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The technical and design blog of Stephanie Stimac covering product, web platform and design| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
The technical and design blog of Stephanie Stimac covering product, web platform and design| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
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I spoke at State of the Browser a few weeks ago in London, and I want to reflect on what an absolutely lovely community of people organize and attend that event. It is my second time speaking and third time attending. Thank you for once again making me feel welcome & allowing me to tell you how dismantling global capitalism relates to funding of open source software and the web platform. I absolutely love giving this talk so get in touch for 2025 if that would make a good addition to your con...| The Web Witch's Blog
I really haven't done a review of my months since November. I've been deep in hibernation mode, conserving energy for what will be a busy few months. I started to write a log about what happened in March, the first March that did not drag on this year, at least for me, but now it's May and April was precisely what I was expecting it to be: exhausting. I'm still recovering from our trip to Seattle at the end of April.| The Web Witch's Blog
We arrived back from Seattle on a Tuesday, and I was thankful to be UK side after the most horrific airport experience at SeaTac the previous day, in which nothing went to plan and America's incompetence really shined bright. I actually broke down in the TSA line. Something I have never done before.| The Web Witch's Blog
April was precisely what I was expecting it to be: exhausting. I'm still recovering from our trip to Seattle at the end of April.| The Web Witch's Blog
I've been trying to make an effort to more intentionally pick something to watch when the weekend rolls around. While I've enjoyed the Grey's Anatomy binge I started during this pregnancy, it feels like a work week ritual -- something to put on in the background or pay half attention to. On the weekend, I've had the desire to create a different kind of ritual, one that feels more deliberate.| The Web Witch's Blog
Trying to radically change how I interact with and use social media.| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
March 11th marked my one year anniversary at Igalia. It simultaneously feels like the blink of an eye and also decade. I suspect that's just the way life goes.| The Web Witch's Blog
The training of AI proves to me there is no such thing as an ethical billionare.| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
If your response to a lineup dominated by men is, "There are almost no women in this field," I'm afraid that reveals a lack of effort to curate an event with diverse, interesting perspectives. It suggests you haven’t prioritized thoughtful research or meaningful outreach—and if you’re not putting care into the core experience of your event, that likely extends to every other aspect of it.| The Web Witch's Blog
Some thoughts on using AI to help you code.| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
Pondering a year abroad, building foundations and all the other stuff.| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
Talking about all the books I read in 2024, what my favorite was, and how romantasy took over my life.| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
13 November 2020| The Web Witch's Blog
I am writing this from the desert where we've had a lovely few days of food and football (both American and English). I've found this trip a bit harder to adjust to the timezone and environment and have been struggling with energy levels so we haven't gone biking. It could just be my body's way of forcing me to rest as the year winds down.| The Web Witch's Blog
I was re-designing the footer for my blog when I added a list of social icon links. I needed to add some padding between them, as one does, and was preparing to apply padding to the left of each icon so the final icon on the right remained aligned right.| The Web Witch's Blog
A guide on all the different ways web platform features, APIs, etc in web browsers can be built.| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
A friend who went back to school recently asked for public speaking tips, here's what I told her.| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
September was incredibly busy across work and personal life. I am out of a routine and trying to find my way back to writing regularly (among creating in general) while also making sure I spend time doing things I enjoy. As soon as I publish this I'm off to decide what to bake and then go hang out and read and maybe make some soup. It's soup season.| The Web Witch's Blog
Form controls are notoriously difficult to style, something the web community has been talking about for years. In 2019, when I was still at Microsoft, I had been working with Greg Whitworth to start evangelizing the work that was being planned for <select>, as well as the Open UI community group that would help bring this plan to life.| The Web Witch's Blog
An October recap| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
I'm not so sure I like calling these "Life checks"...perhaps going forward I will call them something else. Maybe time to bring back The Web Witch's Grimoire but make it monthly.| The Web Witch's Blog
Pondering my love of Seattle| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
My book, Design for Developers, has been translated into German and is now available in more marketplaces.| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
When I was interviewing for a role with Microsoft Edge in early 2016, I got to my final interview in the loop and I can still remember sitting across from my soon-to-be manager when he asked about the future of the web.| The Web Witch's Blog
A PSA about Edge deprecating some legacy CSS properties| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
Attempting to solve the puzzle of the existence of @media: monochrome| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
My first two weeks at Igalia| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
Home Office Kit: Elgato Wave 3 Microphone| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
A look at the `field-sizing` CSS property and how it could improve web form user experience.| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
2 international moves| The Web Witch's Blog
My goal for 2023 was to read 24 books. I read 21, just shy of 22. I don't get particularly hung up on whether or not I met my goal unless it's really abysmally off target. I ended up reading many 700+ page fantasy books this year so when I average that out, that's nearly 3 "normal" books.| The Web Witch's Blog
Jhey and I have been going back and forth on naming our CSS project and I am once again reminded how terribly hard it is to name things. You want something that stands out, but when you go to research what's available from a branding perspective, the prospects are grim.| The Web Witch's Blog
A few words of advice on being laid off as I approach 10 months since being laid off.| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
A brief look at the CSS Media Query for scripting support| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
A brief note on HTML video and media query support| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
Mental health resets in nature| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
A ruthless look at when to use these two CSS text-wrap values.| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
Imposter Syndrome Driven Design and a Bedfordshire Clanger| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
Learnings from side hustle land on research and SEO| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
Thoughts on building, shipping and iterating quickly| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
Thoughts on Instagram removing the ability to search recent hashtags| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
This is a post about what this blog is to be about| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
A post on initial CSS Subgrid experiements| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
A post on initial CSS Subgrid experiements| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
A post on performance and assumptions made due to location| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
Bullet journal with CSS Grid and Subgrid| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
Hopes, goals and dreams for 2020| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
5 of my favorite hints in the webhint browser extension| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
What is the Web We Want initiative and how you can participate.| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
I did not think I would be in this spot today, regardless of a pandemic raging or not, and I can pinpoint the exact start of this change in my life to the 15th of April 2019.| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
Looking at what the web community prioritizes out of winning Web We Want submissions.| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
For the first time I'm feeling flush with ideas but have little energy to execute.| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
The Web Witch's Grimoire // Week of 18 October 2021| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
Musings on the comments men leave on professional content of non-men| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
The Web Witch's Grimoire // Week of 11 March 2022| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
The Web Witch's Grimoire // Week of 13 May 2022| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
On Depeche Mode and Andy Fletcher| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
The Web Witch's Grimoire // Week of 10 June 2022| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
How keeping your own weekly tracker of tasks that you work on can help save you time when it comes to performance reviews.| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
What this daily habit taught me about happiness| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
An overview of the new CSS property `initial-letter` for more styling control over the first letter.| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
How time-blocking can help focus your time on your most important goals| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
An overview of the proposed CSS media query `prefers-reduced-data`| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
Operating Within Gratitude| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
Revisiting the CSS media queries and environment variables for foldable devices.| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
Thoughts on building, shipping and iterating quickly| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
A little life update and check-in halfway through the year| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
An overview of the Issues panel in the browser developer tools| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
A post on a quick trip to Berlin for btconf19| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
A quick and non-exhaustive dive into browser font rendering inconsistencies| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
The intial results from a validation survey on the Web App submissions to Web We Want| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
Diving into another way developers can experiment with and provide feedback on upcoming Web Plaform Features| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
All the things that 2020 gave me| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
Thoughts on speaking at my first in-person event in 20 months| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
Sharing how and why I do personal sprint retrospectives as a product manager.| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
A roundup of books I read in 2022| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
Reflecting on succumbing to burnout| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
I visited my high school, Gonzaga Prep, to talk to the students about different career paths in tech.| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
Taking a look at Trigonometric CSS functions and what problems they solve| Stephanie Stimac's Blog
