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Is a person who prompts an LLM to generate a website a web developer? And if not, what is the difference, and why does that matter so much?| Josh Collinsworth
Is a person who prompts an LLM to generate a website a web developer? And if not, what is the difference, and why does that matter so much?| Josh Collinsworth
One of life's greatest simple pleasures is creating something just for yourself.| Josh Collinsworth
Is a person who prompts an LLM to generate a website a web developer? And if not, what is the difference, and why does that matter so much?| Josh Collinsworth
A running list of uncommon, strange, and/or archaic words embedded in common idioms, to help you type them correctly next time you use them.| Josh Collinsworth
A tribute to the member of our family we lost this weekend.| Josh Collinsworth
Things I watched, read, played, got into, enjoyed, or did and would do again, in 2024.| Josh Collinsworth
Building a WordPress theme (and a new brand) from scratch.| Josh Collinsworth
It's crushing and disheartening to discover I live in a country where half the adults around me still haven't learned something I'm teaching my kindergartener.| Josh Collinsworth
I feel it's important to issue a critical reading of Automattic's post, as it doesn't seem to offer much of a serious or objective examination of the issues at hand. Rather, the post unfortunately reads as something more akin to a puff piece, or corporate propaganda.| Josh Collinsworth
I believe Matt Mullenweg's abuses of his unilateral, unchecked powers prove that it is in the best interest of the entire WordPress community that he be removed from power immediately.| Josh Collinsworth
I've been a fan of Svelte for years, but never had the opportunity to use it on a serious project before. So when I found myself looking for a new platform for this site as SvelteKit entered open beta, it seemed like perfect timing.| Josh Collinsworth
Svelte is a new style of framework for building sites and apps. Let's dive into what makes it different, why it's so enjoyable, and how it's able to ship such tiny, fast apps.| Josh Collinsworth
WordPress was potentially the most impactful and empowering technology I've yet encountered. It transformed my career path and enabled me to do anything I wanted at every point in my journey. So why leave it now?| Josh Collinsworth
A lengthy write-up diving into what headless means, its advantages and disadvantages, some of the techniques and gotchas involved, and, finally, the new design of this site specifically.| Josh Collinsworth
I keep noticing those of us in the frontend field being treated much the same as nurses, paralegals, and executive assistants. Our work is seen as important, certainly, but just not the same as, or as important as, the “real” work.| Josh Collinsworth
It's popular to say we can’t agree on Tailwind, but I posit we actually already do. I think what we actually disagree on isn’t the details of this (or any) specific software; it's in what we value, and how we each define assets and liabilities.| Josh Collinsworth
Many developers seem to believe there's no difference between px and other CSS units. Let's dispel that myth, for the sake of better accessibility.| Josh Collinsworth
The only thing React is better at than other front-end frameworks is being popular. So how long will that self-perpetuating cycle continue?| Josh Collinsworth
A collection of things I've learned over my decade in the industry, on how and where to look for jobs, applying, interviewing, and all those fun things. For whatever it's worth.| Josh Collinsworth
A personal (read: meandering) post inspired by the realization that I first began to learn HTML and CSS exactly ten years ago, reflecting on the lucky turning points that brought me to where I am today.| Josh Collinsworth
An update on my previous first impressions post, covering how it's been using the MoErgo Glove80 every day for the past six months, how it's affected my RSI, and whether I'd recommend it (short answer: yes).| Josh Collinsworth
Why I worry about the effect GitHub Copilot is having and will continue to have on the accessibility of the web at scale.| Josh Collinsworth
If you don't often look beyond established comfortable defaults, you might be surprised to learn just how far the world of frontend has moved away from React, and how big that gap continues to grow.| Josh Collinsworth
Learn the fundamentals of SvelteKit by building a statically generated blog from scratch, with Markdown support, Sass, an API, and an RSS feed.| Josh Collinsworth
Indeed, there's plenty to go around, thanks largely to all of you. But the fastest way to make the numbers better is to stop feeding and sheltering people and their families. Nothing personal.| Josh Collinsworth
A lengthy write-up diving into what headless means, its advantages and disadvantages, some of the techniques and gotchas involved, and, finally, the new design of this site specifically.| Josh Collinsworth
I’m beginning to believe that becoming more connected with everyone is making me less connected with anyone.| Josh Collinsworth
Things I watched, read, played, got into, enjoyed, or did and would do again, in 2023.| Josh Collinsworth
How does the Glove80 stack up against similar keyboards like the Moonlander and Ergodox? I share my impressions after the first few weeks of use.| Josh Collinsworth
After a year or so of using Raycast, I'm switching back to Alfred. This is what prompted me to make that decision, and why I may or may not stick with it.| Josh Collinsworth
Transitions, easing, and routing are all baked into SvelteKit. This makes utilizing page transition effects in SvelteKit sites and apps as easy as adding just a few lines of code.| Josh Collinsworth
Creating high-quality, polished web animations is both a science and an art. This post covers the best things I've learned over the last decade of crafting web UIs.| Josh Collinsworth
The easing curve can make or break any animation on the web. Let's look at the science of CSS cubic-bezier curves, and the art of using them to make the best web animations possible.| Josh Collinsworth
My thoughts, experience, and advice after using the Moonlander as my main keyboard for both personal and work projects for a full month| Josh Collinsworth
I'm 42 years old today. This is a personal post about where I am now, what's going on in my head, and 42 things I've learned (or at least, think I've learned).| Josh Collinsworth
SvelteKit introduced breaking changes to its routing and data loading in August 2022. Learn how to convert from the old way of doing things to the new.| Josh Collinsworth
Updating Quina to version 2.0 filled my head with new ideas that I just couldn't walk away from. Eventually, those ideas took the shape of a whole new word game, named Hondo.| Josh Collinsworth
Toggle buttons might be the biggest missing native HTML element. This post will help you code them right, for all users, in any (or no) framework.| Josh Collinsworth
Debugging iOS Safari is a challenge (and possibly expensive) when you don't have access to an iPhone. Here are a few options to get around that problem.| Josh Collinsworth
How to use CSS grid to make a responsive, adaptable bar chart with no math or external library required!| Josh Collinsworth
The web world is full of tradeoffs. Going from a CMS to a static site keeps things simple—but that simplicity comes with costs. Luckily, giving up comments on your blog doesn't have to be one of them.| Josh Collinsworth
The story of building Quina, a word game Progressive Web App built with Nuxt, and launched on the Google Play Store.| Josh Collinsworth
Block Lab is a WordPress plugin that simplifies the process of creating custom blocks to use in the block editor, AKA Gutenberg, the new content editor in WordPress 5.0. This post explains how to use it, even if you only know basic HTML.| Josh Collinsworth
…Lately, I’ve been wondering whether I can actually continue supporting Instagram and the company behind it, however passively or at whatever seemingly insignificant scale. And while I was zeroing in on this answer anyway, the events of the last couple of weeks have clearly cemented in my mind that the answer—for me, at least—is an unequivocal “no.”| Josh Collinsworth
Enjoy all the convenience of easy local WordPress development with Local, plus build tools with CodeKit, without any of the tricky command line setup.| Josh Collinsworth
Working with arrays of objects in JavaScript can be difficult. This post covers how to ensure all object keys (IDs) are unique, and how to find non-unique values.| Josh Collinsworth
Gutenberg brings with it the ability to set image blocks as full-width or wide-width. This article talks about how to enable support for that feature in your theme, and one way to write the CSS that makes it work.| Josh Collinsworth
CSS variables (otherwise known as CSS custom properties) give previously impossible superpowers to CSS developers. This post covers what they are, how they work, and a couple of nifty ways you can implement them on your own website.| Josh Collinsworth
There’s vast world of design learning and opportunity right in front of us constantly. All we need to do is take the time to notice it and learn from it.| Josh Collinsworth
Some of these apps, resources and tools aren’t directly WordPress-related, or even necessarily development-related; some have to do with productivity or just make life a little easier. That’s by design. Part of being a developer is learning to work and use your tools as efficiently and with as little wasted time and mental energy as possible.| Josh Collinsworth
Your worst instructor as a design student will lay out clear goals and expectations which will not change; this is not a given with clients.| Josh Collinsworth
When you’re just starting out with WordPress, it’s easy to think that you can just open up the style.css file included with your theme and begin making alterations. And that will work—at least for a while—but it won’t be a good idea…| Josh Collinsworth
No matter how simple the end product, design is hard work. To come up with something that looks good, something people like, is at best tangential to the main point. The question is: does it succeed at meeting the project goals? And you don’t know how to answer that question.| Josh Collinsworth
Consider this post a guide on how to avoid the most common mistakes young designers make when assembling their portfolios.| Josh Collinsworth
Any executive or business owner will say their company values integrity, and virtually every company claims that they reward and value their employees exhibiting their brand values. But is that really accurate?| Josh Collinsworth
If you’re like me, you’ve probably spent some time wondering (and Googling) about the differences between various popular format types commonly used for graphic design applications. So I decided I’d create a resource that’s hopefully a handy reference on the matter of discerning file type supports and behavior.| Josh Collinsworth
One of the most difficult things for me to learn in my transition from the classroom to a professional branding agency was how to properly handle color output. So I decided to write this post in the hope of saving you some from some of the pitfalls that I failed to avoid.| Josh Collinsworth
