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Beyond Media Queries: Using Newer HTML & CSS Features for Responsive Designs
4.9.2020
Beyond using media queries and modern CSS layouts, like flexbox and grid, to create responsive websites, there are certain overlooked things we can do well to make responsive sites. In this article, we’ll dig into a number tools (revolving around HTML and CSS) we have at the ready, from responsive...
How to Make a Media Query-less Card Component
1.9.2020
Fun fact: it’s possible to create responsive components without any media queries at all. Certainly, if we had container queries, those would be very useful for responsive design at the component level. But we don’t. Still, with or without container queries, we can do things to make our components...
Ground Rules for Web Animations
31.8.2020
Animations can make a site stand out. Or, they can just as easily kill the experience. When working with web animations, there are a few things that could go wrong like adding animations that serve no purpose, setting durations that are  too long or too quick, or not using right type...
USD has ‘more room to fall’ — 5 things to watch in Bitcoin this week
31.8.2020
Amid multiple warnings over the world’s reserve currency, Bitcoin stands to gain if recent macro correlation remains intact
The Robonomics token is trading for $95,000 each on Uniswap
28.8.2020
Robonomics’ lifetime subscription token is trading for close to six-figures on Uniswap
Comparing Data in Google and Netlify Analytics
25.8.2020
Jim Nielsen:
the datasets weren’t even close for me.
Google Analytics works by putting a client-side bit of JavaScript on your site. Netlify Analytics works by parsing server logs server-side. They are not exactly apples to apples, feature-wise. Google Analytics is, I think it’s fair...
Fed, futures and fundamentals: 5 things to watch in Bitcoin this week
24.8.2020
An important Fed policy meeting forms the centerpiece for a new week’s trading, which could see macro hit Bitcoin price action once more
‘So Many Things Wrong’ With IMF Education Video, Says Crypto Twitter
24.8.2020
According to an educational video from the International Monetary Fund, cryptocurrencies could be ‘the next step in the evolution of money.’
Bitcoin Bull Market Things? Top Exchange Volume Soars to $334B in July
17.8.2020
The volume of top-tier cryptocurrency exchanges has increased to $334 billion in July as Bitcoin’s price climbed by 30%
Bitcoin Price Gold Correlation Crashes 20%: 5 Things to Know This Week
17.8.2020
Bitcoin’s network fundamentals are as bullish as ever, but $12,000 may spark a retest of lower price levels, an analyst warns
CSS-Tricks Chronicle XXXVIII
15.8.2020
Hey gang! I’ve been fortunate enough to be a guest in a variety of different here, so I thought it was time for another Chronicle post. You know, those special posts where I round up the random goings-on of things I do off of this site.
I joined Ed & Tom over on A Question of Code.
We...
Will Bitcoin Break $12,000? 4 Things to Know Heading Into the Weekend
14.8.2020
Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as a whole remain bullish as $12,000 comes into view once more as the markets head into the weekend
Blockchain Investments Fell 63% Due to Pandemic
14.8.2020
After heavy funding cuts for blockchain this year, Global 2000 companies are looking to DLT to regain a competitive advantage in the post-coronavirus landscape
Bitcoin Users Leery of Tor: 23% of the Network’s Exit Capacity Compromised
13.8.2020
Hackers are stealing bitcoin through the large-scale use of malicious relays on the Tor network according to a newly published research report on the subject. The researcher dubbed “nusenu” said he warned people about the growing problem in December 2019 but instead of improving...
Halfmoon: A Bootstrap Alternative with Dark Mode Built In
11.8.2020
I recently launched the first production version of Halfmoon, a front-end framework that I have been building for the last few months. This is a short introductory post about what the framework is, and why I decided to build it.
The elevator pitch
Halfmoon is a front-end framework with a...
IOTA Revs Its Engines for Mainnet Upgrade Launch
10.8.2020
Chrysalis is barely a week away from going live
Bitcoin Price Seals Best Weekly Close in 2.5 Years: 5 Things to Know
10.8.2020
Bitcoin has put in a crucial bull market sign for long-term investors as $12,000 returns to the market — can it hold?
More Control Over CSS Borders With background-image
7.8.2020
You can make a typical CSS border dashed or dotted. For example:
.box {
border: 1px dashed black;
border: 3px dotted red;
}
You don’t have all that much control over how big or long the dashes or gaps are. And you certainly can’t give the dashes slants, fading, or animation!...
What does 100% mean in CSS?
7.8.2020
When using percentage values in CSS like this…
.element {
margin-top: 40%;
}
…what does that % value mean here? What is it a percentage of? There’ve been so many times when I’ll be using percentages and something weird happens. I typically shrug, change the value to something else...
JavaScript Fatigue
6.8.2020
From Nicholas Zakas’ newsletter, on how he avoids JavaScript fatigue:
 I don’t try to learn about every new thing that comes out. There’s a limited number of hours in the day and a limited amount of energy you can devote to any topic, so I choose not to learn about anything...