Kevin Yank

I was entirely unprepared for the ending of Astrobot. Got me right in the feels!

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).

I’d really love for Patreon to try leaving the App Store and making a go of it as a progressive web app on iOS. I’d happily use it in that form.

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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.

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Tailwind CSS and Traditional CSS Solve Different Problems

Tailwind CSS’s core idea is that 99% of the CSS we write today is unnecessary repetition, that would be better expressed with a higher-level language inline with our HTML, tight coupling with which is inevitable. Even if you like CSS and enjoy writing and maintaining it [which I do –Kev], Tailwind argues that this is usually not a good use of our time.

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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.

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Assume ChatGPT is Lying

In an industry where expertise is currency, a tool that lets us all pretend to be experts to each other is very dangerous indeed.

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The rest

Personal stuff. Highs and lows.

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