October 27th, 2024 · 5min read
Goodbye Fable
Software I like keeps going away and I don’t have enough time to create everything I want to use…the latest entry in this unfortunate saga: Fable, the animation app that could’ve been the Figma for motion design…
September 30th, 2024 · 4min read
Images Stretching CSS Grid Rows
I was struggling to get an image to not stretch out a grid row without a fixed height this month and eventually stumbled over a solution that fixes the problem in some cases, so I decided to share it!
August 30th, 2024 · 8min read
Figma Updates
I know I’m a bit late to the party, but it took a while for me to get access to the new features—and by the time I did, the generative “AI” to make designs had already been disabled again. Not that
July 15th, 2024 · 5min read
A client:if directive in Astro
I’ve long wanted to be able to hydrate a framework component in Astro based on a prop. With custom client directives, I was finally able to add one that does just that and here’s how you can do so too!
June 29th, 2024 · 5min read
Open Source
I’ve been writing software for more than a decade now—yet I haven’t released any of it as an open-source project, despite knowing how important that is for our society. Here’s why, and why that’s going to change.
May 30th, 2024 · 5min read
Turning Thirty
I turned thirty this month and even though everyone insists on age being just a number, everyone around me also insists on what a big deal this specific birthday is. So I guess it’s only natural that
April 30th, 2024 · 8min read
Penpot 2.0
Penpot has come a long way since I reviewed its first Alpha release three years ago. They recently released their big 2.0 update and I thought it only fitting to give it another go and see what has changed.
March 27th, 2024 · 11min read
I Bought an iPhone
This could’ve been a very different article—but thankfully Apple came to their senses and I can write the review I originally intended to write after buying an iPhone for the first time in my life
February 18th, 2024 · 4min read
Embracing Abandonment
I love building things—but I’m just a single person with a pretty busy life. So sometimes, some of my projects stop getting the love they deserve—but does that mean they have to be deleted?
January 30th, 2024 · 5min read
Creating the Perfect Newsfeed
Google Feed has become a mess—so I’m looking for alternatives. I’ve started using Omnivore to curate a selection of RSS feeds, but that has its own challenges. Here are some notes on my search for the perfect news feed…