This was originally posted on my own site. When I wrote about democratising dev, I made brief mention of the growing “no code” movement: Personally, I would love it if the process of making websites could be democratised more. I’ve often said that my nightmare scenario for the World Wide…

This was originally posted on my own site. My website has different themes you can choose from. I don’t just mean a dark mode. These themes all look very different from one another. I assume that 99.99% of people just see the default theme, but I keep the others around…

This was originally posted on my own site. I met up with a supersmart programmer friend of mine a little while back. He was describing some work he was doing with React. He was joining up React components. There wasn’t really any problem-solving or debugging — the individual components had…

This was originally posted on my own site. I was talking to someone recently about a forgotten battle in the history of the early web. It was a battle between search engines and directories. These days, when the history of the web is told, a whole bunch of services get…

This was originally posted on my own site. Alright, I’ve kept you in suspense for long enough. It’s time to reveal the magnificent line-up for dConstruct 2022. I’ll now put names to the teasing list of descriptions I previously provided… A technologist, product designer, and writer who defies categorisation. They’ve…

This was originally posted on my own site. In two of my recent talks — In And Out Of Style and Design Principles For The Web — I finish by looking at three different components: a button, a dropdown, and a datepicker. In each case you could use native HTML…

This was originally posted on my own site. A few years back, Jessica got a ceiling fan for our living room. This might seem like a strange decision, considering we live in England. Most of the time, the problem in this country is that it’s too cold. But then you…

This was originally posted on my own site. I like reading RSS feeds. I’ve written before about how my feed reader feels different to my email client: When I open my RSS reader to catch up on the feeds I’m subscribed to, it doesn’t feel like opening my email client…

This was originally posted on my own site. The line-up for dConstruct 2022 is complete! If you haven’t yet got your ticket, it’s not too late. Now here’s the thing… When I announced the event back in May, I said: I’m currently putting the line-up together. I’m not revealing anything…