Zach LeBar

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By request I threw up a placeholder site so you can share the idea with people: https://writingmonth.org/

Okay, back to furiously coding. :)

Writing Month

Good reminder: don't lazy load hero or product images.

https://cloudfour.com/thinks/stop-lazy-loading-product-and-hero-images/

It hurts both your UX and your Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) score.

Stop Lazy Loading Product and Hero Images

I see a recurring performance problem on many ecommerce sites—the most important images on the page are being lazy loaded when they shouldn't be. You’re better off not implementing lazy loading at all than implementing it incorrectly.

Cloud Four

First hints of fall today. Waking up to a temp in the mid 50s. The first couple leaves hitting the ground.

Here we go.

In case anyone needs a reminder (I do, often!), spending time on your art is always the right choice: https://everythingchanges.us/blog/energy-makes-time/
Energy makes time | everything changes

One weird trick for hacking the space-time continuum.

everything changes

First washes on some pen-and-ink watercolors.

Trying a chaotic line, followed by some loose washes. I was intending for the paint to be even more spontaneous. These wound up tighter than I expected, but I'm happy with both pieces so far.

But see, this is what I hear in my head when I read those kinds of posts... so isn't it working as intended?
https://mas.to/@Aday/112802829935513132
Aday (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 video This is why you shouldn’t overuse emojis in social media. 🔗 Taken from the UK’s Royal National Institute of Blind People https://www.rnib.org.uk/ #Accessibility #RNIB

mas.to
How to Update Git Commit Messages in Bulk – Roving Thoughts

“Even if you’d be doing work for free as a fresh designer-to-be, the back-and-forth with you is more messy and laborious than the AI designer who responds instantly and churns out 3 more variants with a click on a little sparkle icon.”

A really moving look at how automation inevitably leads to deskilling: https://sdw.space/figma-ai-and-lost-jobs/

Design deserves better than Figma AI

Figma was the latest company to mishandle AI and design — foreshadowing the loss of a vast array of design jobs. We should demand better from our tools and industry.

sdw space — Sebastiaan de With

When Adobe was going to acquire Figma, we wept for them. When it fell through, we rejoiced.

Now they're on the AI bandwagon and Harvey Dent was right again.

Whatever your problem is, remember that before you can get better, you have to stop getting worse. Try first to stop getting worse.