Blogs and tutorials

I’m excited to be looking for my next role as a Developer Experience Engineer. Here are five reasons why you should hire me.

TL:DR; a serverless function and build hook on Netlify, and an Apple Shortcut.

Learn how to build The Ultimate Theme Toggle™️ for your website using JavaScript, CSS custom properties, local storage and system settings.

Learn how to run an A/B test using content from your CMS and Netlify Edge Functions.

Learn how to split traffic for A/B testing between different page layouts without changing the URL using Netlify Edge Functions.

For my ENTIRE career I have been living with an enormous misconception: the universal CSS selector doesn't actually select EVERYTHING.

Learn how to hide decorative text generated by CSS from screen readers, so that your weird designs don't interrupt the flow of the text.

Learn about different types of rendering on the web, and how it impacts user experience, site performance, and SEO.

Learn how to optimize UX, site performance and SEO by taking a strategic approach to how you render different pages of your e-commerce store.

I used use a week of PTO to see what tips and tricks I could experiment with to try and fix my life. Here’s how it went.

Asking “How do I get started with web dev?” is like asking “How do I get started with cooking?”

Let's take a look back at 2022: what I made, what I learned — both professionally and personally — and what I didn't get around to.

You don‘t need client-side JavaScript to localize dates and times according to timezone — use timezone data in Netlify Edge Functions.

Create a responsive, horizontal-striped CSS gradient inspired by 80s VHS tapes using CSS custom properties and a linear gradient.

After I changed my mind about writing new JavaScript frameworks, I paused development on a new project, What the Framework (WTF). Here's why.