Web Developer, Accessibility & Sustainability evangelist, Human.
16 September 2019
Links are a part of any page. They have been a part of the web from its conception, and are the main way we navigate on our everyday lives. They’re everywhere! So it stands to reason you should style them appropriately.
16 September 2019
By “Fluid Typography” in this article I’m referring to typography that scales depending on the screen size.
Traditionally sites have a fixed font-size, like for example 14px. The problem with that approach is that devices nowadays vary a lot. There are 4-inch smartphones, 40-inch Smart-TVs and everything in between.
15 September 2019
I love WordPress, but I strongly believe there’s a right tool for every job. This site is not a WordPress site. It’s built on Jekyll and hosted on Github Pages for free.
I write my posts using simple Markdown and it’s just fast and convenient.
However, what I always found annoying is the lack of a comment system. Until now I was using disqus for comments on this site, but I never really liked it. It was a last-resort solution. One I hated because Disqus loads a lot of assets and a lot of trackers.
14 September 2019
jQuery has been an easy way to get things done in JavaScript for years. It cuts down development time and allows us to prototype websites a lot faster. It’s been around for years, and as a WordPress developer I’ve been using it for a long, long time.
17 May 2019
Sustainability in the web is something everyone should take more seriously. In 2015 the carbon footprint of the web eclipsed global air travel. Surprised? You shouldn’t be…
All sites run on some server ran by a company that you pay. There are vast server-farms around the world, and they require lots and lots of power. Guess where all that power comes from… You guessed it, mostly coal. The internet is a huge, coal-burning machine. And though some companies around the globe have started investing in renewable energies and are slowly turning greener, the situation is not improving.