Tagged engineering

  • Enter strawman: Build a tangible form to anchor esoteric discussions

    Use a strawman to build up an idea rather than to tear it down.

  • Why'd you park like such an a-hole?: Inviting curiosity, context into engineering, our lives

    Being more curious and less critical in engineering

  • prefers-reduced-motion: Taking a no-motion-first approach to animations

    Animations should be an enhancement, not critical to a user's understanding. Use the prefers-reduced-motion media query to help guide your animation principles

  • Beginner's Guide to Eleventy [Part II]

    In the second instalment of a four part guide, I show you how to install Eleventy—except I walk through each gruelling step.

  • Beginner's Guide to Eleventy [Part I]

    Static site generators (SSGs) are critical to modern tooling. When used thoughtfully, SSGs can facilitate sites that need something in the middle—in the vast expanse between static, hand-coded sites and dynamic behemoths. In a multi-part guide, I'll show you how to use Eleventy.

  • Why beginners should teach

    Here are 10 reasons why I'd like to see more beginners teach; for yourself, for your future students, for your peers, and for our industry as a whole.