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Can you get valid CSS property values from the browser?
19.8.2020
I had someone write in with this very legit question. Lea just blogged about how you can get valid CSS properties themselves from the browser. That’s like this.
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That gives you, for example, the fact that cursor is a thing. But then how do you know what valid values...
Timer Bars in CSS with Custom Properties
18.8.2020
I was working on a thing the other day that needed a visible timer. There was UI precedent for this type of timer on the project. People didn’t want to see numbers ticking downward; it was more ideal to see a “bar” drain away from full to empty. I mention that because there...
Dust Attacks Make a Mess in Bitcoin Wallets, but There Could Be a Fix
18.8.2020
When dust settles in your home, you sweep it up. But what happens when dust makes its way into your Bitcoin wallet? Cleaning it up may not be so simple
What Happens When Border Radii Overlap?
17.8.2020
I’d wager that most times we’re rounding box corners in CSS, we’re applying a uniform border-radius value across the border. It’s a nice touch of polish in many designs. But there are times when we might want different radii for different corners. Easy, right? That way the property takes four...
Onchain Data Shows $449M Worth of Bitcoin on ETH Eclipses Offchain Competitors
17.8.2020
Onchain analytics show the number of bitcoin (BTC) held on the Ethereum blockchain has been multiplying at an extremely fast rate since the end of May. On Sunday, August 16 there’s approximately 38,021 BTC on Ethereum or roughly $449 million stored in synthetic bitcoin protocols like Wbtc...
That’s Just How I Scroll
14.8.2020
How do you know a page (or any element on that page) scrolls? Well, if it has a scrollbar, that’s a pretty good indication. You might still have to scrapple with your client about “the fold” or whatever, but I don’t think anyone is confused at what a scrollbar is or what...
What I Learned by Fixing One Line of CSS in an Open Source Project
14.8.2020
I was browsing the Svelte docs on my iPhone and came across a blaring UI bug. The notch in the in the REPL knob was totally out of whack. I’m always looking to contribute to open source, and I thought this would be a quick and easy fix. Turns out, there was a lot more to it than just changing...
How Much Ether Is Out There? Ethereum Developers Create New Scripts for Self-Verification
11.8.2020
Ethereum and Bitcoin advocates have engaged in spirited exchange since Friday to answer an ostensibly simple question: What’s the total supply of ether?
PSF Token Invokes the First Coin-Age Staking Protocol on Bitcoin Cash
11.8.2020
During the last six months, the Simple Ledger Protocol has grown immensely and there’s been 9,604 SLP tokens created since the infrastructure launched. Just recently news.Bitcoin.com reported on mistcoin, the mineable SLP token that can be mined with a CPU. Now software developer Chris...
zerodivs.com
10.8.2020
Pretty neat little website from Joan Perals, inspired by stuff like Lynn’s A Single Div. With multiple hard-stop background-image gradients, you don’t need extra HTML elements to draw shapes — you can draw as many shapes as you want on a single element. There is even a stacking order...
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...
Every Website is an Essay
7.8.2020
Every website that’s made me oooo and aaahhh lately has been of a special kind; they’re written and designed like essays. There’s an argument, a playfulness in the way that they’re not so much selling me something as they are trying to convince me of the thing. They use words and type and color...
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...
How to Earn Interest with Bitcoin
5.8.2020
When I was young I remember looking at my bank book and seeing nice interest payments for cash I had in the bank. Fast forward to today and banks are giving essentially nothing for interest — your money just sits there collecting dust. In an ideal world you could put it into the stock market...
There’s Now an Accelerator Exclusively for DeFi Startups
4.8.2020
The Chicago DeFi Alliance (CDA) just launched one of the first accelerator programs devoted entirely to DeFi crypto startups
Bitcoin ATM Locations Reaching 9,000 Worldwide
4.8.2020
The number of bitcoin ATM locations has been rising steadily. Almost 9,000 bitcoin ATMs have been installed worldwide. The U.S. leads as the country with the largest number of bitcoin ATMs, followed by Canada and the United Kingdom. Nearly 9,000 Bitcoin ATMs There are currently 8,947 cryptocurrency...
Bitpatt.com, a Safe, Fast and Reliable P2P Crypto Exchange, Launches Operations
3.8.2020
While there are many crypto exchanges, fear of hacking and theft has slowly crept into crypto traders due to many such past incidents. It makes sense to always be in control of one’s fund and cryptocurrencies, and that’s why P2P or peer to peer services like Bitpatt are trusted by both...
10 modern layouts in 1 line of CSS
31.7.2020
Una doing an amazing job of showing just how (dare I say it?) easy CSS layout has gotten. There is plenty to learn, but what you learn makes sense, and once you have, it’s quite empowering.
The demos are all together here.
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A Look at What’s New in Chrome DevTools in 2020
31.7.2020
I’m excited to share some of the newer features in Chrome DevTools with you. There’s a brief introduction below, and then we’ll cover many of the new DevTools features. We’ll also look at what’s happening in some other browsers. I keep up with this stuff, as I create Dev Tips, the largest...
A Lightweight Masonry Solution
31.7.2020
Back in May, I learned about Firefox adding masonry to CSS grid. Masonry layouts are something I’ve been wanting to do on my own from scratch for a very long time, but have never known where to start. So, naturally, I checked the demo and then I had a lightbulb moment when I understood...