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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

It’s not just the “what” but it’s also the “who” that makes a PM successful and happy! Here are some of the qualities we exhibit to help our PMs – and keep them smiling. 😁… More

Colors on the web are confusing — but they don't have to be! The HSL format makes it easy for humans and computers to work with color. More

In case you missed it, last month we released Lighthouse Parade, a CLI tool to automatically run and aggregate Lighthouse performance reports across an entire site. One of the most requested features has been the ability to limit… More

Lighthouse Parade is a Node.js command line tool that crawls a domain and gathers lighthouse performance data for every page. With a single command, the tool will crawl an entire site, run a Lighthouse report for each page, and then… More

By adding a touch of transparency, we can design components that automatically adapt to their backgrounds. More