Michael Dowden

@mrdowden
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Technology Leader, Keynote Speaker, Author, Coder, Gamer. Founder @ Andromeda & FlexePark, MBA, Firebase & Web GDE, Microsoft MVP #accessibility #HumanRights (he/him)
Websitehttps://mrdowden.com

“But adequately stigmatizing Rowling’s weaponization of childhood not only requires personal withdrawal for most people, it necessitates something much more difficult: being a giant fucking killjoy. You should tell people discussing the show that you’re not watching it, and why, and you should let yourself openly cringe at your sister-in-law’s Harry Potter tote bag, and you should bring up unprompted that the onslaught of legislation against trans people makes you sad and angry, presuming it does, and you should do this because, not despite, the fact that it will make you look annoying as hell and may make everyone present uncomfortable.”

https://defector.com/its-time-to-grow-up-hbo-harry-potter

It’s Time To Grow Up | Defector

HBO’s new Harry Potter TV series is premiering this Christmas Day. Under current plans, it will last at least a decade. The trailer looks like the original films were run through an AI generator, but quality isn’t the point. The show is a transparent attempt to induct a new generation—and market—into the lucrative fantasy world…

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Did you know that structural directives (*ngIf, *ngFor...) are now deprecated in Angular. Here is out to upgrade to the control flow syntax: https://andromedagalactic.com/blog/angular-upgrading-to-the-control-flow-syntax

#angular

Angular: Upgrading to the Control Flow Syntax | Blog | Andromeda Galactic Solutions

Updating from Angular's structural directives to control flow blocks.

Andromeda Galactic Solutions

Last year saw the release of some really cool new #HTML / #CSS based features including Interest Invokers. Check how you can use them in conjunction with the popover API to create Tooltips without the need for JavaScript support.

https://andromedagalactic.com/blog/rethinking-tooltip-with-interest-invokers-and-popover

Rethinking Tooltip with Interest Invokers and Popover | Blog | Andromeda Galactic Solutions

By combining popovers with interest invokers we can create tooltips without the need for any JavaScript. Let's dive right in and see how it works.

Andromeda Galactic Solutions
Looked at my calendar and realized this week has way too many meetings therefore made some updates to meeting-bingo...
You can now choose between 2 flavors: Online Meeting or Corporate Terms. Enjoy.
- repo: https://github.com/martine-dowden/meeting-bingo
- hosted version: https://martine-dowden.github.io/meeting-bingo/

So you think you know CSS borders, but did you know you could use gradients and images? This article goes in-depth how borders works, and tricks to get around some of their limitations.

https://andromedagalactic.com/blog/styling-on-the-edge

#css #ui #mvpbuzz

📰 DEADLY NEW RECORD REACHED IN INDY (AGAIN) 🚨

Bicyclists Falling Victim To Traffic Violence At Never Before Seen Pace



Read our full Press Release at the link below.

https://safestreetsindy.org/newsletters/2025-october-deadly-new-record-reached-in-indy-again
#Indianapolis
Safe Streets Indy

Ich liebe Berlin.
Thanks for joining us for the API panel today for #SLAcon | #APIConference - y'all were awesome! You can find some of my writing on both coding and business, as well as all my socials, at https://ags.run/u/mrdowden. Looking forward to hearing from you all!
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For my final appearance this week, I'll be at the AMA session in Salon 2 with an outstanding panel of folks to answer questions about APIs, for everyone from beginners to experienced devs. See you there at 1:30pm!