Building Share Buttons Before They Were Cool
Another look at my custom web component share button that's compatible everywhere across the web. Plus local AI, building Ghost themes, and Freaky Shiki.
Ryan Feigenbaum
Once (always?) a philosopher, now a Content Engineer at LiveKit. When I'm not hacking on web projects, I'm probably pouring a bourbon, losing at chess, and hanging out with Maddie and Mel.
Latest posts
How I Got a Color Named After Me
Side projects are weird. One minute you're launching to silence, the next you're part of the color spectrum. Here is the story of how #7d2146 became "Royal Fig."
The Color Palette Pro is a Synthesizer for Color
Most color palette generators suck. Mine just sucks less.
Does Your Website Even Have an iPod?
And is the PonoPlayer next?
Size Your Images Perfectly with This Tool
Stop guessing at sizes attribute values and letting performance optimizations slip by. Size Writer measures your images across viewports and generates the exact sizes values you need.
Open-Source Share Button: A Customizable Web Component
With design cues from the NYT's version, this open-source share button is an all-in-one web component that lets readers share your content effortlessly.
Is It Time to Make a New Ghost Theme?
New theme incoming?! On building a new Ghost theme and the possibility of doing it on stream.
A Guide to Image Optimization on the Web
This image is a tiny image, it's smaller than a regular image.
When Worlds Collide: Philosophy & Code
In my former life, I investigated the code of life — in my present, I bring code to life. I talk about this transition with RedMonk's Kate Holterhoff on her show, The Docs Are In
Make Sharing Seamless with This Customizable Share Button
Simplify the sharing process with this all-in-one share button, a custom web component that makes it easy for you and your readers to send content all over the internet.
Create a music player with the YouTube iframe API
Discover how to enhance your website with a personalized music player using the YouTube iframe API. This guide showcases how to fetch the latest YouTube Music playlists, craft a bespoke UI, and provide real-time track updates.
The Browser Is Dull: Understanding Color Space on the Web
Don't fall prey to color FOMO. Learn why the browser was dull but doesn't need to be anymore. Get out of grayscale and into polychromia, baby.
Build and Deploy with GitHub Actions
Let the machines take the wheel with GitHub Actions. Push an update to your Ghost theme and then see it automatically built and deployed, anywhere and everywhere.
Automatic Color Theming
With just a single color, you can automatically generate an entire color palette for your UI and solely via CSS. No JavaScript needed!
Custom Pagination in Ghost
Page by page: The complete code for building a beautiful custom pagination element in Ghost.