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"Easy is boring. That's why I love the web and browsers." - Remy Sharp

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Keep it simple
If you find yourself potentially over-engineering an accessibility problem, or any technical problem in general: step back, take a breathe and think to yourself “how can I simplify this and make the platform do the work for me?”. Low-tech is often the best-tech.
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HTML and CSS is for losers. We should all use Microsoft Word.
A lot of developers afraid to implement some effects because they will demand JS which could be heavy and complicated, but CSS is different is simple and light.
Blending modes allow us to create some very interesting effects such as overlaying texts on an image while revealing the texture of the graphics directly in a browser
An experiment that proves that automatic accessibility testing is only a first step and that manual testing is vital.
As we know, there are countless performance metrics out there. From user-centric milestones such as Time to Interactive, to resource-centric metrics such as the size of your javascript files.
While it’s already possible for a user to share content from a webpage via native means, they have to locate the option in the browser menu, and even then, there’s no control over what gets shared. The introduction of this API allows developers to add sharing functionality into apps or websites by taking advantage of the native content sharing capabilities on a user’s device.
Performance optimizations ALWAYS come with a cost but do NOT always come with a benefit. Let's talk about the costs and benefits of useMemo and useCallback.

For beginners
What are hex codes even?
Hello from the server side
In this article, we’ll explore how to set up your very first backend server. But first, what is it about frontend and backend development that suits some people and terrifies others?
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