css variables: a quick step-by-step how to on using css custom properties

2021-04-28

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~3 min read

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483 words

I keep hearing about CSS variables (or more properly, custom properties), but at work I’ve always used SCSS/SASS. Moreover, the variables…

writing markdown diffs and adventures in open-source

2021-04-20

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~2 min read

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286 words

Back in January of 2020, I opened a ticket about diff highlighting with PrismJS and Gatsby. (The ticket itself came out of research I was…

linking libraries: react hooks

2021-04-19

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~5 min read

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822 words

Update: A very similar problem can occur when using . I wrote about it in Linking Libraries: React-Redux Edition. Setting The Stage I…

tool discovery: request inspector

2021-04-15

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~1 min read

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186 words

I’ve been building a form with Paperform recently and was exploring how to use their webhook on submission. The idea is that I can send a…

typescript: absolute imports and aliases

2021-04-14

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~4 min read

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624 words

Update May 22, 2021: I’ve now tried this a number of times since writing this originally and nearly every time I run into problems where it…

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