| Website | https://crinkles.dev |
Kevin Pennekamp
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#CSS lover | Staff front-end engineer | Engineering manager
Chris FerdinandiHow do you use the platform when platform features aren't evenly distributed? https://gomakethings.com/how-do-you-use-the-platform-when-platform-features-arent-evenly-distributed/
How do you use the platform when platform features aren't evenly distributed?
One of the often repeated phrases among lean web evangelists like me is to “use the platform” whenever possible. That means using relying on vanilla, out-of-the-box HTML, CSS, and JavaScript over libraries whenever you can. The modern web has tons of amazing capabilities that make building for the web much easier than when I was learning. And browsers are much better at implementing features in a cross-compatible way. But… that doesn’t mean platform features are evenly distributed.
With the recent news around React canary in NextJS I really am starting to feel like the “old man yelling at a cloud”. How did we come that this is an accepted practice in an industry not really known for long-term quality?
https://crinkles.dev/writing/old-man-yelling-at-a-cloud/
Thanks @zachleat for bringing this to my attention.
Stefan Judis👏 @addyosmani released a talk version of his "The Cost of JS" series, and it's 💯!
The Cost Of JavaScript - 2023
When I migrated my website to #11ty in the beginning of this year, I also removed SCSS and went old school! I refactored everything back to regular #CSS 😱 I actually like the result. The copy-pasting was not so bad and quickly done, and it made me rethink some parts of the code.
I wrote a little bit about it:
https://crinkles.dev/writing/going-back-to-css-only-after-years-of-scss/
@neil I’ve been creating front end dev course for years, but just launched a new thing… https://leanwebclub.com
@cferdinandi Except for my CSS, my front-end development has been caught in React(-like) frameworks for the last 5+ years. Your content (taking your roadmap into account) has so much I don’t need, but so much more do need to break away from my existing mental model, and learn to make the same stuff without the frameworks.
The value is not alone in the amount of resources, but how you make it available. Learning paths, tutorials & projects. It justifies a subscription for me.
Just started with leanwebclub.com from @cferdinandi. Even with years of JavaScript experience, the amount of stuff already in is overwhelming. I see a lot of interesting and good stuff when going through the list of tutorials, let alone the roadmap.
Can already recommend it.
Christian SeligWell, looks like Reddit pulled the plug a little early. Apollo started crashing, but I just manually revoked my token and it looks like it fixes the crashing, but no more Reddit access haha. Those folks are fun to the very end! 😛
@zachleat “engineering manager” without engineering