Thoughts on Google and what's next
I'm leaving Google to join a tiny energy startup ☀️🔌🔋 as CTO!
About Sam
Hello there. I'm Sam. You can find me on Twitter. This site is called Whistlr.
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In Defence Of Dialog
The modal dialog is here. Stop, and be prompted! ✋
How I Learnt To Stop Worrying And Love Animating The Box Model
Or, let's talk about accordions. 🪗
Node.js Streams & Object Mode
Streams for bytes are rarely useful, and objectMode can be made better.
Understanding Load Events on the Web
We use the load and DOMContentLoaded events in our scripts, but do you understand why?
Peter Thorogood
Peter's tech eulogy: 1947—2020
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Plex, Ubuntu & Quadro Cards on AMD
AMDs don't do hardware transcoding. You can buy a Quadro card and it works in Ubuntu / Linux.
Sents File Watcher for Node
A pure-JS file watcher with no dependencies.
Disposable Web Components
Web Components are described as re-usable. What if instead, we can dispose of them and restart whenever we like?
Async functions & microtasks
A brief interlude on async, Promise, and execution order.
Make Async Methods Sync in Node.js
You shouldn't block the main thread to make async methods sync... unless, hmmmm? 🤔💭
Inert in HTML
How to make your elements and subtrees inert—unclickable and unfocusable—in HTML.
Smart Switches
Home Automation through smart switches.
UX, meaning and singular focus
Consoles present modals when they want user input, such as from the keyboard. Can we apply this to the web?