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When to use (and not use) CSS shorthand properties

A case for verbosity in CSS properties.
Elaina Natario
May 14, 2026
- CSS
- Design
- Frontend
Reflections on my conversation with Lord Chris Holmes MBE

Two months ago I sat down with Lord Chris Holmes MBE to talk about his AI regulation private members bill.
Sami Birnbaum
May 13, 2026
- AI
- Podcast
Illusions Of Fluency

And then I tried to explain it.
Richard Newman
May 12, 2026
The Pace Of Feedback

The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.
Richard Newman
May 11, 2026
A Conversation With The Situation

My situation disagreed.
Richard Newman
May 8, 2026
The TEXTSIZE trap: how TDS silently truncates your binary data in Rails

SQL Server has a session-level setting that silently truncates your binary data before it ever reaches Ruby. It defaults to 4KB. Most drivers fix it automatically. tiny_tds does not.
Trésor Bireke
May 7, 2026
The output must be cleaned (with skill)

A Claude skill for the noisy RSpec output you’ve always wanted to clean up.
Jared Turner
May 6, 2026
- Rails
- RSpec
- Skills
Austin Tech Leaders is growing, thoughtfully (and we have the photos to prove it)

How we’re building a curated tech leadership community in Austin, from intimate meetups to a SXSW event, and why intention beats scale.
Lindsey Christensen
May 5, 2026
- Events
- Community
- Austin
Simple, affordable unsupervised agentic coding from my phone with Claude Code in Github Actions

Podcasts and the blogosphere are awash with people talking about building software while away from their desks, but often burning serious cash in the process. Here’s a simple and cheap way to try this out for yourself.
Fritz Meissner
May 4, 2026
- AI
- Llm
- Agents
- Claude
Your carousel might not be accessible: designing for reduced motion

Accessibility as the key factor for debugging, designing and developing a carousel with logos on a webpage.
Valeria Graffeo
May 1, 2026
- CSS
- Design
- Frontend
- Accessibility
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