This on r/programming today: CSS Tips. There are a lot of good tricks in there, this one was my fav:
.center {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
…it centres content vertically and horizontally.
Category Archives: Design
Tools for Auditing CSS
Some good tools and techniques listed over one Tools for Auditing CSS.
Font size is useless; let’s fix it
This on r/programming today: Font size is useless; let’s fix it. Interesting article, but I didn’t read it closely.
Emoji under the hood
An excellent article on Unicode: Emoji under the hood.
Charts.css
Kickass: Charts.css. Also of interest: Which color scale to use when visualizing data.
Preemptive Pluralization is (Probably) Not Evil
An interesting article on data modelling and API design: Preemptive Pluralization is (Probably) Not Evil.
Starbucks Does Not Use Two-Phase Commit
While flipping through Cassandra: The Definitive Guide I discovered Starbucks Does Not Use Two-Phase Commit.
Coding Constructs Daniel Markham Now Avoids
Understanding Kerberos
Today on r/programming: Understanding how Kerberos works, but also WHY it works the way it does. (PDF)
Resilience Engineering: Part I
Found this one today: Resilience Engineering: Part I via www.whoownsmyavailability.com. The resilience engineering article is about… resilience engineering.