joelanman

joelanman, 14 hours ago to random

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148760/I_Was_a_Teenage_Exocolonist/

joelanman, 14 hours ago to random

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXF4UWBG4RM

joelanman, 20 hours ago to accessibility

its a shame this hasnt moved along

https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/1404

#accessibility

joelanman, 20 hours ago to random

Figma still doesn't have text on a path, and the plugins that do it seem ropey

bernat, 1 day ago to random

How many hours of human brain power are wasted saying "Can everyone see my screen?", in order to making up for the fact that video conference screen-sharing is stress inducing, and tools do a shit job of feedback.

#NewUselessPhrases #CanEveryoneSeeMyScreen #systemfeedback

edeverett, 1 day ago to UX

Does anyone have a good working definition of what an "intuitive interaction" a means? Not academically as such, think something usable as design principles.

I currently working with:

"An interaction is intuitive when it is learned and understood through the act of doing it once"

The key for me (I think) is in the "act of doing it" bit. Learned by doing and simple enough that's it's understood as you do it.

#ux #uxDesign #productDesign

joelanman, 1 day ago to webdev

Anyone used cron jobs on Railway.app? I'm confused by their implementation - seems like you have to create a whole new service for it

https://help.railway.app/questions/how-to-run-specific-scripts-in-a-cron-jo-924f9f1a

#railway #webdev

joelanman, 2 days ago to random

Ah geez

https://www.eurogamer.net/xbox-shuts-slew-of-bethesda-studios-including-redfall-hi-fi-rush-developers

joelanman, 2 days ago to javascript

This feels a bit wonky to me. You can't use const like this:

try {  
 const myVar = myFunc(options)  
} catch (error) {   
 console.error(error)  
}

console.log(myVar)  

as myVar doesn't exist outside the try scope. So if you need to do a try catch, you have to use let - even if you actually want to use the variable as a const (not change it later)

let myVar  
try {  
 myVar = myFunc(options)  
} catch (error) {   
 console.error(error)  
}

console.log(myVar)  

#javaScript

joelanman, 2 days ago to random

weird GitHub comment tip. When adding a link to another issue or PR, if you format it as a bullet point, it will be displayed with the title of the issue

joelanman, 2 days ago to CSS

Is setting up a CSS grid, then having row divs with display: contents so its contents line up with grid a common pattern? Any pitfalls?
#css

joelanman, 3 days ago to random

Today on Nextdoor:

Admin please b l o o d y Is not swearing for god sake it is in the bibble

joelanman, 3 days ago to random

I think something that can sometimes be misunderstood about the GOV.UK Design System is that if you find a component or pattern isn't right for your users, you can adapt or create a new one

https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/design/making-your-service-look-like-govuk#if-the-existing-patterns-dont-meet-your-needs

#designSystem

joelanman, 4 days ago to programming

any opinions on Node.js logging libraries like Winston or Pino? Or do you just write your own logging functions?

#nodeJS

joelanman, 4 days ago to random

is a .env.template the normal way to document what's needed in a .env file in a project? Or do you do that in the readme/dev docs, or both?

joelanman, 5 days ago to webdev

https://www.rspca.org.uk loads 5mb of JavaScript... just, why? To do what? The state of tech architecture is just awful
#webdev