Strut Your Stuff With a Custom Scrollbar
The first time I had my breath taken away by a humble scrollbar was on this very site. When CSS-Tricks v17 rolled out with its FAT CHONKY BOI, my jaw dropped.…
It’s Always Year Zero
In the short term, opinions about technology often follow a compressed form of Laver’s Law:
- Everything just before me was completely broken.
- Everything that comes after me is completely unnecessary.
- Everything I use right now is perfectly fine; stop
Types or Tests: Why Not Both?
Every now and then, a debate flares up about the value of typed JavaScript. “Just write more tests!” yell some opponents. “Replace unit tests with types!” scream others. Both are right in some ways, and wrong in others. Twitter affords …
STAR Apps: A New Generation of Front-End Tooling for Development Workflows
Product teams from AirBnb and New York Times to Shopify and Artsy (among many others) are converging on a new set of best practices and technologies for building the web apps that their businesses depend on. This trend reflects core …
