PSA: Cache your prettier writes
Since Prettier version 2.7, there's a --cache option for faster formatting
bsmth.de
Product manager at Mozilla working on Firefox Enterprise.
Latest posts
Using BCD to spot missing MDN Web Docs gaps
I made a demo project listing missing MDN Web Docs pages for BCD features
I'm in the 512KB Club
My website's now listed on The 512KB Club, a large collection of small websites that show what's possible with an upper-limit of 512KB page weight.
2024: MDN HTTP content, GitHub, Firefox
My open source work in 2024 on GitHub, some stats, visualizations, and a summary of the types of work I focused on.
Intl.Segmenter for l10n in JavaScript
Learn how to use Intl.Segmenter for locale-sensitive text segmentation in JavaScript to simplify localization, count words or sentences in different languages, and more.
New exclusive accordions in HTML
The 'name' attribute of the HTML details element is gaining more support across browsers. Learn how this feature allows creating exclusive accordions without scripting widgets from scratch.
New JavaScript Set methods
The JavaScript Set object has new methods that now have cross-browser support, so let's have a look at what they can do and why they're interesting.
Page Visibility API usage & hints
This post takes a look at what page visibility is, how you can use the Page Visibility API in your websites, and describes pitfalls to avoid if you build features around this functionality.
2023: GitHub, Interop, Firefox release notes.
My open source work in 2023 on GitHub, some stats, visualizations, and a summary of the types of work I focused on.
JavaScript console methods
I wrote a blog post on MDN where I cover some examples of what the JS console can do and some of the lesser-known methods that you might find helpful or just plain fun.
Learn grep for powerful code search
I wrote a blog post on MDN about grep, which covers what it is and how to use it, and why I think learning grep will give you a significant skills and productivity boost.
CSS hues with hsl()
This post describes what hues are, why you might use them, and other practical hints to get started with hue() in CSS.
JavaScript regular expressions reference docs
I worked with Josh-Cena to create new pages for each JavaScript regex language feature, with information about the syntax and browser compatibility data.
CSS color functions and color spaces
I wrote docs and a blog post on MDN about color in CSS, color spaces, hues, interpolation, and other interesting topics.
Discover: Looria, mech keys, Apple Watch can run Quake
Highlights of dev news this week including Looria, a website that lists Reddit's favorite products, a mechanical keyboard switch guide, how to run Quake 1 on Apple Watch, and more.
Discover: Stable Diffusion, GitHub trending, WebKit on GitHub
Highlights of dev news in the last week, including WebKit's move to GitHub, a brief sunset of trending repositories, and the impact of Stable Diffusion.
From Google Analytics to Netlify Analytics
This post covers my experience switching over to Netlify Analytics from Google Analytics, my initial impressions, and what I think the benefits are.
Discover: Copilot, Pokedex, InterviewThis
Highlights of dev news, trending open source projects, new CSS features and interesting blog posts about GitHub copilot.
Jekyll, Amplify, GitHub actions deploys
A hacked Wordpress install left me looking for better alternatives. If you want to try static pages, here's how to quickly deploy to AWS Amplify via GitHub.