Sun, 05 Jul 2020
I try to remain a positive person but being English, I occassionally need to complain. I wanted a place to vent about some of the user interfaces and experiences that drive me insane on a daily basis.
UX
DEVELOPERS
GATSBY
Fri, 03 Jul 2020
The good, the bad and the ugly of being at the top of /r/reactjs for 24 hours. While it was on the whole a positive experience, it also caused a few unforeseen issues on my website that I wanted to talk about.
ANALYTICS
PLUGINS
Wed, 01 Jul 2020
How I built my GatsbyJS site's stats page. This article includes everything you need to get tracking set up on your site and retrieving that data to create clear stats for your users.
GUIDE
GRAPHQL
Thu, 18 Jun 2020
I've spent more time than I care to admit working on my personal website while in lockdown. I've added many useful features like a site search and a stats page but I've also tried to add some fun features too. Here is one such feature, the new reactions available on my articles.
REACT
FIREBASE
HOOKS
Sun, 14 Jun 2020
What if your 404 page could do more? What if it could make a guess as to what your user was trying to do and try and get them where they need to go? This is what I will be investigating today.
Mon, 25 May 2020
A GatsbyJS solution for crystal clear slides for everyone using minimal bandwidth + slide navigation using gestures. The Problem I’ve been social distancing for a while now and I’m working from home full time. I live in an old building with unrelia...
POSENET
SOCKET.IO
Tue, 19 May 2020
Building a rapid-response system for volunteers in my area with real-time alerts. A couple of weeks back, I came home to find this note taped to my front door...
Thu, 23 Apr 2020
This is how I added dark mode to my GatsbyJS site . Let’s talk dark mode...
Wed, 26 Feb 2020
Yep, that’s all it takes. I took the plunge and moved my blog to medium. Transitioning to Medium Posts 📝 I wanted a better writing experience. Writing in Markdown was leading to too many spelling mistakes and, with me writing more and more, my repo...
IFTTT
Tue, 25 Feb 2020
By placing a small script in my html, sentry will track when my code breaks for users. It will tell me exactly where in my code the bug occurred, on what device, and will even make a guess as to what commit caused the bug. Crazy cool.
SENTRY.IO
Thu, 20 Feb 2020
I was browsing the GatsbyJS documentation late at night when I came across a section called “Improving Performance ”. As you might expect, I saw sections on SEO, caching and auditing, all of which I have already looked into, but there was also a sect...
GUESS.JS
Mon, 17 Feb 2020
When you’re browsing BBC news, or streaming your favourite Youtube videos, I doubt you’re thinking about the site’s accessibility. We all frequent the same sites but are they setting good standards of accessibility and performance? Does a site’s pop...
PUPPETEER
LIGHTHOUSE
Deep Dive Into My Stats Page
Rethinking 404 Pages
Non Invasive Sign Up Forms
Creating Page Reactions
How I Added Dark Mode In 20 Lines
2
Presenting Without Sharing My Screen
Lets Talk About DesignRant
JAVASCRIPT
ACCESSIBILITY
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