Some Design Advice
A loosely organized and inexhaustive list of feedback and suggestions I frequently give designers.
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CSS Circles
I accidentally became Cloud Four's resident expert on dynamic circular containing elements. Here are my tips and tricks.
Feeling Sassy Again
After years of defaulting to PostCSS as our CSS processor of choice, we've recently considered reintroducing Sass to our stack.
An HTML attribute potentially worth $4.4M to Chipotle
I recently found myself racing to fill out Chipotle’s online order form before my mother could find her credit card. In the process, I discovered a bug that could cost Chipotle $4.4 million annually. My…
Cooperative Design Systems
Strategies for when the goals of your project, team or users diverge from those of an established design system.
Jagged Little Pill: Issues with Rounded Buttons
A technique for overcoming touch target size and content clipping issues with pill-shaped and circular buttons.
A Quick Update on Our SVG Icon Process
Our techniques evolve with each new project, and SVG icons are no exception!
Tips for Portable Patterns
Strategies for sharing HTML, CSS and JavaScript patterns between seemingly disparate projects or platforms.
How to Distribute a Pattern Library as an npm Package from a Private Git Repo
So you’ve got a pattern library: Congratulations! The next step is making it possible for other people to use those patterns. You could simply provide download links for the CSS and other assets, but then…
See No Evil: Hidden Content and Accessibility
When I first started learning web development I thought hiding content was simple: slap display: none; onto your hidden element and call it a day. Since then I’ve learned about screen readers, ARIA attributes,…