Published inCodeX·Nov 21Member-onlyHTMX, The “Framework Stupid” Gets Dialed Up To Eleven!I have said for ages that the people who CREATE frameworks are generally are ignorant of the most basic concepts behind web development. …13 min read13 min read
Published inCodeX·Oct 18Member-onlyDocument Fragment Vs. Live DOM : Placebo? Lies? Half-Truths? Let’s Test!There’s a lot of pedantic, unfounded, and frankly nonsensical claims and practices promoted as hot and trendy, and people just blindly believe all of it without any real evidence being presented. …JavaScript8 min readJavaScript8 min read
Published inCodeX·Oct 18Member-onlyProject Managers Do Us All A Favor And MANAGE!Teach, Listen, SUPPORT! One of the biggest problems I’ve seen in the decade and some change I’ve been freelance consulting accessibility and efficiency is an utter, total, and complete lack of leadership skills amongs so-called “senior” developers and “project managers”. You would think the title “project manager” might imply some…Project Management7 min readProject Management7 min read
Published inCodeX·Oct 14Member-only<DIALOG> — Or At Least How People Use It — Is DUMBASS!I’ve said from the day I first heard about it, that the <dialog> tag was utterly pointless nonsense. A dialog is a screen media presentational concept. In many usage scenario’s it’s also scripting only. Thus, what the blazes does it warrant a tag for? …HTML4 min readHTML4 min read
Published inCodeX·Oct 11Member-onlySmart Code Commenting : Consistency Is KeyAs with a lot of the other pedantic nonsense we all hear in programming, there’s been a recent trend towards effite elitist jerks saying things like “Don’t comment at all” or “Your code needs comments, the code is junk”, and other lies about the “evils” of a tool that exists…Programming9 min readProgramming9 min read
Oct 11Member-only“Beginners Won’t Understand It” Is A Lame Excuse Not To Do Something!I’ve had this come up a number of times the past eight ot ten years in regards to programming and it just gets worse and worse, year after year. …Programming Languages6 min readProgramming Languages6 min read
Oct 11Member-onlyAnother Client, Another Garbage “Framework” Template (Part 2 of 2) : The Style And MediaIn my last article I outlined how a client was being screwed over by an off the shelf “Float UI” template that was your typical “3i” of web development. That ignorance, incompetence, and ineptitude so prevalent in “framework stupid”. Note, I’ve done these types of rewrites before, those of you…HTML21 min readHTML21 min read
Published inCodeX·Oct 10Member-onlyAnother Client, Another Garbage “Framework” Template In Need Of Fixing. (Part 1 of 2)By this point most of my regular readers are well aware of my utter and total contempt for the mind-numbingly idiotic trash that are HTML/CSS frameworks; much less inanity like Failwind trying to claim it’s “not a framework” when the mechanism of action is identical to other broken systems…HTML28 min readHTML28 min read
Published inCodeX·Oct 4Member-onlyBetter Understanding ColourspacesIn my recent article “Light/Dark Toggles? Amateur Hour!” I use a mix of HSL, RGB, and YCbCr to accomplish an easy way to colourize a page and maintain high legibility… but if you don’t know colourspaces much of that article might have gone over your head. …Colors12 min readColors12 min read
Published inCodeX·Oct 2Member-onlyLight/Dark Template Toggles? Amateur Hour!One of the boons to accessibility of late has been the ability to (in some cases, support is sketchy) detect if the user is using a light or dark theme on their OS and follow suit with your site template. …HTML15 min readHTML15 min read
