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GitHub Commit Bot to Stack Your Contributions Graph
How to become the guy she tells you not to worry about
2020 Blogging Recap
Reflecting on the last six months + the definitive ranking of my posts
I Tracked My Mood Every Day of 2020
...using a web app I coded. A look at trends that came out of it. Color blind friendly visuals included
Blogmas 2020
Megapost of something I coded / designed / learned every day of December until Christmas
GitHub Dark Mode is Too Dark
If you hate it too this is why. Using color theory to show why GitHub dark mode is disappointing
Quarantine Day 259: Princeton CS Senior Takes the AP CS Exam
Did I get a 5? My ex-Facebook, ex-Google, ex-Airbnb, ex-boyfriend grades it
The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a VSCode Girl
The post that will have tech bros quaking in their Allbirds wool runners
Simple React Router Nav Bar
Using React Router and clever CSS to create a nav bar with dots to show hover and active state
Pixels vs. Bricks
Drawing parallels between web design and major architecture movements
Boost Visual Accessibility by Auto Flipping Text Color
White text on light backgrounds is cancelled. Dynamically change text color based on background color instead. Even Facebook gets this wrong. Do you?
v2.0 Stable Release
blog.karenying.com launch ... @Medium, it’s time to break up. It’s not you. It’s me
Customize Chrome New Tab Page in 30 Seconds
Override Chrome’s new tab page to create a more personalized browsing experience
Hack Keyboard Shortcuts Into Sites with a Custom Chrome Extension
Increase productivity by adding custom keyboard shortcuts to your favorite sites
50 Shades of Dark Mode Gray
Deep dive into Spotify, Twitter, Facebook’s dark mode palettes by analyzing Hex codes
404: React Page Not Found
How to avoid the dreaded "Page Not Found" bug for apps using React Router on Netlify
Annoy (or Impress) Your Coworkers with a Slack Bot From Scratch
I made a Slack bot in under 30 lines of code to remind my coworker to eat lunch
I’m a Gen Z-er and I want you to stop using emojis
An analysis on emoji usage in the popular app Notion
Configuring a Mac for a PC User
How to finally take the plunge and configure your new Mac as a former average PC user
Adding Transitions to a React Carousel with Material-UI
PowerPoint-esque slide animations + React carousel
Let 2020 be the year PNG icons die
Examining a trendy store’s mysteriously blurry rating stars and proposing a solution