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How Auto Margins Work in Flexbox
6.1.2020
Robin has covered this before, but I've heard some confusion about it in the past few weeks and saw another person take a stab at explaining it, and I wanted to join the party.
Say you have a flex container with some flex items inside that don't fill the whole area.
See the Pen
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Says 20s Will See an Anoncoin Go Mainstream
5.1.2020
A privacy-focused cryptocurrency will become mainstream in the 20s, according to CEO of Coinbase
Proof of Keys Day Returns on Bitcoin’s 11th Birthday
3.1.2020
Last year’s inaugural Proof of Keys day didn’t see massive amounts of bitcoin withdrawn judging by onchain data – but it did serve to educate a community. Trace Mayer’s call to arms also put exchanges on notice, with some disabling withdrawals, citing unscheduled...
Gotta Select’em All
3.1.2020
I suspect it is not highly known that CSS can control how text is selected. You can do user-select: none; to prevent some text from being selected. That's probably not terribly good UX in general, but perhaps you use some period (.) characters as decoration or something, I could see preventing...
PSA: It’s That Time to Update the Copyright Year on Your Site
1.1.2020
Every year about this time I see articles going around reminding people how to update the copyright on their websites. Usually somewhere in the footer. You know, a line like:
© Copyright 2007-2019 CSS-Tricks
I am very absolutely not a lawyer, but this is how I understand it:
You don't actually...
A Recap of Frontend Development in 2019
1.1.2020
I noted Trey Huffine’s 2018 version of this article in The Great Divide.
To put a point on this divide a bit more, consider this article by Trey Huffine, "A Recap of Frontend Development in 2018." It's very well done! It points to big moments this year, shows interesting data, and makes...
A Recap of Frontend Development in 2019
1.1.2020
I noted Trey Huffine’s 2018 version of this article in The Great Divide.
To put a point on this divide a bit more, consider this article by Trey Huffine, "A Recap of Frontend Development in 2018." It's very well done! It points to big moments this year, shows interesting data, and makes...
What it means to be a front-end developer in 2020 (and beyond)
29.12.2019
I wrote a piece for Layout, the blog of my hosting sponsor Flywheel.
Stick around in this field for a while, and you'll see these libraries, languages, build processes, and heck, even entire philosophies on how best to build websites come and go like a slow tide.
You might witness some...
Bitmain and Canaan to Reveal 5nm Bitcoin Mining Chips in 2020
27.12.2019
Two of the largest bitcoin mining chip manufacturers have plans to equip their products with 5nm chips in the near future. Just recently, China-based manufacturer Bitmain purportedly produced the world’s first 5nm test-grade bitcoin mining chip and more efficient mining rigs will see mass...
What to Expect from the JAMstack in 2020
24.12.2019
Brian Rinaldi interviewed a variety of folks, asking them the same questions about JAMstack development and the landscape recently:
Raymond Camden: I think we will see better competition from the bigger players.
Gift Egwuenu: I'm also looking forward to more job openings on the JAMstack.
Bryan...
Moving Rainbow Underlines
23.12.2019
I absolutely love the design of the Sandwich site. Among many beautiful features are these headlines with rainbow underlines that move as you scroll. It's not scroll-jacking — it's just a minor design feature that uses scroll position to enact a little movement.
To draw the rainbows...
Bitcoin Price Breaches $7,400 Mark as Most Top-20 Coins See Gains
22.12.2019
Bitcoin approaches the $7,400 mark again as most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies report moderate gains
You Can Earn Lead Tokens by Becoming a Crypto Community Champion
20.12.2019
Becoming a cryptocurrency community leader is a good way to bring about the future you want to see in the world by taking real action today. Now you can also be directly rewarded for your work with the Bitcoin Cash community’s new SLP token, Lead (Leaders of Education, Adoption...
Ripple: Shall We See a Bullish Opening in 2020?
20.12.2019
Ripple has nosedived in mid-December, needs to sustain the higher high pattern for a recovery Before XRP steps into 2k20, a robust market boost is crucial to get investors risk appetite back on track The coin is trading just slightly above the 52-week low; a steady uptrend above 23.60% Fib level...
Create a Static Site Using Angular & Scully
20.12.2019
The team at HeroDevs has just released the alpha version of Scully, a static site generator for Angular. That's right, Angular didn't have an intuitive way to create JAMstack applications before, but now it's possible!
Scully uses a node CLI application to run Angular schematics so you don’t have...
Make a smooth shadow, friend.
19.12.2019
One box-shadow is cool and all, but check out Philipp Brumm's tool for building out comma-separated multiple box-shadows, which result in a much smoother and more natural look.
This reminds me very much of the idea for easing linear-gradient. In a gradient, this smoothing effect is handled...
Print-Inspired Layout on the Web
18.12.2019
I always love seeing people get inspired by print design and trying to port it over to the web. There is a much deeper history of interesting print work to draw from, and still a ton of modern work happening that eclipses most digital design work today. The web is fully capable of bold, interesting...
Now You See It
16.12.2019
I recently accepted a teaching position at a local college here in SoCal where I'll be spouting off whatever I know (or more likely don't know!) about HTML and CSS. It's suffice to say I was all ears (well, actually eyes) when Rachel Andrew recently published a post on teaching CSS.
The display...
Bitcoin Floats Around $7,100 as Top Altcoins See Slight Growth
15.12.2019
Bitcoin hovers around the $7,100 mark again, as most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting slight growth
Blue Beanie Day 2019
13.12.2019
November 30th, the official "Blue Beanie Day," has come and gone. I'm not sure I ever grokked the exact spirit of it, but I've written about what it means to me. Last year:
Web standards, as an overall idea, has entirely taken hold and won the day. That's worth celebrating, as the web would...