8 Nov 2025
Creating warm, dappled light with CSS and SVG
I added a sunlit ambience effect to this site using pure CSS and SVG — no JavaScript, just gradients and blend modes.
All writing
7 Nov 2025
Why AI can't be debugged like traditional software
Boyd Kane explains why treating AI like debuggable code misses the fundamental difference in how these systems work.
4 Nov 2025
Plenty to learn from Fedora's approach to AI code
The first community-driven policy I've seen that treats AI as a tool requiring human accountability, not a shortcut.
28 Oct 2025
Introducing a "Work" section
A home for evidence-led impact stories documenting measurable outcomes from my work on platforms, performance, and design systems.
18 Oct 2025 | Project note
Making disaster economics compelling for global policymakers
UNDRR's flagship disaster risk report needed to communicate $2.3 trillion in annual losses — without burying the message in data or slowing access for users in disaster-prone regions.
13 Oct 2025
It's true, short disruptions costs lots of time
Meeting creep, quick questions and context switching crush flow.
13 Oct 2025
Output: An HTML-native tag once again saves JS befuddling
Use the native HTML output element to announce dynamic results — semantic, accessible, and simple.
3 Oct 2025
Context engineering beats prompt tricks for AI agents
Anthropic argues that “context engineering” — not prompt tricks — is how agents stay accurate at long horizons.
29 Sep 2025
Developers are becoming context technical writers for AI
Fabrizio Ferri Benedetti highlights docs-driven development and the rise of technical writers as “context curators” so AI can truly RTFM.
27 Sep 2025
Embracing px and rem for CSS
Miriam Suzanne from OddBird explains how combining CSS units can lead to more robust and user-friendly typography.
23 Sep 2025
The power of the pause: How planning beats prompt tuning
Traditional project planning techniques help ensure maximal benefits from AI tools.
19 Sep 2025 | Note post
Thoughtful AI integration beats bolted-on Clippy
Lullabot's thoughts on 'How to build your AI integration strategy right'.
19 Sep 2025
A stop-gap Drupal module to kill Word Junk in CKEditor 5
A tiny CKEditor 5 plugin for Drupal that strips inline Word-like junk in one click.
14 Sep 2025
Individualism is the flavor AI chatbots can't stomach
The AI experience has drained traffic from reference content, but leaves a path forward of human-centric experiences, interactivity, and better on-site value.
12 Sep 2025
Sacrificing knowledge in the name of data
The goal is not more data, but data to facilitate the story of what we're trying to achieve.