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·1 day ago

ENOUGH With The PHP Hate

Most of your claims are outdated nonsense anyways! It’s almost a comic tragedy that the people who insist on trying to use a language built for client-side code to perform server-side tasks; that has endless issues, bugs, and quirks; requiring so many workarounds people have built entire transpilers to try…

PHP

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ENOUGH With The PHP Hate
ENOUGH With The PHP Hate
PHP

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CodeX

·1 day ago

HTML 5 <dialog> : More Proof Of What Modern “Web Standards” Bodies Actually Are

From the first time I was introduced to HTML 5, I felt like it was made by people who never truly embraced HTML 4 Strict. It’s not as much of a love letter to HTML 3.2 …

HTML

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HTML 5 <dialog> : More Proof Of What Modern “Web Standards” Bodies Actually Are
HTML 5 <dialog> : More Proof Of What Modern “Web Standards” Bodies Actually Are
HTML

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CodeX

·3 days ago

My Take On The “Unity” Fiasco

I’ve had a lot of folks — even non-programmers — ask me about this one. Honestly my answer? I saw this coming YEARS ago! Not so much with Unity, but with how so many of these systems made it simple for non-programmers to be suckered into THINKING they could be…

Unity

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My Take On The “Unity” Fiasco
My Take On The “Unity” Fiasco
Unity

8 min read


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·4 days ago

TypeScript : A Task Complexity Mismatch

Some might find this hard to believe given my current stance on it, but I was an early adopter of TypeScript. Long before it became hot and trendy., when people were still fighting its adoption, I was testing. But the more I used it, the more I soured on it…

JavaScript

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TypeScript : A Task Complexity Mismatch
TypeScript : A Task Complexity Mismatch
JavaScript

11 min read


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CodeX

·Sep 17

Using HTML And CSS Properly — Part 3 of 3 — Example Site Style And Behavior

Sorry this part took so long. Highest paying work comes first. Continued from here Now I’ll do y’all a solid and start out with the money shot. You can find the completed template here: Jason Knight As an accessibility and efficiency consultant I can streamline both your web presence and your workplace.cutcodedown.com As with all my examples the directory: https://cutcodedown.com/for_others/medium_articles/htmlCSSProperly/

HTML

15 min read

Using HTML And CSS Properly — Part 3 of 3 — Example Site Style And Behavior
Using HTML And CSS Properly — Part 3 of 3 — Example Site Style And Behavior
HTML

15 min read


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CodeX

·Sep 6

Are JavaScript Minification Tools Getting Too “Try Hard?”

Note this article was not on my planned schedule. It came up whilst doing work that pays better than writing here, but I just had to get this out there. In web development JavaScript minification is a quick, dirty, and easy way to squeeze a hair more speed out of…

JavaScript

11 min read

Are JavaScript Minification Tools Getting Too “Try Hard?”
Are JavaScript Minification Tools Getting Too “Try Hard?”
JavaScript

11 min read


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CodeX

·Aug 26

Using HTML And CSS Properly — Part 2 of 3 — Example Site Markup

In the first article of this series I outlined the history, reasoninng, and logic behind HTML that it seems most people never seem to grasp. This time around I want to from scratch code a simple “personal website” homepage to show the “you don’t need classes on everything” semantic markup…

HTML

22 min read

Using HTML And CSS Properly — Part 2 of 3 — Example Site Markup
Using HTML And CSS Properly — Part 2 of 3 — Example Site Markup
HTML

22 min read


Aug 26

Everything I've read indicates that the H1 is specific to a document, not an entire collection of…
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A document consists of multiple PAGES. Think on that.

A document consists of multiple PAGES. Think on that. My next article in the series is going to drive home why the SEO trickery is full of manure. It has the structure: <h1>Jason Knight</h1> <h2>Semantic Accessible Markup Is Easy</h2> <h2>What I Do</h2> <h3>Web Accessibility</h3>…

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CodeX

·Aug 25

What I Mean By Using HTML And CSS Properly — Part 1 of 3

I’ve talked a good deal in my articles and on various forums about how the creators of many things people add to their development stacks — such as HTML/CSS “frameworks” like Bootcrap and “it’s not a framework” Failwind — never learned enough about HTML or CSS to even be telling…

HTML

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What I Mean By Using HTML And CSS Properly — Part 1 of 3
What I Mean By Using HTML And CSS Properly — Part 1 of 3
HTML

16 min read


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CodeX

·Aug 19

How Content “Theft” Isn’t Always Bad!

This is going to just be another quickie. Or at least a quick and short article by my standards. I just wanted to share something from a 20 minute consult I did with an adult website. …

Web Development

6 min read

How Content “Theft” Isn’t Always Bad!
How Content “Theft” Isn’t Always Bad!
Web Development

6 min read

Jason Knight

Jason Knight

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Accessibility and Efficiency Consultant, Web Developer, Musician, and just general pain in the arse

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