Let's Build the Web We Want
In general, the JavaScript ecosystem has operated under a simple rule: web development tools should be written in web development languages. Since we could (thanks Node,etc.) we should! I remember when this started and it’s been fun, of occasionally frustrating as we inevitably ran into performance issues as JavaScript codebases got larger and larger and […]
Upgrading jQuery: Working Towards a Healthy Web | Official jQuery Blog Working in the environments I do, I can tell you there are some scary situations out there with regards to jQuery. I remember John Resig, more than a decade ago, talking about wanting multiple different versions of jQuery to be able to work on […]
How much do I rely on GitHub Codespaces for open source development? Super double-plus much. I can illustrate exactly how much with one short anecdote. Gulp 5 was recently released and I created several PRs across repos in the H5BP organization to update Gulp across the board. I missed one issue with the encoding of […]
Listen to me talk about my 20+ years on the web!
It’s been such a short time at my new job I never posted about it here. That didn’t stop me from being laid off ???? So, if you’re looking for a Front-End Architect or Director of Engineering, please let me know. Anyway, in the tradition of making lemonade from lemons, I finally set up a […]
