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Cool People Link to Text Fragments
Hyperlinks are cool. They’re what make the web, The Web. You know what’s…
Turn off AI features by default (to reduce their climate impact)
Generative AI features have a large climate impact and water consumption. We can weigh that impact against those features' benefits, but what if they are left…
Royal Mail? More like Royal FAIL
Last week my friend, Rachael got married. I ordered her a gift using MoonPig and arranged delivery for Tuesday (the day she’d arrive back). But…
Using the Popover API for HTML Tooltips Can it be done?
This plucky front-end developer intends to find out. Can we do it? We looked at the Popover API and how it’s made it’s way across all browsers…
Using the ':not()' pseudo-class to remove styles from ':last-child'
I was re-designing the footer for my blog when I added a…
How to usability test your product (if you want bad UX)
On Friday, I met up with a friend for lunch. The day before, he’d been a research participant to taste-test 4 different brands of Jaffa cake…
How to Conduct a Design Audit in 2023: A Beginner’s Guide
Have you ever wished there was a way to determine if your website’s UX/UI design is delivering the value it’s supposed to? Enter: The design audit. A website…
Never half-ass two things
One alpha and one discovery I've finished my first sprint of being split between 2 services this week. I'm already feeling like it's not the most efficient use…
Asking the right questions to frame the problem
Framing the problem is vital for designers. We need to be relentlessly talking about the core benefits that a product or service delivers, and why. I’ve found…
Eleventy Transform speeds local development...a lot!
Ever since the Eleventy v3.0.0 came out and the new Eleventy Image plugin came out…