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My Interop feature ranking
The Firefox team just launched a website that allows users to rank the Interop 2027 proposals that they care about. And I care about things - for selfish reasons and for work. And that's a challenge. I want to rank things that only benefit me and my blog but I also want to r...
Bookmarks that were lingering in tabs
I was a big girl this week and I finally read and closed all the tabs I had open. Here's my picks from that selection. Fresh browser start - here I go.
Bookmarks related to tech and web development
- Native HTML and CSS Features That Replaced JavaScript by Ronalds Vilciņš.
- What happens to our blogs when we die? by Michael Harley.
- favicons to go by Robb Knight.
- My HTML boilerplate in 2026 by Manuel Matuzović.
- StaticHost.
- GoAccess.
- Pixquare.
- What happened to the frontend by David Poblador i Garcia.
- New research: The Core Web Vitals thresholds you trust might be wrong for your site by Tammy Everts.
Other bookmarks
- Ordinary Abundance by Jordan Dworkin.
- The Extremist in the family By Alex Ronan.
- Honey, We Bought an AI Story.
Tell the speakers that you liked their talks
I spent a great chunk of last week at SmashingConf Freiburg and it was lovely as usual. It was great to meet some people I've only ever seen online and see old friends. And I am not going to lie - it was pretty flattering to have people come over to me and challenge me to ad...
[PT] Internet à moda antiga: conheça a indie web, onde as pessoas ainda fazem seus próprios sites
Towards a personal online third-space
Last year I spoke at MK Geek Night about my personal reflections on how, after years of chasing IndieWeb perfection, I just accepted my imperfect website. I finally sat down to transcribe it and post it here. The base of this post was a transcript of my presentation but s...
Bookmarks clean-up
Bookmarks related to tech and web development
My Opinionated CSS Reset by Declan Chidlow.
How the same content always has multiple different versions by Diana Khalipina.
Blogs are back.
Email address obfuscation: What works in 2026? by Spencer Mortensen.
Post 13264 by ...
codebar Stories Podcast
A few weeks ago I decided to be bold and put out there that I had itches I wanted to scratch. It isn't something I normally do, as I usually reject myself before allowing others to do so. So, after the Wonders of Web Weaving podcast was published, I rejoiced online and said ...
Wonders of Web Weaving Podcast
I was a guest on James's Wonders of Web Weaving podcast and it was such a lovely conversation. We talked about old teenage blogs, how I found the IndieWeb community, why I think now is the best time to be your full weird self online, and I accidentally held myself publicly a...
I was one of the MCs for CSS Day!
The other week I was the MC for day 2 of CSS Day conference. It was my first time ever being an MC for a conference! I was so excited and, honestly, very nervous at the start. My hands were shaking a lot, and it's no wonder, as Bruce Lawson had been the MC of the previous d...
It's 2026 and women are still asked to teach others to think a little bit and not be a prick
This article was originally drafted in 2024 but I struggled to finish it then. I was stuck wondering if I was just moaning over the past. Recently, Salma and Jo both shared thoughts that gave me the rage and energy to come back to this. Today is the day I finally have the co...
Offline break in New Forest
A couple of weeks ago we took a little break. The first adults-only break since my daughter was born. For that reason, we decided to do something that was quite close to home. I am still was quite nervous about being far away from her and I didn’t want to go abroad because o...
Overthinking: AI wasn't the first to break my heart
So I’ve been thinking, when was the last time I’ve experienced some sort of burnout from a community. And I had forgotten that tech was not my only interest, or the only thing I’ve been deeply enthralled with. While I started making websites when I was 13, I wasn’t always st...
A bookmarks post that closes all the tabs
I am deeply frustrated with my inability to stick to the plan and do this post once a month. But I will really make an effort from now on because the more I delay the more links (and tabs) pile on and I end up not being able to share everything.
Bookmarks related to tech and...
2025 was the year of no sleep and pushing through
The last time I wrote a year in review was in 2019. I ended it with “have a healthy 2020” and we all know how that went. Since it does feel like we’ve been living in hell since 2020 I somehow stopped writing yearly reviews. But I have been itching to capture more of my life ...
Talking around about CSS: The final act
I am back from Berlin after spending a few days last week at Beyond Tellerrand where I was a speaker! It was my first time attending as well. Before that, in September, I did the same talk in Freiburg at Smashing Conference.
In both events I gave the talk that I worked on th...
IndieWeb Book Club: Oct 2025
I've never participated in a book club so I don't know if I am doing this right. I don't know how the conversation would go in a group setting and I normally lean to sharing my experiences as a way to connect. I've recently learned it isn't something people are keen on. But ...
“Why would anybody start a website?”
Slowly catching up on my RSS feed and I just read Dave's post “Why would anybody start a website?”. Obviously, Dave's post is right up my street but it reminded me of a random notes post on my phone that I wrote a while back.
Why build a website?
Why knit a jumper with your bare hands?
Why cook a homemade meal from scratch?
Why paint in a canvas?
Why fix a broken thing?
Why write a letter?
Why anything really?
We, humans, are driven to touch and craft with our body. Deep down we crave that. Website making is a digital craft.
There, I let out a draft from my phone and it is now in my blog. Why not?
Anyway, I love how the "no thought is original" is real. Turns out, one day before I started this draft on my blog, Jim Nielsen also did a similar comparison. They're smarter than me, listen to them!
My pick of the year for the State of CSS Survey
The State of CSS Survey results recently came out and I was asked what I was my pick of the year in the CSS world and turns out I had an opinion.
I told Sacha,
My pick of the year is all the font clamp generators that people have been creating and sharing. What’s great abou...
Eight years of Jessie
I am currently regretting the posts I didn't make. Yes, as someone who bangs on and on about posting things on your blog first and then elsewhere, I too fail many times. And, it's been like that when it comes to Jessie.
Since we adopted Jessie in 2017, I've been celebrating ...
My IndieWeb Journey: Building, Sharing, and Owning Your Online Presence.
Last year I spoke at Open UK about my IndieWeb journey. I've posted the slides on Notist but I finally sat down to pick up the transcription and tidy it up on my blog. The base of this post was a transcript of my presentation but some editing is now present for added clar...
I've been speaking around about refactoring CSS!
Exactly two months I shared that I was about to do a little "summer tour" of my a talk about refactoring CSS. And I did! I spoke at CSS Day, Middlesbrough Front End and Pixel Pioneers in three weeks and it was scary and wonderful, very similar to Brecht's experience!
I had g...
Speaking around about refactoring CSS
Some weeks ago Oliver from Pixel Pioneers asked me: "How did you come up with the idea for your upcoming Pixel Pioneers talk, and what can we expect to take away from it?". This is my answer:
Around two years ago I realised that I was feeling a lot of decision paralysis whe...
A forty minute tech talk might not fix a very specific code problem at work, but it might leave you inspired to fix everything else
Last week, I spent a few days in Leeds attending All Day Hey again, a brilliant conference for developers, designers and tech leads. This conference is part of my holy-grail of community-led conferences that I purchase tickets for regardless of the schedule. This is because ...
In defense of unpolished personal websites
For a while now, I've been slowing working on a refactor of the codebase of this blog. At one point, I got caught in exciting world of performance and I wanted to make sure I had a super fast pageload. Currently, my CSS is added inline in the HTML and I found myself thinking...
Blog questions challenge
I'm somewhat frustrated at myself for how long it took me to finish off this post that Remy kindly tagged me in. The last time I participated in something like this was the "My Typical Day" write-up. Reading it now is an interesting stroll down memory lane.
This challenge al...
Bookmarks I should have shared a long time ago
Let's get these out of the way!
Bookmarks related to tech and web development
Likes* are the best by Hagen Terschüren.
Paged.js.
Making Math Accessible by Dan O’Mahony and Ricky Onsman.
My Eleventy site setup by Anh.
88x31 archive by .
W3C badge custom element demo by...
A love letter to the community-led events
I wouldn't be where I am today if it wasn't for community-led events in the front-end community, and I am forever grateful for that. However, I am heartbroken by the current state of the events.
Many community-led events have recently been cancelled due to low ticket sales, ...
I want it all but, it is impossible
I want to read all the newsletters I subscribed to.
I want to read everything in the ten web dev community slacks I joined.
I want to read everything on the seven Discord servers I am on.
I want to read every blog post in the hundreds of feeds I follow.
I want to read every ...
I am not a good interviewer and probably neither are you
I cringe whenever I look back to the days I was the interviewer for roles at the companies I worked for. When I was just starting out my career at a company with hundreds of developers, I remember thinking and feeling that being the developer picked to interview someone mean...