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…
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Top 5 Git Commands You Should Know for a Better Dev Workflow
My whole git workflow hangs on two hooks. The other five are still in the wrapper.
I’ll say it plainly: my entire git workflow runs on two commands. when I need to get out of the way. when I need to get somewhere else. No…
2026
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…
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.