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Some of the largest sporting goods e-commerce sites don’t provide an accessible experience for sale prices. A few small changes can significantly enhance the experience. More

By leveraging native browser controls, we can make accessible and high-performing components with just a dash of JavaScript. More

You may have heard that you should be “linting” your code. What does that mean? Why would you want to do it?… More

CSS preprocessors like Sass, Less and PostCSS extend the syntax of our stylesheets with extra functionality that can make development a lot more convenient. Let’s say your project includes a modular scale to maintain proportions responsively… More

My father-in-law loves the Olive Garden. So of course that's what we offered to bring for our first post-vaccination meal. I grabbed my iPad and passed it around to build an order. Everything went smoothly until I tried to checkout. More

In a recent project, I helped implement design tokens in an established design system. One of the more challenging parts of this work was updating the components to use design tokens. I learned a couple of things that might help… More

It’s no secret around the office that I’m a bit of a process wonk. In the past, I’ve been certified as a scrum master, and I have opinions about agile workflows. So it may surprise you to learn that when… More

How custom elements have disrupted the structure of our components, encouraging us to broaden the scope of patterns we once considered foundational. More

Web components promise speedier integration. At some level, I understood this. I've even made this exact point while advocating for them. And yet, what happened on a recent project surprised me. More

Illustration by Theodore Taylor III I recently attended a workshop1 about “cultivating brave and accountable spaces” to reduce elitism and exclusivity in the tech industry. The organizers helped us normalize making mistakes, having accountability, and changing our… More