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Hello world...

First thoughts & musings on playing with CSS Subgrid

I'm an introvert and I gave a conference talk

Location, Privilege and Performant Websites

Beyond Tellerrand Berlin 2019

Building my bullet journal layout with CSS Grid & Subgrid & Flexbox

2019 - Running Up That Hill

Setting intentions and goals for 2020

5 of my favorite hints in the webhint browser extension

Pushing the future of the platform forward with The Web We Want

Inspiring high school students with HTML and CSS

Why SmashingConf SF 2019 will always hold a special spot in my heart

The Web We Want Survey Results

Musings on Creativity, COVID-19 and Normal

Browser font rendering inconsistencies

Web We Want Web Apps Survey Results

What the heck is an Origin Trial?

Web We Want Progress Update - November 2020

Everything I wanted

The Web Witch's Grimoire // Week of 18 October 2021

20 Months

A random man walks into my office and asks if I'm single...

The Web Witch's Grimoire // Week of 11 March 2022

The Web Witch's Grimoire // Week of 13 May 2022

On Depeche Mode and Andy Fletcher

The Web Witch's Grimoire // Week of 10 June 2022

Personal Sprint Retrospectives

Productivity tips: the benefits of keeping track of tasks week by week

2022 Book Roundup

2022 Year In Review

An Intro to Trigonometric CSS Functions

What recording 1 second every day over a year taught me

A love note to CSS

Greater styling control over type with CSS `initial-letter`

Using time-blocking to increase your productivity

Crash and Burnout

Serving less data with the `prefers-reduced-data` media query

Recomposed: Spring 1

Operating Within Gratitude

Designing for Dual Screen and Foldable Devices With CSS

Building better websites with the Chromium DevTools Issues Panel

What's next

Just Build It...

On Gatekeeping Design and Democratizing Information

Instagram killed creativity with the removal of recent hashtags

Imposter Syndrome Driven Design and a Bedfordshire Clanger

In a world with so much content, SEO is king

When to use CSS text-wrap: balance; vs text-wrap: pretty;

Mental health resets in nature

Home

CSS Media Query for Scripting Support

CSS Media Query Support for Video <source> Elements

2023 by the numbers

2023 Book Roundup

Naming things is hard

CSS Scrollbar styling is shipping in Chromium

Surviving layoffs in tech

Better form UX with the CSS property `field-sizing`

Home Office Kit: Elgato Wave 3 Microphone

My first two weeks at Igalia

The Curious Case of the CSS Monochrome Media Query

Exploring the Immersive Web with Wolvic

Microsoft Edge is deprecating support for -ms-high-contrast and -ms-high-contrast-adjust

Design for Developers is now available in German!

Life Check №1

Breaking down basics: What's a web engine?

The Inevitability of Change

Life Check №2

Community events need more support

Web Witch's Grimoire: September 2024

The `<details>` and `<summary>` elements are getting an upgrade

Web Witch's Grimoire: October 2024

Brief and practical tips for public speaking

Web Witch's Grimoire: November 2024

Using the ':not()' pseudo-class to remove styles from ':last-child'

You can pay for that: How web browser features get built

2024 Book Roundup

2024 Year in Review

There are plenty of non-men in tech to speak at your conference

The hard truth about using AI in coding

A Year at Igalia

In which I discover my book has been scraped by Meta for its AI

Pre-Partner

Web Witch's Grimoire: April 2025

The :first-child side project

You look tired

Web Witch's Grimoire: June 2025

The Death of Curating, the Rise of Curation

A Social Media Detox for the Soul