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9.7.2018
If you’ve followed this blog, you know that I’m obsessed with figuring out every way to interact with, abuse, and convert different types of media. Whether it’s images, video, or audio, if something can be changed or exploited, I want to figure out how to do it. I remember...
Script & Style Show: Episode 14: CSS filters and mix-blend-mode with Tim Thomas
6.7.2018
In this week’s episode: David uses City Slickers to illustrate his sorrow over turning 35 years old while Todd tries to talk him down. Tim Thomas stops by to demo some really awesome animated effects you can do with CSS’ mix-blend-mode and filter. The demos are outstanding and really...
Script & Style Show: Episode 13: Decentralized Identity with Daniel Buchner
29.6.2018
In this episode: David and Todd return from travels to San Francisco, Oslo, and Iceland, Todd reveals he’s a new (dog) father, and they welcome guest Daniel Buchner, a Senior PM for Microsoft’s Decentralized Identity team. Daniel shares his knowledge about blockchain and crypto, then...
React Node Flow
27.6.2018
Flow, the static type checker used in many React projects, feels like a gift and a curse at times; a gift in that it identifies weaknesses in your code, and a curse that sometimes you feel like you’re needlessly adjusting your code to satisfy Flow. I’ve grown to appreciate Flow...
Count Frames in an Animated GIF
26.6.2018
The animated GIF always makes me chuckle; on one hand they seem like a relic of the “old web”, on the other hand they aren’t going anywhere and their meme-like presence seem to only make them more popular. If you browse through my media blog posts archives, you’ll notice...
Easy Document Signing with the Eversign Chrome Extension
25.6.2018
A while back I wrote about Eversign, an awesome service that allows you and your clients or partners to digitally sign documents online. If you’ve recently bought a house or did any other large purchases or agreements, you know how important the ability to reliably sign documents online is. ...
Convert HTML to Markdown
21.6.2018
One of my biggest mistakes with this blog was not finding a WordPress plugin that would allow me to write my posts with markdown; to this day I still need to write posts in “Visual” mode and then manually convert the post to HTML for “Text” mode. One of these days I want...
Show FPS for Steam Games
18.6.2018
There’s nothing more frustrating to a top gamer (outside of bugs in a game) than dropped frames in a video game. If you’re playing a competitive multiplayer game like PUBG or Fortnite, where up to 100 people are simultaneously competing, dropped frames can be the difference between...
Uppy File Uploading
11.6.2018
One of the big tasks I was charged with at my first job was setting up a system by which any customer or potential customer (aka anonymous user) could upload PDF and image files. I had loads of constraints to deal with: browser support, server settings, variance in user tech knowledge, etc....
Creating a VS Code Theme
8.6.2018
Everyone has special and perhaps, particular, tastes when it comes to their code editor. There are literally thousands of themes out there, and for good reason: a thing of beauty and enhancement to productivity for one can be a hindrance to another.
It’s been an item on my bucket list to create...
console.logTime
7.6.2018
I work on a really complex debugger at Mozilla but, and don’t tell my colleagues, I sometimes enjoy simply using console.log and other console commands to get some simple output. I know, I know, but hey — whatever gets the job done. A few years ago I detailed console.time...
console.timeLog
7.6.2018
I work on a really complex debugger at Mozilla but, and don’t tell my colleagues, I sometimes enjoy simply using console.log and other console commands to get some simple output. I know, I know, but hey — whatever gets the job done. A few years ago I detailed console.time...
What’s Next for Hybrid App Developers? (Sponsored)
5.6.2018
The story of hybrid application development is a never-ending one. Each framework has to continuously strive and innovate to remain relevant, and the discussion of which framework to use is a question often asked. Most hybrid applications are built using a combination of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript....
Script & Style Show: Episode 11: Ionic Framework with Max Lynch
1.6.2018
In this episode: David blames his wife for getting sick and missing last week’s show, Todd’s got a new Jeep, and David then blames his wife for not letting him have a Jeep. Oh, and Max Lynch of Ionic Framework fame stops by to talk about Ionic, Stencil, Web Components, the state...
OpenRates Currency API (Sponsored)
30.5.2018
Creating your own APIs can be a total nightmare: worrying about uptime, load balancing, data accuracy, caching, and all of the other risks would keep me up at night. And if your API relates to money in any way? If you get that wrong you could be costing yourself, your employer, or your client...
How to Delete Untracked Files in a Mercurial Repository
29.5.2018
Working around Firefox at Mozilla means that you need to get acquainted with mercurial, the version control system that rivals git and svn. Like any tool, hg (mercurial) can be difficult until you’re well versed with it. And if you hg import a URL that doesn’t match up with...
WDRL — Edition 229: Photo Grid, Chrome Security UX, Dark Themes with CSS and about Resumes
25.5.2018
Hey,
This week I was really not sure whether to send the newsletter or wait at least until the beginning of the week. But I think I shouldn’t hold the content I found just because of a new law called “GDPR” that forces a lot of companies to send a lot of emails regarding updated privacy...
Script & Style Show: Episode 10: Dojo
22.5.2018
In this episode: David and Todd welcome Dojo and JavaScript legend Dylan Schiemann and TypeScript and Dojo 2 superhero Nick Nisi. We cover the early days of Dojo, the road to 2.0, and what’s in Dojo 2.0 and beyond. Enjoy!
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Regain Disk Space from Homebrew
21.5.2018
One of my favorite utilities is Homebrew, the shell utility for installing and upgrading other utilities — it’s a lazy developer’s dream. Dreams can easily turn to nightmares, however, and I recently learned that Homebrew caches older versions of installed packages, leading...
Detect WebVR Support with JavaScript
16.5.2018
It’s been two years since I was heavily involved with WebVR at Mozilla but, despite not contributing every day, I can see VR making leaps and bounds, from Firefox making an increased effort to Chrome pushing VR and Oculus and HTC (Vive) improving their offerings. Native games are getting...