“Nature Clock”
I was entirely unprepared for the ending of Astrobot. Got me right in the feels!
“Do you want us to add AI features to this product?” and “Would you pay 3× the price for this product if it had AI features?” are very different questions, IMO. (Canva says its AI features are worth the 300 percent price increase)
The new Apple Intelligence ads come off as tone-deaf to me (again). Three versions of “be a kinda crappy person and get away with it … thanks to Apple Intelligence.”
Switching from Spark back to Mail.app on Mac, not because I’m excited about Apple Intelligence, but because I caught Spark introducing unwanted, random formatting into my composed emails (e.g. light gray text when composing in dark mode).
Build the Web
Make pixels change colour with code, to create beautiful, accessible experiences.
As Director of Front End Engineering at Culture Amp, I lead a practice of about 50 engineers to build interfaces that help users create a better world of work. After more than 20 years in the field, I continue to learn and explore what is possible on the Web.
Latest articles
- Tailwind CSS and Traditional CSS Solve Different Problems
- Use Tailwind CSS prefixes for shared design system components
- Help! Storybook is eating all our tests!
- useEffect vs useLayoutEffect and server-side rendering
- Elm Town #54: Aloha with Kevin Yank
- On Endings: Why & How We Retired Elm at Culture Amp
- MelbJS March 2023 notes
- Fix System Beep on Move Editor into Next Group in VS Code
- Horizontal Scrolling
- Web Directions Hover 2022 Day 2 notes
Know your tools
Technology is a superpower. Make it work for you.
One of the gifts of a career in software development is the ability to automate away your own problems with custom software. I love to explore the little-known features and extension points in the technology I use, particularly in the Apple ecosystem.
Latest articles
- Sort Burst Shots in Apple Photos
- Refreshing my m43 Camera Workflow
- Apple Vision Pro demo review
- Weird Mac networking glitch
- Assume ChatGPT is Lying
- New Mac Day One Installs
- Privacy & Security settings in macOS reset on reboot
- Twitter Archived
- Email apps on Mac, iPhone and iPad compared
- Shrink Videos With ffmpeg On Your Mac