10 TypeScript Patterns That Make Code Explain Itself
Comments rot. Types don’t — the compiler checks them on every build. Here’s a claim worth testing: the best comment you’ll ever write is the…
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Five Things Every CMS Image Field Needs
Most CMS image fields do exactly one job. They take a file, then hand you a single box to type an alt attribute into. That’s fine for one…
2026
Stop Writing Novels in Your Gallery's Alt Text
How to write alt text for image galleries — and when to reach for captions or long descriptions instead. A photography portfolio has forty…
Research, Plan, Execute, Learn: The Agent Loop I Wish Someone Had Drawn Me First
“What goes into the agent before it runs decides what comes out.” — a lesson I keep relearning. A confession: give me a coding agent and a…
The ts-jest to Vitest Switch Is Lower-Risk Than You Think
Every frontend team has the ticket. “Evaluate moving off ts-jest.” It rots in the backlog for a year. Nobody picks it up, because everyone…
Your Alt Text Is Not the Problem — Your Images Are
A confession: early in my career, my images shipped with no text at all. If an image mattered, I gave it a visible caption and moved on (I…
Unplug Your Mouse - One Year On, Accessibility Widgets Still Don't Work
The European Accessibility Act turns one tomorrow. It took force on 28 June 2025. For many teams it was the first hard deadline they had…
2025
Automating Accessibility Audits With AI
“Standards evolve, user needs are wildly diverse, and manual audits can feel like searching for a semicolon in a haystack.” Let’s be honest…
Ten Common Typescript Discriminated Union Examples
In this post we explore the marvelous world of Discriminated Unions in TypeScript. Discriminated Unions are a way to combine types that have…
2023
Using Container Queries to Make a News Layout
When I hear media query I think about a bottle filled with liquids that don’t mix (e.g. oil and water). The content(water/oil) will assume…
Automatically generate skip buttons to improve accessibility
Another common accessibility tool is the skip button. It comes in different forms. It would sometimes be smartly included in the design or hidden until needed.
CSS Snippets I Use 90% of The Time - Part 2
This is part 2 of CSS snippets I used 90% of the time post. As promised this is second part of CSS styles I commonly used with my projects. If you are going to think of a rule I’d say this is my 80/20 rule for CSS.