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Jan 19, 2025
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Why I Don't Use JavaScript Frameworks
Some people's RSS feeds only include excerpts of their articles, instead of the whole thing. And I get that. You put a lot of work into the design of your website, so you want your readers to read your work there, not in an external RSS reader.
How To Automate Open Graph Images With Eleventy
I recently set up automatic Open Graph images on this site. Now, instead of making a custom OG image for every page on this site, I automatically generate them at build time.
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Dec 5, 2024
Not Sure How I Feel About "Was This Helpful?" Widgets
Let's say "Was This Helpful?" widgets have these two goals: 1) Survey users to see if your article was helpful. 2) Help users if they select "No" by pointing them somewhere else. If that's the case, then these widgets are far from perfect.
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Nov 29, 2024
To Scroll, To Stick, Or To Stay: Sidebars
Why sidebars are still so popular is a mystery to me. Not that I'm against sidebars—I love them too. But as to why the rest of the industry still loves them alludes me, because I feel they require so much more design considerations than other widgets.
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Nov 23, 2024
Building A Screenwriter App That Uses Markdown Syntax
I've always wanted to try my hand at screenwriting, but I found them painful to format in traditional document editors. While there exists screenwriting software for this purpose, I don't feel like learning a whole new software. So instead, let's make a whole new software!
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Nov 23, 2024
Deprecated HTML Elements
Some time ago, I needed to make some scrolling text for a site I. Text that scrolls from left to right so long strings can be read without needing line-breaks.
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Nov 23, 2024
A Domain is a Subscription You Can't Cancel
Verisign has been ridiculed for increasing the price of .com domains every year it can and by the maximum amount it is allowed to. Verisign seems to not understand the 7% price hike per year is a maximum, not a minimum.
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Nov 23, 2024
How to Make a Static Code Demo Component Like CodePen in Eleventy
I really wanted a code demo component for this site so that I could create HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code demos. But I didn't want to use CodePen. As good as it is, I really wanted an in-house solution.
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Nov 23, 2024
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And with that, the launch of Kybercode is here! Welcome to your home for software and website development content.
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