Before I became a developer, I didn't think about version control very much. I tracked changes in Word a lot when two or more people needed to see and approve of edits. I thought it was annoying, but basically fine. It did not occur to me that something much better was possible. Many years […]

Are you the type of dev who just copies and pastes hex codes? If so, I've written an article over at @piccalil.li just for you! I take a look at some of the new CSS colour features that are most useful for those who don't really care about colours. piccalil.li/blog/a-pragm...

I love this take. We should absolutely celebrate the "just because" of craft when we can. To deny a space for that is joyless. https://aaadaaam.com/notes/lowriders-and-websites/

University of #sheffield opts out of renewing deal with academic publisher Elsevier https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/news/updates-access-library-resources-journals - no more cash for massively profitable commercial publisher - no impact on academics' ability to publish - plans in place to […]

The highest point on the Appalachian Trail was for a long time officially named Clingmans Dome, after Thomas Clingman, a Confederate general who surveyed the mountain after the Civil War ended. On September 18, the National Park Service announced the restoration of the mountain's Cherokee name […]