VS Code can do that?!

A growing collection of handy tips and tricks for the popular code editor.

Native-Like Animations for Page Transitions on the Web

Let’s make effects that look like those in mobile apps.

“I don’t want to work with a ‘Code Ninja’, they leave a bloody mess. I want to work with a ‘Code Janitor’, you only know they were there because everything is organized and tidy.”

Create your own Serverless API

Where serverless technology really shines.

“All of the technologies you hold dear right now will one day probably be embarrassing to you. Why not just make cool stuff with things you like and not worry about it?”

Project Explorer

Create an annotated tree visualization of any repo/project.

“Software engineering is 90% software engineering and 10% complaining about software engineering.”

“I spend so much of my time trying to make complicated things more simple. It looks really simple but it’s actually kind of complicated.”

Introducing GitHub Actions

“A whole new way of thinking about how we deal with infrastructure.”

What Hooks Mean for Vue

Demo with hooks using the popular JavaScript framework.

CSS Grid Generator

A tool to make dynamic layouts with ease.

“When your weekend coding projects are held up by scope creep, you really only have yourself to blame.”

“You do not go farther by tearing others down. It just doesn’t work like that. Build each other up. We get further together.”

How to Stack Elements in CSS

You can also overlap elements with CSS Grid.

“Oh the irony of having a dog you name Sudo who doesn’t listen to you.”

How Smashing Magazine Manages Content

Migration from WordPress to JAMstack.

The Hero Generator

Create nice hero images for your web site or web app.

“It might seem from the outside like framework wars are stupid. That’s because they are.”

Creating UI Components in SVG

How SVG can unlock an entire world of building web interfaces.

“Give credit. It’s so simple. It’s very destructive when you don’t, and can open doors when you do.”

“I have a lot of opinions about code. Well, I’ll go into management. At least I’ll probably have less opinions about that. Me, several years later: Oh no.”

“People who put someone down to make themselves look better never really succeed.”

“The folks that bounced due to bad docs, tutorials, and onboarding aren’t telling you. They’re just leaving.”

“The real heroes are the folks who go back to the GitHub issue they filed and post the solution.”

“Some of the most critical jobs are the ones where, if done right, no one knows you did anything at all.”

Why flow matters more than passion

What it takes to get a developer team to the next level.

“A lot of miscommunication stems from people incorrectly assuming that everyone understands some piece of context. This is where we see docs suffer too.”

A tribute to the useless web

A hand-drawn Rube Goldberg machine, animated with JavaScript.

“What type of dinosaur do front-end engineers love? The browsaur.”

“I was stuck on a problem and went for a walk, berating myself for procrastinating. Then the answer came to me. How many times do I have to learn this lesson?”

“I will never get over the magic of programming: 3 days ago I had an idea, and now I have a useful, functioning app.”

“Sometimes hard work is like a pie eating contest where the prize is more pie.”

“Documentations are critical. What we build is perceived through the lens of our documentation. They should not be an afterthought or uninvested in.”