Nick

@nickcotton
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Lead front end developer for Papier

Living in London but I still call Australia home

Websitehttps://nickcotton.com
NickMar 9
One would think that, by version 8, the Vite team might have developed the technology to output their changelog to the new version notification emails like every other piece of software.
NickJan 12, 2025
iPadOS is a joke.
NickDec 9, 2024
Can one change the haptic pattern for specific notifications on Apple Watch?
NickDec 4, 2024
Zach LeathermanDec 3, 2024

1. use this web component, it has zero dependencies, weighs 4KB, shipped in 2018—still works great

2. OR, you can use this react component—it has many dependencies, requires a transpiler, weighs 200KB+, uses outdated react best practices from 3 months ago

you gotta choose #2, right? otherwise they’re gonna make fun of you

NickDec 2, 2024

kirby vs. this blog post

https://mgx.me/kirby-vs-this-blog-post

kirby vs. this blog post

Kirby has floated onto my blog post. Inhaling everything.

mgx
NickDec 1, 2024

Hostile. What a thing to do.

https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/google-app-for-ios-now-adds-search-links-to-third-party-websites-unless-they-opt-out

Google app for iOS now adds Search links to third-party websites unless they opt-out

Google wants you to use Search while viewing other sites on the web.

Android Central
NickNov 18, 2024
To cross-post or to use many apps separately or to just pick a side? Those are the questions.
NickNov 16, 2024
There are no good book/reading tracking apps. Prove me wrong.
NickNov 15, 2024
Alex RussellNov 15, 2024

#perfnow slides will be up at some point, but the TL;DR is toot-sized: the web is losing, in part because the frontend discourse has been captured by charlatans and fabulists. It's hurting users, and drawing attention away from urgent problems that are keeping the web from competing.

The #webperf community is a rare island of sanity where evidence still beats bluster. We owe it to our future selves to help clients reject the lemons the JS-industrial-complex keeps trying to pass off as gems.

NickNov 13, 2024
After about a week of trying it, I’m still feeling torn about browsing a joint mastodon/bluesky/everything feed in Reeder. Looks pretty but replies don’t have any special treatment or placement so they just appear out of context.