
How Goose Goose Duck hit 700k CCU on Steam
23.1.2023
We talk to the devs about it. Also: 'state of the industry' survey & more
Getting Started With SvelteKit
23.1.2023
SvelteKit is the latest of what I’d call next-gen application frameworks. It, of course, scaffolds an application for you, with the file-based routing, deployment, and server-side rendering that Next has done forever. But SvelteKit also supports nested layouts, server mutations...