Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
Upgrading our CSS habits: aspect-ratio
The CSS aspect-ratio property is pretty amazing. You can define a ratio of width to height and it will resize the element accordingly. You can try it out in this pen : See the Pen CSS aspect ratio is awesome! by Christian Heilmann (@codepo8) on CodePen. Where this shines is videos, image content and embeds. […]
Interview questions: What practices in software teams lead to better quality products?
Background: I’ve been asked in a few applications for new roles to do written interviews. I thought it might be worth while to release some of my answers as posts as it was fun to reflect a bit on these things. One question was what practices I think help software teams build better quality products. […]
Resetting Twitter’s interests list using browser developer tools
Twitter has a list of interests you can define that affects what content you see on your home timeline. This is a list of 150 topics, most not chosen by you but considered something you should see. You can change these settings by going to: More -> Settings and Privacy -> Privacy and Safety -> […]
GitHub Copilot for Docs – putting the “fun” into RTFM
Here’s a quick video of me showing you the benefits of GitHub Copilot for docs: AI powered chat interfaces are a great and fun way to learn about new technologies. The problem is quality and relevance. Chat GPT for example doesn’t tell you the source of the information. Bing chat does at times pull from […]
Review: Video Tap – automatically convert YouTube videos to blog posts
Yesterday I wrote a blog post about a question I got at a conference and I thought I try one of those fancy “AI” tools that grace my inbox every few hours. Video Tap promises to turn videos into blog posts. You give it a YouTube URL, and it writes a post for you, looking […]